I remember saying this to a friend last night, and I was really at awe with what I was able to say about being with different people, and being able to adapt to their kind of environment.
"Bilang isang taong nakakaintindi, dapat mong mabatid na hindi mo mababago ang isip at patakbo ng ibang tao sa kanyang buhay. Bagkus, dapat mong ibigay ang malalim mong pang-unawa at nararapat na paggabay dahil bilang isang taong nakakaintindi, higit mong nauunawaan ang buhay. At kung matatanggap mo ang kanilang mga kakulangan, at kung makikita mo ang busilak na katangian na nananalatay sa kanilang pagkatao sa kabila ng kanilang karupukan at kahinaan, masasabi mo sa sarili mo, ako nga'y isang ganap na TAO."
I was able to say this, whole heartedly, and I was suddenly reminded of the various people I've worked with this past year. Its so easy to say thats a thing of the past, but who I am now was shaped by my experiences in the past. Its so easy to suffice that relationships, friendships, more often than not, do come and go, and change is the only permanent thing in this world. And so, I realized that everything that happens in life matter, and there's no absurd or meaningless occasion that comes to a man's existence. Thus, I've become a person who values... values time... values experience and values relationships.
A person who values time is someone who sees to it that everything he does is productive, from eating down to sleeping, and even taking a comfort room break. He is someone who sees time as a vehicle to maturity, to knowing some things that testimonial nor intuition cannot teach us. He is someone who views time as a way to appreciate life much better given its limitations.
A person who values experience is someone who looks keenly at events more than personalities, who sees the bigger picture that lessons gained are more important than building networks. He is someone who doesn't become bitter about bad turn abouts in life and doesn't become too big when he achieves something, and instead, looks for opportunities to better himself, taking into consideration the learning he has gained from that event in his life. He is someone who views experience as the catalyst to humanization.
A person who values relationships is someone who sees others lives in the same way he looks at his. He is someone who doesn't pass judgment and criticizes destructively, yet someone who understands the plight of all peoples. He is someone who makes friends out of the worst and the best of people, and someone who readily accepts rejection when one doesn't feel comfortable with his presence. He is someone who gives his heart to people whether they do him good and bad. He is someone who views relationships as the soul of human existence.
A person is one who upholds the dignity and integrity of life, creates a personal conviction that above necessity, man was tailored to be God's steward and an extension of His holy presence. Therefore, a person, in all of his words and actions, must preserve and promote the sanctity of his existence, with regard to his fellow man who shares the same responsibility to himself and to others.
Time, experience, relationships, personal convictions- these are variables that always go along together. These provide the vitality and strength of human life. At the end of the day, we find company when we establish these variables all together, and with this commonality amongst everybody, we will always find ourselves at the company of everybody, and at peace with ourselves: tested by time, strengthened by experience, binded by relationships and revitalized by a higher view of human life.
Folks, this is the way to become part of the world, and to be HUMAN.
"Bilang isang taong nakakaintindi, dapat mong mabatid na hindi mo mababago ang isip at patakbo ng ibang tao sa kanyang buhay. Bagkus, dapat mong ibigay ang malalim mong pang-unawa at nararapat na paggabay dahil bilang isang taong nakakaintindi, higit mong nauunawaan ang buhay. At kung matatanggap mo ang kanilang mga kakulangan, at kung makikita mo ang busilak na katangian na nananalatay sa kanilang pagkatao sa kabila ng kanilang karupukan at kahinaan, masasabi mo sa sarili mo, ako nga'y isang ganap na TAO."
I was able to say this, whole heartedly, and I was suddenly reminded of the various people I've worked with this past year. Its so easy to say thats a thing of the past, but who I am now was shaped by my experiences in the past. Its so easy to suffice that relationships, friendships, more often than not, do come and go, and change is the only permanent thing in this world. And so, I realized that everything that happens in life matter, and there's no absurd or meaningless occasion that comes to a man's existence. Thus, I've become a person who values... values time... values experience and values relationships.
A person who values time is someone who sees to it that everything he does is productive, from eating down to sleeping, and even taking a comfort room break. He is someone who sees time as a vehicle to maturity, to knowing some things that testimonial nor intuition cannot teach us. He is someone who views time as a way to appreciate life much better given its limitations.
A person who values experience is someone who looks keenly at events more than personalities, who sees the bigger picture that lessons gained are more important than building networks. He is someone who doesn't become bitter about bad turn abouts in life and doesn't become too big when he achieves something, and instead, looks for opportunities to better himself, taking into consideration the learning he has gained from that event in his life. He is someone who views experience as the catalyst to humanization.
A person who values relationships is someone who sees others lives in the same way he looks at his. He is someone who doesn't pass judgment and criticizes destructively, yet someone who understands the plight of all peoples. He is someone who makes friends out of the worst and the best of people, and someone who readily accepts rejection when one doesn't feel comfortable with his presence. He is someone who gives his heart to people whether they do him good and bad. He is someone who views relationships as the soul of human existence.
A person is one who upholds the dignity and integrity of life, creates a personal conviction that above necessity, man was tailored to be God's steward and an extension of His holy presence. Therefore, a person, in all of his words and actions, must preserve and promote the sanctity of his existence, with regard to his fellow man who shares the same responsibility to himself and to others.
Time, experience, relationships, personal convictions- these are variables that always go along together. These provide the vitality and strength of human life. At the end of the day, we find company when we establish these variables all together, and with this commonality amongst everybody, we will always find ourselves at the company of everybody, and at peace with ourselves: tested by time, strengthened by experience, binded by relationships and revitalized by a higher view of human life.
Folks, this is the way to become part of the world, and to be HUMAN.
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