Ann blogs: Balancing

Mahirap magbalanse ng buhay especially if in ur past life u had spent it in the extreme. when i was still a stude, i had no time to socialize at ngayon all i want is to make bawi of the lost time. it has been always good knowing people but then there are times na nalilibang ako at nakakalimutan ko ang aking ibang gawain. maybe that is how thirsty i am of people! one disadvantage of being a working student was you have so limited time and you failed to examine the lives of others and know them. it was just a way of life for us. governor josie used to be a working student in her college, but then she graduated with flying colors. she graduated cum laude in her one undergrad course, and in her second course, magna cum laude. she would often told us how she was proud of being a working student. then she became successful in her career as a public servant. and i myself admired her. her nanay iluminada is a relative in the roxas side. now i wonder what went wrong. the last news i heard about her was she was already separated from her husband. i know their love story! they were childhood sweethearts who met in their highschool! it was such a shock when i heard that rumor, and later got some confirmation before i left the provincial government. the reason might be her time that should be spent for her family was spent in some public functions, in which she did not fail other people. i know how painful it was for her to hear some criticisms of enemies and common people alike about her administration. she lost her own family because of public service and then still criticized!

I found some lesson in her life. fame, honor and recognition are just temporary things in life. andyan yan but it's not permanent, enjoy it while it's still there, but then be prepared when that glamorous time ends. be sure there are still things you can turn to after that kind of life. your family is one, who whatever happens will be there for you. who can accept you even if you committed the damnest mistake in your life. a perfect family i mean. perfect in the sense that there are no broken relationships. of course the perfectness does not mean there are no problems to come! we are not in heaven! you do some safeguards to preserve and protect your family even in a life of glamour and prestige. that's where balance should be put.

We always have a choice. it was said that great people are usually those who have deficiencies in other aspect of their life. my dad is one. of course i consider him great having established more than five schools in his lifetime, but during those times, he was sometimes blind and deaf to our needs. he did no upbring us in a way that we often receive the luho, bright lights, cars. in one way, the practice taught us to become simple.

The choice is between being great but being lax in some aspects, and being great but maintaining balance in everything. rush life and you'll miss some of the good things; live gracefully and you taste the goodness of it. you can still be great when you just learned to balance everything.