Golden Blog.

It's my fiftieth post here.

Wow. I remember my first blog in Multiply, it was full of cheeziness and immaturity.

Maybe it is now time for me to open up on a lot of things that I haven't blogged about but are really blogsworthy.

So, last January 27-28, we had our two-day youth encounter where we are supposed to sleep, eat and be transformed in the Ecological Park of the school.

First, God. God, you know that I always kept you out of my sight. Yes, I pray but not with great conviction.

But when we had our Youth Encounter and had our activity where we will look for a place in nature to talk to Him, he showed me how he loves me.

At first, I was wondering how He would do it. How? Would it be like there's a voice in your head? Would it be in my conscience? And just thinking about this, I walked and walked and roamed the Eco Park where there weren't too many people.

And then a dried leaf caught my attention. (When we were asked to get something that represented ourselves, I used a dried leaf. Okay, this is a different topic. Moving on......) That dried leaf was covered with spiderwebs and even if it's all whithered, it still clings to the tree.  I felt that God was trying to tell me that I am that leaf, that sometimes, I feel bad and rotten and useless, but then again, He still wants me to strive to cling onto the tree which may represent my goals.

And after that, the next thing that caught my attention was those insects that glide through the water. As they glide, they make waves. Some are large waves with large impacts and some are minimal. I just thought, we are like those insects. As we glide through the waters of life, we unconsciously make waves that have different levels of impact on others. This should make us keep an eye out. We are not the only ones gliding through life's waters.

And lastly, the one that really got me was when I suddenly looked up the sky and saw three doves flying together. <3


Second, parents. This got me to tears which is a really rare thing for me. I find it hard to trigger my tears. I don't know why. Sometimes, I just wanna cry my heart out but for an unknown reason, I can't.
Okay, going back. The lights were turned off and only candles lit the room. Sir Rey Rodil was uttering words about our parents like recalling our mistakes, how bad we are, how we do not appreciate our parents and hurting but helping words. Most of the people in the class were very emotional. Almost all of our weak spots are our parents. Oftentimes, we lie to them. We do not consider their hard work just for us to study. We hurt them and forget to realize the big sacrifices that they make for us, to build a better future.

Third, classmates. While the atmosphere was getting so filled with emotion, with the light off and we're all crying, holding Jesus' cross in the middle of the session hall. Sir Rodil then asked us to approach and touch the shoulder of my classmates who need most of our attention and love. He then asked us to approach everyone who touched us and not have touched us yet; to approach those whom we have hurt and fix our relationships. I really felt loved, which I always longed for. <3




There are still a lot of events to  update on but I think I'll settle for this now. Maybe I'll wrap it up in some other update.

BTW, my dad's getting his eye fixed tomorrow. He'll have surgery because of his cataract. Please do pray for him. I shall go with him tomorrow to MakatiMed.


That's all for now. Tune in next time.
-Aldrin.