A certain object reminds us of what we love or what we hate. It reminds us of who we used to be and what we are trying to become… maybe even what we have become. It never fails to make us cry or laugh. When we see that certain object, the memories come flooding back to us; like blood rushing to our heads. It’s not just seeing it. Hearing it, smelling it and touching it gives us the same feelings. Lovely how the mind works, don’t you think?
Archive for December, 2007
Ch. 4: Bitter Memories
I have encountered someone… We don’t exactly know each other but I see her face at school. She seems nice. From what I’ve heard, she had a miscarriage. Well, maybe she’s over that incident. She seems pretty happy right now. Then, I saw one of the school’s newspaper writer’s articles. The topic is about what everyone wants for Christmas. She interviewed teachers as well and I saw that teacher’s answer… she wants to have a baby and live happily forever and ever. It made me think… she might be over it but of course, the scar still remains. It hurts to know that your child died without even seeing the world. But of course, as time passes, you get over it and move on. But once in a while, you see the scar and you remember how that felt. You remember the sorrow of losing your child. Although the lost of someone you love is something that you can get over with… It hurts to remember it. It just comes back once in a while and it makes you feel how you felt back then. At least that’s what I think.
Ch. 3: Carelessness
Carelessness. This is the word that we carelessly neglect. We forget and we continue to do things in a careless manner that gets us into a sticky situation. Carelessness is something that we carelessly underestimate. We know that it is not a good thing to be careless but we disregard this fact and still continue being careless. Carelessness leads to trouble, problems and injuries. I learned that from personal experience when I ended up wearing a cast. These are all results of carelessness and none of those results can do us any good. Sometimes, carelessness can lead us to our graves. Sometimes, carelessness can cause us to dig other people’s graves. So carelessness must be avoided. I can cause serious harm to the human race.
Ch. 2: Pride
Pride… it is one of the seven capital sins. It’s something that I can’t seem to overcome. It’s my weakness. You know what’s so evil about it? Once a person is proud, the other capital sins follow. Greed, Lust, Sloth, Gluttony, Wrath and Envy. Fortunately, the only thing that followed my pride is sloth. I am afraid that wrath may follow soon. My pride keeps my soul wide open for all the other evils to come in and take over me. I need to overcome this sin.
Ch. 1: Failure
Perhaps, one of the most common human experience is failure. Life just isn’t complete without it. It’s an element of life. It could actually be a learning tool if we let it. We deal with it in different ways. We laugh at it, we cry because of it. Sometimes we even take our own lives because of it. But the most efficient way of dealing with failure is standing up, moving on and trying again. Once we do that, we allowed our failure to become a learning tool… not just an element of life. We try to do better. We try to do our best. Yes, failure is a necessity. Without failure, the law of imperfection would be incomplete. There would be less room for improvement. No matter how much failure burns, it’s a necessity. After all, it’s an element of life.
