EPIPHANIES 2 (Reflections)

A lot of things are going through my head right now… so many that sometimes I want to isolate each of them so at least I can deal with them in the right perspective. You see, my father’s death has opened important lessons that I missed when he was still alive. Lessons that were right in front of me but I failed to see because I thought that they would never fail me at all. I guess life has some weird ways to the extent difficult of telling us our lessons.

For one, I realized that above anything else, we should prioritize our family. The odds may be against us but our family will be the constant force who will unconditionally give you your basic strength as a person. In events like death in the family, your family is the same people who will comfort and genuinely feel for you.

Secondly, I was able to see clearly who my real friends are. Before my father’s death, I naively believed that friends are “friends.” Now, I’ve become more discerning. I realized that real friends should be there to offer love. Real friends should be there to offer an honest opinion and never fail to help me find laughter in all of life’s trials. Yes, the friends whom I considered real are those people who have held my hand or tucked me in bed when my own legs would not carry me. And, am using this blog to thank them… Solitaire, Mikay and Irwin. You have been my pillars of strength. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I was not joking when I once said that “it’s in situations like this that you’re able to gauge the real character of people. On that note, it’s best to keep real ones and let go those who aren’t.”