It's time to retrospect. Well, I cleared my garden this year. Removed all the overgrown and unwanted weeds and planted again.

I was thinking to myself, asking myself how strong I am, could I have cleared the weeds long time ago. Well, it made me sad when I realized I had allowed them to grow. The answer came from Winfrey's speech. I asked myself why I allowed this to happen. I loved them earnestly. I wanted them to shape themselves too. I succumbed to them. I succumbed not because I was weak I succumbed because I loved. I acted responsibly by supporting them, allowing them to take charge, but they did not hear to the whispers of life that the going will be great.

Acting responsibly is not weakness, or letting others to live is not weakness but it is a sign of growth. I realized that I had allowed them to grow but they grew erratically and I had to again act responsibly by removing them, so they don't ruin the rest of the garden.

Ah! I know I am not weak, I am responsible. I realized this today. The year before made me responsible and the years to come will hone me!