I Learned My Lessons

Injuries. We all get injuries, we may be an athlete on training or not. To be a better athlete, we go through pain (like injuries) for us to get better.

“The Motto of Champions: … If injured, you can rebound and return bigger and better…and continue to inspire!”  – T.F. Hodge

I was once an athlete, was part of a varsity team. In my sport, injuries is a norm and giving up on the pain is a sign of weakness. I’ve been trained not to show any weakness or else it might be an advantage for my opponent. Of the way of this world, giving up means failure. Well for me, I gained something.

I’ve been fighting for an injury I got 3 years ago. I thought it was fine and “healed” by time until I got my knee snapped 2 weeks ago. This injury is a reminder of my disobedience and stubborness. Disobedience because my mom’s been telling me to stop the sport I truly loves and begin to focus on what is certain and stubborness because I persuade my mom and never seek wholeheartedly the counsel of the doctors. This knee pains and few monetary and time I spent are the results of my wrong choices I made in the past.

“Study the past if you would define the future.”
― Confucius

It takes a whole lot of humility to accept what this knee have become and admit that I’ve made a mistake and these are the consequences. To tell you the truth, I can’t accept and admit it yet. While writing this blog post I’ve got thousands of reasons and people to blame with. Very Stubborn indeed!

Anyways.

Lessons Learned?

1. Humility is a BIG word. And given by Up Above through and by grace.
2. Don’t just forget the past, learn from it! It is wise to learn and never go through it once more.
3. Band-aid solutions ain’t gonna cover the cracks forever.
4. Excuses will never cure the injury.
5. Asking help from family and relatives won’t hurt at all (especially given with a negative answer).
6. No pain, No gain.

Series of Exemplary Actions: Ordinary No More

What does it cost to be different? If you are to ask me, I don’t know really because I’m trying to be a circle in a triangle.

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I ride a public utility jeepney everyday and it comes in routine, most of us somehow knows what does a routine works..pretty boooooring! Anyways, I spotted an exemplary action worth writing to. A nature, A BLOGGER ALERT! I have to write about this not-so-ordinary driver.

Here it goes.

Most of jeepney drivers are rude, majority. They never thought of their passenger’s safety, all that matters to them is there profit.

an example of Jeepney services here in the Philippines.

With the traffic and the scorching summer heat, nobody seems to bother except this exceptional driver. I usually walk on my way home, but that day I chose to ride the jeepney, gladly the passenger’s seat adjacent to the driver’s is empty so I took chance. I’m surprised that an ordinary jeepney offers candies to their passengers. That driver should have saved his time and money in more useful things but no, he offered it to anyone who wants one. He somehow knows marketing, in his own little ways. If only I took note of his plate number I’d only ride his jeepney and maybe I’d recommend that jeepney to any of my friends who will take the same route.

I’m humbled by that jeepney driver. He knows how to take care of his passengers and never complain of the extra expenses. If only our government officials and the rest of the community will be like him, sympathy and love for work, and if I’m like that jeepney driver, no doubt the Philippines will again be a tiger nation.

P.S. :  I took a candy and thanked the driver for the sweet treat. hihi 🙂

Series of Exemplary Actions: Honed by the Potter.

I didn’t get to write and update for quite sometime, the start of my year was already a roller coaster. I mean, it’s still in the first quarter and many things already happened. I had been slacking, stressing and recovering at the same time. For countless of times, I urged my self to write but nothing comes up. Been juicing my brains and heart out but no juice is pouring out.

Lately, I’ve witnessed several homo sapiens who have done quite out of the packaging box. And my brain is perfectly kept on prompting me to write about it, and here I am now. Writing.

 

For the past months I have this leave-not work urgency. Work have been stressing me so much that quitting is my next option. My love (architecture) became a work, a burden. And here goes my boss, after our one-on-one talk, he made me realized that we’ve been both a difficult person to each other. I hated him so much, at that time being. He’s so frank and quite right about me. He’s words pierced me, stabbed me up front. Despite everything , he gave me a chance to prove to myself and himself that I am worth the expectations from my peers, from my teachers during college and from his expectations. He didn’t gave up on me, like a father does in his lost child. To make a long story short, everything went well after it. My performance in the office in my opinion improved and got to prove to my self that I can, and will be able to survive the profession.

