Excerpt: Letter to Oreshin

Oreshin,

Time is neither cruel nor kind. Humans put significance in it. Time will be what we value it to be. If we find joy in the thing we do at a certain moment, we don’t find time spiteful. But when we hate the moment, we blame time for crawling so slowly.

Have I become timid? Why am I so concerned about people?

Oreshin, sometimes it just doesn’t make sense how life works. Nevertheless, I am picking up all the gems while I am walking, however dreadful, the journey is. Oreshin, you once told me to never regret the choices made and to make the best out of the cards I’m dealt with. It’s hard, but, I am going to believe you.

Oreshin, I don’t know how long will it take, but I will keep on trying until the day I can look back smiling and proudly say, “I did it”.