The Persistent Heart: A Short Story

(Original/fiction)

Once there was a girl with a heart as big as it could be. She loved to hear her heart flutter as she looked at something that was pleasing to her, like a beautiful Dali painting at a nearby museum.

One day, as she was walking along the park eating an ice cream cone, her eyes happened to wander towards the eyes of a charming man with beautiful green eyes. Her heart started beating loudly and felt as if it wanted to jump out of her chest and run towards him.

She dropped her ice cream cone because her heart sent shivers through her arms as it beat louder and faster.

He smiled.
She smiled back.

She sat down on the bench and tried to regain her composure. She coyly tucked her hair behind her ear and flashed a hint of a smile. She saw him walking towards her! Her heart beat faster and faster.

He was getting closer... and closer...

"HI!" came the sultry honey-smooth voice of the man.

She lifted her head so she could reply back with her gorgeous eyes ONLY to see that he was walking toward a DIFFERENT GIRL!!

She was embarrassed! She remained on the bench sitting there with a blush of embarrassment on her cheeks.

The couple walked away as she breathed more evenly and her heart relaxed. She was about to leave when she heard somebody sit beside her. She looked with curious eyes and saw a man with deep-brown eyes and alabaster skin.

Her heart started beating fast again.
At first she thought that her heart was beating TOO loud. She then realized that her heart was hearing the nervous beating of his heart as well as they sat there and got to know more about each other.

It's in the Way You Look at Things

Today, I woke up with the annoying serenade of birds outside my dirty window. I closed opened my ears to the piercing beautiful songs of the birds as I groggily slowly open my eyes to face take in the new day.

I'm dreading looking forward to what's in store for me today. I'm sure to meet a lot of people who will be rude smile and nod a simple 'hello'. I also know that my little monster student will give me a headache something to think about during the day. Like, for example, how to discipline him calm a hyper 10-year-old-boy with some sort of punishment patience and soothing words... sometimes even a joke or a funny anecdote will do. He's trouble innocent happiness bundled in a little monster's boy's body. At the end of the day, I'm sure I'll have a ton of stress a smile on my face and bonk myself on the head be proud of myself about how I handled today's horrible life's challenges.

What a depressing, tiring wonderful, sun-shiny, great day it will be!!

It's almost the weekend!! Happy Weekend, everyone!

MUCH LOVE!!

A Little Bit Goes a Long Way

Have you been feeling down in the dumps lately? Trust me, you are not alone. My blog will have a slight make-over and change slowly in time to offer help and inspiration to everyone through stories I’ve heard, or stories that I’m going to personally write (fictional or non-fictional).

I, honestly, have been feeling like I’m riding the roller coaster of life with too many twists and turns—sometimes I’m up; sometimes, I’m down. We all experience that. That’s why we need each other to lend a helping hand, especially during those times when we feel like we weren’t given our share of happiness.

All we need is a little help from our friends and a little inspiration, which can go a LONG way. Often times, when I feel down, I turn to my pen and any piece of paper I can get my hands on (sometimes even tissue paper!) and start writing a poem or a short story and let my emotions control the pen to write words that express what I feel inside. After that, I email it to a close friend of mine and let her read my stories/poems and she gives me feedback. It makes me feel a whole lot better. Why? For one, I was able to get all the negative feelings off my chest and onto a piece (sometimes pieces) of paper. Two, a friend’s kind and uplifting comments give me the strength I need to hold my head up high when it’s slowly slacking down with stress.

The next time you feel down, try a little creative outlet. Try writing! You just might surprise yourself at how much you want to get off your chest via writing! And don’t think that you’re not “creative” enough to write! Everyone can write because everyone has a story or a feeling inside just waiting to get out. And remember, you are not alone. Your friends are a phone call away, and I am just a click away. ^_^

Chicken Soup, Anyone?

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Anyway, we all know that chicken soup is great for us when we're sick with the cold or fever or flu. Did you know that chicken soup also releases "happy hormones" when you're depressed? Yep! One of my mom-students told me this fact. Interesting, isn't it? It has the same effect as eating chocolates when you feel sad, stressed, or way bummed out. ^_^ (mmm.. chocolates...the darker the better..)

