My second birthday speech in the seminary

Life is Difficult and yet it is also precious. This is the thing that my beloved friend taught me about life. Life is all about tough decisions-to give up or to go on, to hold back or to give everything, to love or to leave. We may never know what to do with certain things, but we learn from it whichever way we go. Sometimes we don’t expect things happen to us, we don’t ask for them, but they come. Sometimes they hurt us but this is the reality of life, just always be strong and believe that you are not alone, That God is always present wherever we may be. For the almost 1 year and 9 Months that I’ve been stayed here, I learned a lot of things but I can say that this year was the year of decisions, pains, desolation and yet a year of forgiveness, hope, love and sincerity, too. This is not only for me but I think for all of us here. When I realized that we are the only ones who can make our decision for ourselves- only I and I myself alone can drive and should live my life and no matter what hardships and discouragement we may experience still we are the ones who will decide for ourselves. Everything is a choice. They say that life is a journey. Yes it is true, that we are journeying on the road called life. And I can say that life is like a letter journeying to different destination having different stories and dreams that are hidden in their souls, different pains that are written in their flesh. But it is always looking for hope and love and that the ink of friendship may be giving its best as clear print like the sun in the mid afternoon, the letter which having one and only goal-to go to the place where it will find his own goal. And for me that is with God, in his house called paradise, the heaven. I am searching for the God who will never leave us behind, who will never break his promise, who may not speak but we can hear and understand. Who may not touch but we could feel His presence, the one who does not talk but the one who delivers the message. I am very thankful for God who always makes himself available whenever I am in desolation. I am sorry for who I am and for what I have done wrong, for the many times I’ve been disappointing you. Despite of your kindness, but one thing I can assure you of is that you will always be a part of my life. And to all the people in front of me now. I would like to challenge all of you, to find and accept your goal—Let us do good, let us do more good and let us do more good greater than before. Lets’ accept the reality that things happen and that they are not always according to what we planned but still we continue the journey and we look for more better possibilities in our life. Kahit gaanong sakit pa ang pinagdaanan mo. “Wala nga siguro tayong mga pakpak upang ang bawat isa’y ilipad at dalhin sa alaapaap, ngunit mayroon naman tayong mga kamay upang ang bawat isa’y hindi hayaang bumagsak lagi lamang sana nating alalahaning hwag bitiwan ang lahat lalo na sa Diyos na magpagpatawad.. There is no perfect family, but there are lots of good families, maybe our own family is not perfect, but from this family we learned how to love, to forgive and to give. Persevere and have courage. You are not alone.