TO ME - AT THE MOMENT

When I was in my second year in University, I had my first job, which is a part-time tour guide.

It was great.

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Back then, in 2016, I have got the most wonderful job in the world. I have got to be a teaching assistant at one of the coolest English Center in Vietnam.

Back then, I didn't know, or I couldn't aware that I was lucky.

I was lucky to be right where I was then.

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6 months later, I got accepted to be an Intern at the hot spot for US Dreamers.

Once again, I was lucky to get chosen.

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Back then, I didn't even notice what a huge chance it is for me to be in those places.

I have got to meet hundreds of people. Experienced tons of things and heard tons of stories.

Back then, I just didn't know what I have missed.

Back then, I was just a girl who thought that the whole wide world around was just aiming at her, everything was raising its claw against her.

Back then, I thought that I was just alone. That I was special, and that if I kept going and doing the things my way, then I would get noticed. That I would get recognition for things that I have done.

Back then, I was such a fool. I missed the chances to raise my voice. I was scared of myself, of what I couldn't handle. And I made such a lie that I was strong, and that I had tried my best.

But I knew, from the bottom of my heart. That wasn't the truth.

I was a liar. I thought that I was strong but I was not. I was just being depressed on my own. I buried myself in that pessimistic hole. And I, back then, was raising thunders and storms, yelling at people that they were mean to me, that they didn't reach out for me, that I was the only one that trying, that I should have been treated better than that.

I know now...that I was wrong.

And that I was the only one who could change that.

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I, now, know my value and my voice.

There is no more "hope" in my world. Only the "will" that still be.

Me - back then - was lost.

I didn't know what to do. I tried so hard to get close to people and got upset if they didn't turn out to be as welcomed as I was.

I didn't know what it feels like to be friend with someone. I have always said that I was there for them.

But I was not.

I ran away and took a step back every time I got involved in things that I could have been hurt.

That's how I lived my 20s.

But now, I don't want to live that way any longer.

I want a change

I need a change

And I MUST CHANGE.

I learn that now.

I learn that I am important and if I believe so, I have to show others that I am, IMPORTANT.

I just can't sit at one place and think only about how good I am. I have to reach out to people. It might be hard, it definitely gonna be hard. But DO IT ANYWAY, with sincerity and courage.

You, my dear friend, you only need the COURAGE to SEIZE it.

Friends around you are gifts. They are meant to be in your gloomy life for a reason. They might teach you a lifetime painfully lesson, but they can also bring you to places and lead you through emotional stages that you don't event know they exist. So, treat them nicely, with all your heart. You'll never know what will be there for you at the end of the road.

Bring along your BRIGHT to SHINE their owns.

Life can get tough sometimes. And you can choose whether to be knock down or to step back up.

Turn that spiteful punch into something beautiful. Turn that thing into chance, and make it your game.

From now on, in every place you have been to, I want you to <MARK IT YOUR SIGNATURE>

If you have something to say, SAY IT>

If you wanna do something, DO IT>

Be Brave and Create the LIFE YOU WANT.

The only one who stops you from getting what you want IS YOU.

So.....