Nangunguna, sa Hindi Inaasahang Karera
Bago maging sobrang rampant ng paggamit ng smartphones ng halos lahat ng tao, isa sa mga daily occurences sa buhay namin sa bahay ang makinig ng radio broadcast ng FEBC 702 DZAS. Sa isang segment nila, palagi kong naririnig ang tagline ni Beth Flores na nagsasabing, "Life is not a series of chances. It's a series of choices." Kung iintindihin, makikita naman 'yong katotohanan behind the words that were said. Marami kasing nagsasabi na sobrang daming chances ang dumarating sa buhay ng tao in their lifespans, pero I think what cumulatively creates every human experience ay ang kanilang choices.
In the quest to make the best decisions sa pang araw-araw nating buhay, there are times na we fail. Though there is an evident expectation for everyone to make the best, rational, at tamang decisions, hindi maiiwasan na we make the decision na nasa kabilang tulay nito. Ibinibilang ko ang sarili ko dito.
Sa tuwing iniisip ko ang life decisions ko, hindi ko maiwasan ang pagka-feel sorry ko for myself on some decisions that I have made. People might see me as this guy well-off, established to an extent, pero behind all the fancy facade, masasabi kong I really am not that person. Nakikipagusap ako sa mga tao and I am always amazed kung paano nila ako nakikita. Ewan. Palaging positive.
Pero hindi. Sana nga, ganoon nalang. Di naman ako sobrang sama. Pero alam kong hindi rin ako ang icon ng mabuting mga desisyon. Chief among the sinners, sabi nga ni apostle Paul sa 1 Timothy 1:15.
"The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost."
This is the race na I think I am leading at. I might be harsh sa sarili ko, pero I do think na ako ito. Syempre, ako ang nakakaalam ng lahat ng details ng buhay ko to be able to come up with the conclusion. Kung iisipin nga, parang lahat might be able to come up with such conclusion kasi we know ourselves best. Unfortunately, ang scale ng paggawa ko ng desisyon ay tipped towards the other end.
Okay na rin siguro. Tama na rin naman siguro if I see myself as such since another reminder by Apostle Paul given naman to the Philippian members on Philippians 2:3.
"Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves."
Ang prayer ko lang, ang wish ko lang, na sana, as I progress, I continuously move toward making the right decisions and win the right race. Hindi naman deal-breaker ang makagawa ng maling desisyon as we are still in this world, capable of making them. Pero sana, sana, manaig ang conscious effort to do what is right. Sabi nga nila, possess true repentance. Magkaroon ng change of heart, change of mind, and change of direction.
