2 Cute
We got to church a little late today and by the time we got there, it was already packed and we couldn’t find seats. We found a place beside the “Mother’s Chapel” where we stood for the rest of the mass.
The Mother’s Chapel is a glass room where guardians sit with their kids who may be too young to stay put for the duration of the mass. There were so many children in the Mother’s Chapel this morning. It was nice seeing kids there especially the well-behaved ones who wore matching outfits with their moms.
Halfway through the homily, I heard someone knock on the glass. I was a little taken aback, I thought I was going to be reprimanded, but then again I wasn’t even leaning on the glass. But to my surprise, on the other side of the pane I saw a little girl in a cute green dress, with straight shiny bangs and a huge smile on her face. She was waving and pointing at me like she knew me from somewhere.
For a minute I had to make sure I was the one she was pointing at but she was looking straight at me and waving like I was her friend. It was adorable. She was adorable. Her cheerfulness towards me even seemed to amuse her mother.
Around communion time, I was bowing my head saying a prayer. I heard a couple of soft taps on the glass. It was a little boy about the age of one. He was looking up at me and he was smiling. He was cute too.
Funny, I used to joke about my ovaries aching whenever I see cute babies/kids. My cousin even said that I might just be brooding. I have been putting off getting my ovary fixed. Maybe I should take it as a sign to finally take care of it?
I swear I will do something about it this week.
Lemons in Life
We’ve heard different versions of “When life gives you lemons…” quotes. I even made one for myself. My version is, “When life gives you lemons, don’t squeeze them all over your wounds.”
I’m not that young anymore so I’ve had all sorts of lemons thrown at me already. In fact, I get lemons so often that through the years I have found various ways to deal with them.
The lemons (struggles) we go through give us a better attitude towards the people we encounter. When we get shoved down, disappointed or rejected by others, instead of immediately snapping back at them we try to understand where they are coming from first. We eventually become more patient with others and we learn to respect and accept the decisions they make. We try not to judge. After all, they too have their own share of lemons to take care of.
Experience has taught me that when lemons get thrown at me, it helps to ask “what for?” and make something out of those lemons instead of merely asking “why?” and just leave the lemons to rot.
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This would be a good addition to my mantra.
I hate arguing. I feel my heart beat 5x faster when I hear people raising their voices arguing. I don’t think I’ve heard much yelling at home.
I especially don’t like arguing over things that make people emotional. It’s absolutely pointless trying to argue with close-minded people too. It’s such a complete waste of time.
When the time finally comes when the people you’ve been arguing with find themselves stuck in a situation that proves my point. I can’t help but mutter under my breath, “da!” (in english it is equivalent to saying “serves you right” or “I told you so”).
So to the people who refuse to listen and argue just to enjoy a few moments of “triumph”, FUUUUUU! hahaha!
Next time, maybe give listening a try and you know what, thinking before you speak might not be such a bad idea.
I have been hearing about friends planning for the trips they’ll be taking this year. Wow! How I wish I had all the moolah to travel or even just garner enough leaves to be even begin to think about going on a vacation. There’s the green eye wandering again.
My parents will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary end of this month and I can’t even go to Cebu to celebrate with the rest of the family. Boooooo!
I wish I had a job that would allow me to have more leaves and I hope the time comes when I can afford all these. However, there are bigger things to tackle and I am sticking to my priorities. I have to say, you have to be a just a tiny little bit envious being in my shoes.
Worrying about leaves is still a good thing when I start to think about it. At least I have a job and that I am doing quite well for now physically, emotionally, financially, socially but not so much spiritually though. I’m working on this one I promise!
My friends at the workplace are very serious about their spiritual lives and I wish I was more like them. We all have different religious beliefs but it’s nice that we could openly share about these things to each other without ending up debating. But that’s another story.
I promise I will pay closer attention at mass tomorrow.
