strength

Things happen.
You can't stop them.
You might as well just learn to enjoy them and learn what brought them here.
One thing's for sure, you will grow stronger.

We are limited only by our thoughts.

review

So lately I've been indulging myself with this book titled 'The Fault In Our Stars'.

It's really a very beautiful book.

Metaphorically.

The way John Green writes, it makes you wonder a lot about life.

There are parts in this book which I find hard to understand but nonetheless, it is beautiful.

Anyway, there are dozens of beautiful quotes, phrase or whatever you call, in this book.

But there is this one paragraph which I find really, really meaningful and I just wanna share it here.

'Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me, so I knew what Augustus was doing. You clench your teeth. You look up. You tell yourself that if they see you cry, it will hurt them, and you will be nothing but a sadness in their lives, and you must not become a mere sadness, so you will not cry, and you say all of this to yourself while looking up at the ceiling, and then you swallow even though your throat does not want to close and you look at the person who loves you and smile.'

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

happiness

Sometimes I ask myself.
Am I really, truly  happy?
These people I'm spending time with, are they really the ones who make me happy?
Or am I just hiding the scary truth from myself?
That I am just convincing myself that I am happy
I guess I'll never know.

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

identity

Hey guys.
I think I'm the kind of girl who hates hopping on the bandwagon.
I hate doing what's mainstream.
I'd rather be the one who starts a trend than be one of the many who follows a trend.
Personally, I find it stupid doing the same thing as everyone else is.
It's just like you lost your own personality in the midst of blending in.
Why can't we do what we really love and not give two hoots on what people might think or what they might say?
Why should we live in such fear when we are supposed to live the way we want to?

They laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at them because they are all the same.

regrets

If I am given a choice, I would wanna start all over again.
It breaks my heart knowing that I am no one's priority.
Call me a cry-baby but I am still saying this.
When everyone in you love has someone more important than you in their life, you can't help but feel jealous.
Why does everyone has someone but not you?
One day, they'll be all loving towards you but the next, they're gonna forget you like you've never existed in their life.
I told myself to be strong and turn my back on those who don't need me but somehow, it hurts. It really does.

Making a big life change is pretty scary. But you know what's even scarier? Regrets.