REFLECTION:
for the young professionals like me, one of the most common reasons why
we are entangled with financial problems is that sometimes we are
living/spending beyond our means.. a Chinese proverb says,"don't use a
wallet if you have 5 pennies yet you're thinking on spending 6
pennies.." frugality is one of the virtues that is often pushed aside..
of course, we can't deny the fact that shopping
spree or buying all the things that we want can sometimes be
therapeutic(whether u want to unwind or just to forget something that's
giving u stress).. but, therapeutic or not, we'll sure end up getting
broke and that's even more unlikeable.. the remedy would be living a
simple life and being contented with what we have.. "kapag maiksi ang
kumot matutong mamaluktot.."
REFLECTION:
funny, isn't it?,, that someone can afford to shed so much tears on
Mufasa's death and Hachiko, but struggles to show sympathy to the death
of a real person.. Romans 12: 15 says,". . . mourn with those who
mourn.." this passage clearly defines that giving COMFORT is more than
just merely staying alongside with the "emotionally-afflicted"
people/individual.. we have to "feel what they feel"
and understand thoroughly what they're going through.. as we have
noticed, it's easier to understand the feeling of a cartoon character or
a movie character when they're facing an emotionally depressing
situation because we KNOW the story.. when we watch a movie, sometimes
we get so "connected" with the characters and the story; consequently,
helping us understand "what it feels like" to be in the characters'
situation.. the bottom line is that we should be willing also to KNOW
the story of the "emotionally-afflicted" by listening to their story..
coz it's pretty annoying when someone tries to comfort us by giving
unsolicited advices and abortive solutions to our problems.. "a sensible
person, even though in pain, detests a know-it-all person with a
cure-it-all remedy.."
