VenusAtFar
Travels. Reviews. Reflections. Living.
Category: Reflections
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“If we remove sexting, then we would be mere penpals.” Those were the words of someone I once loved. I remember how deeply they hurt because I had always believed that the moments we spent talking about his day, his passions, his culture, and the things that made him come alive were some of the…
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I once saw a post that said, we think bulls are stupid for chasing red flags and yet people, here we are. To be blinded by impassioned love seems poetic but it is not beautiful. These are some of the comical truths I realized during this ongoing period of regulating my nervous system that was…
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If I do not give it my all, what is this heart for then? I would have given it to you in a plate have you been patient with me. I would have offered you myself slowly, cautiously then all at once. I would have tried to break all barriers in order for you to…
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I met him on a dating app called Boo. His name means good fortune in Turkish language. He caught my eye with his bright eyes. We matched. He messaged me first saying I look cute and that I am a balance of cute and classy. I replied, thank you, I guess. I tried to play…
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What is your bowl of soup? A question left in our life group. I have missed many life groups already and have been missing in action from church. And this will be like the first time attending for a long time again. Why? I don’t want to explain to anyone. Not even to my mentor.…
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Had fallen in love. Had been hurt. Then went conquering the mountains. It’s a tagline I often hear being said by those who go climbing the mountains. But I think there are other reasons as well…really. It might be to find healing. To find oneself. To find answers to some of life’s questions. Or simply…
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Jojo Moyes writes of a different love story in her novel Me Before You. It isn’t the typical boy-meets-this-gorgeous-girl-or-girl-meets-this-dashing-man-they-live-happily-ever-after-kind of love story. Of course we love happily ever after love stories but these are stories just like the rest of the others. But even if it does not have a happy ending, Me Before You…
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