Ang pagsasakripisyo ng bukal sa puso para sa iba ay magandang pundasyon hindi lang para tayo ay maging isang bayani ito‘y para sa mga taong higit na mas nangangailangan. Kung ito‘y ating isasapamuhay marami na sana tayong nailigtas sa pagkakapiit sa kanilang sarili, marahil may iilan pa ngunit bilang na lang sa kamay.
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Dilobyo
Kakasimula pa lamang ng 4th semester ngayong araw at huling klase ko itong Anatomy and Physiology, nagdidiskurso lang ang Prof kaya‘t isinulat ko naman ang mahahalagang nabanggit.
Pagkatapos ng klase ay inakbayan ako nitong kaibigan kong si Olivia. “Ophelia, birthday party ngayon ni Eunice diba, pupunta ka ba?”
“Hindi ko pa alam, Via.” Matamlay kong tugon.
“Bakit, okay ka lang ba? Gusto mo ba ipagpaalam kita kila tita, nakakalimutan mo ‘yatang malakas ako sa kanila.” Umismid at kumindat pa ito kaya‘t napairap ako sa kaniya.
“Susubukan ko munang tanungin si Mommy kong makakauwi sila ngayon, alam mo na busy sila palagi.”
“Don‘t worry Ophelia, kung hindi ka man makakapunta ay hindi na lang din ako pupunta.” Niyakap niya ako mula sa balikat ko at ipinagdinikit ang parehas naming pisngi.
Mom, are you two busy right now?
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Nagkatinginan kami ni Olivia nang magtype si Mommy.
Yes sweety. Why?
Makakauwi po ba kayo ngayong gabi ni Dad?
I‘m not sure, sweetheart.
But Mom, can I interupt you in just a few minute?
After kong maisend ay agad din namang tumawag si Mommy. “Ophelia, sweetheart anong problema?” Halatang alalang alala ang nasa kabilang linya.
“There‘s nothing problem, Mom. I‘m with Olivia right now—Hello tita, missumuch when po ulit tayo magluluto ng delicious carbonara?”
“I‘ll text you na lang Olivia, kapag hindi kami duty ng tito mo. Anyway where‘s Ophelia? I think may gusto kayong sabihin sa akin, tama ba?”
Tiningnan ako ni Olivia at tumango ito sa akin. “Yes Mom, magpapaalam lang po sana ako.”
“And, where are you going?”
“E-Eunice‘s bithday party”
“In what time, Ophelia?”
“At 7pm to 12pm, I‘ll update you po everytime may past.”
“Olivia, pinagkakatiwala ko muna sayo ang anak ko ha? Mag-iingat kayo kahit matatanda na kayo ay parang batang paslit pa rin ang kilos ninyong dalawa.”
“Of course, Mom. Mag-iingat din po kayo ni Dad, Thank you so much Mom. Mwa I love you—Ako na po ang bahala dito kay Opheliang tita, salamat po.”
“Doc, kailangan po kayo sa ER... Okay, susunod na ako. Osiya enjoy sweetheart, update me huh. We love you, bye.” In-end din naman kaagad ni Mommy ang call, nakatalon kami ni Olivia sa tuwa.
Sa sobrang tuwa nitong kaibigan ko ay napakanta pa siya, Oh girls, just wanna have fun... Napailing na lang ako habang nakangiti.
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Hi, I‘m Ophelia Cordero 24 years old. I grew up believing you can work on something that will never tire you, as long as you love what you‘re doing. Not until I aged, I learned life.
In learning, we should enjoy every chapter or our chance to finish school, let's not waste money or the fatigue and sacrifices of our parents. Let's give or reciprocate all of that by helping even in a small way. Ultimately we can only make them happy, that is a very big thing in their life. Let's learn from what the world reveals to us, even if it's not perfect, we can fix it.
I met a lot of people who starts to question my anxiety and belittled how I handled the things I worked on in my life. These are facts, right? Maybe we hid this idea to motivate ourselves to keep doing it for the sake of our love beyond it. Invalidating these facts is tiring too, I hope we can stop it now and start acknowledging that even the easiest action can be tiring too.
Then I realized is there something that will never make you feel tired? Because everything seems to exhaust and drained me. Life? What's not tiring? Studying hard for your family with sincerity and purity in your heart can be tiring too, understanding your loved ones' unhealthy habits can empty you. Even the healthiest relationship can be tiring. Family, love, studying, living, thinking, and the lists of tiring things go on.
Unable to overcome the harshness of the test, every stone of the word always has a hit, they know you but they don't know you as you. This is the new phase of our life that will change our habits, maybe it will be good and bad for us, in every twilight of my life, I can compare it to a tree.
“Yes, natapos din ang interview.”
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