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by Jumer M. Lopez

 

          My name is just short the same on the height I owned.  But, opposite on my dreams because I am looking too high on my aspiration and plans. I would like to introduce first my name, sarcastically my name has its explanation. “JUMER”, the first syllable on my name which is “Ju” comes from my mother’s name, Ju-dith. The second syllable which is “Mer” stand for the first syllable on my father’s name which is Mer-lito. A half Spanish-Filipino, but purely cultivated in a Filipino custom and traditions. Raised from a family that full of love, rooted with moral and raised to fear God.

          If there is someone were to be in my shoes, that person will surely see that happiness has its price. Why so? Because that is how I perceived life. For me personally, happiness comes after being paid on sadness. I saw life that once you’ll enjoy the moment, after from it comes sadness. I don’t know why how it came to me but its just like a flash of lightning from a thunder that straightly open my mind, and yes! I just grasp that you have to suffer for happiness. Small amount of misery, equivalent also for a small amount of happiness. Greater dejection, greater joy. Here’s more, I also conceive that it is better to be in sorrow than happiness. However, that was before way back on my adolescent years.

          As of these days, I assess life positively. After all, its not about happiness and sadness alone. Hence, its about how you deal with it. Its about you handle things that life may bring forth. Yu can enjoy things, making things most out of it. And its up to you how to be contended with it. Whether small or greater amount of joy, every happiness in life is merited to you. Suffering comes not to meant to destroy you, not meant to pull you down, but sufferings is a process through happiness. Agony is just and absence of happiness.

          That’s how I deal with my life as of these very days. Life thought me already. And I am consistently living the lessons taught brought by some obstacles I already encountered. Wearing on my shoe might be burdensome, however, I am walking with optimism and determined. I might be wearing shoes brawling from a life and death complication, but my feet walk straightly heading always to win-win situation. No matter what, now matter how. And this I believed, “I can do all things through Christ who’s strengthening me” Philippians 4:13.