Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles Tribute and New Year Thoughts
[ I start singing at 01:17 in case you need it haha ]
Wrote this at the last moment of 2021: Natural Attraction!
The last day of 2021 ended here in Viet Nam
It’s a beautiful sunny day, still a bit cold. But father Sun told his sister Rain to go on holiday for one day to honor her hard working in the last few months in Da Nang (yes pleaseeeee lol)
It obviously boosted our mood on the last day of an eventful year!
Now, not using the traditional structure when I write, let me put my messages of this post into random little stories of this year
(I know I’m an INFJ – a natural writer – So I promise ya this won’t be (too) long haha)
1-- Some friends - who know I have less than 250 Facebook friends told me: Alright then I'm lucky and honored to be in your circle
I said: No, I'm the lucky one to have met you to put you into my circle
Cause... If you're not in my circle, you'll be in many other circles, easy!
But for me, it’s different! This circle of mine is small, I love it and treasure it so much!
This is my choice, this is what I want, and I'm happy with it
My circle is made out of Natural Attraction
And you, you are here because I adore you and seriously want you to see my things.
And though I'm not much of a newfeed scroller to engage with your posts often, I still sense the special events of your life!
2-- A friend of mine – a successful man, handsome, adorable, but still long term single, wrote this on his dating app bio: In life, the more you know what you want, the harder it is to find, and I’m already old as shit! (He is 33)
If I could not help myself, I would have said: hey may I steal this for my bio somewhere? Lol
I totally resonate with him. And he will not settle down for anything less than what he wants and he deserves. He should keep listening to his heart.
And I’m doing the same, BUT! Until then – There are a thousand, a million things to do and focus on when we are single!
In the last one and half a year, “I’m bored” never shows up in my head or spoken from my mouth!
Sometimes I feel shy and want to hide and slide away after finding out my friends are laughing at me being too energized and excited for something obviouly.
I shout, I jump, I laugh, I run around, I sing, I get tipsy and talk their ears off. And in fact, I’m a conservative introvert. I never did such things before.
I mean... I will never trade any year of my life for anything else other than experiencing those moments.
Am I old? (Don’t ask my parents or relatives or neighbors, or any typical Vietnamese – or my highschool friends who have 10 years old children. Don’t ask them! Ask me!)
Hell no! I have so much to do, so much to try, so many places to go, so many people to meet, so much to learn, and so much love to show. There are two things that we never worry of running out of: Love and Experiences!
I’m only old when I’m dead, cause if I sit on a wheelchair I can still sing for my dogs and they will dance to my Beatles songs!
Ages are numbers, yes! Just start anything out anytime. Anytime is good time!
Once I said: It’s nothing to be ashamed if today you want this and tomorrow you want something else. It’s more dangerous when you sense something not right, but you try to stay in that comfort zone, and years later you look back, your life has got to the point you don’t know who you are and what you’re doing anymore. Everyday’s just like everyday! Not moving is actually moving backwards!
And comfort zone is a temporary pain killer.
3-- This morning I passed by my neighbor coffee shop, where I used to meet many new cool friends before the lockdown in May. The guy working there stopped me and said: Hey sis, uncle J got you a drink here as a gift, just pick up anytime!
I was “OOOOOO” for a few seconds. I have not met uncle J for awhile and he is one of special people in my circle. And he always does random things like that for me.
And I was smiling for the rest of my day thinking of how sweet the people in my circle of relationships are.
There are people I’m not very close to, or ones I have not met for months. But we all respect each other’s personal life. We don’t text, we don’t say hi, we don’t hangout, we don’t talk often, that does not mean there isn’t a good connection between us!
This, I say: We can’t force a connection and we can’t stop a natural attraction!
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4-- I was trying to move out of Da Nang at the end of the 6 months lockdown (yeah, 12 months of the year, 6 months in full strict lockdown). The first days we went out at some music place, I officially said hi and hung out with an American girl that we had been friends on FB for awhile. I felt like I had met her for years!
And when we were riding on our motorbikes at midnight in the rain going around to find a place with more music, she was screaming and laughing: Oh my god! I love you!!!! Don’t move! Stay here with us!
Yes she’ll laugh when she sees this post!
I did not do anything, I was being me and having fun - And I promise ya most of times I look very unapproachable in public if I’m alone (I’m just into my world enjoying my thing there). But, I attract lovely friends with the same radio wave!
I call this Natural Attraction too.!
5-- Another American girl – I don’t know why haha
We met from the time I brought my guitar to a place and played music there, oh my she loves The Beatles, she loves Sam Cooke, she got great taste in music! And though I would not know what to tell her first if I come say hi to her without music because she looks like she does not care about anything else other than what she is enjoying! We get along well and we and others became a team of silly dancers lol
And everytime since then, if she askes me if I’ll come to hangout for that night, she goes with a threat! I mean – a real funny threat which I know she means “Hey I really want you there!”
And I know she does not send that threat to many people in town haha
I call this Natural Attraction!
6-- Just in the last couple months, I have met so many people that have come into my life so naturally, randomly without me looking for! People who make me feel so comfortable and safe from the first text/ conversation!
People who communicate instead of sliding away and letting me sit there alone feeling hurt wondering what I did wrong!
And so, when we know clearly what we want and will go for, the Natural Attraction will come effortlessly..
My favorite quote (again): It’s very hard to fck the right things up!*
If it comes, it comes, if it goes, yes, sad, hurt, cry, but know that it’s not meant to be here with us and it belongs somewhere else.
I’ve met people who care so much and are comfortable with me enough to be so commanding – and surprisingly – a stubborn me accept to follow through what they want me to do – and this 100% always brings something good to me, some thing fun, some great memories!
I do that, because I’ve got Natural Attraction with them!
Today, the last day of 2021, what I did for myself: Not new hair, not new nails (these can be done on random days if I feel like it).
I tried to get my buddy to go to the beach with me to see the last ray of light of the day, almost had a fight with him through text. Then he texted me back right away:
“Alright! You can be mad at me for as long as you want! But if you want to kick me out of your life forever, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THAT AGAIN! “
Hahaha I couldn’t help but laughing so hard and all my anger disappeared, I asked:
“Are you insane?”
People who really care – won’t slide away that easily!
And they communicate!
I said: A year gone!
He said: What’s fun about this year?
I said: I can’t even tell! I cried so much this year (yes I cried my eyes out). I laughed so much this year (yes, insanely, my friends know!)
I was turned down by many people, many friends, many relationships. I was sad, I was sick, I was heart broken, I was despressed.
But I still lmao whenever I’m happy.
Having sensitive senses is paying me off for those beautiful experiences this year!
2021 just slid away. We have been in 2 years of weird things going on. I believe that we experienced things that we never did before in our lives. Not gonna say it's good or bad, right or wrong.
Let's say how we reacted to it and to be here now, still enjoying your morning cup of coffee, still happily sneaking a glass of wine from your fridge at midnight, still flirting with a stranger we have never met, still laughing with our loved ones every morning and night.
Then, life’s all good! 🤗
I don't know much about geography
Don't know much about trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
But I do know if you reach to this part of my post, then..
Happy New Year! 💖
Little Beatle ♫
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