The offer is really good and the company, a really big one. You can find their products all around you. For sure it’s an offer of a lifetime. But honestly, there is still that part of me that clings on to the life I have known to love – to be in Davao, living a peaceful, comfortable life, tinkering with my computer in my room, waking up late, having a coffee while watching the garden. Yes, the job requires me to work somewhere else, specifically, Makati. Just the thought of it makes me tremble a bit. I have seen quite a lot of Metro Manila and honestly, the life there is one I never dream to have.

Still, I believe that every event in our life brings with it a purpose. I know not yet what this brings me. Hmm, I remember my little prayer a few months ago. I told Him that I hope I could get a job with the course I studied with a twist of Info Tech. True to it, I got a position just like the one I prayed about. Waaaah. Be careful with what you pray for, I tell you.

I did call some of my siblings right after the job offer and for them, I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. I agree. My thinking is if this really doesn’t work out for me after doing my very best, then Davao is still waiting for me with open arms. It would be much more difficult to deal with “what might have been” issues later, hehe.

After almost a year of unemployment and making the most out of my blogging and web designing and graphics editing earnings, I went to the thinking of how I want my life to be in the next five or ten years. I have always wanted to have my own family soon and, thinking if I would remain with what I am doing right now, for sure I wouldn’t be able to give my family a descent life. I mean of course, I want the best for my future family and my current earning doesn’t even allow me to have a health insurance. Somewhere down the road, I decided to give it a try again with the corporate world. And here it is, knocking at my doorstep – again.

God really does work in mysterious ways. Really really fascinating. His timing and placing of things, if you’re keen enough to observe are really small miracles of life. I think this is what this is all about. This change in my life is a chance to prove that God has been and still is, making tiny miracles in our lives today. I know not yet in what form those will come but I’m quite sure there will be a lot of it.

For sure he has been doing those tiny little miracles on you too. Have you tried getting really worried of being late on an exam, only to find out that the teacher got sick and that the exam was postponed? Or have you tried needing a certain amount of money to get home when suddenly a friend comes and treats you with a free ride in the jeepney? I realized now how I have been missing out the good stuff that happens day after day after day in my life. I forgot how powerful He is against the biggest problem we could ever imagine. This is a chance to prove it once more.

A new place, a new culture, a new job. Life is a constant change. Imagine living your incoming five years the very same way you spent your last five years. Lousy. Very Lousy. Not to mention you, being bored to death. The good thing is, God is a God of variations and fun. Look at all the creatures of the ocean or the peoples of the world. The variations are simply illustrations of how infinite God’s creativity is. The that each of us take are nothing different. Each are hand-crafted by God with its tiniest details. Not that we no longer have a choice on how to live our lives. But if we heed it, you’ll find your life much much more exciting and fun!

I hope we are sensitive enough to how God is molding us in every situation we are in. We are dynamic people created by a limitless God. I don’t deny the fact that I have anxieties and fears. Yet, choosing to always look at the brighter side of life seems to be the best option for now. For me, the only way to go is to move forward. Just don’t forget to smell the flowers along the way (keeping a listening heart and clasping hands).

Lately, I realized that there is a great difficulty in letting go of things that you are accustomed to. Just as a butterfly who earns its strong wings by breaking through the cocoon, so does a person who is able to get out of his or her comfort zone to explore and see things for himself. Money earned is way more fulfilling than money given. Self preservation however is innate and getting out of that thinking requires determination and maturity.

For now, I would have to do with the best way I could with what my hands find to do. Little meaning is given for lives constantly spent on yearning for something not yet achieved for humans would always find something that is lacking, whatever it may be. Plan ahead if you must. Dream for reaching the top of the mountain but don’t forget to smell the flowers and hear the birds singing along the way.