Bayani Kong Tunay

Sa aking kabataan ikaw ay tiningala

Walang masabi kundi ang humanga.

Pagmamahal mo sa bayan ay sadyang dakila

Bansang Pilipinas ay pinagpala.

Kahanga-hangang  tunay ang iyong mga nagawa

Ikaw ay inspirasyon at magandang halimbawa.

Utang namin sa iyo ang kasalukuyan

Kung di sa iyong pagpupunyagi

Sampu ng mga bayaning tumuligsa

Sa pang-aapi ng mga mananakop sa ating bansa

Marahil bansang banyaga ay nagpatuloy

Pang-aalipin sa puso ng bayan dumadaloy.

Walang katulad ang iyong kahusayan 

Sa anumang larangan ikaw ang number one 

Henyo ka mang naturingan 

Kababaan ng loob mo ay kinainggitan.

Pamahalaang Kolonial natuliro

Tanong ng mga namumuno, bakit nangyayari ito?

Noli Me Tangere at El Filibusterismo,

Isinulat ng buong tapang

Isiniwalat totoong kalagayan

Kanser ng lipunan matagal napabayaan. 

Rizal, bayani kong tunay, maraming salamat sa lahat. 

Nang dahil sa iyo, nagagawa namin ito. 

Ipinagmamalaki kita sa iyong pagpunyagi

Mga Pilipinong dating sawi ngayon ay wagi 

Kalayaang hinangad ay natamasa,

Bansang Pilipinas ngayon ay kinilala.

Rizal, bayani kong tunay, maraming salamat sa lahat.

Nang dahil sa iyo, nagagawa namin ito. 

Home Is Where the Heart Is

I just  came from a rather short visit to my aunts' place in in Sapang Palay, Bulacan. I couldn't help but be nostalgic. Memories of my youth resurfaced to my conscious mind as if everything happened recently. Looking at the familiar surroundings and seeing some people who from my childhood memory existed reminded me to never be proud and ungrateful because the fiber of my being took its shape in that place. Sapang Palay has become my humility check. Whenever I feel I am too consumed of myself, going home to Sapang Palay makes me reflect of God's goodness; then, we had less materially and were wounded emotionally.

I have moved on and so did my siblings but I guess we cannot just forget the experiences we had in that place. The only difference is that the nagging memories no longer bring pain but thanksgiving. We wouldn't be the people we hoped ourselves to be had we not stayed there and experienced hardships. I need not elaborate on what exactly happened there but as always my heart warms with thankfulness as  I recall the past because God in the midst of all our adversities caused us to have persevering hearts and thriving spirits.

All of us go through trials in varying degrees, trials that the Lord allow us to undergo. Some end  up hurt and emotionally severed for life while others have decided to move on and live fruitful lives. As for me, I decided to forgive. Embedded hurts that have anchored in my heart were freed when I decided to forgive those people responsible for our misfortunes and prayed for them sincerely. Freedom was unleashed. 

Nothing in this world is permanent. Everything shall come and go, including pain and adversities.

Readiness and anticipation are not the solutions to overcome but the belief that all things happen because God has intended them to happen. All for our greater good.

Embrace on what lasts and what truly matters-Jesus does it. Let Him be your home.