When i was younger and was still studying my mother would often tell me “pagbutihin mo ang pag aaral mo, pag nakapagtapos ka na at meron ka ng trabaho mabibili mo na ang mga gusto mo,makakain mo na ang mga pagkaing gusto mo. ikaw pa naman puro masarap ang gusto mo” It seems like mama was trying to bribe me to be good. or she was just trying to teach me things the light way. Whenever she told me those I would just give an impish grin, not that i find her speech cheesy but because i didnt want to make a promise. i’d rather show her my obedience rather than commit to something that i may not fulfill later on. But silently, within myself I valued her advice. I’ve seen how much she and tatay worked hard to sail our rather big family through the tides of life. I cannot afford to give them further sufferings. Anyway what they want me to do is actually for my own good.
After several years along with numerous adversities I finally graduated. on the day of my graduation i discreetly looked on my parents. what i observed was that they were happier than I was. My graduation was their graduation. Finally they are done sending their ten children to school. they must have sighed a huge sigh of relief.
this weekend i went out for a little shopping. i was planning then to save for a couple of months. i was lusting for a Nokia e63 which is currently retailing at 13 thousand but i changed my mind. i didn’t want delayed gratification anymore and i felt that i can still bear my two aging phones. So off i went and made some purchases which the major one was a bag from Marithe Francois Girbaud.
While I was at the mall i remembered what mama told me. she is right. i am glad i obeyed. What i am earning right now is not that big. good thing i live at kuya’s. I need not pay for rent and other utilities. for a start i am doing good though my hoisting of the banner of total financial independence may not be very soon.
I hope whoever may read this will not get me wrong. To brag is not my point.what i want to say is that obedience is not a bad thing, at first when we are still waging war with the demons of our youth our parent’s warnings and advices may seem like some sort of a bitter pill but in the long run we will see that they are not. they are the medicines that will keep us well.
I just hope and pray that God would be merciful as always with me. I pray that I may be able to continue this journey. If its not too much to ask I hope HE allows me to successfully climb the corporate ladder, to shine in my own way, to learn and to influence others positively the same way that other people like my bosses and officemates are influencing me.
I know and I feel that I am on the right track now thus i pray na sana hindi na ako maliko pa. I dont want exactly to play safe i just want to be able to make good things happen for i know whenever i fall it is my parents who get hurt ten folds more. i dont want them neither sad nor hurt.
