I Belong to Me

I came across "I belong to Me" in a K-drama's dialgoue and it expresses a lot of the decisions that I took in my life journey. This metaphor has diverse branches, each has its own meaning, direction and growth. My defiance from the societal expectations imposed on women's duties and responsibilities arising from the myriad hats that they put on to live, pivots on "I belong to Me."

To follow a patterned template is a natural tendency like a sunflower rising to the sun. I fell in,  yet broke away many times. until it became me. This happened when a peer in my Master's degree class once commented that I always likes to take the hard road because I chose to enroll in tough courses that others avoided.

Another interesting metaphor is about sounds, i.e., Sounds Disappears. This simple but deep answer was given by an audiophile to his 6-year old son when asked "Why do you like sound so much?" The father explained further that "once we adults admit that things disappear someday, we no longer get obsessed with useless things." This blew me away. Until then, sounds  for me were white noise. I was embarrassed by my sheer ignorance and floating shallowness.

The temptation for online purchases has never been greater than now, for the fortunate ones that have the capital to browse and buy. I have been doing a lot of  online shopping to keep informed about the various trends and therapies used by the retailers to entice their customers. I went as far as dropping the items in the cart but retreated by the soundwaves ringing in my left ear. 

"I belong to Me," in return, I let the other be: "You belong to You", He belongs to Him", "She belongs to Her,", and "It belongs to It."