The Genteel Flower (Yutang Bulahan Series #5)

TGF - 34

THE FLOWER.

Life is a flower: It will grow. It will bloom. It will wither.

The growth will be slow. You'll wait a lifetime to watch it grow. You need to spend time before it will grow. You need to water it, give it sunshine, and put some extra fertilizer to it.

When the time comes that it is ready to grow, it will reach its peak which is it will bloom. Blooming. It will be shown to the world how beautiful you are. Everyone will admire you. Everyone will want to pick you. Everyone will want to get you and be with them. Keep you, make you a display.

But all flowers must face their end... and that's withering. All flowers will wither. Whether they remain on their stem or be pick and cut out from their roots, they will still wither.

Our life will grow, we will meet experiences that will soon help us bloom but when the right time comes, we'll gonna wither, we'll gonna die. Gusto man natin o hindi, lahat tayo mamamatay. It's just a matter of waiting... waiting for your time to die.

Kaya nga he always say that I should live my life to the fullest because we'll never know when will we wither, when will I wither.

Lagi niyang pinapaalala sa akin na maging masaya sa kahit anong bagay, harapin ang lahat sa positibong paraan, kung kinakailangang umiyak, umiyak ka lang, gawin mo ang lahat ng magpapasaya sa 'yo, tanggapin mo maski ang sasakit sa 'yo kasi sa pamamagitan ng experiences marami kang matututunan at saka para sa huli, kapag oras mo na, wala kang pagsisisi na may mga bagay kang hindi nagawa noong nabubuhay ka pa lang.

Siya rin ang nagturo sa akin na i-admire ang mga bulaklak, na mayroon kang makukuhang lesson just by looking at a simple flower, all flowers in particular. He taught me how to love them. He taught me to appreciate the flowers.

A single flower can represent life.

Marahan kong hinawakan ang petals ng bulaklak na hawak ko. I've been holding this flower for the entire day at nangingitim na ang edge ng petals at malapit nang masira. It's one of my favorite flowers - Daisy. Nahahawakan ko ang ganitong klaseng bulaklak kung may nangyayaring masaya sa buhay ko and I can't believe I'm having this on the wake of my own father.

I've been crying for days now. Walang pagkakataon sa isang araw na hindi bigla-biglang pumapatak ang luha ko. I can't even function well and for the first time, I've given up living this life in a normal manner. Napagod ako. Kahit kasi anong gawin kong pagpapa-normal ng lahat, hinding-hindi na ito maibabalik pa.

Kung dati, kahit na anong mangyari, kahit alam kong may magbabago o nagbago, ginagawa ko ang lahat maibalik lang sa normal ang dati, ginagawa ko ang lahat maibalik lang sa pagiging matiwasay ang buhay na mayroon ako... kami. I'm willing to repress everything just to get that same comfort I feel since the beginning of my life.

When my parents broke up, nasaktan nga ako noon and it scarred me for life but I learned how to set aside the pain and act as if everything's fine. Kaya nga tuwing birthday ko, gustong-gusto ko na present ang mga Montinola at Francisco para maramdaman kong buo pa rin ang malaking pamilyang mayroon ako.

When Yohansson left me for nothing, naging positibo ulit ang tingin ko sa buhay and inakalang magiging okay ang lahat. I was then right because Einny came and save everything.

Einny made my days in the sun a little extra happy and serene. Pinasaya niya ang buhay ko. Mas lalo kong nakita ang kahiwagaan ng pagmamahal at kung gaano kasaya ang mabuhay. Silang dalawa ni Colly, they made my sunshine a little shiner.