What I am today is actually not the person I expected to be years ago; it's better.

My plans didn't all go well, but I'm beyond grateful. I planned to finish my study earlier, I wished to do more cool things, I even imagined to find myself a lover, but nothing eventually happened. I'm sure that my idealistic-young-self wouldn't love my present reality and would see this almost-26-years gal as a failure. I'll thank her for the motivation and enthusiasm of the young, because those things were actually what brought me to where I am, and I would also like to make amend about the things I am not. 

A lot of things happened. I did take a lot of first-times, met many kinds of person, faced novel obstacles, and learned a lot. I still believe that everything happened to me is meant to happen to me for certain reason, and I still believe that the reasons will always be positive. The fact that I am able to through it all cautiously makes me want to give a pat, and tell myself that I've done my best. I deserve an appreciation at least from my self, right?

Besides, persons I met also helped me to discover my self. Some of them helped me through my hard times, gave me an ear for my stories, gave me their time to be spent, took me to brand-new places, taught me peculiar lessons, and many more amusing things. 

Thank you for these past years; I guess I am prepared enough for another hardship ahead?

I hope years later I could find myself as grateful as today; for the sorrow, suffering, and glee.