It is past 2:00AM. I was awakened not because my clock has alarmed, but because of some rambling thoughts with wisdom, depth and profundity.
Actually, I have been thinking about things lately, hmmm...I just thought about how complicated the world is sometimes and how unfair life is for others. Some realities in life are difficult to understand and are too heavy to take, making it cumbersome for some to really understand what life is. I often ask the question, "Why is there suffering?" a deep thought, I know. I can't help but think of the the victims of the calamity in Cagayan de Oro City. I would know their situation because I myself was a victim of "lahar" way back then, and unfortunately has also experienced the typhoon Ondoy, because I was in Marikina, in my sister's house and with my parents, when it happened.
I have been thinking about what it means to have strength of heart. This is another deep thought, I know, but I like to share my musings with you. My thoughts have been rather complicated over the last few days. I have been thinking about all what it takes to be strong. The world is so complicated a place to live in, especially when calamities and tragedies are experienced by people and so I have realized that there is a need for them to be STRONG or to have strength of heart in order to survive one's situation.
As I think of my experiences during the trying times, I believe what has really made me become a survivor was my warrior's heart that has made me face my life directly, battling with my pains, accepting my limitations, and maximizing the possibilities. The arduous difficulties I have encountered, like; my family has to leave our place, during lahar, that we have to move out from our comfort zones are the very challenges I have used in order to stretch myself and thereby expand my understanding of what life is.
In the end, I have realized that it is life itself which is the teacher, the experiences have served as perfect opportunities that ultimately made the inner work of making me grow up in strength and in wisdom. As a result, courage has grown in me, the courage which has allowed me to include every aspect of my life in my spiritual practice, that of being a woman of FAITH.
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