"mahal" is both love and expensive & "kita" is both 'i to you' and profit/fruit of labor. so poetically, mahal kita = i see you, and i recognize your immense worth
never be ashamed of wearing ur heart on ur sleeve because what's the point of life if not to #feel and #persevere through it all? i'd rather feel everything than feel nothing at all
And this is exactly why it’s so important to catch yourself when you realize you’re giving too much energy outward. Prioritize yourself and pour it back into you!!!!!!!!
Being 25 (almost 26) means that
- the people my age are still making up lost time from covid
- the people who are older than me aren't sure they wanna settle down
- the people younger than me are fundamentally different.
We are in, arguably, one of the hardest times to settle down and find someone we feel we can trust. It literally feels like I'm a fish out of water.
The intimacy of being by yourself is a intimacy much can't grasp. How your energy isn't affected by anyone else's. The silence. Being exactly who you are. The you when no one is looking. I realize how much I actually love myself and how I'm one of my own best friends.
if there's one thing i have learned from the women before me, it is not to make huge life altering sacrifices for men. They do not deserve such loyalty and commitment
you have to let yourself experience the most gut-wrenching, life-altering heartbreak between 18-22 because #trust it’ll give you an unbelievable character development
1. Learn the person you are dating.
Learn everything about them. Their fears, their flaws, their triggers, their attachment style. Do not assume you know them. Do not project what you want them to be. Study them. Because love is not just about feeling. It is about knowing. And you cannot truly love someone you have not taken the time to understand.
2. Only help to change someone who is willing to change.
You cannot fix someone who does not want to be fixed. You cannot heal someone who does not want to heal. You cannot save someone who is comfortable drowning. So stop wasting your energy on people who are not ready to grow. Your love is not a rehabilitation center. It is a partnership.
3. Apologies become noise when changes are not made.
"I'm sorry" means nothing without follow-through. It is just words. It is just a performance. If they keep apologizing for the same thing, they are not sorry. They are just hoping you will stay. Do not accept apologies that are not backed by change. Because change is the only proof that they truly care.
4. Learn to love them how they want to be loved, even if it does not make sense to you.
Your love language is not the only language. Just because something feels like love to you does not mean it feels like love to them. Pay attention. Ask questions. Learn what makes them feel seen, valued, and safe. Then do that. Even if it feels unnatural. Even if it is not your instinct. Because love is not about giving what you want to give. It is about giving what they need to receive.
5. Know when to leave.
Love is not about staying at all costs. Sometimes, the most loving thing you can do is walk away. When the relationship is draining you, when you have outgrown each other, when they are not showing up, when you have given all you can give—know when to leave. Not because you gave up. But because you finally chose yourself.
6. Avoid people who are unappreciative of your efforts. They will drain you.
You cannot pour into someone who does not see your effort. You cannot give to someone who does not value what you bring. They will take and take and take, and they will never be satisfied. And you will be left empty, wondering why you gave so much to someone who gave nothing back. Do not stay there. Do not stay with people who make you feel like your effort is invisible.
7. Avoid people who forget the good you do and only focus on what you did not do. They will drain you.
Some people will never be satisfied. You can give them 80%, and they will focus on the 20% you did not give. You can show up every single day, and they will remember the one day you could not. That is not love. That is entitlement. And you will exhaust yourself trying to fill a cup that has a hole at the bottom. So stop trying. Save your energy for someone who actually sees you.