On the Road to Solace

Im re-posting an entry I made around Feb. of last year,2009. It was at a time that I was full of negativities and heartaches for that matter. Getting to read it again, made sense to me once more... That if I was able to hope for the best then... there should not be any reason I wont be able to do that again...

Here it is...
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Isnt it amazing that someone you dont really know, can actually show you what solace is?

You wake up each day, bored, everything's just routinary,with nothing to expect... you complain about so many things, ur bitching abt ur shitty life, u curse abt ur freakin existence, u feel its the end of everything...

But you'd never know that a simple encounter with a stranger can actually be so moving? and it can actually change ure life, your point of view...

My encounter with this "Manong" is something that i badly needed... to learn, to mature, to be grateful, to forgive, to be humble and to simply just live... really live...

Now because of "Manong yosi" (yeah, yeah, got back to it again! :C ), my days are different... i can smile... i sleep better... and i will never, ever give up on trying to find solace.... my own bliss... in whatever form....

It comes to us everyday... if we only just stop and really just live our lives... just like "Manong" despite his aged face, beaten up by the years...

And in my last days of review... i may not see "manong" again... but in my heart... and in my mind... he'd be the ultimate reminder of what solace really is...

i wish that for myself everyday... and i wish that for everybody... regardless of who he is, where he came from, if we have history, he's a friend, an enemy, a relative perhaps... whoever...

coz solace... bliss... like a smile... is definitely contagious! :)
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Thank God for "Manong"! How I wish I could meet another "Manong". Someone who would help me realize that "this too shall pass."

I guess all of us has our own Manong? Maybe we dont have to look so far for them. Or better yet, maybe we can be "Manongs" to other people this time around? :)

I hope I can say this line once more about solace... with sincerity...

" i wish that for myself everyday... and i wish that for everybody... regardless of who he is, where he came from, if we have a history, he's a friend, an enemy, a relative perhaps... whoever... "

It takes a step to lead you somewhere and this time, Im bravely taking them... one step at a time... baby steps though... hehehe