A Word to 2018

I write this from the thereon of an amazing night, great enough that I wrote a couple tweets tagging everybody I could remember and manage to tag in them ahead of time before midnight.

Some of my childhood friends and I - Amir, Vincent and Gabriel - met up together after a long, long time, it happened to be in the midst of a power outage, nonetheless, we met with big smiles and hugs, we made it work, we spent the whole night playing dominoes, drinking and making big plans for today, something that I will certainly cherish my entire life.

'I love you, brother', is the word of the night as my friend - from a drunken slumber after alcohol made him depressed over some thought - needless to say, it was great, the best time I have had in 2017 and the best time I have had with my friends, period.

A plethora of thoughts kept rushing through my mind but the one thing that I kept thinking was 'I'm not alone anymore...'

Honestly, bottom line is, I love everything that you guys have given me this year, you guys have given me the ability to survive, to sustain myself and to work hard for a goal.

For the first time in my life, I don't feel isolated, I don't feel like the people around me are not trustworthy, I don't feel like I have to continue surviving instead of living.

I feel resolute, I have a goal, and I have something to strive for. There's many things in store for 2018, but I know this; my goals for 2018 will no longer be: Survive. It will be; 2018: Live and Escape. I will make it my personal sworn duty to live my life to the best of my ability, to work twice as hard and to be better, for myself, and for you.

Thank you, everyone, I love all of you. Here's to an amazing 2018 and to leave behind the struggles.

- Haruspex Of Hell; Jose Connolly.