"Woman In Love"

             I have this thought that keeps spinning inside my head; Life is full of absurdities, it is inescapable and inevitable. Whenever we get wrong, we learn. Whenever we learn, we ought to have the application to our lives and from there we GROW.

             As a woman, one of the most painful suffering that a woman like me could have is a heartbreak. I cannot speak for myself, it's just that when a woman has a heartache, her whole world suddenly stops. She may have friends to uplift her spirit but the pain doesn't go away that easily. Women are very fragile and sensitive which most men do not understand. And as I go through the journey of my life this is what I learned: You cannot please everybody. They will leave if they have to leave. You cannot own a person just because you love them so much. That's the absurd truth about life. We have to accept everything that might hurt us because that's the nature of living. If you go against that will, you'll end up suffering and enduring the scars that this life brought you. Remember, wounds heal but scars don't. They will remind you of people who and situations when do they deserve your love, trust and loyalty.

             Being a man is hard but being a woman is harder. Take the challenge: Bear a child, sacrifice your youth and happiness for your family, sacrifice for the man you love, understand the needs and wants of your parents, give up those chocolates for your siblings. Tough eh? God is just really great for making us women stronger enough to surpass all these challenges.Our moral obligation in life is to help other people, of you can't help, well at least do not hurt them. That goes to us women who have been always a victim of love. Even if we are hurt for a million times because of love, we don't stop loving--another hurtful truth. You can take the fact that a typical woman hopes for a happy ever after with her prince charming in a castle. This mindset of a woman was developed because of too much love story with happy endings. But real life doesn't have happy endings. It is filled with triumphs and failures that will blend and balance your way of dealing with life. It is you who will write your story, it is you who will decide for yourself. You might hear unpleasant or fine-sounding words from them but at the end of the day it is you who will choose to where you are going.
Live, Love and Laugh. That's how a true and a vulnerable woman should do it. ;)

The Book that Changed My life

Tuesdays with Morrie

                Tuesdays with Morrie is a 1997 non-fiction novel by American writer Mitch Albom.The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers of 2000. This book has an elegant story about a writer getting a second chance to know the true meaning of  life through the death of a friend. Have you experienced having a teacher who fills your emptiness, gives advice and is a companion?               

             It was experienced by a former student, Mitch Albom and for him, that teacher is his professor, Morrie Schwartz.  Mitch Albom had a second chance to gain wisdom from his college professor. He visited Morrie every Tuesday, like they used to, after knowing that he is about to die because of an illness. Morrie taught him “The Meaning of Life”. As I turn the pages of the book, the story becomes more interesting. I have realized that experience is the best teacher. Others consider death as a fearsome event in our lives. For Morrie, there is more to  death. He accepted it. I am amazed by this man. I feel inspired, relieved, blessed

and happy.Most of the time, we tend to do so many things that it comes to a point that we forget the important things in life. Life is not all about money or having power or authority over others. I learned how to serve the people around me. It made me realize how precious life is.

             The best line that struck me is “Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent.”  Morrie is right, we are easily blinded by the material things we see around us.We think if we have the latest gadgets, expensive clothes, jewelries and a big house we will be completely happy. I've realize that material things don’t guarantee us true happiness. The story of Mitch Albom and Morrie Schwartz gives hope to every person who reads it. It’s a brilliant story and it changed my life in a simple way. 

  

"Yesterday is Different From Today"

      There's a cute little girl who always begs her mom to bring her something or a present after her mom's work. She is always waiting her mom to arrive and sometimes she even falls asleep in the couch. Their family always goes out every Sunday to praise God and after that, they went out to have a family bonding.  That's why she is a very happy child. That little girl is me, Harriet.

       Looking back on my childhood days filled with lots of wonderful and unforgettable memories makes me smile.I find it happy to reminisce all of those memories. I can still remember those arguments I had with my brother and sometimes with my older sister. I find it funny,because I can still remember how naughty I was. I'm a stubborn child that's why my mom always scolded me. As I've grown up I've learned my mistakes and changed my attitude. And I think it's because of the discipline and good values that my mom had taught me. 

        Yesterday is different from today and we can never go back to the past. Sometimes I wish I was a kid again. A kid who doesn't care about her clothes , her weight, or hair . I just did what made me happy. But now I can't just do what I want, there are certain things that I should consider. What I mean is now that I'm already a teenager, I should not only think about my own feelings or myself. I should be responsible for all my actions and  learn to be an independent individual. 

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First Entry  :) 

Hi. My name is Harriet Ortiz From BM 121.