You're Gone.

Pain was in the air.
until it descended into my heart,
when you left me
heartbroken.


I still cherish the moments,
when you filled my life
with colors unknown before.


Life had its beauty then.
You lent it a special sweetness.
I saw my hopes fulfilled,
through all the storms and springs.


It was like a dream come true.
It was like two hearts having one feeling.
It was like two souls having one thought.


But now you're gone. Forever.
You've left me alone
in bitter frost and windless air,
snaking along the rails of the past
pondering on what went wrong.

A chocolife.

A lot of people ask me “What does chocolife mean?”. Well here’s the answer…

It’s the life that gives me happiness and contentment.

It’s really hard, while you’re busy withering the storm of every day life, to see things with real perspective, to know what’s important and what is it that you really want from your life.

We have work to pay attention to, people emailing us for information and requesting action, we have phone calls and visitors and a long to-do list and a million chores to run and all of the million errands of our daily reality … and yet, what is important?

Ask yourself this: if you suddenly found out you only had 6 months to live (for whatever reason), would the thing in front of you matter to you?

Would those 20 emails waiting for a response matter? Would the paperwork waiting to be processed matter? Would the work you’re doing matter? Would the meetings you’re supposed to have matter? Would a big car and nice house and high-paying job and cool computer and mobile device and nice shoes and clothes matter?

I’m not saying they wouldn’t matter … but it’s important to ask yourself if they would.

What would matter to you?

For many of us, it’s the loved ones in our lives. If we don’t have loved ones … maybe it’s time we started figuring out why, and addressing that. Maybe we haven’t made time for others, for getting out and meeting others and helping others and being passionate about others. Maybe we have shut ourselves in somehow. Or maybe we do have loved ones in our lives, but we don’t seem to have the time we want to spend with them.

When was the last time you told your loved ones you loved them? Spent good quality time with them, being in the moment?

For many of us, doing work that matters … would matter. That might mean helping others, or making a vital contribution to society, or creating something brilliant and inspiring, or expressing ourselves somehow. It’s not the money that matters, but the impact of the work. Are you doing work that matters?

For many of us, experiencing life would matter — really going all out and feeling the beauty all around us, finding passion in our lives, seeing the world and traveling, being with great people, doing amazing things, eating amazing food, singing, playing.

These are just a few ideas … but what would matter to you?

Its important that you spend at least a little time, and regularly think about this question … figuring out what really matters, finding what makes your chocolife… and start living it.

Because while you might not have only 6 months to live, you really do only have a short time to live. Whether that’s 6 months, 6 years or 60 … it’s just the blink of an eye.

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now. Live your chocolife.

:)

I remember you.

I remember you when you’re so far away…
Gone away into your own dreamland;
When you can no more feel the warmth of my hand,
And my heart would still long for you to stay.

I remember you more day by day…
… the karaoke nights
… the useless fights;
& the other silly games we’d play.

I remember you when you come to me in the silence of the night,
… as I listen to that sugar coated voice,
with the speaking silence of a dream
which tells me that every thing would be alright.

I remember you more when I long for your care…
… the vibrant laugh,
… the smiley graph;
& I look up again wishing you were here.