روايات وقصص ضمن Braver Quotes

Kailangan kong maging matapang ngayon. “Damn it, Mara!” singhal niya. “You think you’re brave? No. You’re reckless. And reckless people… they don’t last long.” kita ko sa itsura nito ang galit, nakakuyom narin ang mga kamao nya na parang gusto na nyang manuntok ng wala sa oras. “Then let me die trying,” mariin kong sagot. “At least hindi ako naging duwag.” pagmamatigas ko kahit sa totoo lang nakakatakot na sya.

Pero hindi siya umatras. “Then I’ll deal with it.” Tahimik. Ngumiti si Isabella. Mabagal. Mapanganib. “Brave.” Humakbang ito palapit. “But bravery doesn’t save people here.” Huminto ito sa harap niya. “Power does.” Tahimik. At doon— May napagtanto si Lena. Hindi sapat ang pagiging matapang. Kailangan niya ring matuto.

Mag-isa na naman ako. Sino kaya yung bibigyan niya ng leksyon? One thing I like about her? She's brave at wala siyang kinatatakutan kaya niyang ipagtanggol ang sarili niya kahit wala ako. She's an independent woman. END OF FLASHBACK

“You lost your child, make one. Someone hurt you, hurt them back. Fate was playing you, then learn how to deal the game. Last thing, be brave enough to fight back. It's okay to cry but not to quit. That's the answer you were looking earlier.” Pumatak ang mga luha niya sa mahabang sinabi nito. Sapol siya at tama ang lalaking ito na hindi man lang niya kilala ang pangalan. Tumalikod siya at nahihiya para sa sarili dahil lahat ng sinabi nito ay tagos sa kaniyang kaluluwa. It was an eye opener for her pero bakit hindi niya pa rin kayang tanggapin ang lahat ng mga nangyari o sadyang ayaw lang talaga niyang tanggapin?

“Hayop ka! Hayop!” Ngayon na bumalik na ang liwanag, ang natirang takot na lamang sa puso niya ay dala ng presensya ni Archie. Naalala niya bigla ang kasabihang ‘fear makes a person brave’, dahil sa sandaling nabitiwan siya ni Archie ay sinugod niya ito at pinaghahampas. Hinayaan siya ng lalaki. Nasasampal niya ito, pero hindi siya pinipigilan.

Pero masaya ako dahil sa pakiramdam na may nagaalala pa pala sa akin. “I really admire you for being brave. You've done enough, give yourself a break. Be brave enough to fight for what you think is right and what you deserved. You deserve more.”

"Kasi alam ko naman kung gaano ka ka-dedicated sa trabaho mo. Ramdam ko kung gaano ka kasaya, at kung gaano mo kamahal 'yang ginagawa mo. And I will always be proud of you." "Thanks. And I'm proud of you too," he smiled. A genuine one. "Sa akin? Ano namang nakakaproud sa akin? Pakiramdam ko nga, walang direksyon ang buhay ko," biro ko. "Don't think like that. For me, you're the bravest girl I've ever met. Nakaya mong harapin ang malupit na mundo, kahit ginagago ka na nito. Hindi ka sumuko at proud ako sa'yo doon. You know what I mean."

"Choose what you want to do not what the others want you to do. This is you. It is you. So the choices will always be you." It seems like all my what ifs and questions finally received an answers. I feel kinda relieved. "Do not be afraid of being judge. That's people's nature, to get your spine out. Life is cruel, but giving up will never be an answer," she said with a bright genuine smile on her face.

Sabay punas ko sa luha ko. "Hmmm...." Habang nag-iisip ng sasabihin sa'kin. Hindi na rin ako nagsalita at hinintay ko lang ang sasabihin niya sa'kin. "Ah, ito Adi maganda 'to." Sabay ngiti ng malapad sa akin. "Cry, forgive, learn, move on, and let your tears water the seed of your future happiness it was quoted by Steve Maraboli." Somewhat it made me calm.

Marami pa akong sinabi sa kanya at talagang nakinig lang siya sa akin, kitang-kita ko sa mga mata niya na walang halong panghuhugas ang mga iyon. "You're so strong, I admired you a lot for being so brave. Not everybody can do that, some can't handle that kind of pain. That can handle trauma, some are still stuck because of the past that they are still living and haunted by," he seriously said, he's like saying all those words by experiences.