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June 13, 2017

Let Them Be Happy Without You

Just like how some words can’t be unsaid, and how some actions can’t be undone – some people can’t be held onto. Maybe they were perfect once, a snug fit in your keyhole. Perhaps they held together the pieces of your crumbling life so well, you believed that you would fall apart without them. Perhaps, scarily, you loved them once.

Once.

But it isn’t until they leave that you’ll realise, instead of falling apart once they walk away, you’ll remain whole. Your cracks would have long since merged at the seams. It begs the question, who was it that held you together? Was it them, or were you able to do it yourself all along? Perhaps you’ll never know.

But what you will know is how they have changed you. Your memories with them will run in your veins forever, and they’ll keep you company even in the loneliest nights. They would’ve left a permanent stain on your heart, one you can’t ever erase. No matter how bitter the end was, or how painful the separation, there were good times – times that’ll be fondly remembered over a round of drinks in the distant future. Don’t deny that fact.

Instead of asking why they left, perhaps you should be asking yourself – why couldn’t you get them to stay? But that’s beside the point, you can’t alter the past. But what you can change, is how you’ll embrace a future without them.

Have a big heart and let them go, let them embrace their futures, even if you won’t be a part of them. Let them be happy without you, and as hurtful as it sounds, let them find someone better than you. Someone that can give them more happiness than you ever could.

Once you’re able to do that, you’ll be set free. Your selfless actions might not have benefited yourself as much as it has them, but it’s okay. At least you’ll be comfortable, knowing you no longer hold on so desperately to something not worth your energies. And at least you’ll be able to move on.

And on.

And as unlikely as it sounds, perhaps, like them, you’ll find in a better place, and in a better time, someone better.

Credits: Elite Daily

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June 12, 2017 Message of Bro. Arun Gogna from last Sunday Mass. (The Feast Bellevue)

God’s plan for you is broad and it’s you who will make the choice, to choose the details of His plan. You choose how much you want to be blessed.

God answers in 4 ways: 1. “Yes, watch for it.” Once you pray for it, you focus. 2. “Yes, work for it.” Magic will not make you mature. You will value it if you work for it. 3. “Yes, wait for it.” When you pray for something you can’t control, you have to surrender and wait. God’s delays are not God’s denials. Trust that the blessing will come at the right time because timing is everything. The right gift given at the wrong time is still the wrong gift. Sometimes God allows you to struggle so you can bring out the maturity in you, because your struggles are building your wings. 4. “No, wish for something better.” God is on your side. He won’t give you anything that is not for your own ultimate good. God is not a genie. He is a Father. A genie will help you gain miracles but the Father will help you gain maturity. Magic will not bring out the best in you. God wants to bring out the maturity in you because He wants to bless you.

Can you change God’s mind through prayer? No. The purpose of prayer is not to change God’s mind but to change our lives.

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June 11, 2017

Then the peace of God that surpass all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7)

A verse that strucked me at the moment. Is anything bothering you today? Honestly, a lot of things. A failed relationship, career, delays, what is God’s plan for me and what is my direction in life.

Few days ago, I was lying in bed and bawled my eyes out, crying my heart out to God in the middle of the night (Yes, I’m still awake at 2 am). I told Him everything that I feel. It made me calm in a way that I have someone whom I can tell everything, like having a safe space. I surrendered my worries to Him. However, I know it will be difficult not to be preoccupied by these things and I know it will take time for me to recover. It came to the point that I realized God is love. I may be downhearted right now but I have to remember that He will be there no matter what obstacles, struggles or turbulences may come. The difficulties in life are tests of our patience and our faith in Him. Life is hard, but we can face it with confidence in God’s gracious promises. Having a peace of mind and heart means that we just need to trust His plan because He loves us and He will always give what is the best for us.

Ok I’ve said too much. I just want to share this and I want to tell you that God loves you. ☺

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I noticed this photo on Twitter and why not give it a try. ☺

1. Pink Skies - Lany 2. One (1) Last Night - Vaults 3. By My Side - Craves 4. Flaws - Vancouver Sleep Clinic 5. Always Love - Nada Surf 6. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 7. Quit - Cashmere Cat 8. Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran 9. Dancing in the Moonlight - A Walk to Remember Cover 10. Walang Hanggan - Quest 11. Pag-agos - Updharmadown 12. No Scrubs- TLC 13. Vienna - Billy Joel 14. How Did You Know (Piano Version), Tonight - Secret Nation, 10,000 Emerald Pools (Acoustic Version)- Borns 15. XO- John Mayer 16. Over The Rainbow 19. Everglow- Coldplay 22. Broken Vessels- Hillsong 26. Forevermore- Side A 29. Any Disney Movie Song. 30. She Used To Be Mine- Sara Bareilles

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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

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I'm left in awe reading this. Thank you Paulo Coelho. 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 is finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill. Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. That is why it is so important (however painful it may be!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts – and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place. Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them. Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood. Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else. Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the “ideal moment.” Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person – nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important. Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are. -Paulo Coelho

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Credits: Elite Daily

Dear you,

I just want to start off by saying I’m not upset with you. I love you too much to ever be mad at you or hate you. If I had to choose a word to describe how I feel about you, “disappointed” is the first word that comes to mind.

