What makes you bleed?

When you search on the internet, you can find a lot of definitions when it comes to the word, bleed. You might find medical related meaning or any figurative ones attached to the word. In this article, I would like to use the term, bleed as being sad or sorrowful. What makes you bleed? What makes you sorrowful?

In life, we can't avoid circumstances that make us sad. Sadness is part of our lives. Without it, we would not know what happiness means. If without sadness or sorrow, I guess life would be boring at all. Imagine being happy everyday? Well it's still fine but being challenged is what makes us feel like living. Oh not like, but living.

I know everyone has struggles or things that are running in mind. Though we know we are happy, there are still thoughts that are disturbing our peace. I guess that's what they called there's no such thing as forever happy. As what the song entitled "With a Smile" said,

You can never be too happy in this life.

If you were to be asked? What makes you bleed?

I bleed everytime I see my grandparents over-worked

Before the pandemic, grandma and grandpa used to sell barbecues in front of a university just near from home. Of course, classes before were face-to-face so there are really a lot of students who will buy barbecue as their viand. Our products are sold like hotcakes. Everyday products are sold-out. So we don't have thay much problem when it comes to financial. Pandemic came and classes were suspended. Consequently, my grandparents will not sell barbecues in front if the university since there are no students/customers. Well if there's any, just few people who are residing near.

Because of that, they accepted someone's offer to be the manager of farm (bantay sa farm). Since they need to take care of the crops there, they spend most of their time under the heat of the sun. They even plant the plots with the seedlings even if it's too hot. I can't imagine the heat they bear just to finish the work. That's why I understand what farmers feel. I feel so sad for them. That's why I seldom visit them there because I can't control myself or my tears. It's just too painful to bear.

I promised to myself that someday, I will let them stop working there and put them in the situation of life they truly deserve.

I bleed when my grandma cries

This is a very heartbreaking scene for me. Mothers are tough and if we see them cry, that means they are really hurt. I remember one time my grandma and I had our very first argument. She told me stop being so close with my friends for they are bad influence. That's because my grandma doesn't know I drink and party. In her eyes, I was the proper and soft girl. Well she was wrong. I was not the one who she wanted me to be.

After that, I told her everything I was after of. That I am different. That I don't want the girl she's trying to build. I even raised my voice to her. And for that she cried and as much as I don't want to cry, my tears fell, non-stop.

My heart really bleeds that time and I regret that.

I bleed whenever I see animals being maltreated or hurt

I always have a soft spot in my heart when it comes to animals, especially dogs and cats. I can't imagine how animal cruelty is happening around the world. And what's sad is that I can't help all of them. My heart bleeds if I see stray dogs and cats in the street striving to survive. Imagine how poor their life is searching for food and enduring all the coldness in the street as they sleep. If only I was so rich, then I would adopt every hurt animals I see.

Humans, if you can't be kind to animals, then please don't hurt them.

I bleed when someone makes a joke about my family

My family is not perfect. I and my sisters are not living with our biological mother since she's too young when she got pregnant. So we are left with grandma and grandpa. They are the ones who took care of us. I admit we don't have a beautiful house to live in. It actually looks like a hut rather than a house. It's because we are not that privileged to build big ones. Our grandparents spend their money on our food and our education so renovating the house is the least priority for it can wait. One time our neighbor made fun of our home and said it's like a rat's home so we should not act like rich ones. I was like omg, it doesn't mean that we are poor, we should dress so poorly. And why is that our house became their business?

I can't really forget that one since I was hurt. For that, I promised to myself that I will build a better home for my family.

I bleed when I see children begging for food and money on the street

This really breaks my heart. Even here, in the province, there are a lot of street children. Isn't it the responsibility of the parents to give them a good life? Why they make an offspring if they can't provide? If they are able to work, then why let their children roam around the street not even having slippers or something to protect their feet? 🥺 Oh God please help them. That's why whenever I see one and asked me for something, I gave them food instead of money so will just eat it immediately.

This is so heartbreaking but then we cannot shoulder all the responsibilities for them. All we have is to pray for them to have a bright future and help them with what we have.

There are a lot of things that saddened me but I don't want them to reside in my mind for long. Even if life gave us this instances, I believe we can get through this.

Let us rejoice whenever we feel like it. And if we feel sad, feel it until it hurts no more. That's how life goes.

How about you? What makes you bleed?

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