The truth is, no one knows

 On one typical Tuesday night, I stumbled upon an Instagram post by Adam Grant

I have never been the kind of person who loves reading quotes or trying to find consolations through browsing wise words online.
But this one hit me differently.
I can't complain about my life, I have come to accept that there will always be sadness and disappointment as long as you live. Therefore, I am in no position to tell anyone that my life's been a mess.

However, there sure were some nights I spent regretting my decisions or crying myself to sleep just so I can feel better about some disappointments that I still feel deeply.
And then in the morning, I would think to myself: who, in this world, no matter how rich or powerful, have no sorrows even a little bit in their lives?
And life goes on.

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A couple days later, a friend of mine shared this news about an Instagram celeb who is on her way through a divorce.
I got goosebumps.
I love her and her then-husband. I've always thought they would last.
Looking from their social media, they look amazing, mature, and happy most of the time.

But social media is deceiving people all the time! How can I forget?

She's an active blogger too, this celeb.
I recalled my time when I read her post about getting married at such a young age.
She was, I mean, they were kinda clueless but full of hope.
They were sooo in love and they wanted to waste no time being apart from each other.
What I like the most was the fact that they seemed so affectionate, wise, & mature.
It's like... if anybody in this world could get married at such a young age, it's them.
And that now it has come to this, I wonder if they wish things would've been different back then.

When it comes to planning our future, what do we know?
Just like this couple when they were younger and so in love, how would they know that things would go down to this?
And will they also cry herself to sleep thinking about this, years from now?
Or will they be relieved that thing has been the way it's been?
Will it be the start of something better for both of them?
Or is it just the beginning of other ugly downturns?

No one knows.

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What I am thinking now is that sometimes we dive in too much about life decisions in front of our eyes.
We tried to connect the dots and we would think: this is it, this is the right formula, this is what the universe wants me to do.
We'd think it will get us to a better place.

But the truth is no one knows.

Sometimes we regret things and wish we had taken different turns.
Little did we know, that's exactly the bridge for something even better.
Vice versa.

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The truth is, no one knows.
Maybe we just need to keep our chin up and go on to the next page where we should be.

And life shall go on.