Myrna Domingo

23/09/2023

Laughtrip to eh,..somewhere in ilo-ilo🤣🤣🥰🥰

16/07/2023

03/07/2023

03/07/2023

My grandmother once gave me a tip:
In difficult times, you move forward in small steps.
Do what you have to do, but little by little.
Don’t think about the future, or what may happen tomorrow.
Wash the dishes.
Remove the dust.
Write a letter.
Make a soup.
You see?
You are advancing step by step.
Take a step and stop.
Rest a little.
Praise yourself.
Take another step.
Then another.
You won’t notice, but your steps will grow more and more.
And the time will come when you can think about the future without crying.

12/06/2023

Thank u for the stars

31/05/2023

31/05/2023

Good morning ...

23/05/2023

how to move on from pet's death

i can still see you on four corners,
sitting at your favorite spot,
running around in circles,
begging for fresh milk to sip,
playing with other pops,
and wait on the door.

then, all of a sudden,
I don't have anything here,
no choice, no hope,
all I can do is just stare..
and remember
and cry until I fall asleep.

The truth is I don't know
if I can get over this,
maybe, I wouldn't,
maybe, I don't want to,
maybe, I shouldn't,
there's no manual in moving on,
nor 101 tips to forget,
I shouldn't forget,
I don't want to move forward.

Because there's no such thing as moving on
for something who once made you believe
that no matter how dark the world is,
there's a paw to guide you around,
and that has made all the difference.

—Aki (to Primo)

23/05/2023

Some interesting facts you need to know

1. If you speak too much, you will lie.

2. If you think too much, you will be depressed.

3. If you cry too much, you will lose your sight.

4. If you love too much, you will be lost.

5. If you care too much, you will be taken for granted.

6. If you play too much, you will not be taken serious often.

7. If you trust too much, you will be betrayed.

8. If you eat too much, you will be obessed

9. If you sleep too much, you will be idle.

10. If you spend too much, you will have no future.

11. If you wear make up too much, you will lose your beauty.

12. If you look too much, you will lose your focus.

13. If you pursue life too much, you will lose everything.

And lastly...

14. If you expect too much, you will be disappointed. Don't be too much because that too much can hurt you so much.

Keep following Frank Facts

19/05/2023

Zambales cove

14/05/2023

YOUR SENSITIVITY DOESN'T MAKE YOU WEAK.

It doesn’t make you too emotional, too soft, or in any way too much. It has been and always will be a strength.

The truth is that you can be soft and still be strong.

You aren’t a rock, immune to the shift and pull off the world around you.

You’re the ocean. Always ebbing and flowing; easily affected by the moon and weather. But immense and deep.

Resilient and powerful.

Bounding with life. Yes, you feel things intensely and yes, you’re wounded by others.

But it’s the intensity of your feelings that gives you such incredible insight into who you are and what you need to feel whole.

It’s that intensity that makes you deeply connected to yourself and the world around you.

And it’s your wounds that allow you to be empathetic and compassionate towards the wounds of others.

Wounds that give you an awareness to recognize when people are hurting, and tools to offer support in ways that less sensitive people might not be able to.

I know that it’s so hard to believe in the moment when your cells are incapacitated by your feelings, but your sensitivity is truly a gift.
Don’t let anyone, including yourself, convince you otherwise.

~Daniell Koepke~

Archaeology for the Woman's Soul

14/05/2023

“I counted my years and found that I have less time to live from here on than I have lived up to now.

I feel like that child who won a packet of sweets: he ate the first with pleasure, but when he realized that there were few left, he began to enjoy them intensely.

I no longer have time for endless meetings where statutes, rules, procedures and internal regulations are discussed, knowing that nothing will be achieved.

I no longer have time to support the absurd people who, despite their chronological age, haven't grown up.

My time is too short:

I want the essence, my soul is in a hurry.

I don't have many sweets in the package anymore.

I want to live next to human people, very human, who know how to laugh at their mistakes, and who are not inflated by their triumphs, and who take on their responsibilities.

Thus human dignity is defended and we move towards truth and honesty.

It is the essential that makes life worth living.

I want to surround myself with people who know how to touch hearts, people who have been taught by the hard blows of life to grow with gentle touches of the soul.

