bare-skinned.
March 16, 2011
the one big thing i learnt from 2010 is to be true to myself.
it does not pay to hide from my weaknesses or to runaway from my hurts.
at the end of the day, i have to peel the outer layers and look myself as a core and ask if i am truly happy doing what i do and being where i am.
the most daring thing i did last year was to leap into a slightly different industry.
and it seems like i got lucky.
i leapt into the deep end and found solid ground.
thankfully, the same goes for my heart.
i dived in even when i still felt numb. when i thought i had no more love to give.
truth is, you have to skin yourself bare, to feel the pain and in the process, you will find yourself amidst the scabs and blood.
Meredith couldn’t have said it better:
“The skin is the largest organ in the body. It protects us, holds us together; literally lets us know what we are feeling. The skin can be soft and vulnerable, highly sensitive, easy to break. Skin doesn’t matter to a surgeon. We will cut right through it, go inside, find out the secrets under it. It takes delicacy and sensitivity. No matter how thick skinned we try to be, there’s millions of electrified nerve endings in there, opened and exposed and feeling way too much. Try as we might to keep from feeling pain. Sometimes it’s just unavoidable. Sometimes, that’s the only thing left – just dealing.”
- Grey’s Anatomy.
