Think Again

Work’s been stressful for me this past few weeks. A lot of issues can’t be solved and before you know it, may panibago nanamang problema. I’m also consistent incurring 50 to 60 hours of OT per month. So that’s almost doing a 12 hour shift everyday! But lately I’ve realized, maswerte pa rin ako because most of the problems I’m dealing are just work related.

I think it’s already innate to people to think more of the problems rather than the good things in life. We are more channeled on things that can or might ruin our mood. If you think my statement is wrong, think again! Paminsan kahit di naman ganun kabigat yung problem natin, we always over react on it. May time pa na natapos na yung problema pero uulit ulitin mo pa sa kaibigan mo just to vent it out. Simpleng nasagi ka lang ng katabi mo on a rush hour sisimangot ka na. I also know some people who keeps on cursing while driving. These are samples of little things I consider as self induced problems. Have we asked ourselves why we are like this?

Problem is like an oxygen. Or consider it as a bad fume of gas that whenever we inhale some, it changes our current state.  We are tend to have problems. But whatever our problem is, always think that there are some people who are experiencing worse than you. No matter how you consider yourself in a conundrum situation, religiously speaking, hindi naman ibibigay yan sayo ni Lord kung hindi mo kayang i-handle.

If you’re having a problem about your career, why not think na atleast you have a work. Maraming tao ngayon ang nahihirapan kumuha ng matinong trabaho. Having financial problem? Pera lang yan madaling kitain! Iniwan ka ng BF mo? Marami pa dyang mas worth it!  Before we dwell too much thinking of such problems, it’s much better to provide these simple alibis to deflect them. Isipin mo na lang yung mga taong wala na talagang makain at matirahan na nasa kalsada. Or yung matandang babae na namamalimos. Yung batang nakahubad na natutulog sa hagdan ng LRT. Heartbreaking to see but these are the things that will remind you na kahit papaano eh maswerte ka pa rin. And I’ll bet my neck na sobrang walang sinabi yung problema mo compare sa kanila! So if you think that you’re experiencing the worst… Think again!

We should embrace every problem that will come to our lives. These are not being handed over to us just to ruin our lives but to give us something that we can learn from it.  So face it not with fear, but with fierce!