Life is like a bottle of oranges. Or maybe it's like a cube of Maggi. Whatever, all these motivational quotes are all rubbish anyway. Nobody really has a clue of what life is like. Because life is not just one thing. Life is formless, it's mysterious. It's nothing, it's vanity. It comes and it goes. It does whatever it wants and we all just try to make sense of it however we can. So yeah, of course, you can say Life is whatever you think it is. And you might be right. Because the truth is, life happens to us all in different ways, and we all try to make sense of it as it happens to us in our unique ways. So maybe don't laugh yet when I say Life is like a cube of Maggi. Because just like chicken flavour Maggi cube, life is hard.

Lol.

Read that first paragraph again and that second paragraph was my reaction. Lately, you see people online rail against using lol because there's an array of suitable emojis one could use. But I don't think so. I'm of the opinion that lol has evolved to communicate something different from a laughing emoji. If I see something really funny and it cracks me up, I won't be replying with lol. I would be in your DM with a bunch of laughing emojis. But then when I see something maybe a little dumb or ridiculous or something not worth replying to, I send lol. So keep in mind that the lol has a subtle sarcastic subtext. Don't in any way confuse it with me laughing, nobody's laughing with you.

Lmao.

Read that third paragraph again and that fourth paragraph was my reaction. Contrary to popular opinion, I'm not laughing my ass off. On a scale with two extremes, with lol and laughing emojis on either side, lmao would be somewhere in the middle. Formal English men might call it a wry smile. That would be suitable. But there is no wry smile emoji, or maybe there is that I don't know, I use lmao anyway.

Was reading everything I just wrote above again. And I'm thinking, first, what's the point of all this? And second, I begin to wonder, Can a single word constitute a paragraph. What's the rule on that? A single Google search could probably answer that but no, I love the uncertainty.

Talking about uncertainty, these days I've been feeling certainly uncertain. I've always been a firm believer in Que sera sera. That whatever will be will be. That I'm gonna be fine eventually. That all's gonna be well. I'm not much of a believer anymore. I don't know if I'm gonna be fine. I don't know if everything's gonna work out fine for me. And that uncertainty scares me. Would the future be just like I've envisioned it or would it turn out to be my worst nightmare? Or worse still, would it turn out to be unremarkable, mediocre at its very best. I do not know. I do not like not knowing. And I don't think Que sera sera. I know many would say to me, don't worry, just work hard, everything would work out fine. Yeah yeah, I get it. But it doesn't quell my uncertainty. Would my hard work pay off? Would my efforts be rewarded? Or would I just be another hustling youth with big dreams and little realizations? All these questions still linger. And I've found out that I probably won't get answers to them. So I have to walk on, not knowing. And when a man does not know, he hopes. For what is a life without hope. So I think Life is uncertain. It's truly mysterious. It's heading out each morning not knowing what the day would possibly bring. So one could sit back and just let life happen. Or one could walk on, with hope in one's heart. Walking on, through the storm and through the rain. Walking on with the belief that everything's gonna be all right.

Wow. That was long. Relatively at least. Felt a little motivational at the end, you know, a little "aspire to maguire" lol. Anyway, if you still need additional motivation, do well to read up the lyrics of Liverpool's You'll Never Walk Alone anthem. I'm a big fan by the way. #YNWA

Read everything all over again and I must say, this certainly turned out better than I expected. Of course, it's no literary masterpiece, but for a piece that started out as just musings and ramblings, it's certainly alright. I think I'll start doing this regularly now. Just ramble on and on hoping I stumble on something profound. Not that I've said anything profound yet, or have I?

I should probably stop here before I start rambling again.

Wait, one last thing, I think I figured it out. Life is indeed like a bottle of oranges. Or rather like a bottle of orange juice. Lol, what was I thinking before? Is there anything like a bottle of oranges? Like would oranges fit in a bottle? Or would the term bottles probably include kegs with wide enough openings for oranges to squeeze through? No, bottles and kegs are two different things. Abi? A bottle is a bottle and a keg is a keg. What am I even saying? What's the point of all this? Man, I just need to stop and getat. Lmao.