Not Just Another Rebound

Prologue

When we're feeling pain and our world seemed to fall to pieces, our heart is breaking. Why does our heart break? it may be because of a recent break-up with a mate, seeing the person you love falling head over heels for someone else, comforting a friend who is getting hurt, or...despite of all you gave, all the jealousy you felt, you still don't have the right to call him/her 'yours' because you can never say "There is an 'us'". This overwhelming emotion can be absurd and sometimes, can make us do unlikely things just for us to forget about it and move on.

They say that time mends a wound of a heart break. However, some of us have a different 'cure' in their minds. Rebounds. Selfish may it seem, but no matter how we look at it, it is somehow effective. Hindi rin kasi natin masasabing mali ito, dahil kapag nasaktan ka, di ba normal lang na naisin mong maka-move on? Hindi naman siguro masama na maghanap ka ng isang taong makakatulong sa iyo na makalimutan ang isang mapait na nakaraan. We are all fragile when it comes to love. Madali tayong ma-fall, kaya madali din tayong ma-break. Pero hindi kasing dali nito ang makalimutan ang bawat masasakit na pangyayaring naranasan natin kapag nagmahal tayo. Sabi nila, may 'love at first sight'. Sa unang tingin pa lang sa kanya, in love ka na. Pero wala namang katagang 'forget at first try'. Dahil hindi naman ganun kadaling makalimutan ang isang tao lalo na kung may mga memories at experiences ka with him/her na nagba-bind sa inyo. And I tell you, mahirap makawala sa bind na iyon. Kaya nga may 'rebound' tayo na tinatawag.

Aminin man natin o hindi, marami sa atin ang gumamit ng rebound para lang maka-move on. Yung iba, nagtagumpay. At yung iba naman, hindi. Yes, it's true that because of this 'technique', we often hurt people. Worse, use them. But that's exactly the consequence of using this 'technique'. Pero, paano kung hindi lang pala isang rebound ang nahanap mo? What if the person you found is someone who can heal your wound forever? Are you still willing to face the consequences? Or will you just give up the 'rebound' thing and try to take the chance of falling in love again?

It's a decision only you can make.

P.S. Rebounding is not the mere antidote for heart break. It's accepting the reality, getting over the painful things, finding the 'lost' self of you and starting over again. Falling in love is easy but escaping from it is hard.