Back in the day, I was thinking of getting a single-worded tattoo in the form of a chinese character. Hella cliche, right?
Thankfully I've moved on passed that. I'm not sure if I'll ever get a tattoo, but it was fun putting a great deal of thought I into finding a single word that defines my life.
How do you pick one word to define your life anyway?? I can't remember how I did it...my vocab sucks. But whatever I did, it probably involved spending a lot of time searching up words on the internet. It was no easy task but I eventually came up with one word that fit nicely:
Faith.
I had three reasons for this word:
- Faith in God because I believe He'll give me all the opportunities I'll ever need to truly be happy.
- Faith in others because I know that I won't be able to do everything in my life by myself. And of course...
- Faith in myself because God's not simply going to hand me everything I want on a silver platter; there are gonna be things that I will have to dig deep inside and work my ass off for. While God will give me all of the opportunities, it is up to me to make the right decisions.
But that tattoo concept of Faith was several years ago...so much has happened in my life since then.
While Faith is something that'll always keep my head up as I look towards the future, there are so many things in my life right now that I should never take for granted. And in the past, there have been so many hardships I've endured -- so many lessons learned -- that have all played a big part in shaping me to be the person I am today.
So I need a word that embraces all of that...and I think I've found it.
A single word that cherishes all of the things I've learned in the past, appreciates all of the good things in my life in the present, and keeps me optimistic as I look forward to the future. The perfect, simplest way to describe my life in just one word:
Blessed.