Yes, I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry to live with the intensity that only maturity can give.

I don't intend to waste any of the leftover sweets.

I am sure they will be delicious, much more than what I have eaten so far.

My goal is to reach the end satisfied
and at peace with my loved ones
and my conscience.

We have two lives.

And the second begins when you realize you only have one.

Mário Raul de Morais Andrade
(Oct 9, 1893 – Feb 25, 1945)
Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, photographer

14/05/2023

Being Mothers day I felt the need to write about Mothers..
I'm not so sure about everyone else..
But do we ever see our mothers as people in general when we are young?
Do we actually take their role seriously and take into account what and who they really are?
Do we find their life and their pains and ideas and hold them up for their strength?
I know.. My mom was always just Mom..
Sure I saw her as a person but it was never as someone who may too have had a hard life..
Someone who had, had challenges that she fought the demons from throughout her life..
She fought losing a sister and had polio when she was young.. She held the blame of her baby sister all her life.. She was real yet she was insecure. Taking on family dilemmas that her family before her fought and like her, I have fought..
Depression and anxiety..
I never quite saw her though growing up as the warrior she was..
How much she sacrificed because of her love for us..
She was always just mom..
Someone I could call up and tell my secrets to and she always had just the right things to say..
When she died..
I was given a box of her words..
Hundreds of things she had put down that showed me that my mother was just like all of us..
A woman who fought and eventually gave up to fate and will.. I love her more now because I came to see..
My mother was a hero of sorts..
She raised 5 children and stood tall when her oldest died a terrible death.. Because she was stronger than she ever believed..

I love you Mom..

More than I ever could have possibly lead on..
Thank you..
For being just who you were...
-Lori Brough

We never know what we have until its gone..
But yet we know what we have..
We just never think we'll lose it..

Oh Mom..
I knew but was selfish.. You are the pieces of me..
That I've come to just love..
-Lori Brough

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Art : Nino Chakvetadz

14/05/2023

Mom’s Sacrifices

Mothers make countless sacrifices every day for their children and family. Here are a few examples:

Career Sacrifices: Many mothers put their careers on hold to take care of their children. This can mean giving up promotions, opportunities for advancement, and even leaving their jobs altogether.

Personal Sacrifices: Mothers often put their own needs and wants on hold to take care of their children. They may give up their hobbies, social activities, and even their own health to ensure their children are taken care of.

Time Sacrifices: Mothers spend a lot of time taking care of their children, which means sacrificing their own time. They may have less time for themselves, their friends, and their partner.

Financial Sacrifices: Mothers often make financial sacrifices for their children. They may give up their own luxuries or take on extra work to make sure their children have everything they need.

Emotional Sacrifices: Mothers are often the ones who provide emotional support to their children. They may sacrifice their own emotional well-being to ensure their children are happy and healthy.

In short, mothers make sacrifices every day to ensure their children have a happy and healthy life. Their love and dedication are truly remarkable.

~unknown

14/05/2023

Who says your life has to be filled with everything adventurous and exciting, to be full and worth it?

Who says traveling to new places,
taking cources to start new hobbies,
filling your free hours and days with entertaining people, or seeking entertainment,
to know many and be well known, is the best or only way to live a life of fulness?

Our lives don't have to look good on social media to be good!

Living a quiet life, off the beaten track, finding pleasure in a more "mundane" existence is also a good choice.

Filling your free time and days with reading, planting seasonal flowers and not feeling like it's work, sewing a new dress, painting your old mailbox a new, happy colour and enjoying it, laying in a hammock from a big tree, listening to the sounds of nature, or going on a hike with a friend or two and your dog ...

Just being alone and at peace with who you are and what you have is good, is fulfilling too.

A quiet life can be a wonderful life.

What matters is that YOU are fully present in YOUR life.
No matter what.
Because it's the only one you have.
It is yours.
You choose how, what and where.

Life in itself is a miraculous gift.
You were blessed to receive it
The Giver of life decided on you to have it.
That means something and it means everything.

No matter how you choose to live it, you and your life are worth every moment.
No matter how mundane and unremarkable it may seem. 🧡

🖋️Author| A Friend

🎨Artist|Bettina Baldassari