This afternoon, I attended the mass and a talk by Br. Obet Cabrillas. One important lesson about life which touched me tremendously is on how I should live my life. Bro. Obet mentioned that a lot of people live their lives always in a hurry and in doing so, they never get to appreciate the precious gift of life which God bestowed upon them.
And I began to reflect on what Bro. Obet said. Am I like the many who never give much importance to life? Am I like them who are living lives in a very fast pace that there is no more opportunity to even appreciate every day blessings?
How sad that my answer to these questions is a resounding "yes." How disheartening that most of the time, I dash out every morning to go to work, do things at a faster pace to be able to cope with the demands of my job, never mind if I have even paused to mingle around, to see people in their faces, to see how they smile. It has become a routine for me that as I get to my haven in school, people seldom see me chatting with fellow workers, for I am very busy beating deadlines.
It is only now that I learned to slow down when I discovered my illness. I have a thyroid nodule which causes me a lot of inconveniences. I feel exhausted so easily even if I have done just a few things; I get impatient and irritated even at small things which I am not in control.
With these strange feelings, I realized I am not getting younger, sooner or later, I will leave this world. And this reality haunts me deeply that I began to have a paradigm shift - that from this day onwards, I will live my life as if it is my last, that I will take time to savor the beauty of life and not just let a day pass without even appreciating every single circumstance that happens throughout the day.
I know it is never too late to have a changed of perspective. Now is the time to change; now is the very time to live a life of no hurry.
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