Little things like that never happen too often, l am thankful that earlier in my path to being a practicing architect, I’ve been honed and shaped to betterment. Thank you so much sir!

I’m crafted into perfection by the Potter’s Hand.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running. Where it is lacking there are no real students, but only poor caricatures of apprentices who, at the end of their apprenticeship, will not even have a trade. – Simone Weil

 

A Little Setback Won’t Hurt.

Uplifting Quote to ponder

The quote pretty much talks to itself, a very powerful quote! A mentor once texted me this quote to motivate me, in one of my very tragic times. He himself gets motivated by this quote. We don’t like any disturbing gaps in our lives, we pretty messed up on these things. Yet, whatever we do we can never remove ourselves to the life’s norms. These things, keeps us on fire and on-track. Motivates us, and pushes us to do well and gets us back to the dance floor.

A new year comes, and we are given another shot to make it count. Whatever we are going through right now, keep your heads up and be reminded that it isn’t always a storm, there’s always rainbow after any rain. Setbacks? don’t fear.. it will launch you into something great!  Happy New Year!

but we hasn’t tried HOBBIT-ses before

The year 2012 comes to its end and here comes another chapter! My 2012’s been a roller coaster; an emotional yet an exciting one! For the upcoming year, I do wish for more adventure, it may be uncomfortable to set another adventure,

We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Ch. 1

Yet just like Bilbo Baggins of The Hobbit, an adventure would definitely wake up my “took-ish”  inside of me. It will not hurt to get into an adventure. An adventure  we found ourselves doing and saying  things altogether unexpected. 

For Bilbo Baggins, he really found himself an adventure, quite an unexpected one. He embraced it and took chances.

We will find a lot of lesson from this hobbit, may be just a hobbit but I say we can find unexpected from these little people. From Bilbo Baggins to his nephew Frodo Baggins, and some friends, like Sam.

So, don’t be an ordinary Hobbit-ses! Go look for an adventure and make life more worthwhile and exciting! Happy New Year everyone!

Lessons from the Heroes

The past few months, there been a lot of released films that are about heroism; marvel heroes and justice league heroes.

Avengers, The Amazing Spiderman, The Dark Knight Rises… and

Do you ever wonder why Superman and other “heroes” emerged?

It’s for a certain reason. Yes, they were all born because for a need. let’s take a look at Superman, or the man of steel.

Google Image result for Superman.

When you Google Superman, you would find that the great influence of the birth of Superman, and also his characters, was because of the great depression. Americans at the time of the great depression needs a hope, but for his creators, they created it to meet ends meat, but they created something more for the spirits of the people at the time. It lifts people’s spirits up and the rest is history.

But today, I believe, with everything around us, very chaotic! War here and everywhere. Conflicts right and left. We need more than just  a superhero, we need an inspiration! We need people to look up to.

I believe that it wasn’t accident that most of the movies showing in our cinemas one month to the next are superheroes. Because needless to say, we need hope.

Recently, the last film for the Batman Trilogy was released and I just can’t fathom how timeless the lessons are. I’ve watched the Batman movies, the Spiderman movies, The avengers, and even the never dying HP and Lord of the Rings. And the lessons are just different, EVERY TIME!

I like how their creators made them, because even though they have been extra ordinary to some aspect, but the always challenge are not from their arch enemies but of themselves. I like how  Bruce Wayne struggled to fight and face his fears on the recent movie, I like how Peter Parker, embraced his responsibilities, I like how each avenger have their own weaknesses and strengths and without one or the other, the team just can’t win the war. I like how Dumbledore mentored Harry Potter and how Harry endured everything of course with the help of everyone who loves him, I love how a Frodo Baggins needs a Sam. I mean, it’s speaks of life. It’s speaks of our struggles, it reflects us.

“….So his [Rizal’s] writings are like that; they’re never useless. The proverbs, you go back to a proverb, and each time you read it, you get something new. …That’s why a hundred years from now, we can still read him and find something new.” Prof. Patrick Campos [here.]

Our Heroes’ lessons are like Rizal’s writings, they’re never useless and you can always find something new.