Faith A Time For Everything 8:07 AM Take your time in all your seasons, and learn to respect other people's time as well. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. -Ecclesiastes 3
Stories I Choose To Forgive You 9:59 PM No matter what the world feeds you; anger, bitterness, confusion, pain---choose to forgive. At the end of the day, like love, forgiveness is a choice. So I made a mental note that despite the heaviness in my heart each time I wake up, despite the hurting that doesn't seem to stop in every waking hours, despite the questions that keep running in my head, despite the self-doubt and the crashing of self-worth that you brought me, despite the grudge I unconsciously hold, at the end of the day, I can still say I've forgiven you. It's a constant struggle. You told me so yourself, there are things in this world we can never explain. You're right. I would never understand nor will be able to explain some things. Why did you have to choose me, and leave me in the end? Why did you have to promise me so many things, when you always knew you're a coward and you can't deliver them? Why did you have to say hurtful things and blame me, so you can cover up your personal issues? What did I ever do to you to merit this? I guess life's like that. Shit happens. So you have to happen. Maybe I'll find the answer soon. Maybe never. And despite those uncertainties... I still choose to forgive you. I can say with all sincerity, that despite what you did...I forgive you. See also: Keep Walking Hey, did you find this post helpful or entertaining? Please go ahead and share. Share buttons on the left and at the bottom of the article. Big thanks! Subscribe to About Life And Love by Email
Books Book Review: How To Talk To A Widower 10:57 AM Book Review: How To Talk To A Widower We read to know we're not alone -William Nicholson There are friends who can finish each other's sentences. Friends who know exactly what you’re thinking by merely looking at you. Friends who understand how you’re feeling without you explaining anything. That’s the kind of friendship I share with Doug in How to Talk to a Widower. This post contains affiliate links so we'd get a commission if you purchase through the links at no additional cost to you.Book Review: How To Talk To A Widower Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I bought How to Talk to a Widower last 2011 on sale (from Php525 to a whopping Php50. Hah!) but I couldn’t find the time to read it. I was swamped juggling three jobs, making plans, and pursuing another dream. I went dating again after two years of not seeing anyone new so you can say sitting down to read a novel was not in my to-do list. But then...I quit all three jobs, the dating didn’t work out, and several things happened. So one ordinary day I found myself reading How to Talk to a Widower. I think the timing was impeccable. This is exactly the right time for me to read it. Like the universe already knew I will need this good read someday, two years after I bought it. Soulmate in a book I felt like a found a soul mate in Doug, the widower in the story. I admire his frailty. He grieved because he has to. He didn’t like the shallowness from the people around him. He loved Hailey with all his heart. Why I love How to Talk to a WidowerI know exactly what it means to act as normal as possible for the world to see. I know how hard it is to hold on to something you used to have but isn’t there anymore. I know how awful it is to deal with something that happened so abruptly, so sudden, and how cruel it is that the world would not even give you enough time to let it sink in first before it goes on. I know how crazy it is to get pissed and then feel guilty about getting pissed and then get pissed about feeling guilty. I know how difficult it is to cry yourself to sleep, wake up without feeling the purpose of waking up anymore but getting up anyway and showing the world you're still okay. I just know how messed up Doug felt and I’m glad that he made me realize I’m not alone, even if he’s just a fictional character. If you like how “informal” and raw Catcher in the Rye is, I think you’ll like How to Talk to a Widower too. It’s hilarious but poignant. It’s unpretentious, realistic and easy to relate with. It’s very human. The characters are ordinary and flawed. Their relationships are dysfunctional and well, normal. It doesn’t have a happily ever after ending and that’s the other beautiful thing about it. The story goes on. Doug moves on but he takes his sweet time. Hailey, his deceased wife, will always be a part of him. The way he refuses to forget about her even after over a year made me wish I have a Doug too. Even when women throw themselves at him, he remains loyal to her memory. Yes he dated again and even so humanly and irrationally jumped into something he shouldn’t have but at the end of the day, it’s still Hailey. Laughing and grieving with Doug was a refreshing experience. I feel alive…and normal again.
Rants I Forgive You 11:41 PM I Forgive You i forgive you, though you're not truly sorry. i forgive you, though it still hurts and i don't know when the hurting would stop. i forgive you, not because you deserve it. we both know you don't. i forgive you, because i deserve to be happy again. we both know i do. forgive me if it took me this long to find the courage to forgive you. pray for me, that i'll finally find it in my heart to forgive myself for allowing you to hurt me.
Quotes Do It Afraid 1:47 PM Do It Afraid. Hey, did you find this post helpful or entertaining? Please go ahead and share. Share buttons on the left and at the bottom of the article. Big thanks! Subscribe to About Life And Love by Email
Quotes Life Begins At The End Of Your Comfort Zone 4:08 PM Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Begin today. Hey, did you find this post helpful or entertaining? Please go ahead and share. Share buttons on the left and at the bottom of the article. Big thanks! Subscribe to About Life And Love by Email
Quotes If It's Important You'll Find A Way, If Not You'll Find An Excuse 1:16 AM If it's important, you'll find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse. Hey, did you find this post helpful or entertaining? Please go ahead and share. Share buttons on the left and at the bottom of the article. Big thanks! Subscribe to About Life And Love by Email
Quotes Sometimes Good Things Fall Apart 8:49 PM Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Hey, did you find this post helpful or entertaining? Please go ahead and share. Share buttons on the left and at the bottom of the article. Big thanks! Subscribe to About Life And Love by Email
Wealth and Money Simple Ways In Lessening Debt 2:53 PM Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. -Proverbs 22:7 Simple ways in lessening debt and eventually get out of it by Pesos and Sense. Pesos and Sense Hey, did you find this post helpful or entertaining? Please go ahead and share. Share buttons on the left and at the bottom of the article. Big thanks! Subscribe to About Life And Love by Email
Rants Never Underestimate A Woman's Ability To Find Things Out 11:12 PM A woman's intuition. It's uncanny.No one escapes it. When she spies on someone, she shames Sherlock Holmes. She can put two and two together by listening to random conversations, reading comments and tweets, and browsing tagged photos. She can figure things out from the smallest details you give her.The lilt in your voice. The faintest flicker in your eyes. The one piece of information that doesn't seem to fit the puzzle.They all add up to a woman's brilliant mind.So, never ever underestimate a woman's ability to find things out. She's always one step ahead of you.You're only making a fool of yourself if you think you'll outsmart her. Photo: Pinterest
