Titik at Pitik

30/05/2025

hakbang isa patungong pag-ibig.
hindi sigurado kung kaliwa o kanan ba ang dapat mauna, pero ang importante, umusad na.

hintayin natin ang mga susunod na kabanata.
sa tuwa at lumbay, tuloy lang sa paghakbang.
hindi pa rito natatapos ang paglalakbay tungo sa pag-ibig.

15/06/2024

Nakakatuwang balikan ang mga huling kataga 'ko rito sa pahina 'kong ito. Tungkol ito sa dyip, b'yahe, at ang destinasyon na ating gustong puntahan. Ngayong 2024, tuloy pa rin ang b'yahe ng buhay. Hindi sa akin itong sasakyan. Napapadalas din ako mag-joyride.

Panibagong taon, pasahero pa rin ako.
Pasaherong patuloy na nagtitiwala sa plano Niya.

Ewan ko ba kung saan ako patungo...
Basta ang alam 'ko, sumasagot siya sa Kanyang simpleng pamamaraan. Ayaw Niya akong maligaw.

09/01/2023

09/01/2023

maging ikaw
ay bago
—
Ron Canimo
roncanimoph
***
𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗪 𝗦𝗔 𝗕𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗪 ☀️
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09/01/2023

To the better version I aspire to become,

You deserve to reclaim your peace. You deserve a life where you get to accept that there are pages you could reread but no longer revise. There are nights you might feel a bit lost, like you know something’s missing but you can’t determine what exactly it is. It’s okay to want more, to dream bigger things, and to take greater risks, even if that requires making little sacrifices. And sometimes in life, there are ambitions that are better to let go of because they lead you to where happiness is free—a better, more beholden, and more composed place.

And the guilt you felt in your chest is valid. It's okay to daydream about the day you wished you had stayed but didn't. It’s okay to miss the people you turned your back on because you chose peace over petty dramas. It's okay to be angry about the decisions you can't change and how they impact you in the long run.

And it’s fine if you refuse to take advice from people who have never walked in your shoes and just be picky about the friends you want to surround yourself with. It’s okay to be selfish at times when you notice your kindness has been taken advantage of.

And believe me, you’ll lose nothing when you start investing in yourself. Others may not understand the change in your terms, but keep those who believe in your ability to grow.
Take everything that’s best for you. Relive it. Share it. Be proud of it.

But also take the worst things that happened to you. Turn it into a motivation. Work on it. Change it into a purpose.

Build the person you want to become. End some cycles that keep you stuck. Just start when your heart's finally ready. Some of the toughest treks in life often lead you to the best views.

And sometimes, finding your true self is a forlorn journey. And for some, growth is a lonely pursuit.

- Mica Meñez

09/01/2023

ano’ng itinuro sa’yo
ng taon na ito?
—
Ron Canimo
roncanimoph

09/01/2023

DYIP

Basta ang alam 'ko, pare-parehas tayong pasahero ng buhay na ito. Iba't-iba lang ng destinasyon.

Ngayong 2023, nawa'y masaya tayo saan man tayo patungo.

22/12/2022

This year was all about acceptance.

I found myself filtering the things that are worth keeping from the ones that are worth letting go. So as the dreams that are worth chasing from the ones that are better left unpursued.

I now understand that my passion no longer lights me up the same way it used to. And that there are things I am no longer good at. I no longer force my wreckage to gather together. I just accept that some of my broken pieces tell the greatest tales of my survival.

I found myself no longer hating the past, and just leaving it the way it was. It’s just that I am no longer letting it bother me the way it used to. I just learned to set boundaries and stop allowing others to disrespect my kindness. I am no longer putting a lot of pressure on myself for the days that haven’t happened yet. I no longer carry the burdens of the future that are hampering my happiness today.

I found myself realizing that people come and go. Some turn into strangers, and sometimes, I did too. Some changes hurt. Some changes are good for my wellbeing. I realized that distance is all it takes to save some self-courtesy. I stopped adjusting to please people. I stopped being just a substitute for someone’s unavailability. I accept that I am not everyone’s favorite.

This year was all about me accepting that everyone will start to have other priorities, and that’s okay if I am no longer a part of it. And so, as for me, I stopped feeling guilty for abandoning places that judged my shortfalls and unchangeable decisions.

My quest to get better will go a long way. And sometimes, to feel more carefree, it means letting go of something that wasn’t meant to be mine in the first place. I found myself accepting that some parts of this life are flawed, and extremely ugly, and completely inconsiderate, but just because I accepted it, doesn’t mean I will settle for it.

Part of acceptance is rediscovering myself. Part of my rediscovery is accepting there might be failures along the way. I’ll lose. I’ll win. And I will learn a lot from everything in between.

- Mica Meñez | year of acceptance

28/01/2022

Yes, i want to be loved
I’ve always wanted to be loved

//I’ve always wanted to be loved//

I’ll drop the act today
For once and for all
And admit
Yes, i want to be loved
I’ve always wanted to be loved
Always wanted to be wanted and always to belong
What a sweet privilege, afterall
To have a pair of arms that is always willing to hold you
To have someone who keeps your picture in their wallet
To have someone who loves you and to have someone to love
Why then do i run away from it, you ask
And I can’t tell you anything more than that
I’ve always wanted to be loved
But I’ve always wanted to be spared of heartbreak more
That, always a little more.

//love vs fear, a battle i lose either way//

~©Anushka Jain, The Storytellers
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19/01/2022

i can best describe it as being swallowed alive by a beast that had neither a body or a face. i never saw it coming. i didn’t even know it had consumed me until years later when i sat there wondering why the only thing i felt each day was turmoil.

no—it’s not a sadness. you cry when you’re sad. you still have the capacity to laugh an hour later when you hear something funny. sadness is a wave. it fills you. then it passes and you’re onto the next emotion.

depression sticks. it makes you feel stuck. keeps you frozen within it. until you don’t even remember what it was like to feel anything else.

you ache for some colour cause everything is numb and dull. all you want is to feel like you are living. all you want is a sign things will get better but depression is an invisible killer. it lies and says you won’t. but you will. you will. that’s the beautiful thing about life. whether you believe it or not—nothing stays the same. nothing lasts forever. and this impermanence is a freedom.

page 15 - home body

09/09/2021

surely, you’ll find out.

— Jp Ilangilang

20/07/2021

to the countless days
i remain unspoken

until you came
and i welcomed the feels

hear me out
as i fall apart
again

and
as i scream

not again.