Hot cocoa soothes the soul <3
Faith.
I haven’t been to church in almost 2 years. Funny that I stumbled upon this post on Tumblr. No one really knows my story, the personal one dealing with my parents, my religion, and how my life drastically changed during my senior year. But this post reminded me, that no matter how bad I put myself down, and how many times I think what I do is unforgivable, God will always care.
Yeah, I may not be a Jehovah’s Witness right now, but I still believe.
Whatever your faith, I think it’s comforting to know that with God, you’ll always have a 2nd chance. No matter if you’re “dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased”, God still cares.
$20 Bill (You are Priceless in Jehovah’s Eyes):
The speaker held up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, ‘Who would like this $20 bill?’
Hands started going up. He said, ‘I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.
He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.
He then asked, ‘Who still wants it?
Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, ‘What if I do this?’
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.
‘Now, who still wants it?’
Still the hands went into the air.
He said: ‘My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value in the eyes of Jehovah. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to Jehovah who loves you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.
You are Special.
Don’t EVER forget it.’
I can’t believe I missed your 40 days rosary. I was so caught up with my homework, I didn’t realize it was 8pm. I hope you can forgive me, Kuya. I miss you.
I always appreciated how you'd ask about my mom whenever we'd run into each other at Relay for Life. Hope yours is doing much better these days :) <3
Lol. Funny thing Ash. I was gonna tag you on my facebook status, but I wasn’t sure if you wanted to be tagged.
But thank you, she is. We have a strong feeling it’ll come back soon, but she’s trying her best.
Hope your mom is doing better too.
<3
Not everyone knows the feeling of watching their parent suffer through cancer, but I do. I know how it feels to hold my mom’s hair back while she puked the effects of chemotherapy, only to watch her hair slowly fall off. I’ve seen your sunkissed skin dull pale, your eyes bloodshot, and I can never escape the sound of you in pain. But tonight we celebrate your 7 years of remission, along with everyone else who has survived through cancer, and we’ll honor those we’ve lost. You’re one of the most resilient women I know, I love you, Mom.
Mommy Tet, even on your special day, you pour out your love, unselfishly.
“Friends & Family near and far, thank you all!!! It’s been a rough month for my family and I loosing someone special and today I wish for him to be at peace & be in everyone’s prayers. This would be the only wish I could appreciate more on my special day…”
Family misses you, Kuya Aj.
I will never apologize for how I chose to repair what you broke.
"Assumptions are the death of a relationship. If you think you know what’s going on inside someone else’s head, think again. We imagine that love gives us the power to read one another’s mind, when all we are really doing is reading our own. It’s a great self-defense mechanism but no substitute for actual communication. The very best way to know what’s really on someone’s mind is also the riskiest: you have to ask them."
Poetry. Damn.
I need to start writing again.
(Source: endofmarch, via eletheowl)
