The World is Never Mean to You

So does people inside it

Enditawidianti
2 min readJan 10, 2024

to those who just had a bad day, no one is hurting you; don’t put the finger on anyone for what happened today, hold it, don’t make it come out of your thoughts; “I don’t deserve anything; the world is so mean to me.”

I was today years old when I found out that the pain of getting rejected by college entrance exams, left by some people I thought would down to write stories together, never-filled wish lists, and other things that brought me to a bedtime rumination, does not occur because the world doesn’t give me happiness the way I want, but because of the disparity between my own expectations and reality.

At this moment, I am on the Google Maps side. What I mean by that is how it always gave us the wrong instructions. Astonishing fact: that is the situation where I suggest you keep it on your mind. We often create the outcomes of events based on our own forecasts and forget that there are always things that are far beyond our control.

You know something that you can control — the source of contentment on the journey you’re on. We only thought that we would only feel happy, relieved, and worth it if we got to the end goal. that’s it. Then, how about the unwarned, surging area? restricted thoroughfares? the sudden downpour? Isn’t that also part of the trip?

Bukit Paralayang , Yogyakarta, Indonesia — Dad and Me

Not passing the college entrance exams taught me better time and study management; saying goodbye to some people told me that humans are just individuals with their own spectrum; a wish list that I have not completed yet created traces for me to be focused on; and so on.

From now on, promise me not to be reluctant to continue your ride. Hold your own hands and take them to dance in the rain — some people feel the rain, others just get wet.

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