So it’s been some time.. this blog has been left fallow for half a year. It’s been a period of many firsts; to pass several of the many milestones of life. I have finally moved on, the wounds and scars of yesterday have long faded away. It was so long ago… Still I fail to fully grasp all that has happened. Maybe things could have been different. Maybe not. No matter how I analyse it, I find myself reaching the same conclusion: it was a disaster that had to happen. The futility of delaying the inevitable.
Ah.. It does not matter since I finally mustered the courage to bid farewell, head out and rebuild my life. Yet it all seems like yesterday. How the winds of fate change the course of our lives overnight!
Yet it was not all in vain. Now that the tears have dried, I can see through the past with unbiased eyes. Yes, there were those simple and happy days. And before everything went downhill, I learnt to step out of my shell of introversion and take in the vibrancy of the world around me. That’s a lesson I’ll never ever want to trade away. And I learnt the meaning of hope. The hope that life had something concrete to offer instead of meaningless pursuits such as wealth and recognition. Sure, those things may grant a certain measure of happiness, but what real joy is there if one is destined to die alone? After all, not all who suffer do so in vain.
Look, the pale of winter has given way to the vividness of spring.
Posted by Joel 
The Lost Chapter 