Nadiah Alwi

What would you do when things don’t work out right?

If you’re just a little kid, maybe you would just cry. Grown-ups will fix them for you.

But, hey, you’re not a kid. You’re the grown-ups. So, you are supposed to do the fixing.

Yeah, that’s the ‘fun’ side of being a grown-up. You have the authority to handle stuff. Something you wish you could do when you were a teenager. Now, you can. But, why do you run away?

That’s the beauty and bizarre side of life. You tend to wish for something you don’t have.

Many grown-ups I know run away when things don’t work out right. Sometimes, I also want to do it. Close my eyes, pretend that nothing is wrong. But, I can’t. I’d rather do all the fixing and move on with my life peacefully.