Is It LOVE????

June 6th, 2006 by athenajo

1. Are your palms sweaty, is your heart racing? and your voice caught within your chest?
it isn’t love, it’s like.

2. You can’t keep your hand off them, am I right?
it isn’t love, it’s lust

3. Are you proud and eager to show them off?
it isn’t love, it’s luck

4. Do you want them because you know they’re there?
it isn’t love, it’s loneliness

5. Are you there because it’s what everyone wants?
it isn’t love, its loyalty

6. Do you stay for their confessions of love, because you don’t want to hurt them?
it isn’t love, its pity

7. Are you there because they kissed you, or held your hand?
it isn’t love, it’s lack of confidence

8. Do you belong to them because their sight makes your heart skip a beat?
it isn’t love, it’s infatuation

9. Do you tell them that everyday they are the one you think of?
it isn’t love, it’s a lie

10. Are you willing to give up all your favorite things for their sake?
it isn’t love, it’s charity

11. Do you pardon their faults because you care about them?
it isn’t love, it’s friendship

12. Do you accept their faults because it’s part of who they are?
then it’s love

13. Do you cry for their pain, even when they’re strong?
then it’s love

14. Do their eyes see your true heart, and touch your soul so deeply, it hurts?
then it’s love

15. Do you stay because a blinding incomprehensible mix of pain, and elations pulls you close and hold you?
then it’s love

16. Are you attracted to others but stay with them faithfully with no regrets?
then it’s love

17. Would you give them your heart, your life, your death?
then it’s love

18. And always remember - love isn’t one sided!! - Both must love for LOVE to exist!

If You Are SAD, Who Comes To Your MIND FIRST?

June 6th, 2006 by athenajo

There was this guy who loved two gals at the same time but he didn’t know which one he loved more. Someone taught him.

Ask yourself this question and answer it honestly :

"When you are happy, which person would you want to share your happiness with?" The one you think of is someone you love.

Ask yourself another question and answer it honestly :

"When you are sad, which person you want to share your burden with?" The one you think of is also someone you love.

If you think of the same person when you are happy & sad, that’s the most perfect. But if you don’t think of the same person, I would advise you to chose the one you are willing to share your sadness with.

In life, there are more sorrows than happiness. There are too many people that u meet that u can share your happiness with, not necessary your lover.

If you live your life happily, you can also enjoy it alone.

In sadness, however, there are not many people willing to share your burden with you. If you are willing to tell someone your happiness, I am sure that person has got to be someone close & an understanding person to you.

But it shouldn’t stop there. If that person only thinks of you when she/he is happy, but looks for someone else when she/he is sad, this lover is too unstable, she/he doesn’t treat you as someone she/he can spend the rest of her/his life with.

Of course, I will be very happy if I am the first person to share her/his happiness. But, if she/he is sad, I will be too willing to stay by her/his side & ease her/his pain. Only then, will I believe that I hold a very important position in her/his heart.

If you are sad, who comes to your mind first?

Learning the Hard Way in Life….

June 6th, 2006 by athenajo

RULE 1.

Life is not fair; get used to it.

RULE 2.

The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you
to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3.

You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school OR
college. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone, until you earn
both.

RULE 4.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He
doesn’t have tenure.

RULE 5.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a
different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

RULE 6.

If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your
mistakes, learn from them.

RULE 7.

Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now.
They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and
listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the
rain forest from the parasites of your parents’ generation, try
"delousing" the closet in your own room.

RULE 8.

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has
not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they’ll give
you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear
the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very
few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on
your own time.

RULE 10.

Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave
the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

I’ve Learned That……..

June 5th, 2006 by athenajo

I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back

I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.

I’ve learned that you can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you’d better know something.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.

I’ve learned that it’s not what happens to people that’s important. It’s what they do about it.

I’ve learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.

I’ve learned that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I’ve learned that it’s a lot easier to react than it is to think.

I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you think you can’t.

