From Facebook Memories, this was a photo from 3 years ago when Atty Rey Cris Panugaling and I were still doing our afternoon runs of SOTTO LIVE. We were mainstay hosts of everyday programs and these were helping us cope with daily challenges during the COVID19 pandemic.
We learn to be thankful for the many blessings we have received and stop looking out for things we don't have.
GOD knows what we need long before we realize to ask him. When it was time for Kenneth to leave because he received an unexpected golden opportunity, Craches was there with nothing else to do so she signed up to work for me again. When someone informs you they are leaving for greener pastures, you realize that is the reason why someone else applied for a similar position - to fill in the void that would be created, so that transition would not be so difficult. PROVIDENCE.
Nobody is perfect. It is our flaws that give us character.
No matter the thorns that prick us whenever we try to get close, understand that the difficult life experiences caused those thorns to grow in order to protect oneself and in order for us to survive.
Oftentimes, we have a need to be right. We have a need to express what we truly think and what we truly feel inside, to be true to ourselves, but we have to consider that in so doing, we might be hurting others and alienating them. We allow OUR thorns to grow so that nobody would be able to see the beautiful rose inside because they are too wary of the thorns. We keep others at arms' length so that they don't get too close. We forget that sometimes it is better to be kind, that loving involves humility and letting other people in.
But we keep ourselves locked up because we don't want to be dependent on others. We want everything to be neat and tidy. We need to be in control. When we keep saying NO or other words that sting just as much, soon they might just give up, thinking the rose is not worth getting pricked by thorns....
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