We should not rush on how God can answer all our prayers to HIM.
Sabi nga nila, kapag Siya ang may plano, mas maganda ang resulta. Mas mahalaga talaga na hintayin natin kung ano ang Plano para sa atin.
Sa tuwing minamadali natin ang isang bagay, mas nagiging failed at sa huli nasasaktan tayo. Kasi inexpect natin na ito yung WILL ni God para satin. Pero di mo alam na hindi pala ito yung sagot nya kaya sa huli nasasaktan tayo na di pa pala ito yung binigay niya satin.
Mahirap maghintay, pero mas mahirap naman madaliian ang isang bagay na di pala nya Will satin. Kaya mas ok na maghintay ng maghintay.
Everything is worth to wait, sa trabaho, negosyo, lovelife o ano pang bagay na gusto mo nang makuha. Di naman ito isang pikit mo lang, matatanggap mo na agad.
Tama nga sila, lahat ay pinaghihirapan. Lahat may pinagdadaanan. Hindi para pahirapan kapa, kundi para palakasin at patatagin ka pa.
Ang aking tahanan ay maligalig, bumabawi ito gamit ang madiing halik at nakakahawang hagikhik. May ugaling 'di agad bumibitaw kapag nakakapit. Ang aking tahanan ay naguumapaw sa sigasig. Hindi pumapayag na may nahihimbing at humihilik.
Ang aking tahanan ay may malakandilang mga daliri na halos maubos sa kangunguya. Ito rin ay yapos ng bisig—na bagaman kapos sa sukat—ay nakakagaan ng dala. Ang aking tahanan ay mga araw rin ng tarantang isip sa t'wing tahimik at gusto laging magpa-karga. Tahanan ko ang magdamagang pagkabahala. Mga matatamang panghuhula kung bakit 'di tumatahan hanggang umaga o di kaya ay baka may masakit. Ang tahanan ko ay madalas na maliligayang araw na may kahalong kaunting pait.
Ang aking tahanan ay may mausisa at mabibilog na mga mata. Ang tingin nito ay hindi humuhusga. Ni hindi nagbibigay ng huwad na ngisngis kapag pinapatawa. Akin lang ang lahat ng pagtingin at paghanga. Tanggap nito ang aking pagkatao at lahat ng pagkakasala. Dito sa aking tahanan nagkakatawang tao ang walang bahid ng dudang paniniwala.
Ang aking tahanan ay humihilom ng mga suyak. Nagpapababa ng mga bangko na masyadong iniaangat. Ang tahanan ko ay kayang bumuo ng mga nawasak. Nagpapagaling sa mga nakalimot nang magpatawad.
Ang aking tahanan ay sa akin lamang bukod-tanging nanganganlungan. Tahanang pumupunas ng aking luha at s'ya ko ring pinapatahan. Aking lilim at pahingahan. Aking tahanan. Aking mga bukas hanggang walang hanggan.
We often times struggle with our thoughts. It's like a war... a battle that is so hard to defeat. We're wounded but still, we keep on fighting. We're tired but keep on standing.
Wondering, when will it end?
12:03 am. Tuesday. November 1. I have just turned 42.
A lot has happened that I have wanted to write about but just wasn’t able to for various reasons, but mostly because I just couldn’t find the time or the words.
One of the biggest and most recent events in my life was leaving my former company.
December 22, 2021, was my last day with a company I worked with for 10 years. They were mostly good years, some even great. I learned a lot during my stay and I loved what I did.
But, not unlike romantic relationships, I found something else. A side job instead of a side piece.
It’s funny looking at it from that perspective given that something similar happened in my marriage.
I don’t know if it was my personal relationship that echoed in my professional relationship, or if my professional relationship mirrored my marriage.
Whichever way it was, my husband found a side piece and I ended up with a side job. His side piece left, and in the middle of figuring out whether we will pick up the pieces or just move on from each other altogether, I found a side job.
He was repentant and wanted to work on our marriage. I decided to leave a company I have been loyal to for 10 years.
These events didn’t happen side by side. My husband came out with his affair a year or so before I started moonlighting.
But it’s funny how in both situations I felt my world explode and crumble around me. It was the same process of deciding whether to stay or let go, which pieces to keep or throw away.
In both times, there was the same doubt and fear: what if it doesn’t work out? What if I am left empty-handed?
The same questions my husband asked himself while he was debating whether to keep his new love or stay with the old are the same questions I asked myself before deciding to leave my former company.
It’s been a year since I left and it’s been several years since his affair.
There have been changes in our dynamics. Our relationship is pretty much the same as it was, but there is now a recognition that we are no longer the people we were at the start of our relationship. We have grown.
Today, I am 42. I have grown from and learned much from both experiences.
Life is not any more difficult or easier than it has been before, and I am thankful that I am still here, trying to make the best of it.
I am grateful for the mundane and the day-to-day, as I am for the special and the extraordinary.
I am thankful more than ever to the people that are still with me, despite all that I am not. My often wayward husband included.