I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I’ve learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I’ve learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place. (Amen to that!)

I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I’ve learned that learning to forgive takes practice.

I’ve learned that there are people who love you dearly, but just don’t know how to show it.

I’ve learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I’ve learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you get back up.

I’ve learned that I’m getting more and more like my grandma, and I’m kinda happy about it.

I’ve learned that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.

I’ve learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I’ve learned that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.

I’ve learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.

I’ve learned that you should never tell a child her dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if she believed it

I’ve learned that your family won’t always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren’t related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren’t biological.

I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend someone is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I’ve learned that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

I’ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I’ve learned that sometimes when my friends fight, I’m forced to choose sides even when I don’t want to.

I’ve learned that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.

I’ve learned that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.

I’ve learned that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I’ve learned that if you don’t want to forget something, stick it in your underwear drawer.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I’ve learned that the clothes I like best are the ones with the most holes in them.

I’ve learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I’ve learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.

I’ve learned that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.

I’ve learned that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves, get farther in life.

I’ve learned that many things can be powered by the mind, the trick is self-control.

I’ve learned that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar, you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most.

I’ve learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don’t even know you.

I’ve learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

I’ve learned that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.

I’ve learned that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.

I’ve learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I’ve learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.

I’ve learned that although the word "love" can have many different meaning, it loses value when overly used.

I’ve learned that it’s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings and standing up for what you believe.

BOREdom Feeeevahhhh

June 3rd, 2006 by athenajo

im pretty bored nowadays…my life has always been HOME-Work-HOME… :( i wonder if i could ever get a life..hehehe i could only go out wen i want to watch a movie or spend time wid my family at d malls but apart from that i’ve got no other activities..hehehe but im hapi..and so i think i am..honestly i dont know anymore wat pleases me or worse i dont know anymore wat i want in my life..maybe because of d constant solitary activities dat i  do every single day dats y i ended being trapped into this so-called-routine-life…hehehe my routine life makes my mind idle….i dont want it to happen but when ur life seems to be so relaxed and too comfortable u tend to get d hang of it and live each day of ur life d way it had been for the past few days and realized in d end dat u r becoming stagnant…hahaha Watching entertainment programs on TV fascinates me and helps me make something out of d time i spent inside my home… TV is my most special companion nowadays, it’s becoming my even more dependable BESTFRIEND…hehehe i know im not making any sense in here and frankly speaking i dont know where this blog is leading me but my fingers seemed to have its own mind and it’s just typing wat it really wanted to say…hahaha LUNATIC..blog u agen some other time..dont have anything to say anymore so TEEECEEEEE hehehe

