Just came from a fun outing with colleagues from Gawad Kalinga. A much needed rest and stopover for the great work ahead as we prepare for the GK 777 expo on Oct 7, 8 and 9 at the SM Mall of Asia.
It has really been a fruitful and happy weekend. Last Saturday, my bestfriend got married. It was my first time to be the maid-of-honor. I was so stressed. hahaha. but it was fun. Nine months of preparation for about 5 hours of celebration and now a lifetime of commitment. It was like giving birth. In a way, it was. A new beginning. A start of a new life when two people's roads converge and now they journey as one. I am so blessed to have been a part of their journey. Now, I cannot wait to take my own.
Today, I was close to the trees again. First my eyes, then a touch. It was just so peaceful, hearing the children laugh near the pool while the adults delighted in them. It was simply joy. Am glad to be a witness.
Yes, these past two days have been a time of witnessing. A time to witness the many blessings in life that we take for granted. The love that God has put in the details. How we look for the grand things, when there are miracles unfolding before our very eyes, daily.
My bestfriend's wedding has just been the accumulation of the smallest details, of effort, of consistent loving. It took years, in fact 7, to get to this moment. Yes, it was a very special moment for them, the way one feels when a special thing is finally acknowleged and honored by all. Yet this was just icing on the cake. It's how they arrived at this moment that really mattered. It was the substance that truly meant the most, the years of hard work, of loving, of patience and caring...
Now, i understood. All things to be truly worthwile must take time. Even the trees have to wait for their fruits to ripen before we can really enjoy them. I saw the children laughing and just delighted at the moment, sooner than later they would grow up and chuckle less as the world presents them with challenges. I take delight in my brothers and sisters, because sooner we will have less time to really have quality time with the work ahead.
But I am thankful, truly grateful for these moments.
It makes one so hopeful, so you can go on by looking forward to every moment like this... (especially when it's hard to go on. or when patience is running out) i have to remind myself that a fruit is sweetest when it ripens slowly but surely...when the future is founded on daily investment of caring...when love's details realizes your heart's longing in time and heals your secret pain...
tomorrow, we work again...but i will always remember and look forward to moments like these that make every little nuisance, worry, heartache worth bearing.
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One Fine Moment on August 21.
Twenty-three years ago today a great Filipino died for our country.
Ninoy Aquino. A great patriot. A True Hero.
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