Dear “Delayed” Person
Dear “Delayed” Person,
We sometimes validate ourselves through the timeline of this world: graduate by 20, find a job after graduation, full independence by 25, get married before 30 that whenever we are “out of track”, “stuck”, “missed”...
Letter to YOU
You,
I can’t help but write. It’s starting again. All over again and I can’t help it. I am terrified. The sudden rush in adrenaline and the speed in every beat of my heart are once again relived. I thought it died so I buried it somewhe...
A Letter from my 23-Year Old Self
Dear Self,
First of all, I want to give you a tap on your shoulder for finishing another year. Looking back, those 365 days were never easy, but you made it! It tested your strength, your loyalty, your patience and most especially, your Fa...
Of Self-love and worth
Like everyone else, you are living in a world full of standards for beauty, intelligence, career and relationships. We face the bars set by the society towards skin color, body shapes, grades at school, work experience and so much more. Nat...
Irony of Life: Healing Hurts
Dear You,
The memories, the people, and you. It can either make you or break you. It can help you make it through the path or can make you just give up. You know what’s the irony of life? It happens when you start making c...
To the ones who feel lost and forgotten
This too shall pass.
Move to, HINDI Move on.
Dear You,
Tayo'y masaya at nananahimik. Paglipas ng panahon, ako'y sayo't ika'y akin. Ngunit bakit nawala sa ihip ng hangin? Anong nangyari sa atin?
Sabi mo kailangan mo ng pahinga.
Sabi mo kailangan mo ng space.
Sabi mo kailang...
Dear You with a Brave Heart
Dear You,
Being brave and strong is a tough job. Sometimes you would want to breakdown but you can’t. Because someone’s relying on you. Sometimes you want people to see you vulnerable but they don’t seem to notice. Because they think th...
When Life Seems Lost
I wish I can still understand the ways of life. Sometimes there are days that seems it's hard to breathe and you cannot fathom the nothingness of emotions that's circling around your bones. There are times as if you are blindly confined ins...
On Coffee, Tears and Secrets
Sometimes a coffee is the best company for whatever we're going through, be it a celebration, mourning, alone time or just one of our whims.
Tears sometimes fall down our eyes fighting secret battles only us know about, We often feel ins...
Uncertainties
When we recall every moment that happened in the past days, months, and years, it was a random event that made our emotions sometimes unexplained. There are sadness and happiness since these somehow do exist.
Too many memories were built...
Life Rants
Life Rants
Been drowning for a long time
I can’t feel my own body
Numb and weak
The voice in my head is roaring like a lion
But, no one ever heard.
Been trying to run and escape this chaos
Stuck and ...
Here’s To All The Things I’d Like To Thank For 2018
I’d like to thank time. Through you, I knew what waiting should be like; I knew what living and cherishing the moment means. Thank you for giving hours, minutes, and seconds for me to understand that some things are not yet too late on tryi...
There Is Something More In Being A Woman
You may not be able to meet a man who would give you the love you deserve. You might not be able to have a family of your own —have kids and woke up to a husband beside you. You might not win in the game called love, know that life does not...
You are a work in progress
There is a moment in our life where we realize our failures and how slow our progress is than others, and it is inevitable. It seems that we randomly pause and think about how dragging our accomplishments or progress in life. Sometimes, we ...
This is a reminder that you’re doing well
You’re doing well, those things that are unseen weighed the most.
Know your worth! (work edition)
Hi there! If you're a fresh graduate looking for your first legit job or struggling with work, I have few words for you.
I remember that feeling after I graduated, "finally, I'm done with school!". But then reality woke me up. Now that ...
Dear Self, embrace who and where you are not.
Dear Self,
How is your heart? 2020 is so heavy, isn’t it?
I know you have set a standard that at a certain time, you should be like this and like that. And probably the path where you are now is not even leading you to where you wanted to...
How to Stay Emotionally Healthy Even in Social Distancing or Isolation
Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has quickly changed the way we do life all over the world.
As we are prevented from carrying out our normal life rhythms — such as going to work, meeting with people in cafes and restaurants, and going to the gy...
Be The Person You Want To Find
Many books on relationships will tell you how to find and keep the right person, how to develop your communication skills – even how to properly “brand” yourself with the right set of attributes to attract a partner. While these resources ...
Disconnecting from Social Media and the Peace it brought me; An act of Courage.
My Facebook Friends will definitely testify how active I am in Facebook, how many times I post photos of myself, what I am into, my activities and my circle of people hanging out with. My Instagram Friends will prove how crazy I am posting ...
To My Past, ikaw at ako na walang Tayo sa Mundo Mo
Noong makilala kita Akala ko hanggang magiging dulo na tayo at ndi na matatapos, ikaw at ako pag Tanda!!
sa una masaya ang ating naging similar pero ndi tumagal puro pagsisi naramdaman mo kaya unti unti nawala ung pagmamahal mo parang pa...
Stoicism in Sufism
Stoicism and Sufism are two distinct philosophical and spiritual traditions with some parallels but significant differences.
Stoicism emphasizes the importance of living according to reason and virtue, and teaches that while we cannot cont...
Midsummer
That salt air rubbing against your skin, that loud music from a distance, that excitement the first time the waves meet your toes, that feeling of catching up a deadline— wait, what? You found yourself sitting across the room, wala pa ...
A Living Eulogy for Me
Deaar You,
If there's one thing that I'd like to tell you, it would be: "Choose to love." You may find it absurd but yes, choose to love. You never go wrong when you love like Him.
Choose to love after all the painful
memories...
Realizations of a Passionate Dreamer
In achieving my dreams,
I passionately gave all of my time and effort into what I am now.
Unknowingly, I just let myself mature and grow by myself without needing anyone.
My eyes are just focused on what is ahead of me, without b...
The truth is, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about your life.
I know you feel inferior to others right now. You are full of doubts and overthinking. You have a lot of dreams in mind, and you really want to work hard, but you feel overwhelmed by the pressure from the people around you. You began to wor...
An Open Letter For The Future Husband: “Are You Already Her Mr. Right?”
Dear Men,
If you are not yet serious in pursuing her don’t let her fall in love with you. Don’t play with her emotions. Emotion is not a word use for playing or tripping. God designed emotion for protection and not for hurt. Remember tha...
There is Wisdom in Solitude
There are a lot of things or situations in which we can acquire wisdom. There are our self-experiences and some are taught to us by our elders based on their own encounters, but the place that we do not expect to get wisdom is from solitude...
Taking Risks
You'll never know unless you try. It's better to take risks to something you really wanted to do even if it doesnt guarantee you a total success at the end. Rather than never trying doing it at all and regret for the rest of your life.
R...
