Masaya akong masaya ka…

“𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝒂𝒌𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝒌𝒂.”

A line we often romanticize—as if pain should always come with loving deeply.

But why is it always us who must step aside?
Why must our love mean suffering in silence, watching them choose joy without us in it?

Ganun ba talaga magmahal?
Selfless to the point of self-destruction?
To be happy for someone who couldn’t even fight to keep us in their story?

𝐍𝐨.
Love isn’t always about putting their happiness first.
Sometimes, it’s also about choosing yourself—and realizing that you deserve to be part of the happiness you helped build.

Because love shouldn’t always mean—you have to let go.
Sometimes it means holding on, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 to your worth—and walking away from what keeps on hurting you. 

—
*image: dmitrii shirnin / unsplash