Novel & Cerita Always Choose To Be Happy

"Birthday ko lang 'to. Don't get used to it." He leaned in, not flirtatiously, but like someone proud. "I don't need to get used to it. I just need to see you choose it. Always choose to be happy, hmm?" Hindi ako nagsalita o tumango kasi hindi ko alam kung masaya ba talaga ako. Teka, masaya naman ako, diba? Masaya ako! And just like that, the music faded into something slower, but neither of us stopped. We just swayed, side by side, in quiet celebration of the fact that somehow, despite everything, I was still here. Still dancing. Still choosing joy.

I will choose my happiness right now at hindi ko iyon ipagpapalit sa iba! "Still call me, ate!"

“That we’re having a baby. That you’re carrying our child.” “Me neither,” sagot ko. “Pero siguro ganun talaga. Happiness isn’t something you just believe in. It’s something you build. Little by little.” “Even when it’s hard,” dagdag niya. “Especially when it’s hard,” sagot ko agad. “Magkakamali tayo. Magtatampuhan. May days na mahirap. Pero kailangan nating tandaan kung ano yung pinanghahawakan natin ngayon. We choose each other. Kahit may taong umaaligid at naninira sa akin.”

Isang matamis na ngiti ang namutawi sa kanyang mga labi. “Salamat! Maraming salamat!” Life is full of surprises. Isang bagay na kanyang natutunan sa buhay. That happiness is just around the corner, all you have to do is open your mind and heart. You don't have to chase happiness, because the more you chase it, the more you get hurt.

She’s chasing her happiness and she’s doing everything to get it. Kahit pa nga mandukot siya ng bata at manakit ng mga tao ay gagawin niya—well, nagawa na niya. This is life, Jake. Kailangan nating gawin ang lahat para sa kaligayahan natin. We have to sarifice some things, even the things or the people we love in order to be truly happy. We have to hurt the people around us in order to have this kind of happiness. We have to hurt them para sumaya naman tayo because life is like a war. There is always a casualty. A collateral damage. At hindi iyon maiiwasan sa buhay nating mga tao.

Ganoon ang pag-ibig; masaktan man, lumuha man, pipiliin mo pa rin ang maging masaya sa piling ng iyong pinakamamahal. Contentment. Happiness. Love.