Uraya Quick Getaway
I’ve been dealing a lot of stuff lately. I really have many plans after I graduate. I planned it out before my graduation. I predict things that would probably happen. I have my own plans that at the age of like this like that, I can have my… I can go to… I can build my own… too much stuff.
I am a person who loves swaying away. I don’t adore conformity. I always want to be different. Right after my graduation, I know what I am going to do. I know where I would go and I know how to hit the spotlight again. However, the universe really loves giving twists that’s why it didn’t happen. Aside from the pandemic we’re experiencing that just basically the reason of stopping everything, I put myself in a standard where I think people put so much pressure in me. The truth is, I put so much pressure in myself. I don’t want to start in the beginning. I want to start easily like opportunities are just like my close friends easy to hang with.
However, one quick getaway, just one quick getaway taught me about the simplicity of life. God reminded me how blessed I am to be in this kind of situation where most of the time I complain.
To be able to get my license the same year after I graduate was just a common achievement for me. Then, I realized that not everybody can achieve this opportunity but I was given the chance. I only saw the things I did not yet achieve not appreciating all the success and journey I experienced in my life. I was always inclined with competition not just with people but with myself. I thought, it’s just always easy for me to look things with a bird’s eye view. To know how to fly, where to land and how to soar higher but I was wrong. My perspective was wrong.
God taught me again to be humble and appreciate little things. I forgot to thank Him and trust in His timing. I thought like I was not good enough or I was in the wrong path. I blamed myself for not doing things like this ahead of time. It seemed like all of my efforts were just wasted.
Now look at these children. Look how grateful their heart is.
Despite the situations, they always find time to go uphill and shout their hearts out praising the Lord. Though the lack of opportunities around them, they still manage to live joyfully and treating me like I’m good enough to look upon. They reminded me how life could be so tricky, how social media could sugarcoat a poison to one’s mind. They reminded me how lonely I was. They reminded me how insatiable I was. In short, they reminded me that I was not living contently. It was a one-hit reminder that was tattooed in my heart. I felt hit but I felt joy.
The Holy Spirit really works in so many ways and the Lord is so amazing in teaching us in different ways. Although sometimes we forget about His presence, we disobey Him or we just ignore the whisper of goodness, He never lets us go astray. In different places, He is alive. Indeed, omnipresent. He wants us to be reminded how He loves us and how He longs for our time. His presence exists in the eyes of the innocent, the children. He lives among us but one of His greatest instruments is the ‘children.’ He will always remind us to slow down and rest like a child. The world is so heavy enough to carry.
Run to Him, His arms are not just ready but it’s very warm. He will give us peace that’s very indescribable yet safe. His love is overflowing. No one, not even earthly soothing songs, not even temporary happiness, not even one time achievement, not even yourself can ever compare how pure His love and presence is. Rest in His love, go back to your first love. Go back to the One who really loves you, to the One who cries when you’re hurt, to the One who gets your back when everything falls down and to the One who sincerely lifts you up. Thank Him and talk to Him. He’s there. He’s listening. That’s when you know that you don’t need anyone nor yourself to uplift your confidence and achievement. He’s the one who can satisfy you. So, my love, rest in His grace.
Stay safe, wear a mask. Pray and sanitize yourself. (Spiritually and physically)
