Everyone has a choice

Prisoned by the stresses in this world, with the feeling like in chain, but really we have a choice.

People are bordered with the tight presses of this world. It makes them feel immobile and impotent. This chain is a barricade to their success. It seems like people don't have the choice especially when the thinking of being prisoned and don't have a way out topmost the mind. People are tangled to the belief that life is indeed hard if that is what they have in mind.

Relying to the power of others doesn't make sense. It doesn't mean progress. What matters here is "I" and "I" alone for it is "I" that decides after all. It is the thinking that has something to do with everything. No one can blame the government. No one can blame the higher officials of high rank. No one can blame your parents. No one can blame your friends. It is in "I" that decisions come to exist and form to what is the result.

Oftentimes, because of the many stressors and distractors around the life of a person, "choice" plays less role. There is the so called "reliance" and "dependence" that are added and even connotes to the word, "choice", resulted to being stagnant.

All comes in a choice. There may be probably no ideal choice all the time because we can experience trial-and-error process. What is important is people will realize and will come to realize the thing being chosen will bring him to good or not. But if choice has to be decided on what is really the right one out from the many options being chosen, then people can taste the sweetness of life.

There has been no perfect world as always takes to transcend and travel into the phases of life with various approaches and tendencies. No one can predict the instance of tomorrow, but the great power man has is the choice that he has. The kind of choice he would choose will lead him to a future that would mean greener pasture or would transport him to a future, mix with its ups and downs.

"Choice" is so powerful and it is always vested in us. After all what matters in life is all in a matter of choice. Life doesn't promise us for an instant happiness. It all comes in a choice.

Tears

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Just this afternoon as we had our class in Related Learning Experience (R.L.E) 20 subject, our teacher showed us a video entitled "How Beautiful". I thought the video she will show us is about a refreshing exercise that will show us steps of a dance for us to follow. We were all standing and when she said to make the "Sign of the Cross", then that moment I knew that the video was intended for the prayer as we are about to begin our class.

As I hear the song playing on that video, my eyes started to gather tears. I saw Christ who offer Himself to save us from our sins. I have felt His pain on the cross. I can feel the blood drifting all over His body. I can feel His eyes almost shutting. I can feel the pain of His Mother, Mary, who witnessed her Son on the cross. I can feel the excruciating pain He suffered in the hands of the scrupulous people who strikes Him physically with strong hands and undefinable weapons that inflict unexplainable pain.

As I deeply internalized the whole thing, I was reminded of giving time for Christ. I was reminded to pause for some times out from my busy schedules in order to spend more time with Jesus Christ. I was reminded to repentance and do penance. I was feeling sorry that I was so numbed of not being able to share more time with Him.

The video with that song bring me back to remind me always that Jesus is just patiently waiting for me to call on Him. Even though, I pray at day and night, still, I feel the missing link of talking to Christ through praying in a longer time.

I cried. I was not able to shun myself from crying in secret. My heart cried in much conscience because I was so busy with the outside world that I was not able to give more time for Him. I was quite regretful for myself for being so selfish enough.

The video reminds me of Christ. I have realized that I need and I have to spend time with Him. It is not appropriate to think of Christ only in times of great need.