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What
a PARADOX … HOLD-ON, yet LET GO!
“Mas
madalas kesa minsan, saka lang natin sinasabi lahat ng maganda at mabuting
nagawa ng tao kapag di nya na ito naririnig. Saka lang natin naaalala mga
maganda nyang sinabi kapag di na sya nagsasalita. Saka lang natin pinipilit
baguhin ang mga bagay na pinanghinaan na nya ay di pa din natin ipinagbago
kapag di na nya makikita na nagbago na tayo.”
In the Gospel of John 12:20-33, God wants us to realize that in real life
scenario, we are actually tasked to mission-out like Jesus; only that, we do
not recognize and would not even want to partake in this task just because,
IT’S NEVER EASY making others realize their mistakes while they misinterpret our
intentions. Much as we could avoid these chances, we would rather divert our
attention to other easier things – that is, if we would only have a choice.
Yes, but then
no! Among all others, yes, parents may
have the choice not to partake in Jesus’ difficult mission; but then, they can
never really say NO if they really love the family whom they committed to
raise. Along the way, parents has to
endure every painful complaints, every justifiable and unreasonable tantrums,
misinterpreted intentions, intended & unintended disrespects,
hard-headedness, plus in effect, misunderstandings between parents themselves
despite the both good intentions yet wrong choice of words or chances of
bringing things up maybe, and other causes of stress and chaos. Difficult as we
could ever imagine, these scenarios
could lead to “silent cries” because we get so hurt.
Yet, as Jesus said
in John 12:24 “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth
and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit” -- a mom & a dad
should let go of such pain and instead, hold-on & never give up fulfilling
their mission to raise their kids until they become the person that they should
be when its already their turn to continue the responsibility and commitment –
the way they were trained within the family – their training ground – the same
thing that Jesus did to His chosen Disciples when He coached them the roles
they should get through just before His earthly mission ended.
To my hope, may
this reflection teach the young generation to HOLD ON to the responsibility
which they should have learned from their training grounds. LET GO of their
tendencies to justify some not so good actuations; yet, hold on to whatever
they have started good and let go of the impending emotions that would hinder
them from producing the FRUIT which their parents should see while they still
have all the chance to enjoy the reward of their kids’ willingness to LISTEN
not only with their ears, but much with their HEART!
In the same way,
may this Gospel challenge us, adults, to learn “the art of letting go and letting God!” so that we could maximize
the chances of still bearing much fruit --
while pondering within: “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth
and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit”! #
