Love

"The truth is, you love him kaya kung nahihirapan ka na pagkatiwalaan siya, pagkatiwalaan mo ang pagmamahal mo sa kanya."

"...Kahit may nararamdaman na akong mali, I chose to look away...to keep quiet. Ang nagmamahal kasi, naniniwala. I defended you from everyone, even to myself...but I was wrong."

"Kahit ang hirap-hirap mo nang mahalin, mamahalin kita kahit nasasaktan ako...kasi nangako ako. I promised to love you even when it hurts. I love you ...

I know it'll take a few months I can see this movie, due to the scarcity of Filipino theaters in my area. I'll be posting some excerpts from the blogs/reviews of people that had seen this movie.

'It is this tenacious refusal to surrender to absolute escape and fantasy that separates 'One More Chance' and to a greater degree, 'A Second Chance,' from all the rest'

At its very core, A Second Chance retains a very stubborn allegiance to love. In the midst of its damning portrayal ...

FOR THE EYES.
See everlasting beauty in human kindness.

FOR THE TONGUE.
Speak from the heart instead of the mouth/

FOR THE FACE.
Smile more often to everyone.

FOR THE EARS.
Speak less and listen more.

FOR THE BRAIN.
Have constructive thought.

FOR THE FEET.
Walk towards knowledge and wisdom.

FOR THE NOSE.
Inhale the good and exhale the bad.

FOR STRENGTH.
Get up ...

I used to run from pain.

Allow yourself to feel pain, to sit with it. To build relationships that you may one day lose, for whatever reason.

Holding pain will be hardest thing you do. Feeling pain is the bravest fight you will fight. Running, avoidance, fear in whatever form, it all brings you further away from being a full, feeling person.

Pain is clarifying, cleansing. True.

You feel this pain because you loved so hard, because you felt ...

Forever is an incredibly long time. I think, apart from our own company – nothing in our lives really lasts forever. But when we’re looking for a partner and not succeeding, and we feel we’ve been single for way too long (Months? Years? – definition of “a long time” can be very subjective), that horrible thought almost inevitably creeps in: ‘Will I ever find someone? What if I stay alone forever?’

I could bet you right here right now for any amount – you won’t stay single forever, ...

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The word "love" is used and abused for the expression of different sets of feelings.

The word love is used as an expression of affection towards someone else (I love you) but it also expresses pleasure (I love chocolate). To make it a little more complicated, the word "love" also expresses a human virtue that is based on compassion, affection and kindness. This is a state of being, that has nothing to do, with something or someone outside yourself. This is the ...