Blessing in Disguise

Hello there. I am doing mentally better and proud to say that I have many days where I have complete inner peace. No noises in my head at all. It feels awfully weird. I suppose it is because I hardly have any days of mental peace and that instead became the 'normal' state of mind.

I think I was able to feel more at peace was because of the extraordinary series called "Anne with an E" which Mike happen to stumble on Netflix. One day, he told me to watch it with him during lunch and I fell in love with it almost immediately. At first, I was a little reluctant to like the protagonist because I recalled how similar she was to me and I knew what was coming for her. But I cannot deny how much of a strong connection I feel with the protagonist and the similarity between us when I was the same age. Watching the protagonist stay a positive mind and always overcoming all odds reminded me of myself. The part of myself that I seemed to have forgotten. I started to remember all the amazing time I had when I was younger, and that how much of a fighter I was before I started to crumble to societal pressures. It reminded me of how I also overcome all odds and got to where I am today.

Even after finishing all 3 seasons of it, I still go back and watch it and run it through like a podcast because the drama not only provides me with inner peace, the topics they discuss and talk about were also extremely empowering and provides so much hope and scope for the imagination! The empowering messages in the series were very well written; almost poetic, and the messages were delivered with a good neutrality and balance which is unlike recent and many series were a little too "in your face" forceful and stereotypical.

I think it will be my new 'bible' for now that I play on repeat on days when I can since it helps me feel at peace. Life surprises you at the moments when you least expect it. Cheers to more days with inner peace!

Before I head to bed, let me share a photo of this cosy little restaurant during our restaurant adventures last year. They serve excellent quality of Italian food and water from a glass bottle. 

8th Dec 2019

Good night.

Xoxo.