Midyear Realizations

Apart from the rainy season, June marks another chapter of my life. This would be the time that I will finally recover from being temporarily unemployed and will be facing brand new challenges which I hope could be easily managed.

Realizing these challenges which I am about to face, I came to reflect on how I have regained my self from all the miseries I have encountered in my life from the day I ended my job from a big far away city and get to settle back in my hometown. Quitting a high paying job was never easy, but to give it up for something which you actually love doing is kinda worth it. Why kinda? Well, I couldn't really say that everything which you wanted to do in life will make you successful. The truth is, people will often weigh your success with how much you get to earn for your job. That's, in my case, what I have learned when I was in Manila.

Pera-pera nga ba talaga ang basehan? Maybe yes, maybe no. It actually depends on the person and maybe his or her situation in life. Financial capacity is a great factor in determining if a person would aim for a higher compensation or not. However, there are also those greedy who would aim to become rich and prefer to lose their souls from the materialistic and worldly temptations that surround us.

As for me, I have chosen a path where 'success' has never been comparable to the ones of CEO's from big companies. And this is what depresses me the most; people have standards and this chosen path of mine has not even reached that worldly standard. I got to pick out a career which measures success not in terms of what you earn, but by what you give. People might not just be able to appreciate it, but hey who are they for me to impress? 

Sometimes we just got to value other things aside from money. Throughout all the pain and hardships I have encountered for the past few months, I came to understand the value of family and friends rather than what I receive every middle and end of the month. I feel bad when I have no money, but I feel worst without a family. I can have everything in this world to make me happy, but nothing compares to the joy of having people who appreciate you.

Finally, I will be doing what I actually like to do. I love my job despite that this was not what I actually planned when I was still studying. I had dreamed too of becoming my own boss just like anyone else, but for now I'll take that as a standby goal. Yes, I want to earn to raise a good family someday, to have a brighter future but I guess I will have to take it one step at a time. Like what they say, there's never a shortcut in achieving success; you'll have to work hard for it.

I just hope and pray that as I grace through the remaining half of the year, things will be better. Happy 1st of June!