Touch ako sa story na ‘to…
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large gathering. All of their friends and family came to witness the lovely ceremony and partake of the festivities and celebration. Everyone had a wonderful time.
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal:
"I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage," she said. "Each of us will write a list of things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together." The husband agreed. So they retreated to two separate rooms and started making out their respective lists. And this absorbing task took them the rest of the day to accomplish.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided they would share each other’s listed annoyances. "I’ll start," offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. As she started reading her list, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.
"What’s wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing," the husband replied. "Please keep reading."
The wife continued until she had read all three pages. Then she placed her list neatly on the table and folded her hands on top of it. "Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists," she said with eager anticipation.
Quietly the husband said, "I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try changing anything about you."
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
Awww! Kahanga-hanga naman si Mister. Kaka-inlab lalo.
Well, sa buhay nga naman, hindi man kagandahan ang lahat na nangyayari sa atin…pero kelangan bang seryosuhin yun at i-emote ng bongga? Sows, bakt ba kasi kelangan pang pansinin ang mga chakaness (kapangitan) kesa kagandahan? Bakit ba kasi kelangan pang magbilangan ng mga kakulangan!
Ang lahat sa buhay ay masarap (parang ako. Hihihi!). Joke lang. Op kors, ang plastik ko naman kung sasabihin kong totoo yun. Maalala ko, may mga times din na nasasabi sa akin ni Kups ang linyang, ”Life is unfair”. Naiintindihan ko kung bakit minsan nakakapag-emote ng ganun ang lolo nyo.
Minsan kasi eh hindi maiwasan ni Kups ang ma-disappoint, ma-prostate ma-frustrate sa relasyon namin. Pareho kaming ilang beses na rin nainis at na-depress (uy, nag rhyme!) sa mga masamang pangyayari na para bang hindi justified, at sa tingin namin…definitely we don’t deserve. Pero hays…tama na nga muna ang maging bitter ocampo. Sayang ang oras.
Heniways, I want to close this post in positive note. I believe pa rin that we are the happiest when we see and praise the good and try our very best to forget the bad. Mas maigi na pansinin na lang ang mga magagandang bagay…ang mga magaganda na andiyan lang aktwali sa harap natin. Kaya naman, speaking of magaganda – pansinin nyo ‘ko, titigan nyo ko! 
Syet!
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream.
Discover.”
—Mark Twain
