"Angels with broken wings"

Somewhere in El Nido

Matampuhin … According to tagalogpinoydictionary.com, matampuhin means prone to sulkiness or extremely sensitive. It could also mean angry or upset about something and refusing to discuss it with others; often quiet, angry or upset.  Someone once described me as matampuhin or tampururot.  I guess I really am quite sensitive.

As I was reading (again) at midnight…  I came across a quotation written by Shannon L. Adler.  She said that the most genuine and honest people that you will ever meet are “sensitive people”.  I am the most trusting and most “transparent” friend you will ever have. However, since I am extremely sensitive, I find myself in constant pain whenever I am betrayed, lied to, ignored, forgotten or taken for granted. Shannon further added that sensitive people (like me) are ”tortured souls and are unable to live with hatred or being hated.  Our souls are constantly bruised by misunderstanding and unresolved issues.” She also said that we “need the most love anyone can give”. She praised sensitive people and wrote,”.. they are the most compassionate people worth knowing and are the ones that often become activists for the broken hearted, forgotten or misunderstood.”  Adler described sensitive people as “angels with broken wings that only fly with love.”  An angel with broken wings. 

I am able to fly with the outpouring 

of love  from those wonderful individuals 

who love me more and love me most. 

They mend my broken wings and

repair my shattered heart of glass. 

(betsisanders 2015)