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date: Sunday, July 13, 2008
title: and the lesson is..
it's been a shitty weekend although i did have fun hanging out with the youngsters. my life has been on a roller coaster this week and i definitely want to throw up and just get it over with.
what made me feel a whole lot better was the Sunday mass this evening. Fr. Loi/Loy shared about the importance of listening. he said that if we tried, as in really tried, to listen, then we'd be able to understand one another a lot better.
"A husband came from work and said to his wife, 'Sweetheart, pahingi ng kape.' Dapat we should read between the lines kasi yung husband, he's telling his wife na itigil na yung pagme-make-up, itigil na yung ginagawa niya, yung panonood ng TV, etcetera. Kasi naghahanap yung asawa ng ATENSYON! pero ang narinig lang nung wife eh yung word na 'kape' so anung sinabi niya sa asawa niya? 'Kape? Andyan sa lamesa oh.' Sabay turo gamit ang nguso. Biruin niyo, mas matangos pa yung nguso niya kaysa sa ilong! Ayan ang problema sa karamihan sa atin ngayon. Hindi tayo marunong makinig."
he demonstrated that when you remove your left ear, then your right ear and put them together (WARNING: do not try this at home. hehe), what shape does it form? a HEART. so then he explained that we should all listen with our hearts. when Fr. Loi/Loy was 9 yrs. old, he shared that he lost his father. his mother said to him and his two other brothers, "Ako na muna ang magtatrabaho." Fr. Loi said that he understood. she wasn't only trying to tell them that from that day on, she would be the only person supporting the needs of the family. what she said also meant that life would be more difficult and that they, the kids, would have to study harder, refrain from going out with friends too much, stop spending on unnecessary things and rebel against the family. he completely understood kasi nakinig siyang maigi gamit ang puso.
i don't have to elaborate more on the moral of the sermon. i'll just leave you with your own reflections. God bless!
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