That phrase stayed with me.
Onions have layers. You peel one, you see another. You peel another, you see another. And each layer makes you cry more.
That is how my life has been this year.
I thought after I finished school, the suffering will end. Then life said just one more layer. I thought after I got that small job, I will be okay. Life said just one more layer. I thought after I paid my debts, I will rest. Life said just one more layer of bill, one more layer of problem, one more layer of disappointment.
We keep peeling, thinking the next layer is the last. But there is always just one more layer.
My mother finished peeling and she started cooking. She did not complain about the layers. She just kept cooking.
That is when I understood. Life will always have just one more layer. The goal is not to finish peeling. The goal is to still cook something beautiful even with tears in your eyes.
So today, I am cooking my life with tears and all. One more layer will not stop me.
This is my 5 minutes freewrite.
Thanks for reading.
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