in_style Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 (edited) i am posting here a forwarded letter i got from my email. its worth thinking actually.... The one that got away In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with...and the one that got away. Who is the one that got away? I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose. I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance. How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact. Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will. So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you're single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about. You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life. If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that you're already with the one you're with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.> Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing. But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple...find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one? Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away." You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I'm thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away." post script: sweetie, ALMOST but not quite! hey you.... yes you! Edited October 16, 2003 by c3 Quote Link to comment
sweetpsyche Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 wow!!!i wasnt able to log on yesterday... and i feel like i've missed a lot..mmmmmmm uh-oh my lucn break is amost over.. and im not yet done reading all your heart warming and mmmmm prolly intriguing letters. hehehe...guess i'll just have to do this later.. keep posting peeps!! MICHAELDOMINIQ: yup bicolana and atenista hehe..mmm hirap naman basahin ung color yellow na message.. eeekkk hehehe sakit sa mata.. WREN: post anything as long as it expresses ur feelings AHITMAN: is it because u only have 2 posts as of the moment... so if u want to gain access on other feature keep posting!! ur level imrpoves the more messages u post Quote Link to comment
quepie Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 at ang bespren ko nakalimutan na ang bespren nya..... *BOW* Quote Link to comment
propaganda Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Tuwa lang ako, I visited this other site I used to moderate also and they posted my essay na... Another unsent letter, coincidentally, share ko lang... Magpaalam Ka Naman May mga panahong basta alam mo lang kailangan na talagang magpaalam. Pwedeng dahil gusto mo, o kaya nararamdaman mong gusto niya, o di kaya basta lang alam mo kailangan na. Basta lang alam mo wala ka nang magagawa. Pinakamadali kapag ikaw ang may gustong umalis. Magpakahipokrita ka man na ayaw mo makasakit ng damdamin ng ibang tao, alam mong wala ka naman talagang pakialam. Dahil talagang ayaw mo na, kahit ano pang pagmamakaawa sa'yo, wala nang makakapagbago ng isip mo. Sabi nga nila, kapag ayaw maraming dahilan, kapag gusto maraming paraan. At sapagkat nakapagdesisyon ka na, walang kung ano pa mang dahilan ang maibibigay sa'yo para mabago ang isip mo. Malas mo kung ang dahilan kung bakit naisip mong tapusin na ang lahat ay dahil sa pagkakaintindi mo, ayaw na niya. Kung hindi man napapraning ka lang kaya uunahan mo na siya o naniniwala ka lang talagang hinihintay lang niyang ikaw na ang magtapos ng lahat, mas malas ka pa rin. Ganun talaga e. Kung baga, hindi mo naman talaga gusto. Napilitan ka lang. Pwedeng kulang ka lang talaga sa tiwala sa sarili mo o kaya sadyang martir ka lang. Kung ano man sa dalawa, talo ka pa rin. Pero wala nang mas sasaklap pa sa paalamang wala namang may gusto. Yung bali-baliktarin mo man ang mundo e dun din naman hahantong ang lahat. Wala nang ibang maaaring gawin kundi yun na nga. Magpaalam. Masakit, mahirap tanggapin, pero kailangan. Nakakainis kasi sa ganitong sitwasyon, dapat matatag ka. Pero ang tangi mo namang naiisip, pano ka naman magiging matatag kung kukunin naman sa'yo ang tanging nagbibigay sa'yo ng lakas ng loob para harapin ang kahit ano man? Ngunit dahil tulad nga ng paulit-ulit kong sinasabi, wala ka nang magagawa. Kaya magkukunwari ka na lang na okey lang ang lahat, magbibitiw ka ng mga salitang puno ng pangarap sa pag-asa ng pagsasama sa panahong hindi mo naman makita sa hinaharap. Ngingiti ka at magpapaalam. Ah, binabawi ko ang sinabi ko kanina. Hindi pa pala yung huling yon ang pinakamasaklap. May mas grabe pa dun. At ito ang pinakaayaw kong mangyari sa'kin magpakailanman na parang kahit anong gawin ko e tadhana ko na 'ata. Ito yung bigla mo na lang napansin, wala na pala. Ni hindi mo man lang namalayan, hindi mo alam kung bakit, basta lang tapos na ang lahat. Hindi ka man lang nakapagpaalam. Hindi mo tuloy alam kung ano'ng gagawin mo. Mangunguna ka na ba? E pa'no kung pwede naman palang huwag muna e di pinatay mo na ang kung ano mang pag-asang maipagpatuloy pa ang lahat? Kapag naman wala kang ginawa at tuluyan na ngang nawala kung ano man yun, e di ang lungkot nga kasi ni hindi ka man lang nakapagpaalam, nakapagpasalamat man lang sa panandaliang sayang idinulot ng inyong pagsasama. Ang hirap din namang maghintay lang basta, ano ba'ng alam mo kung may inaantay ka nga talaga o nagpapakatanga ka lang? Alam ko namang hindi talaga maiiwasang minsan sa buhay mo, masasaktan ka, maiiwan, mapapaasa. At alam ko ring mahirap magpaalam. T*ngina, syempre naman alam kong mahirap magpaalam. Pero bilang paggunita man lang sa munting kung ano mang maaaring mamagitan sa dalawang tao, sana naman kung sakaling humantong na nga ang wakas, magsabi ka man lang. Kung ito na nga yun, magpaalam ka naman. Yun lang. Quote Link to comment
sweetpsyche Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 at ang bespren ko nakalimutan na ang bespren nya..... *BOW* huh???ikaw makalimutan ko?? thats impossible..sorry po been very busy lang talaga lately... i know madami na po akong utang sayo..eh ikaw din nga eh dami mo na rin utang noh bawi me next time..pagaling ka na po... *bow* hehehe Quote Link to comment
