The Great Pretender

I think pretending is an inherent trait of every human being.
Sometimes, pretending could also be good.
However, a lot of times, its better not to pretend at all.
I think its better if we just say things as it is than pretend that everything is fine when it is not. I think its better if we argue openly than smile at each other then back-bite each other. I think, its better to just do it than pretend that its alright.

But sometimes, we have no choice but to pretend.
Sometimes, for the sake of the people we love, we pretend that everything is fine.
Sometimes, we have to pretend to save ourselves from getting hurt and hurting others.
Sometimes, we have to pretend so everything could go on smoothly.

We pretend to smile even when our hearts our breaking.
We pretend to laugh even when the tears are about to fall.
We pretend to be fine even if our world is already crumbling.
We pretend that we have moved on even if deep inside us, we know that we still hold on.
We pretend that we have forgotten when we know that we haven't.
We pretend that its alright even if the truth is, it never really was.

We pretend. We pretend. We always pretend. We keep on pretending.
But all these we do so we don't hurt the people around us.
What is not good is when we pretend to be somebody we are not. What makes pretending bad is when we pretend to be somebody else.

Why do we need to pretend when we know that the people around us have already accepted us for who or what we are? Which is more important, the unconditional acceptance of your friends or the comments of the people who never cared to know the real you? How can you expect people to accept you when you can't even accept yourself?

I guess, there is no need to pretend to be somebody else. Let people see the real you. let the people love and accept the real you and not the facade that you prefer to project. Be thankful to those who will accept you with no "buts" or "ifs". Be thankful to those who will never leave you no matter who you are or what you are. Be thankful to those who will accept you wholeheartedly. Never mind those who can't, they won't really matter.

Pretending is an inherent characteristic. But it doesn't mean that you have to pretend all the time.
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I had long ago realized that the reason why the people we love are taken from us first so we would learn to love and care for those we never appreciated before.
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Sometimes, we need to be hurt to learn. Sometimes, we need to be scarred so we would remember. Sometimes, we need to be marked so we won't forget.
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I may not be the greatest creation of God but I know that no matter what people say, I am worth something. I am not the kindest or the loveliest of people but this does not mean that I have nothing good inside of me.

Despite of my faults and everything I am not, I believe that I still deserved to be loved and cared for. I may not be the most charming, attentive, and caring person in the world but I know that I still deserved to find love, be loved and be accepted.

You can never measure my worth unless you know me. You can never truly say that I am good or I am bad unless you try to understand me.
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Please don't judge me for a single mistake. Please don't judge my person based on a single incident.

I am like a book that you need to read thoroughly to understand. My every chapter tells a different story. Every leaf shows a different facet of my personality. Please don't judge me because a single page is marred. Please don't judge me because the chapter you have opened is bad. It doesn't mean that all the pages are spotted or that all the chapters are not worth reading.

Please don't let me go just because you thought you have read everything already. Please don't throw me away because you think that my pages are not even worth your time. Try reading between the lines, sometimes the tears are just hidden inside.

Please don't let my pages fade from the tears that you don't see. Please read me till the end. Listen to my story before you tell me who I am. Read me and understand me so you will know who I really am.

But if you can't really bear to read me any longer, please put me down gently so others could read me too. Please be gentle, I can be hurt too. Remember that I am like a book; someday my pages will fade. Please be gentle when you already have to put me away.

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NOTE: Ang ka-dramahang ito ay hindi magtatagal at lilipas din. =)