Lessons in Loving

June 2nd, 2006 by athenajo

75 lessons that MUST be learned in relationships

1. If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.
2. Stop making excuses for a man and his
behavior.
3. If you have ANY doubt in your mind about a
man’s character, leave him alone.
4. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from
heartache.
5. Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship
that’s not meant to be.
6. Don’t force an attraction.
7. Slower is better.
8. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly
happy.
9. If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you
deserve then heck no you can’t "be friends." A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.
10. Have faith in God regarding your relationship, but don’t let faith make you stupid. God does things decent and in order.
11. Don’t settle.
12. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.
13. If he keeps changing his mind about the relationship–take that as a BIG sign that he is unstable. Do you really want to be with a man like
that?
14. Don’t stay because you think "it will get better." You’ll be mad at
yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.
15. Honorable men take care of their business
and aren’t involved in a whole lot of mess.
16. The only person you can control in a relationship is you.
17. There’s only one ‘reason’ a man dumps you; he doesn’t want you.
18. Avoid men who’ve got a bunch of children by a bunch of different
women. He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently?
19. You really do have to kiss a few frogs before finding the prince.
20. Always put yourself and your happiness first.
21. Always have your own set of friends separate from his.
22. Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. If something bothers you, speak up.
23. Like from the show Sex and the City, if he doesn’t call, he just isn’t
that interested.
24. Be honest and upfront.
25. Know when to cut the cord, don’t be strung along.
26. Don’t fall for the "I’m confused role". Remove yourself from the
situation to let him figure things out (but don’t wait for him, move on).
27. If you want to have a clue as to how he will treat you, watch how he treats the WOMEN in his family (not just mom).
28. There’s more than physical abuse, there’s emotional and mental abuse. If he causes any of them…flee.
29. You cannot change a man’s behaviors. Change comes from within.
30. Don’t let him place rules on you that he is not willing to follow
himself — double-standard.
31. Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are…even if he has more education or in a better job.
32. Do not make him into a quasi-god. He is a man, nothing more nothing less.
33. Demand respect and if he can’t give it, he can’t have you!
34. Don’t compete with other woman, but be aware that men are attracted to what they see.
35. If you think he is cheating, he probably is. Confront him right away
and if you feel he’s lying, let him go.
36. Actions speak louder than words.
37. Never let a man define who you are.
38. Never rely on a man for compliments, look to yourself for that.
39. Never borrow someone else’s man.
40. If he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you.
41. Just because he says he loves you, doesn’t mean that he won’t hurt you and it doesn’t mean that you are meant to be with him.
42. To use painful hard-won wisdom — ‘get it right’ the next time.
43. Know that you deserve to be the number one person in the life of the No.1 person in your life.
44. Love is a verb …
45. Learn to give up your lifelong task of trying to make someone
unavailable-available, someone ungiving-giving, and someone unloving-loving.
46. A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.
47. All men are NOT dogs.
48. You should not be the one doing all the bending…compromise is a two way street.
49. If you don’t love self…you can’t love anyone else.
50. You cannot mend someone else’s broken heart.
51. You need time to heal between relationships…there is nothing cute
about baggage…deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.
52. You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you…a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals…look for someone complementary…not supplementary.
53. Dating is fun…even if he doesn’t turn out to be Mr. Right.
54. NEVER give more in a relationship than you are getting out of it.
55. Never become your man’s "therapist".
56. When actions and words conflict, believe the actions. Respond to the actions.
57. A real healthy relationship requires two people. One person can end
it - but it takes two to make it work.
58. Don’t fall for the "I’m not the loving type"…when a man loves you
there is nothing in this world (within reason) that he wouldn’t do for you.
59. Make him miss you sometimes…when a man always know where you are, and you’re always readily available to him he takes it for granted.
60. Give him his space…let him go out with his boys, don’t pressure him to spend time with you, You cant force a man to hang out with you.
61. If you wouldn’t allow your daughter to be with him you shouldn’t.
62. Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.
63. Never move into his mother’s house.
64. Provide financially for yourself and don’t depend on anyone.
65. Never co-sign for a man.
66. Never believe you have the perfect guy and he is so innocent.
67. Never spoil your man; let him spoil you.
68. Never let a man mess up your credit.
69. When it’s time to let go; let go.
70. Good men should be treated like good men.
71. Don’t play games.
72. Don’t fully commit to a man who doesn’t give you everything that you need.
73. Keep him in your radar but get to know others.
74. Compatibility in terms of educational attainment, values, beliefs,
personal and career goals, and socioeconomic status, are important.
75. Never date a guy who wears color contact lens.

All About Love - Make Sense

January 2nd, 2006 by athenajo

Here are d list of 4 persons in your life… How many have u found?

1st-urself,
2nd-1 u love most,
3rd-1 who love u most,
4th-1 you spend the rest of your life with.

firstly u’ll meet the 1 u
love most, and learn how love feels.
Because u know how love feels, so u can find
the person who loves u most.
When u’ve experienced the feeling of loving
others and being loved, u’ll then know what
it is u need most.
Then u will find the person who is most
suitable for u, to be able to spend the rest
of your life with.

