Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be

活过

曲：吴剑泓　词：许环良、吴剑泓

一条路　有多少分岔口
走呀走　就不能再回头
痛哭过　因为执著
依依不舍　那又如何

一棵树　长多高才足够
风雨中　有过多少惶恐
叶凋落　也曾结果
花开花谢　只为活过

感动的最初　曾经的幸福
尽管我苦苦的追逐
再也找不到来时路

所谓的永久　放下无助　换自由
回忆埋在心中深处
种一棵会发芽　的祝福

This evening, this song really struck a chord with me (pun fully intended) as I listened to it on the bus.

I got together with some friends from JC, and learnt that a guy who was part of our group no longer wants to have anything to do with us.

I won’t go into the details here, but it reminded me that just as strangers can become friends or even a couple, friends or even your boyfriend/girlfriend can go back to being a stranger if things don’t work out.

And if your affinity has come to its end… if you are the only one hanging on, it can’t come back. It takes 2 hands to clap.

We will cry, but there will be other people waiting in the future to enter our lives and touch them.

To translate the last few lines of this song, if we can let go, we exchange our helplessness for freedom and keep the memories in our hearts. And maybe even plant a seed that will bud into well wishes.