Recently, the same mom-student told me that she will lend me her book. I was surprised to see what it was the next day... CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL!! We are all familiar with this series of books, right? Years ago, when I was in high school, I've collected and read Chicken Soup for the teenage soul (I and II), for the Pet Lover's Soul and for the College Soul. All of these books have made me feel better and showed me a glint of hope and encouragement that I badly needed that time.

Now... I'm reading 4th Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul (the one my mom-student let me borrow) and the stories have (like before) moved me to tears, put a smile on my face and showed me positive light. I recommend this book to everyone! Not just those who need a "feel-good" book... but really the stories are heart-felt, touching and real. Most importantly, it reminds me that there are a lot of good, kind-hearted people out there in the world.

Sunday Morning

AAaahhhhh.... It's Sunday!! What better way to dispose of your unwanted stuff like old clothes that make you look like Winnie the Pooh when you try to squeeze yourself in it or jeans that are torn not because it's a style but because of wear and tear AND earning a little moolah out of it than having a... GARAGE SALE!!

What a tiring morning it was for us! We held a garage sale and in less than an hour sold out EVERYTHING!!

People are funny when you hold a garage sale. We said a specific time, 9:00 AM on the dot!, and they still went 30 minutes to an hour early!! seriously! here are some of the things I heard while we were selling:

"It's 8:30, can you open now?"
"We're melting under the sun!"
"Are the rugs for sale?" (No, because we just washed them and they're OURS!)

Then, we announced (albeit we already said it on our ad), "We don't have appliances or electronics or furniture for sale." This is what they said after:

"Is the table for sale?
"Is the mosquito zapper for sale?"
"How much for your electric fan?"
"how much for your clothes rack?"

People are so persistent sometimes especially when they see good deals! haha! I had a major headache from all the people coming near my table and asking me to my face, "discount, please!!"

However, the garage sale was a success! It's surprising what people would buy! Truly, "One man's trash is another man's treasure!" Someone even bought my OLD book by R.L. Stine..those Fear Street series!! Anyone remember those series of books??

WHEW!! Now... I'm just gonna relax, sip my coffee, read amazing blogs, listen to Taylor Swift and just enjoy my Sunday

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone~!!

LOTSA LOVE!!!

A Great Day for LOVE

Again... MUCHO THANKS and LOTSA LOVE to all my SITStahs and the Welcomistas! I'm still trying to personally post thank you's on everyone's blog. If I wasn't able to comment on your blog recently, wait for it..it will be there one of these days~ ^_^

SO... I want to share something with you girls.. As I was flipping through a woman's magazine in a salon one day, I found this and just had to take a photo and share it with you:



"How to be politically correct with women" Seriously, I was laughing my ass off with my sister while we were reading this! ^_^

By the way, I will put up a new page again soon along with my "RANDOM THOUGHTS" page up there if you see it beside the "home" link. Do check it out once I posted it! ^_^ Also, be sure to check out my old posts if you have time.

Forgive me for rambling and digressing to different topics here on this post but I have too much in my mind right now that I want to share with you all. I talked about some of my ultimate favorite movies in previous posts. I just remembered about Moulin Rouge and now I'm thinking... what would happen if real life were a MUSICAL?? ^_^ I wonder how that would be? Say, you're stuck in traffic and you jump out of your car and break out into a song and dance number?

By the way, I just want to share this with you as well.. I'm currently digging the vocal chords of Adam Lambert in his CD, For Your Entertainment. I especially LOVE his song, "Whataya Want From Me".

LOTSA LOVE!!!

LOTS OF THANKS~

WOW!!! i was overwhelmed with all the comments and welcomes my fellow SITStahs posted here!! I'm still working on posting personal thanks on everyone's blog!

WHEW!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH~

mucho thanks to WELCOMISTAS for putting my very simple blog on their list of "newbies".

I LOVE YOU ALL!!! thanks for putting a smile on my face... i really need some smiles and love especially these days... i'm having quite a "quarter-life" crisis wherein I still don't know what to do with my life!!

So again, to EVERYONE in the SITStahood.... LOTSA LOVE!

*HuGz*