sweetpsyche Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 to all dreamers, ambitious.. Dont give up on your dreams or your dreaming.Dont let life cut your line as you reel in those dreams, hold on tightly, keep reeling, dont give up grab that net and if they look like they're about to leap out of the net after you've caught them, jump in after them and keep on swimming till u drown if you have to... but dont ever let go of those dreams... fellow dreamer... Quote Link to comment
dusty Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 i am posting here a forwarded letter i got from my email. its worth thinking actually.... The one that got away In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with...and the one that got away. Who is the one that got away? I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose. I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance. How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact. Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will. So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you're single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about. You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life. If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that you're already with the one you're with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.> Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing. But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple...find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one? Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away." You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I'm thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away." post script: sweetie, ALMOST but not quite! hey you.... yes you! hey.... that's nice...... Quote Link to comment
luisito Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 you got me at hello! Quote Link to comment
MODERATOR Alex_Corvis Posted October 18, 2003 MODERATOR Share Posted October 18, 2003 HAHAHA sa wakas na ka post din ako!!! SweetP! padaan lang... Amishu po! Quote Link to comment
JhoyLkTian Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 All I wanted was a simple life but what I got was a shameful one. When will I ever learn? When will I ever find the right moves and the right time? When will I ever have the chance? Quote Link to comment
LostCommand Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Kapatid, You asked me, before I left for overseas, manong, will you come back to us? I knew what you meant, my dear sister. Our family seeks my return, for me to put on that weighty, brutal mantle that so many of them have the past century or so. Already the older generation is faltering, and soon, they will not be able to carry on. You know, being yourself my proven equal in matters of strategy, that I could choose to let go and live as I please. Why not? I am not beholden to anyone or anybody. But my dear sister, closest to me in mind and in heart, do you remember that time when you ran to me, scared, after your temper snapped and you beat that bully classmate of yours in the locker room until his nose broke sideways and six of his teeth cracked? He had to be carried bleeding to the clinic. Do you remember how instead of reprimanding you, we defended you to the Principle and threatened the boy's parents, in public, to control their bully child or worse would happen to that boy and yes, to them? Do you remember that lessons that day, that blood is thicker than water, that family will defend you, and that if you are on the right, strike, strike hard and let your anger be felt, and we will be with you? I am still with you, and though I am far, still, I will whisper in your ears the black magic and secret tricks that run this world. I am family. I will come back. You are not convinced that I shall return? Only time will tell, you say, in that voice that betrays just how much you have seen of the real world in only two decades. Realize that I need to test myself against the toughest assignments in my chosen field. To work and strive besides among the best engineers, to find the measure of myself. A general can not know how much his army can accomplish, if he has not seen their measure and realized their potential. Either he will lose them assaulting a fortress beyond their abilities, or waste their time defending a mere footpath. I need to know if but roughly, so I can plan the remaining decades given to me. It is not given to me to discern the future. All that is given to me is the desire to make a difference where it counts the most. You know that. And on that knowledge, you should know that I will come back. your manong,A. Segui-Villaflor Quote Link to comment
sweetpsyche Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Sir LostCommand, thats a very touching letter...how lucky ur sister is to have a manong like u..how lucky ur family is to have someone like u...ur parents must be very proud to have you.. sweetp Quote Link to comment
sweetpsyche Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 In God's time we will all fall in love for the right reasons, to the right person.... when the time comes, it will be worth the long wait, the tears and the pain... then you’ll forget you ever cried... Quote Link to comment
sweetpsyche Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 i hope u r aware that im more than what u know.i am more than my bodyi am more than my faceand i definitely am more than what u see.i just hope u r willing to know the person behind it all... Quote Link to comment
evil eye Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 YOUR WORLDby: evil eye The Sun… my eyesStaring at it will not burn youBut fill your senses with awe and wonder The clouds…my touchFeel it caress your skin, surround youEnvelop you The vast landscapes…my bodyTrample on it as much as you wantExhaust all its resources The cool valley wind…my breathFeel it blow your tresses ever so gentlyFrom side to side The rivers and the ocean…my bloodDrink in It, bathe in it, cleanse yourselfRefine your being The Stars…my loveMy infinite love. Quote Link to comment
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