In life we often caught ourselves in a never ending cycle
that we barely have time to even stop to smell the flower, or gaze upon the
skies and be grateful for it all. Frequently, we get wedged up in our daily
routines and find ourselves complaining more
than giving thanks and ignoring what is more important to us.
I myself is a victim of these cycle, nothing is more imperative
to me than getting my daily groove.
Career always comes first . Success comes with a high price that will leave you no choice but to
pay, It’s like drinking honey in a cup made of thorns. What I'm really saying
is as my career is escalating, other aspects of my life are declining. You see
it’s not all sunshine for me, true that I get to enjoy the perks of my work.
And the price I have to compensate for these? It’s at a much higher cost.
My life will always be about choices and career will always be my priority. It’s
like I am being magnetized back to it.
But things have changed, though when I lost my father to
brain cancer. A father is always a daughter's first love and losing him is
really painful. Anyone who lost a parent knows that a death of a father or a
mother understand the gravity of the misery and how the death of a love one is
life altering.
When my father was diagnosed with a brain tumor, I
was dumbfounded because it wasn't what I expected to hear from his
Doctor. The news catapulted me into a sorrowful state. I was psychologically
un-moored, I am not prepared. I refuse to believe that sooner or
later he will leave us. I have kept the hope inside of me - the hope for
a miracle.
They allege that the sooner you accept the truth the
easier it is to let go, but trust me if you are very close with someone, if you
love and care for someone so much you will do everything to refrain yourself
from believing and forgetting. No matter how strong the threat of oblivion is
and no matter how obscure the situation maybe, you will yet continue to cling
to that one hope amid the sorrow. I'm not going to lie by stating that
everything was easy for it never was, keeping your hope and faith fervent is
never easy, especially if the person you once see as brawny is slowly turning
into a stunted soul, wherein his gaunt face and pain is a manifestation that
death will shortly take its toll.
And when death and setbacks occur, you'll suddenly find
yourself questioning “Did I spend enough time with my father while he is still
alive?” and you would start to unlock every memory, hoping to find something to enlighten your guilty soul but believe me the truth will slap you hard on the
face.
I may never be able to sit down and have coffee with my
father anymore, but his death propelled the
truth that Life shouldn’t be emaciated and
center on career alone. There is so much more to life than our profession and
we should learn to appreciate and celebrate our blessings everyday.
Let this season be an
opportunity to spend time with your families and love ones. But if you were still
thinking what better way to spend
your time with them. How about this Christmas let your loved taste
the Filipino Christmas through Johann’s Blendpresso specials Puto Bumbong and
Queso De Bola coffee-based flavored drinks. Gather them up, share stories and
bring back good old memories and make new ones.
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Lovely post dear!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry for you loss.
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Nana... I think loss is one of the most difficult things to deal with, it makes you look back and wonder if you did all that you could... loss is never easy to get over... your post was beautiful and thoughtful... it reminded me what we all need to remember, people are so much more important than anything else... learning to let go is something I need to really learn xox
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