Baha man, babangon parin
Right now, my family is separated by floodwaters. My husband and son are stranded; our street is a river.
In the space between what the storm decides and what we do next, there is still a choice: to panic, or to plan. To despair, or to act. The sea doesn’t owe us survival. But we owe each other the will to meet it.
Right now, my family is separated by floodwaters. My husband and son are stranded; our street is a river.
In the space between what the storm decides and what we do next, there is still a choice: to panic, or to plan. To despair, or to act. The sea doesn’t owe us survival. But we owe each other the will to meet it.
Some thoughts:
𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲
The waves don’t hate you. They don’t love you. They simply are.
Acceptance isn’t surrender. It’s clarity.
𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞
Between the wave’s force and your response, there is a space.
In that space:
The decision to float or swim
The focus to time your breath
The creativity to find currents that carry you
𝟑. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦
But you do control:
Where you point your energy
What you cling to (and what you release)
The story you tell once the water recedes
𝟒. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲
Not by denying the ocean’s nature, but by working with it:
Use the undertow to rest when needed
Let the waves push you toward unseen shores
Build your strength in the calm between swells
The sea will always be the sea. You will always be the choice.
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