The Waiting Game

THE WAITING GAME

            Some relationships have to end, even when you're still in love with him/her. Makulit din kasi si Cupid. Ipagpipilitan niyang hindi na kayo puwede, na bawal na kayo, na tapos na kayo kahit ano pang pagmamakaawa sa kanya ang gawin mo.

            Tapos na. Sinabi na ni Cupid that your time with him/her is up.

            Kaya ikaw, kahit mahal mo pa siya, wala kang ibang choice kundi ang mag-move on. Kailangan mong tiisin kahit mahirap, kahit ilang galong luha na ang nailabas mo, kahit ilang batok na mula sa mga kaibigan mo ang natanggap at matatanggap mo kasi muntanga ka na raw.

            However, a breakup doesn't always have to mean it is the end of your story. There is love after bitter loss, no matter which kind.

            Sabi nga nila, Love is sweeter the second time around.

            Ayon sa ginawang survey ng Social Weather Station (SWS) from November 27 to December 1, 2014 kung saan tinanong nila ang mga respondents ng "How much do you believe or not believe the saying that 'love is sweeter the second time around'?", 51% of the Filipinos surveyed believed that love is sweeter the second time around, while only 29% o mas magandang sabihing 3 out of 10 disagreed. The survey also concluded that most believers experienced it firsthand.

            Oo nga't hindi lahat ng relasyong natapos o nasira ay maibabalik pa pero may iba talagang pinagtatagpo ng makulit na tadhana nang paulit-ulit. Hindi lang para magkapatawaran, kundi para mahalin muli ang isa't isa.

            Anong magagawa mo? Ginusto ng universe and all the forces in between na magkasama ulit kayo. It doesn't matter how many months nor even years have passed, 'pag ginusto ni tadhana, mangyayari at mangyayari 'yan.

            The second time you fall in love is going to feel different. Your feelings may take a bit slower to develop pero kahit mabagal, it feels more secure, more real, more lasting.

            Minsan din kasi love needs a second chance because it wasn't ready the first time around. And what do you do when you're given a second chance? You take it, because starting all over again is when you start making things right.

            True love will always look a second time anyway. True love will search the whole world and will certainly turn over stones, visit doors to doors, flip through pages again and again to find you and come right back to you wherever you are.

            'Di ba nga, sabi rin ni Blaire Devan: 'Pag mahal mo ang isang tao, nagiging parte sila ng pagkatao mo, ng buhay mo, ng mismong ikaw. It's like you're attached by this invisible chain na kahit gaano pa kayo kalayo sa isa't isa, you can always feel them.

Warning: This story may contain mature content and sensitive themes, and may not be suitable for readers under 18. It may also contain explicit scenes that some may find deplorable. Reader's discretion is strongly advised.

Copyright © 2019 by CA Flockhart

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Date published: January 13, 2020

Date finished publishing: March 14, 2020