THE ENEMY WITHIN

Pride prevents many from seeking needed advice. As a result they are hurting more seriously as they go along in life. It takes humility to admit faults and limitations. It takes courage to do something about them. Will you be a fool and avoid the aid of those who can help you?

Pride is synonymous with vanity, which is empty pride. It supports a whole array of sins, such as jealousy, bitterness, vindictiveness, self-pity, conceit, inordinate ambition, slander, gossip, maligning, implacability, and revenge motivation.

May we never refuse to others the sympathetic understanding and assistance, which we would want if we were in their troubles.

ONCHONG, LOVE NA LOVE KITA!

I woke up this morning a bit lazy to get up and go to work. Not only am I still in the recovery period from a bout of influenza, which made me felt pretty bad the last few days, but also I felt so weary and downtrodden. The thought of the many urgent recruitment documents that I need to dispatch today prompted me to keep moving.

At the office, I still felt so sad and glum. I decided to phone my super, lovable, adorable grandson, Onchong, and everything went rainbow …. rainbow …. rainbow …. ‘coz he was the one who picked up the phone. The mere sound of his voice turned my joyless spirit vibrant and alive.

He immediately bragged that he knows how to swim now, that he could float, this….. that….. thing in the swimming pool. So I joked with him and said, that in my next vacation we would go swimming and that he should teach me how to do it! Rather innocently, he blurted out, “……Lolo…. lolung-lolo ka na di ka pa marunong magswimming ……” (“….. Grandpa, you are very, very old now and you still don’t know how to swim…..”).

I couldn't help laughing at his very innocent remarks …….. and from then on … everything went well. I made a quick work of dispatching all the pending recruitment documents and was humming my way through the day … yes, everything went smoothly the rest of the day.

Onchong, you will always be my pride and joy!

Love na love kita (I love you very much!),

Lolo