"Kumusta" - May Blogging Contest HivePH

"Kumusta?"

There is something comforting and warm about that specific Filipino word. Why? Because maybe in my lifetime, only a few ever questioned me that...authentically. Even if others don't mean whenever they say it, there's just something about this word that makes me feel...at peace. Like, yeah my life's shitty and all but, that words just makes it a little less...shittier.

Well, what is "Kumusta"?

"Kumusta" in English translation is "How are you doing", or "how you've been". It asks the receiver how their life went as of the moment. Like a basic empathic response to know if that person is doing well or not.

But why choose this word out of the rest, Anarkia?

Simple, it is most close to my heart, to my inner soul that keeps my cold mortal body, warm.
It opens a crack to my stone heart and makes it fragile.
It gives a kind of comfort and assurance that "Ah, may nag iisip pa pala sa akin."
It lifts my spirits up through its simple compassion that even though people don't meant it, it still sounds so reassuring.


I have been through a lot with my life, (as we all do), and being the depressed and anxious chick that I am, a simple word like this really gets through my heart. In my social media accounts in Facebook and Instagram, whenever I make a depressing stuff on MyDay or MyStory on each of them, even those people whom I have not contacted or communicated with for half of my life, messaged me. Like out of the blue, their icon badge would just pop up on my conervsation list. And their usually first message would be:

...Kumusta?"

Ahh ang sarap pakinggan.
Yung tipong may kwenta pa pala buhay mo sa ibang tao.
Yung kahit ilang taon na kaayong di nag-uusap, importante ka pa rin sa kanila.
Yung di mo naman close, pero gusto lang nilang malaman if okey ka.
Yung nangako silang nandyan lang sila lagi if kelangan mo sila.
Ang sarap pakinggan. Ang sarap din sa pakiramdam.
Kahit yung iba di naman totoo, at yung iba, chismis lang.
Pero nakakataba ng puso malamang, "nasa isip kita."
Mga panalangin nila na para lang sa kanilang sarili, ay kasali ka na.
At yun ay dahil sa simpleng...

"Kumusta"? "Kumusta ka? "

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Hello guys! This is my first contest with Hive PH entitled May Blogging Contest. Have a nice day everyone! <3