I thought of today, how we can measure our lives. How do we measure happiness? What makes us say that life is great? When we start counting things in our lives to measure things… either it seems never enough or…. way too many.
How do you know you were successful in relationships? Number of friends?? How do we measure the quality of our lives?
Well, I don’t know! BUT!! I would like to say that there are few people I like to mention in this piece to show how I measure my life and happiness.
However my late grandfather explained where I came from (i.e.. my parents picked me up from Delaware Memorial Bridge) it’s needless to start with my parents. Not just because they are my parents and all other stuff we say about parents…. but because they taught me, time after time, the value of being family. Even when I felt like the world had shunned me out, they were there in the best way they can be for me.
Jay, my only brother, I almost could have been an only child. He taught me that there’s beyond wonderful thing about having a sibling, regardless of genders- cuz’ I wanted a sister, regardless of age gap- we are ten years apart. He taught me how to support and share! It’s a short way of describing what we are to each other but I would have to say, we are probably one of the best brother-sister despite a huge age gap.
Ji-Soo Kim, best friend, who I have known since 11 years old, by the way happy 20 years anniversary for us!!! She taught me that a true friend will reach out to you even when we don’t have these fancy technologies. She and I sent letters in 1995 after I left Korea to Virginia. We may not talk everyday… we hardly get to see each other but it’s been 20 years! out of those years, only two years are the time we saw each other regularly at school. Yet, we keep up for additional 18 years and more.
Gail Lee, best friend since 1997, she taught me and reminded me that it is worth being honest to your friend, especially the ones you care about even if you don’t know how to be honest or scared that it will break the friendship. She also taught me that someone will hear me out even if I don’t even know what I am saying because I lost my mind!
Lisa Matchett, best friend from Rutgers, she taught me that a true friend will not walk away from you and that they can indeed be part of your family one way or the other. Also, she taught me that there’s a friend who won’t just remember your bad time. I learned from her to forgive myself, love myself, and embrace the little things in my dramatic life.
Ned Johnson, BFF, he taught me to trust friends when they say they understand. Because he says what he means from the bottom of his heart at all time. No time zones were crazy enough for us. No need for me saying, “that’s not me…” or ” I am…” Yet we always NEVER run out of things to say to each other.
I always felt like I dropped in the world alone and prepared to live alone. – Psychology behind my attachment to Carebears- an object… Trust was and is the hardest thing for me in life. However, if I were to measure my life….. that it full of support, love, and trust of people around me especially those I have listed above. When times are hard…. and I turn into a misanthropist… My parents, Jay, Ji-Soo, Gail, Lisa, and Ned are there to remind me that I have many reasons to give it a try to people even though it may be hard and at times backfires.
Thank you all for being there for me as I am simply facing my life & Love you with all my heart(s).
To Simply Just Mine family and friends, I may not be able to say the world is a good place or everyone is kind but I would like to tell you that you are NEVER alone. You are one of kind but never alone. AND Life does Simply get Better.
Simply with Love,
Sarah <3
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