One of the reasons why I love my work is that I get to travel more often that I've ever done in my entire life.
I discover more about the places I thought I knew so well, I step foot on cities I've never been to and I continually make memories with the people who hold such special places in my heart.
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I loved, I trusted, I lost, I got hurt, I got angry, but now... I'm getting back up and choosing to rise again.
This is my story of forgiveness and acceptance for the things that I can change and for the ones that I cannot, but I am okay and better than ever. Today is the last day of 2018, and just like I've always done for the past two years, I take some time off the holiday brouhaha, to ponder and write about what this year has meant to me.
Unlike 2017 that was mostly full of self-discovery, 2018 was about stability. I found a potential career that I could find myself doing in the long run, but there have been bumps on the road. There were praises, but there were also criticisms. There were times when the negativity would slowly eat me up, but I would always be reminded by those that have guided me in this journey that everyday is a chance to do better and that everyday, we learn from the mistakes that we've done in the past. Stability. Despite being new in the field of politics and not knowing everything, I started this with the mentality that this is what I wanted to do and that I'm doing this, not for myself, but for those I want to serve, and for that stability comes in by being sure that this is what I want (even if it's just for the time being or who knows lol) and taking the necessary steps for me to become a good leader. I found myself meeting new people, something that I really enjoyed, but at the same time, realized that not all the people I meet are meant to stay in my life. This is something that is supposed to be very trivial, since in the past 22 years, I've met so many people that have made me laugh, made me cry, made me angry and made me feel all sorts of emotions all at once, but 2018 is different because this is probably the year where I met the most people and for every person that I met, there were always learnings. To name a few, there was one that taught me that it was okay if everything in your life was falling apart, for as long as you had God. There was also one that taught me, that despite the difficulties in life, always think about what you have, rather than what you don't. The persons who said this didn't end up staying in my life, but that doesn't mean that what I learned from them should be forgotten just like that. Still, I am thankful for the time that they were here and wish them well in all their endeavors. Stability. In every loss, there are gains and for the people that have always been there (my family and barkadas) and to the new ones that I want to keep, stability comes in by making sure that our relationship will be strengthened by time and maturity. Despite not knowing the duration of their stay in my life, not a day should pass that I don't let these people feel how important they are to me because life is too short. It really is. All in all, 2018 was a solid year. I'd like to think that this year is when I finally realized that I shouldn't be wasting my time on things and people that might just be great for the mean time, but invest in what really matters and what will make me an even better person. Looking back, the good really outweighed the bad this time and all I can is that, the world is full of so many opportunities and people you can learn from. All you should do is to be out there and to be open to all the possibilities. There may be times when things don't turn out the way you expected them to be, but just as our Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray said, always look at the silver lining in every situation. Always choose joy. Happy new year everyone! May 2019 be a great and blessed one for all of us! Months ago, I was sitting on that exact, same spot as an unemployed Comm graduate whose only goal in life was to lose weight. Maybe I did have other goals, but they all seemed so blurry, up until I decided to get my life together, make the crucial decisions that I had to and now, live with the consequences of those decisions that I had carefully thought about.
In a span of just four months, so much has changed. The once unemployed Comm graduate is now the Sangguniang Kabataan Chairman for Brgy. Caradio-an, the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President for the city of Himamaylan, the Sangguniang Kabataan Vice President for the province of Negros Occidental, and to top it all off, a registered licensed professional teacher. I know what you're thinking; that I'm lucky, that I'm blessed. Yes, I won't deny that. But before I got to this point in my life, I've had my fair share of struggles as well, which has definitely made these series of victories something that I feel I deserve, for I know that God sees everything and God does reward His hardworking and faithful children. Around this time last week, I had just finished running my very first 10K at a running event. Admittedly, I had some apprehensions prior to the event, but I'm glad that I decided to run anyway.
It was all worth it. |
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