Word of the week (1): Quiescent

Quiescent (adj): "marked by inactivity or repose."

Read it on a discount flyer for some kind of frozen food.

The demonstrators protested in a quiescent way as they walked down the main street.

All about me...

"Follow your dreams...," is what comes to my mind when I stop to ask the question, what am I doing here?

Can you imagine spending years of your life doing what you may be good at but not really enjoying what you do, but you got to do it anyways because you have a make sure that there's bread on the table for the ones you love.

Because the ones you love have dreams and then it becomes your dream to make sure that their dreams come true. And that leaves no room for your own dreams anymore as if your own dreams seize to exist.

Guess that’s what family is all about – not only do you live together (at heart) but you also live for each other.

We often think we have the option to choose life that we desire but sometimes the tables turn and sooner than later we wake up to the realization that life chose you instead.

And that’s exactly how I felt. All of a sudden I had stepped into the shoes that were much bigger and I had miles to go with no option whatsoever to turn back or give up.

I spent almost seven years of my life working hard as an analyst and taking care of my family, making sure that my siblings get the best education and my parents get the medical attention that they need.

And, while doing all of this there was one more thing that I never stopped doing: keeping a dream to be a filmmaker alive but hidden somewhere deep within me. It was too painful to keep dreaming of it and equally hard to totally let go of it all together.

After a long wait, finally…

Now that my brother is a qualified engineer and there to share the responsibilities with me, I am finally able to dare to dream with my eyes open and dare to spread my wings and fly.

I know that the path ahead of me is long and full of challenges but then I guess, "no pain, no gain."

Keeping my fingers crossed close to my heart…