May this “pick-up line” speak of our Passion…!

Pick-up lines ???

Kahit gaano tayo ka-slow, ‘di na uso na di natin ma-gets ang ibig sabihin. Mas maraming pick-up lines, mas mahabang usapan, mas enjoy ang samahan … tama po ba? …

On the contrary, for our past four gospel readings, Jesus has been throwing His “pick-up lines” hoping that more people will follow Him after He fed thousands of them with those five loaves & two fishes. But so sad that in this last part of John’s Gospel, tuluyan nang hindi na-gets ng mga tao ang “pick-up lines” ni Jesus kaya karamihan sa kanila ay tuluyan nang umalis at hindi  na sumunod pa.

Jesus was left, asking His 12 Disciples:  ⁶⁷ “You do not want to leave too, do you?”
 Putting into picture such scenario, we would surely doubt if it would still be a right decision not to leave when everybody has taken aback. Jesus’ question was another indirect test, if the 12 Disciples would still stay. Sad thing if they would say that they are also leaving, but still, Jesus gave them the choice. Mabuti na lang, may isang Simon Peter who assured Jesus that they came because they believed that He has the words of eternal life. They already had the “passion” to continue the mission that they were trained in. The thing in our real-time scenario is, sometimes, we are also put into such a mission na sa umpisa ay parang malabong tanggapin natin. We would kind-a ask, why of all, tayo ang binibigyan ng “parang mahirap” na mission na di natin alam  kung ano ang mga dapat gawin at kung paano uumpisahan, lalo na at di rin natin alam kung anong pagtanggap ang mapapala natin sa paghihirapan natin kasi we might also be doing the right thing, the wrong way. Yet, the best question is, “where do we begin?” And the best answer is “deep within”! Yes, the passion that’s within will START-UP THE MISSION! There may be some inhibitions, but we just need to “let go of what we seem to just know” and “let God take-over” while we give out the best of what we have.  At the outset, if we will strive to fulfil our mission with whatever little of ourselves that we can extend,  we would soon be one with Jesus in this pick-up line para sa mga taong imi-mission out natin:“Gusto namin maging karpintero..Para makagawa kami ng tulaypapunta sa puso nyo!” -- Jsunset

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Can We Really Un-learn Love?

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How can we just leave and turn away?

While you've been expecting things to level up, it's just a distraught that all of a sudden, you are left with no other choice than mend all by your self because the other half of what you used to have has just opted to turn away :( For whatever reason, that special feeling and grand decision that you used to commit yourself to, has surprisingly given up to hold-on. It used to grow, and you both nurtured it, built you world around it ... but what happened along the way? -- just what was it that came up? Can you really just UN-LEARN that affection which made both of you so strong for such love all throughout those trying years?There could be those hurries and flurries which could win its way to ruin relationships -- yet, it's more than sad if you would permit yourself to be carried away by those pessimism and allow the other person to suffer your indecision. Sometimes, we just need to be real careful of the things that we are trying to UNlearn today, for you may never know that it could have been the greatest learning that would really complete you in the near future -- yet, because you opted to turn your back from it today, it might be too late to realize how wrong you've been  -- 'coz somebody came along just before you decided to RE-LEARN :( 
 

“Holding onto the Art of Letting Go”

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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”! #