You were everything I ever wanted. Truthfully, you still are. I’ve never met anyone like you, and I’m scared I never will. You showed me how I truly deserve to be treated. This is something no one has ever done for me before. In my eyes, you will always be an incredible man.

For many reasons, you decided to give up on me. You gave up on us. I understand why, and I completely respect your decision.

The fact is, it wasn’t the right time for you. Distance stood between us. But despite it all, I was willing to fight for you. It breaks my heart to know that you weren’t.

We would have been perfect together. I could see us building a life full of happiness and love with one another. Judging by the things you said to me, I know you did, too.

Maybe we just have different personalities. But I’ve always been one to fight for the things I want in this world. If I can’t have them, I’ll try even harder.

Yes, I understand it wasn’t going to be easy. It would have been a long, messy and hard process. But don’t you think that would have made it all the more worth it?

How amazing would it have been to know you fought for a love that you knew you deserved? Think of how amazing it would have felt to look back and see that you did everything you could have done.

To go through something like that together would have created a love neither of us has ever experienced before. We would have been the luckiest people in the world.

But you didn’t fight. You gave up too easily. You knew the path was going to be hard, so you backed out before you even bothered to try. Even though I could never hate you, honestly, a part of me secretly does.

I guess I expected more from you. You seemed like the type of person who fought for the things he wanted in this world.

I realize you were doing what was best for you. I hope you’ve found contentment through your decision. That is all I ever wanted for you.

I want you to be happy. I want you to have everything you desire in this life because you deserve so much.

I’m not writing this as a way to get you back. I’ve accepted the fact that you’re gone. I’ve come to terms with it.

Quite honestly, I’m not even sure I want to be with you anymore. If you were so quick to give up on us once, I’m sure you would do it again.

Usually, I’m all for second chances. But I have no energy left to get my heart broken once again.

I guess I just need you to know how I feel so that I can ultimately move on and find happiness for myself. I need to let you go, so that I can find the one who actually wants to fight for me.

I love you so much, and I hope for nothing but the best for you. Maybe one day, we will be able to meet again and give this whole thing another try.

But for now, goodbye. I’ll be missing you.

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There will be pressures. There will be stress. But never make a major life decision at the height of your emotional moment. It will likely be a wrong decision that you will regret later on. Think through things, ask counsel and face your challenges one issue at a time.

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You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.

Andrea Gibson  (via thequotejournals)

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Credits: Thought Catalog

Thank you for this heart.

For this little muscle beating inside my chest. Thank you for its resilience, for its strength. Thank you for helping it beat, through every Stairmaster workout, through every terrifying scene in a scary movie, through every kiss, through every morning when I was so so tired, and didn’t want to face the world. Thank you for giving me physical strength—to overcome obstacles, to push myself, to never quit. Thank you for my emotional strength—to let people in, to forgive, to share love with others. Sometimes I forget how amazing this muscle is, bringing oxygen to my body, keeping me alive, reminding me that even in my humanness, I am powerful. And helping me to love, and keep on loving. So thank you.

Thank you for my hands.

Hands to touch, to hold, to hug, to cherish. Thank you for the ways my hands have healed, for the ways my hands have learned, for the ways my hands have connected with other hands, and made me see beauty in imperfection.

Thank you for love.

For the capacity to feel, to open, to give. For the ways you have shown me love and given me love from the people around me. Thank you for my family, my friends, my coworkers, for strangers, for lovers. Thank you for the times you have shown my heart what it feels like to be cared for. Thank you for teaching me how to give myself, fully, to others.

Thank you for the pain.

Thank you for all the nights my tears blended with the shower water. Thank you for the days I was afraid of my future, or if I would do well on a test, or if my words could actually mean anything. Thank you for the heartbreak, for the tough lessons, for the exhaustion and brokenness. Because I learned I am whole in you.

Thank you for the lonely nights.

The nights I stayed up late, watching headlights dance across my bedroom window or the stars flickering somewhere off in the distance. Thank you for showing me how to heal and how to be on my own. Thank you for building my strength, day by day, even when I felt I was only getting weaker. Thank you for reminding me that emptiness is temporary, and that I can always be filled in with your love.

Thank you for the unanswered prayers.

Because this life is not about receiving what I ask for, not about basing my relationship with you on what I get, not about wishes being granted and having things my way. For your plan is greater than mine will ever be. And every unanswered prayer was a blessing in disguise.

Thank you for being all that I needed.

For listening when I poured my heart out, for guiding me when I lost my footing, for being a source of inspiration and trust, for reminding me that I am yours, forever. And that I am loved. Thank you for staying when the world turned its back. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how harsh this life gets, you will always be here.

Thank you for forgiveness.

For forgiving me, for helping me learn to forgive, for the way forgiveness heals and saves and lets us begin again with new hope. Thank you for building my heart back to its full strength. Thank you for showing me how beautiful life can be when we let go. Thank you for opportunities, for new beginnings.

Thank you for hope.

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Your life story is beautiful. And what makes it interesting are the pain and heartaches that add colorful hues to the tapestry of your life.