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Closing Cycles by Paulo Coelho

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:03:14 +0800

One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters - whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.

Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents’ house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden? You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that. But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.

None of us can be in the present and the past at the same time, not even when we try to understand the things that happen to us. What has passed will not return: we cannot for ever be children, late adolescents, sons that feel guilt or rancor towards our parents, lovers who day and night relive an affair with someone who has gone away and has not the least intention of coming back. Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away.

That is why it is so important (however painful it may be!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts - and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place. Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them. Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood. Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.

Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the “ideal moment.” Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person - nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important.

Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life.

Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust.

Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.

Because I’ve been getting some questions on one of my...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:43:32 +0800

Because I’ve been getting some questions on one of my profile pictures wearing the “Pepe Smith” shirt. I decided to bring it back, (after 7 years) with highly limited prints. It’s made to order since it’s hand-screened. Each multi-color print is not the same. If you’re interested send me a message on facebook.com/nsandejas

If you don’t know the story of the Pepe Smith shirt. It came about as part of my obsession with Paul Smith and since I’m in the music scene, well, you get the gist.

And yes, Pepe Smith has his own too.

#ninovsnina unpublished bits from the spot.ph feature (part 1)...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:45:57 +0800

#ninovsnina unpublished bits from the spot.ph feature (part 1) Haha. @ninoavenido wanted to post the whole thing.

Hello 5k! Thank you! #twitter http://twitter.com/rosarioko

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:37:21 +0800

Hello 5k! Thank you! #twitter http://twitter.com/rosarioko

It’s up Spot.ph Cool Coupling: 11 of Manila’s Most...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:14:29 +0800

It’s up Spot.ph Cool Coupling: 11 of Manila’s Most Beloved Couples

PHOTOS: I SURVIVED DOOMSDAY: Rakrakan Series XVII

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:01:44 +0800

PHOTOS: I SURVIVED DOOMSDAY: Rakrakan Series XVII

Sleepyhead vs Punkhead

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:52:48 +0800

Sleepyhead vs Punkhead

A little more than before

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:00:42 +0800

This afternoon at my dad’s wake, I hugged one of my aunts and told her that I love her. She asked me if I still knew that I’ll always be their baby and said that she started missing me when I grew up and started to hang out more with my boyfriends than spending time with her.

I told her that it was her fault that it was like that. She told me to love and love and get my heart broken over and over again without fear or hesitation. Because I knew that even though I have felt like I have given my all every single time, I would always be able to love again, much more after every heartache; For when the emptiness inside you gets bigger with every loss, more love is needed to fill the void.

I have always known I would never run on empty even if I’ve driven my heart to the ground. I just knew that maybe I needed to love just a little more than before.

“You have a big heart”, my aunt said.

I agree. It grew to this a long time ago.

Geniuses in the kitchen haha @iantayao @ninoavenido

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:02:47 +0800

Geniuses in the kitchen haha @iantayao @ninoavenido

http://www.rosarioko.com/2012/11/30/queso-reunion/

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:52:10 +0800

http://www.rosarioko.com/2012/11/30/queso-reunion/

BOARS and HOUNDZ TONIGHT NOVEMBER 9 sa Saguijo and tomorrow...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:14:19 +0800

BOARS and HOUNDZ TONIGHT NOVEMBER 9 sa Saguijo and tomorrow NOVEMBER 10 sa Simplicio Elegante sa Cainta.

You know there’s a rumor Wolfgang might join the fun.

Pictures: Boars and Houndz at Checkpoint Louies

6:23

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:57:00 +0800

6:23

Segregation hahaha

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:55:44 +0800

Segregation hahaha

All dressed up and going nowhere.

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:58:43 +0800

All dressed up and going nowhere.

“For the greatness we think we’ve seen here....

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:13:24 +0800

“For the greatness we think we’ve seen here. We’re not YET even getting the best of what we deserve as spectators.”

Kapit Pinas. Ayan na si Ian Tayao. Back flip.

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:52:00 +0800

Kapit Pinas. Ayan na si Ian Tayao. Back flip.

Good morning hair. Haha Thank you Stetica Salon 478-9415 LPL...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:53:46 +0800

Good morning hair. Haha

Thank you Stetica Salon 478-9415 LPL Bldg Legazpi Street in Front of Greenbelt 5 :)

MOKAP

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:32:55 +0800

MOKAP

cheriemhel: one-on-one 👯🙏 @rosarioko @popilaudico (Taken with...

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:03:57 +0800

cheriemhel:

one-on-one 👯🙏 @rosarioko @popilaudico (Taken with Instagram)

subkultura: subkultura in gva

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:33:18 +0800

subkultura: subkultura in gva:

subkultura-mag:

A lot of awesome features and articles are cooking up for the Issue no.1 of Subkultura magazine. Mid-week, a little Subkultura session in Geneva pumped us even more. We went over submitted contributions (which are looking really great!), gushed over peachy magazines and blogs, and ranted about the…