When something breaks, your first instinct should be subukan (to try). Not to call a repairman. Not to buy a new one. Move your hands. Take the screwdriver. You might fail. But ang galaw (the movement) is the point. Galaw as Love Here is the most important part. We often think of love as a feeling. Nararamdaman (felt). But in the trenches of a relationship, love is galaw .
We all hate chores. But what if hugas pinggan (dishwashing) was a rhythm exercise? Put on a Manila Sound playlist. Let your hips sway while you scrub. Galaw turns labor into liturgy. When something breaks, your first instinct should be
Stop scrolling. Stand up. Roll your neck. Take a deep breath. Move your hands
We are born with Galaw . Watch a toddler in a provincial fiesta . They don’t need a lesson plan. Their hips move because the drums are loud. Their hands clap because the air is happy. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we freeze. We become matigas ang katawan (stiff-bodied). We trade the fluidity of galaw for the rigidity of routine. There is an unwritten rule in Filipino psychology that I call the Tatlong Segundo (Three Second) rule of Galaw . But ang galaw (the movement) is the point
