If you have no more happiness to give, give me your pains

Time may be endless; but for people time is fixed

 

Pain changes us

And humbles us. Somehow, pain is an inconvenient necessity.

If you lose someone but find yourself, you won

Never stop learning

Above all else, be consistent

The rule is never to lower your standards for anyone

Just the two of us

You Teach People How to Treat You

If you love somebody, let them know everyday

“If we remember everyday that we could lose someone at any moment, we would love them more fiercely and freely, and without fear – not because there is nothing to lose, but because everyday can always be lost.”

- Unknown

Take every chance

Often, we think there’s always ample time to do everything. Time to do things with people. Time to say things that matter to them. Time to show the feelings we’ve been holding on for so long. And then something unexpected happens. And then we were left with nothing but regret, a burning feeling and haunting words like “only if...”.

Go for whatever makes you happy

When to drop the “What are we?” bomb?

But just another beautiful quote from Kim Quindlen:

All I am saying is that when you really, really like someone, when you feel like they’re the only person you want to see at the end of a long day, when you’ve really gotten to know them and you feel like they’ve gotten to know you, ask them. When you’re no longer interested in pursuing other relationships and other people, or when you’re ready to focus your attention on one person, or when you feel like you can’t stop smiling because this person sparked something within you, ask.

Be the bold one. Tell them what you want. When you’ve picked up enough pieces of them – enough to know that they might be the right person for you – then ask. And don’t apologize. Because it’s not a bomb. It’s just a question, and you have the right to know the answer.

Let your faith be bigger than your fears

You are only alive during moments when your heart is conscious of your treasures

Being happy is my favorite. You make me happy. That makes you my favorite.

Know the difference between what you are getting and what you deserve

Don’t be afraid to lose someone

who doesn’t feel lucky to have you.

Don’t let the opinion of others consume you

Happiness is found when you never allow yourself

to be defined by someone else’s judgment about you.

The Ritual at the Collective Makati

Nothing hurts more than being treated so badly by the single person you thought would never hurt and leave you. Instead of sulking and feeling mad, why not get even or exact revenge? The following are some suggested rituals.

1. Steal their bicycle and donate it to a homeless man or some random taong grasa.

2. Draw vandals on their wall.

3. Stain their favorite shirt with pure cacao powder.

4. Switch the content of their hair gel with that of dishwashing liquid soap.

5. Do their laundry for the last time and keep the change.

6. Make them a burger infused with lots of hot chili flakes and Bulkan extra hot sauce.

7. Text them with “Sugar you ain’t so sweet!” or “You were never the peanut to my butter!”

8. Drink and mingle with their best friend.

9. Punch them on the face and go get some oregano or salted caramel ice cream.

10. Use “Ey Good Looking” or “Queen of Egypt” soap, tanning oil and some exfoliating silk cocoons. Look and smell so good, so that the next time they see you, they will regret ever leaving you.

11. Let your heart rest. For a while.

12. And pay a visit to Ritual. It is a soothing, nostalgic and classy sari-sari store. Don’t be surprise if you’ll find a note tucked somewhere in the place telling you that sometimes even the wrong choices could bring you to the right places.

Life becomes easier when you eliminate the problem

It is always better to have loved and lost than

to live with a crazy psychopath the rest of your life.

Have a heart that never hardens

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts,

there can be no more hurt, only more love."

- Daphne Rae