Speak For Yourself Meaning Novels & Stories

Wika niya sa malumanay nang salita. "Naiintindihan kita, ayoko lang mawala ka sa buhay ko. Hindi ko kakayanin na makita ka sa piling ng iba. Kahit pa sa sarili kong kapatid, naiintindihan mo ba? You can call me a selfish or whatever you want to call what suit on me. Basta h'wag ka lang mawawala."

Ako yung namimilit na magustuhan niya kahit na ilang beses niyang sinabi na ayaw niya sa akin. Gagi! Kasalanan ko pala eh! "Look at yourself. Look at the way you dress. The way you speak, the way you carry yourself in front of other people. Do you think I will like someone as corny as you? You’re so loud, you’re so annoying. You bring nothing to me but trouble and you're expecting me to like you?"

Tahimik ang lahat. Ramdam ang bawat salita. “What matters,” dagdag niya, mas mahinahon ngayon, “is who you become when no one is there to define you.” Dahan-dahan niyang hinigpitan ang hawak sa mikropono. “I built myself,” diretso niyang sabi. “Not for validation. Not for revenge. But because I refused to stay where I was underestimated.” Ang mga salitang iyon ay parang direktang tumama sa mga taong kanina lamang ay nagdududa.

"We grow fearless when we do things we fear...pero don't kill yourself." Tumingin ako sa kanya at ibinaba ang headphone ko. "May...sinasabi ka?" "Wala." "Ahh sige pagpatuloy mo lang pagkausap d'yan sa sarili mo, hindi na kita iistorbohin." "Sabi nga, talk to yourself like someone you love. I love myself kaya I do that!" "Okay, sabi mo eh!"

“You think staying silent will make people stop? No. It just tells them they can do worse next time. Mas lalala pa.” “Then what am I supposed to do?” Tanong ko, mas mahina sa inaasahan ko. “Confront them? Call them out? I don’t even have proof.” “Who cares about proof?” Bumuntong hininga siya. “You want to survive here? Learn to speak up. Make noise. Defend yourself kung sa tingin mo tama ka." “You think I’m not trying?” Napalakas ang boses ko nang kaunti. “Every single day I wake up asking myself if I still belong here.”

I'll note it. modernongdyosaa I write when I can't speak. I write when all the thoughts caged inside my mind was wildly asking for it to be free. I write to speak up all the things, thoughts I can't even speak up for myself. I write to be free from all the judgments and pains from reality. They ask you and let them be. You're the only one who have the power, not anyone else. Your words will never be seen unless you show them. Camsy_Classy

"I don't get it." "All I am saying is, kahit walang maniwala sa lahat ng sasabihin mo, kahit pakiramdam mo walang nakikinig sa iyo, ilabas mo pa rin ang lahat ng nararamdaman ng loob mo. He is listening anyway. The one from above. E, ano kung hindi ka nila pinapakinggan, the fact that you stand for yourself, the fact that you defended yourself, the fact that you protected yourself are the most important."

“To-totoo naman kasi, ‘di ba? Kapag ang isang tao may kailangang sabihin sa ‘yo… Kailangan niya lang mag salita in short, required siyang mag sabi ng kung ano sa iba… Kapag naman gusto kang kausapin, hindi na kailangan ng dahilan… kahit wala silang sasabihin ayos lang ‘yon… Kasi nga GUSTO ka nilang makausap…” Mahaba niyang litanya, pilit sinubukang ipaliwanag ang isang napakawalang kwentang bagay sa kausap. “Ayos lang kung hindi mo ako maintindihan… Sa totoo lang naman hindi ko na rin maintindihan ang sarili ko eh… Ang gulo-gulo na… Ang sakit-sakit na rin…” Dagdag niya pa saka muling tumawa bago tuluyang pinakawalan ang mga iyak na kanina niya pang pinipigil na kumawala mula sa kanyang lalam

ngumiti ito ngunit tipid lang. I cleared my throat before speak. “Kahit hindi mo sabihin i will protect myself. Kaya ko sarili ko, huwag kana mag alala tungkol sa bagay na ‘yun.” Binigyan ko ito ng isang matamis na ngiti.

Kabanata 22: fooled If you don't love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won't be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with yourself, of course. Hindi naman kasi iyon isang panandalian na bagay na kayang-kaya mo agad ibigay. Ang kaya mo lang naman ibigay para sa isang tao ay ang mga salita mo lamang, ngunit hindi mo kayang panindigan at iyon marahil ang aking kinatatakutan.