Heartaches and Tears

Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer. 1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? 2. Which is worse, failing or never trying? 3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do? 4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done? 5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world? 6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? 7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? 8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently? 9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken? 10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? 11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful a...

One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished. Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents’ house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden? You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that. But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will a...

One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished. Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents’ house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden? You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that. But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will a...

Naaalala ko pa yung text mo na: Na-detach na yung feelings natin sa isa't isa. Mabuti pang huwag na lang tayo muna mag-usap. Magsawa ako sa mga manliligaw ko. Hindi ko makuha kung bakit ayaw mo ng commitment. Sagabal nga ba yun dahil bago ka sa work mo, or natatakot ka lang na mawala ako sa buhay mo, kung hindi man bilang girlfriend, kung hindi kahit bilang kaibigan lang. Hindi ko makuha bakit hindi pwede maging tayo. Single ka naman at single din ako (noon). Tinanggap ko na sa sarili ko na, isa na lang kathang-isip yung salitang magiging tayo pa sa huli. Inalis ko na sa isip ko yun. Anuman ang maging bunga ng mga desisyon ko, handa at tanggap ko na na hindi na ako babalik pa sa dati. Sawang- sawa na ako na umasa. Tanga pa rin ako na nag-iisip na kahit paano eh, dapat mag-usap o magkita pa tayo. Hanggang dito na lang talaga siguro. Sadyang may mga bagay na hindi na kayang ibalik, kahit na ipilit. Hiling ko lang na maging maligaya ka, at gusto kong malaman mo na hindi pa rin kita na...

(1) Fine :   This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. (2) Five Minutes :   If she is getting dressed, this means one-half hour.  Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house. (3) Nothing :   This is the calm before the storm.  This means something, and you should be on your toes.  Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine. (4) Go Ahead :   This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It! (5) Loud Sigh :   This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men.  A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing.  (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.) (6) That's Okay :   This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make ...