Sadly,in real life,these 3 people are
usually not the same person.
The one u love most doesn’t love you.
The one,who love u most,is never the one u
love most.
And the one u spend your life with,is never
the one u love most or the one who love u
most.

He/she is just the person who happens to be at
the right place at the right time.

Which person are u in other people’s life?
No person will purposely have a change of heart.
At the point in time when he loves u, he/she
really loves u.
But when he/she doesn’t love u anymore, he/she
really doesn’t love u anymore.
When he/she loves u, he/she can’t pretend that
he/she doesn’t.
same goes, when he/she loves u no more, there’s
no way he/she can pretend he/she loves u.
When a person doesn’t love u and wants to
leave u. u must ask yourself if u still love
him/her, If u also don’t love him/her anymore, do
not keep him/her just to save your pride.
If you still love him/her, you should wish
him/her happiness, and hope that he/she will be
with the one he/she loves most, not stop him/her
from it.
If you stop him/her from finding true happiness
with the one he/she loves, it shows u already
don’t love him/her,
And if you don’t love him/her, what rights do
you have to blame him/her for a change of heart?

Love is not possessive,
if you like the moon, you can’t just take it
down and put it in your basin,
But the moonlight still shines upon you.
In other words, when you love a person, you can
use another method of possessing the person.
Let him/her become a permanent memory in you
life. If you really love a person, you must love
him/her for what he/she is.
Love him/her for his/her good points, and the
bad, You can’t wish for him/her to become like
what you like him/her to be just because you
love him/her.
If he/she can’t change to become what you like
him/her to be, you don’t love him/her anymore.
When you really love a person, you cannot find a
reason why you love him/her,
You only know that no matter when and where,
good mood or bad mood, you will wish to have
this person be with you.

Real love is when two people can go through the
toughest problems without asking for promises or
listing criteria.
In a relationship, you have to put in effort and
give in at times, not always be on the receiving
end.
Being away from each other is a type of test,
If the relationship isn’t strong, then you can
only admit defeat. Real love will never become
hate.

When two people are in love,
They love to ask each other to swear, to make
promises. Why do they ask each other to swear
and promise? Because they don’t trust each other,
they don’t trust their lover.
These swear and promises are useless;
Till the sky falls, till the ocean dry, my love
for u will never change! We all know that the
sky will never fall; the ocean will never dry,
Even if it does happen, are we still alive by
then? Be careful when making promises; don’t
make promises that you cannot keep.
Swear by things that can never happen, because
it can never happen, so no harm just saying it
casually. Remember? Swearing by things that can
never happen are the most touching!!?
In a relationship, what you say is one thing,
but what you do is another;
The 1 saying, doesn’t believe; the 1
listening, also doesn’t believe.

Love in a Lifetime

January 1st, 2006 by athenajo

Once upon a time there was a teacher and his student lay down under the big tree near the big grass area. Then suddenly the student asked the teacher,

Student : Teacher, I’m confused how we find our soul mate. Can you please help me?
Teacher : "Silent for few second, than he answer" Well, it’s pretty hard and easy question..
Student : "THINK HARD" Ha???
Teacher : Look on that way, there are a lot of grass there, why don’t you walk there but please never walk backward, just walk straight ahead. On your way, try to find a beautiful grass and pick it up then give it to me. But just one.
Student : Well, ok then… wait for me… "Walk straight ahead to the grass field"

A few minutes later…
Student : I’m back..
Teacher : Em, well I don’t see any beautiful grass on your hand.
Student : On my journey, I found few beautiful grass, but I thought that I would find a better one, so I didn’t pick it up. But I didn’t realize that I’m in the end of the field, and I hadn’t pick any. Cause you told me not to go back, so I didn’t go back.
Teacher : That’s what happened in real life.

What is the message of this story?

* Grass –> is people around you
* Beautiful Grass –> is people that attract you
* Grass Field –> is time

In looking for your soul mate, please don’t always compare and hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, you’ll waste your lifetime, cause remember "Time Never Goes Back"…. So try to accept what he/she is.