skating through life…..

It’s our Friday off in the office, which the aim is to promote work life balance which is sooo nice. As for me, single, away from home, sometimes drives me crazy with nothing to do for three days.  I decided to come in to the office for me to do something and be productive. I organized my desk, check emails, and worked on some of my to do list.

I have been quite sad and lonely lately.  How I missed a different me….happy, cheerful, easy to be with, have a positive attitude…

Now, I’m looking at the pictures during our Ice skating get away…Adventure that brings happy memories. It was last April, when a good friend invited me to try ice skating. I was hesitant at first because I never tried it before, even roller blades….but its something I admire people who could skate and confident enough. Part of me wants to try it , so I agreed.  We purchased a ticket with unlimited hours so we could really enjoy it. Excitement filled me that I could no longer wait and try it.

We entered in the ice skating ring, with my knees shaking, and I was sweating despite the freezing temperature. I could not move, nor try to move because anytime I could fell down and I’m so afraid to take it.  My friend decided to hire an Instructor for me to teach me the basics for 30 mins. She left  me inside the ice skating ring to find the right instructor for me.  I was there in the middle, helpless and could not move.  It was then that I thought I could no longer just stand like a stick in the middle of the ice.  I tried to observe and watch the skaters how they glide without the fear to fell down. I said to myself I should try it and put my heart to it. I started to walk step by step and it feels good that slowly I am moving. It was then that the instructor came and teaches me the basics. He thought me first how to walk and how to balance.  Im scared and wishful to learn it in an instant. 30 mins was over and I just learned how to walk in the ice. It was not all because of my instructor but because I want to move and conquer the fear I kept inside me.   We just realized it was closing time and we need to go home. It was 11pm in the evening and we are so tired that we spent another day to rest.

Sometimes we are faced with our fears and we could no longer walk as confident as we can in our life.  We admire those people around us seeing them how easy they manage there own life without realizing that we are the one who makes our life complicated.  If we could let go of the past and learn from it, it is just easy to move onwards, gliding and wearing a great smile in our face ready for harder challenges.

I was not contented with my performance, so I invited my friends for another ice skating session.  We arrived at the mall 1pm, super excited to try it again and hoping I could improve my performance.  I started to walk, and I just realized I was gliding and I felt I am floating, free with all the worries and not afraid to fell down.  For the second time, I fell 4 times and there are some good people who would help you stand up and there are some who would just look at you and go on with their own life.     
 

I have learned a lot with my experience and be able to relate it with my life. We may faced with a lot of trouble in life,  we should learn to stand up  faced it without fear in our hearts and pray for guidance to our Almighty God Jesus and everything will be just fine. See my photos during ice skating…