Despite

Despite the sloth in me, despite the indiscipline, despite the alarming pace I’m at, despite it being Thursday already,

despite not having found a job, despite not making the Singapore arrangements, despite not reading any journals yet,

despite missing an anticipated Japanese dinner,

despite the salted droplets, despite the vague closure, despite the difficulty in mustering courage, despite losing that miraculous motivation,

despite so many things that are giving me this familiar misery,

I have but a promise to myself to keep and it in turn keeps me going on.

~ by Liz Lee on September 10, 2009.