When you are young....

When you are young,everything feels like the end of the world.But it's not,it's just the beginning.

-Teenage Mike O'Donnell (Played by Zac Efron) in "17 Again"

At first sight,it does seem as if the above statement holds true;that the younger we are,the less resilient are we.Yet it might just be because the young do care more that they possess the youthful exuberance to keep on going despite all odds,which coincidentally is the basis for many a miracle.

Still,with the hindsight of experience,one learns to choose his battles;that you do not have to win every battle,just the ones that matter.It smacks of cynicism,but that is reality for you for reality is never beautiful.That may just be how one can last the course.

I'm so tired....

I'm so tired of being here

Suppressed by all my childish fears

And if you have to leave

I wish that you would just leave

You presence still lingers here

And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal

This pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

My Immortal - Evanescence

Lyrics courtesy of www.lyricsmode.com

Above are the opening stanzas for Evanescence's "My Immortal".It is very simple,very poignant....

I had recently been captivated by this song and when I went through its lyrics,I can't help but feel that the aforementioned stanzas just seems to resonate with life in general.

Away from the context of the song and by extension,away from the context of an estranged relationship,it seems to pretty much sum up life in general.

Trials and tribulations are but inexorable facts of life and while you do emerge stronger from each episode,in my humble opinion,it is an equally unyielding fact of life that a certain part of you died in each episode;that while time does seem to numb the pain,it can never erase the wounds for each time you find yourself in a similar situation,you would be afraid to commit like you have had done the previous time,not necessarily because the protagonists are as frightening but because you do not know if your shattered spirit can pick itself up like the other time nor if your battered and bleeding heart can take another blow....