SIMPLE YET HEARTFELT
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LOOK: Boholana graduate Marie Joy Bautista shared her gratitude and humility after receiving a handwritten manila paper “tarpaulin” prepared by her family during her graduation celebration.
“I was genuinely touched and overwhelmed because I didn’t think they were preparing something like that for me. Their gesture made me feel loved, appreciated, and supported during such a special moment in my life,” she told CDN Digital.
For her, no expensive decoration could ever replace the warmth and genuine happiness the manila paper has given her, especially that it is something made from heart. | 📷: Marie Joy Bautista via Neil Povadora #CDNDigital
I’ve said this before, but being a genuinely kind and authentic person who expresses your vulnerabilities and/or doesn’t follow certain unspoken “social hierarchy” rules will put a major target on your back by those who see those traits as “performative” or even manipulative/deceitful.
People who consistently view others that way are telling on themselves. How we perceive the world (including other people) mirrors the conditions of our own inner world.
A healthy person does not interpret basic consideration as some kind of control tactic. A grounded person does not consistently assume the worst of others.
Doing so will either 1. eventually create a self-fulfilling prophecy, or, 2. result in the cognitive distortion of “confirmation bias,” where the other person cannot “win” no matter what they do because you have already decided their intentions or motivations for them.
Younger me has loved celebrating 20 years of Hannah Montana with you. This song is yours as a thank you for the life we’ve grown through together. I love you always.
“Younger You (from The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special)” out now.