The thing about being friends with you.. is "knowing when to let them shine"

To people who left their homes, friends, and comfort-zone until everything just slowly to fade into the backround or developed an ability to cut-off misaligned purpose, people, close-friend, opportunities, this one is for you.

But I have a confession to make.

I disappear a lot, for a girl so passionate about human connections. I hide myself too often than necessary, for a girl who loves being seen. I kept silent, for a girl who loves to speak. I stayed in my mind a lot, for a girl who loves to preach about thinking outside the box. I let the world threw anything at me, for a girl who loves fighting back.

I have never met THIS version of me before. And if it were not for all other girls I´ve met, I wouldn´t even have become who I am now. So if you´d ask me about THAT girl I was 5 years ago, you would see me in the way Julienne speak with conviction, how Angel lead with her heart, how Claire brings out the best in people, how Alliah stand out in the crowd embracing her own spotlight, how Samantha lights up the path of people towards their own truest potential, how Geo´s presence motivates people to keep going, how Stephanie´s energy charges people´s low battery, how Ivan´s whimsiness lighten up people´s moods, how April´s motherly instinct protects others from ill intentions, how Madrid´s fearlessness teaches people to try something new, how Paolo´s genuine soul makes people feel respected and heard, how Jamycka´s softness create a safe space for others to be open and vulnerable, how Ate Rica´s optimism influences others to think positively. Everyone you meet might have an impact on you, even just a little. Just as this little impact you might have on a single person can be bended and extended onto others, who in the right time and at the right place might need it most.

For instance, the kind of person you think you might never become, might be standing beside you already. Like how I thought I could never be as gentle as I am now, to others and to myself. Losing is a not just a part of a winner´s story, but it is also an act of victory. So if you have lost yourself in the process of building something new and unexpected, you might have evolved as someone you needed to be with most right now. That being said, instead of dwelling on the void of being with someone, why don´t we start reminding ourselves that we can also be that `Someone´we need? Someone as optimist and free-spirited as Cheska, someone as funny and outgoing as Sheila, someone as caring and forgiving as Ate Camille, someone as fierce and independent as ate Angela, someone as calm and collected as Kuya Allan and someone as resilient and brave as kuya Charles. And start being THAT so that the people who are rightfully aligned to meet that “someone” can experience it through you. So let me ask you this question: Who do you need to BE WITH most right now? or rather, “Who do you need most to BECOME right now?”

And when you find the answer, I hope you can allow the people you have met to shine through you.