At 25

In these times that anti-aging creams are a hit, as I aged, I also worry a little about my wrinkles. Beauty on the outside is important for me but how I feel inside is far way more important. The only thing I love about getting older is acquiring wisdom. I love being 25 right now. One time I had this moment where I said to myself that if at 25 this is how I understand and appreciate things, how much more when I'm 30 or even 40. Suddenly after that thought, I smiled and blurted out, "I love growing old" while thinking, "never mind the wrinkles".

Let me list some of the things I love at 25. 

- The ability to be more aware with my emotions and handling them better.

- Being more grateful with what's here and what's not

- To understand others more than I thought I could

 -To be bold enough to ask the hardest questions and get the most painful answers

-To always look forward

-To love with out expectations

-To grow in pain

-The unending need to become a better person

-Learning new perspectives

-To realize that you did not regret a single thing in your life

In Manila, people always say, "ang bilis ng oras". It's okay, I like chasing and having every time of my life. 

©NMP

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Slow Read

Compared to most people I know, I read slow. When I read, I pay too much attention how the writer plays with his words. I re-read the lines I like, then take a long pause -savoring the thoughts out of the sentences. I don't get too excited to know what will happen next, so I don't hurry to turn the page.

I just finished one of Murakami's work and noted these two lines I love.

Haruki Murakami's South of the Border, West of the Sun

Promises-even vagues one like that
-linger in your mind

-page 88

But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage a human being beyond repair.

page 25

Living and Missing

"I miss you terribly sometimes but 

in general I go on living with all the energy

 I can muster."

                                           ~Toru Watanabe, Norwegian Wood