almost tried something new
I could have the time to make rounds in Cubao or find the climbing gym I searched online but my excitement is being challenged by my tired body's longing for a sleep. So I let the trafffic situation decide for me: if a could get a ride home within 5 minutes I'll go home, if not I'll go to Cubao and look something useful for the Pulag climb. Just a minute after my condition has been set an almost empty Mitsubishi Adventure with a very eager driver to take me home passed. Then I'm homebound! But before I take my last ride home I dropped by SM San Lazaro to at least see a different view. I've going home on a different route for two weeks and I'm tired of the eyesores I'm seeing. I strolled SM knowing that I'll never see something new or something good for a climb but I stroll anyway. And like always, my stroll will not be complete without dropping by Ronald's. It's been a while since I last visited him. And while I enjoy my meal I tried to look back as I often do; the days I missed, the days I wished would never end and the days I wished would never come. I've been tiring myself too much that I am doing so much of unimportant things. And things have been going too fast for me which makes me busy to notice them as they pass but now I know what I'm missing and I'm chasing her!
be by your side
These lines of the song Be by your side has been running in my mind all night:
And I will climb this mountain And I will step on the shore And I have chosen to follow To be by your side forevermore
Last night I attended the General Teaching of our chapter. And this is one of our openning songs. I got high because of the first line specialy now that I am anticipating a major climb before the year ends. And this climb could be a high time for me to think about what non-climbers would frequently ask: "Why do you climb?" Reflections and deep thoughts occupied my mind throughout the teaching and maybe being too serious made me sleep for I think 5 minutes. Since the start of this batch's CLP I've been asking: why me?, should I really be the one doing this? why should I start being a facilitator ahead of my batchmates? I remeber myself saying last year right after I finished my CLP that it'll be the last day that they'll see me with them and that I don't want to be part of the community. But things didn't work--After the CLP I still got able to attend most events and just a week before this CLP I readily gve my YES to be one of the facilitators. I could have gave it away without thinking but now I'm glad that I made my choise and now I am facilitating a small group of participants. Things are not just 'weather-weather" as one of the most common saying goes, things are nor mere coincidence, they're all part of God's Plan. So I pray that I'll be a good influence to them and that I learn from their experiences. God Bless.
