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On Self-Esteem and Self-Love

Doing a single act of kindness is an infinite act of love.

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I wrote three words for my letter to heaven, where the sun must shine brighter: I love you. And then I realized there are no more words. I love you, and I wish in all my heart that you heard me say my last 'I love you' when I walked out the ICU doors. I was afraid they would be my last words. I was right. I love you, and you told me you loved me too, a month and a century ago. You asked me when I'll become a doctor, and I said 2021, two more years. In my heart I also said please wait for me. I wish you did, but I'm happy you didn't, and so I love you, and the afritada you used to make, and the hours I spent on the phone listening to you speak, how you hid from colonizers and walked through woods in your youth. You championed education and taught hundreds how to dream. You held my hand. I love you, and my earliest memory of you, standing on the hot corrugated roof of our old home, hanging clothes in the air, virile and glorious and beautiful. You had parties and prayer circles and dances in the sky, painting your hair purple and brown and white. I love you, and I knew you were tired and in need of rest. I love you, and I am sorry that you exist now only in our memories, staying in heaven as you are. Love is the only thing that remains. I love you, and I thank you, and I miss you. Every time the sun breaks the horizon, I will think of you.

Woke up at the crack of dawn to avoid the book sale rush 🌅 and I got to browse maybe a million titles in comfort. 😍🤓 I'm so excited to read the books I bought from @bbwbooksph ! Check out my latest blog post for more 💛 #book #bookhaul #bigbadwolfbooks #blogging #haul

iced latte for the hell that is slow progress ("to them, there is no shame") ☕🤘seriously, i keep falling asleep at the transes... 😴🛋 Inferno by Anton Del Castillo #ArtFairPH #art #inferno #coffee #study

back at it again with the art 🔥👀❤#ArtFairPH #art #gallery #philippines #love #ootd 📷 @giannamhere

i was thinking, why not? ☀️🌳💛 #ootd #nature #pampanga #weekend #outdoors

LOVE YOURSELF, LOVE MYSELF. 💛💛💛 I couldn't think of a better way to cap off the psych module and to start the Valentine's wave than by giving a talk on self-esteem. Thank you to the PUP SHS HUMSS Grade 12 class (and Romeo) for inviting me. Any opportunity to advocate for self-love, confidence and #mentalhealth is a privilege. And naturally, thank you to the 2021 boys and girls for the subtly competitive Valentine's celebration. There are truly so many ways to show love (like through fake quizzes and free sushi). Link in the bio! 💛 #valentines #loveyourself #beauty #selfesteem

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