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Please, let me...

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I can't take  the thought of not seeing you again. If you're not for me, at least let me admire you from a distance. Even if my love can't reach you, I still want to see your smile, your eyes, your existence... Please, let me.

Ask Yourself First Before You Battle With Love

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“Don't rush into any kind of relationship. Work on yourself. Feel yourself, experience yourself  and love yourself. Do this first and you will soon attract that special loving other.”  ~Russ Von Hoelscher Since Valentine's Day is fast approaching, let us talk about love. This is not a simple cheesy blog about love stories like those of in Wattpads (though I'm not against of Wattpad love stories) but somehow lessons or maybe pieces of advice that I may share with you.  Loving someone and being loved back are one of the best things that you may encounter in this world. It is probably awesome. Fantastic, yes. However, we should always remind ourselves that the context of love is not like a game in ones mobiles wherein by just merely opening the "play" button you can have it all the way you want.  Rather than jumping into yet another kind of love where you had experienced sorrow or bitterness, let me share to you what I realized (in the middle of my ...

Not Perfect, And It's Perfectly Okay

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“Perfectionism doesn’t make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.” ~Maria Shriver Like many of us, I spent a big part of growing up feeling like I wasn’t enough . You see, despite having lots of interests and passions in my life, and being pretty motivated and focused for most of the time, there always came a point when I stopped enjoying what I was doing. The lightness and joy of creativity got overpowered by struggle and  perfectionism . Comparing ourselves to other people makes us fearful of being who we really are. But when we aren’t us, who are we? Who are we looking for when we try and be anything other than who we really are? There is only ever going to be one you. Ever. There is only one you that has ever existed in this entire universe. Right now you are absolutely perfect at being you. No one can think like you, create like you, love like you. That thing you do that you keep hidden? That’s perfectly you. That weird sneeze that you do that ma...