lesson of the day
i don't think its maudlin to realize how frail we really are when it comes to the things that we, most of the time, despise doing.
I have'nt really gotten much work these days. it was a lenient week. i woke up at around 3 in the afternoon. After having lunch, since i dont have any shcool work to do, for the first time, i decided to vacuum the matting of our car, the one that i use most of the time. The smell trapped inside was like a rotten egg, it was because last night,my ate treated it as if its a boat capable of travelling in the water (baha). To my surprise, it was extremely exhausting!!! yeah! 'merely cleaning the matting' ! so I stopped cleaning it. then i asked manang (our maid) if she can clean it instead. Manang, who've been cleaning the whole house the whole day. Manang, who've been relentlessly washing the clothes the whole time. Manang, whos decades older than me, who have more brittle bones, and Manang who had no choice, but to work as a house maid because of her perseverance to put food in the mouth of her family.
this realization was like a gunshot that killed the bad guy. it somehow, beckoned me to being a better man. I admit it was so insensitive of me to act that way. Honestly speaking, cleaning it felt like hell,the heat,the sweat and everything. take note, i was only doing it for half an hour, just half an hour. But hey! imagine the people doing it for morethan 12 hours, spending half of their daily lives in a job that I mull-over as hell. Scratch the notion that no one wants to be placed on that position, the thing is, as if these people have a choice. but what if in the click of a finger, things turned 180 degrees? what if the wealthy and blessed person that you are now suddenly became the poor dirty boy/girl from the poverty stricken side of the world?you'll never know....
in the end, i found myself in the shadowy corner of the room, thinking how blessed i really am, it is actually the fire of suffering that brings forth of Godliness...
Now, i think i'll be more appreciative on all the things that i had been given... As long as you can do it, do it! dont let that time to come in which doing the things you loathe doing is the only key for your survival...oh well... buhay nga naman....
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WoOHOo!!!!La salle won! twice to beat advantage!!!KUDOS!!!
I have'nt really gotten much work these days. it was a lenient week. i woke up at around 3 in the afternoon. After having lunch, since i dont have any shcool work to do, for the first time, i decided to vacuum the matting of our car, the one that i use most of the time. The smell trapped inside was like a rotten egg, it was because last night,my ate treated it as if its a boat capable of travelling in the water (baha). To my surprise, it was extremely exhausting!!! yeah! 'merely cleaning the matting' ! so I stopped cleaning it. then i asked manang (our maid) if she can clean it instead. Manang, who've been cleaning the whole house the whole day. Manang, who've been relentlessly washing the clothes the whole time. Manang, whos decades older than me, who have more brittle bones, and Manang who had no choice, but to work as a house maid because of her perseverance to put food in the mouth of her family.
this realization was like a gunshot that killed the bad guy. it somehow, beckoned me to being a better man. I admit it was so insensitive of me to act that way. Honestly speaking, cleaning it felt like hell,the heat,the sweat and everything. take note, i was only doing it for half an hour, just half an hour. But hey! imagine the people doing it for morethan 12 hours, spending half of their daily lives in a job that I mull-over as hell. Scratch the notion that no one wants to be placed on that position, the thing is, as if these people have a choice. but what if in the click of a finger, things turned 180 degrees? what if the wealthy and blessed person that you are now suddenly became the poor dirty boy/girl from the poverty stricken side of the world?you'll never know....
in the end, i found myself in the shadowy corner of the room, thinking how blessed i really am, it is actually the fire of suffering that brings forth of Godliness...
Now, i think i'll be more appreciative on all the things that i had been given... As long as you can do it, do it! dont let that time to come in which doing the things you loathe doing is the only key for your survival...oh well... buhay nga naman....
***
WoOHOo!!!!La salle won! twice to beat advantage!!!KUDOS!!!
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