Life is Beautiful!

Last Sunday (October 16, 2011) after having dinner at Conti's in Serendra
and on our way to Starbucks to get our dosage of caffeine, we saw these
really cool Christmas trees.

    In this life, you will meet someone who will make your heart beat fast, who will make you feel like you are the most important person on this planet.  You will meet someone who will make you forget about your priorities and everything or everyone else.  And for a while, both of you will be happy, contented, secured.  But life isn’t perfect.  Later on, maybe not too soon, your relationship will have problems.  You will argue about a lot of things, even the smallest of things.  You will have issues on priorities, decisions and how to live on each other’s expectations.  If there is no weaker sex, almost always, these arguments will become heated discussions -- discussions that will lead to other discussions, to blames, to regrets.  Hurtful words will be thrown -- will probably result to name calling, even making fun of one’s past or present.  It’s definitely not right, but when you feel left alone and wounded, most of the time, you will try to hurt the person responsible for the pain with the worst that you can.  Only, you feel the exact opposite of what you’re saying.  Because you’ve loved too much, you tend to take on revenge, even with just words. And then later on, you'll regret your actions.

      Then questions come.  You ask yourself:  have you done the right thing?  Then more and more questions come -- not just about you or what you did but about life in general.  You’ve become doubtful if life's really supposed to be like this.  You’ve become doubtful of everyone else – are they real or just putting on a show?  Are they sincere -- or just putting on a face?  Do they utter words that are true or they say things that they want you to hear but means entirely something else?  You start putting on a show too, so that everyone else is doing the same thing.  This goes to a point that everyone seems to be just putting up a facade that is really hard to get through.

At The Coffee Beanery in Edsa Shangri-la last October 13, 2011
for their Unlimited Coffee and Cakes

      But then again, you will meet someone whom you'll think is the ONE.  And when you do, you yourself will break down the walls that you’ve put up.  Although the real you might not be as nice, you will begin to be yourself again:  fragile, sensitive, demanding, possessive... the list could go on.  And if things won't work out again, you will begin another cycle of pain and disappointments.

     My friends, life is an endless battle for happiness.  And we will be forever lonely if our standard for happiness is superficial, fleeting or temporary.  Real love goes beyond the physical, the material things, the things that can be quantified or bought.  Real love is loving someone's true self, or a decision to change to be better for the one that you love.

     I still believe in serendipity… and if it’s meant to be, fate will find a way.  And to those who are still looking for that ONE who will make their heart beat fast and maybe will make them fall in love, not just for the moment but for every moment of their lives… they should believe too.

     This short essay which I found from my old hard drive was written more than five years ago and is originally titled 'Musings.'  I intentionally did not put an appropriate title or used the correct photos so I'll know who reads my posts with the comments they'll post below.  Besides, my thoughts here are immaterial especially if you're someone who has not fallen in love or have yet to fall in love.  I know that people don't actually read stuff like this and will probably write comments such as nice photos, or visiting you here, or cool Christmas trees or nice site.  If you're someone who do take the time to read, go share the fun and check out who has left the most inappropriate comment.  LOL!

See ya on my next post!
tags: essay about love, falling and love, falling out of love