Counting Blessings

The other night my friend send me text message about a Science Class when a teacher asked her student to give an example of things which are countless and one student answered WATER, another one answered SAND, and the other one answered AIR. Then, the teacher noticed that everybody was participating except for one. She called her attention and asked the same question "What are the things which are countless? and the student stood up and answered BLESSINGS, have you tried counting yours lately?...well, i posed for a while and thinking about my own blessings this year.

Actually, beginning of this year, I feel devastated thinking how things turn out bad with my work and hospitalized. But, I realized there are countless blessings for me this year if I only look at it in different perspectives.

It is a blessing that I was out from UM because, I don't need to wake up early for my 6 o-clock class and then go home so late at night. Now, I can wake up very late and have long time for sleeping. I can check the internet everyday and write a lot of things, I wanted to write. Then, I can listen to all music, I loved to hear. I have enough time to read,sing in karaoke, massage, watch movies, concerts and dating. These are the things, that I cannot enjoy before because I was only confined to checking papers and then preparing lessons. God give me a damn good break! Then, I was able to see other places aside from Davao. I traveled Bukidnon speaking for PMA Convention meet a good long friend, swimming in the river and now in Manila, I have freedom! If I was teaching now, I only stayed in one small corner of the world, sitting with the cynical and pessimists. I was able to meet other interesting people and I learn a lot and not only limiting my experience talking with the some people who disturb my soul.

My hospital experienced gave me six units of medical experienced (3 units dengue and 3 units inflammatory disease). Out from the this, I learned to love myself more than anyone else.

So, now when someone asked me if I am sad that I am away from UM. My answer is clear. NO! IT IS MUCH BETTER! I can breath freely, speak freely, and sing my redemption song.

Though, as we had discussed with Mam Bobing that I am partly sad because I don't have bonus this christmas but I think I have lots of gifts this year.

There are so many things, I enjoyed out from the bad experienced I have with my work. Therefore, I am thankful to those people who decided to count me out. This is blessings in disguise! I am so glad!