It's been quite a while since I posted my last blog. Back then, it was all about trying to get into shape and looking good in the eyes of others. One thing that I totally overlooked at that point was to have a logical purpose in doing what I need to do, which was to gain a healthy lifestyle. This practically never became more apparent up until last February 20.
In the middle of that fateful February 19 night, a text message from my wife's mom informed us of the sad state my father-in-law was in. I wouldn't go much into the details of the problem but the bottomline is that he did die the following day. It was a sad day, but being the optimist that I am, I found a couple of things worth pondering which I or the rest of those who reads these may find useful.
One thing is that you'll never appreciate life up until you start losing grasp of it. Most of us whine about our difficulties, either financial, psychological or emotional, during our stay here on Earth. Some even had the guts to give up and stop rowing through the rivers of delusion and heartaches. Nobody seems to understand that we are given these things because He knows we can carry the load. Lesson learned here is that we must accept the fact that life is full of hardships and pain, but that's exactly what makes it beautiful, it's not boring or monotonous, but rather full of struggle that challenges man to gain success and happiness.
Another key thing worth noting is the sad reality that people will talk about all of the good things you've done just when you're gone and unable to hear all of it. I don't know if it does any good to those left behind, but I find it funny, illogical, and a masterpiece of sarcasm. Saying good things and remembering the good deeds of the dead is not bad, it's just that it builds hype at the most uncompelling situation. Why not let people know of their good acts and even the bad ones while they're alive and able to hear it. Simple as it may seem, it brings a ton of joy and contentment to anyone who hears a compliment, it's some sort of achievement knowing somebody was happy with what you just did. Letting them know about their bad acts are good as well for they'll never grow and improve as a person without learning of their faults from others who don't share the same perspective that we have.
Lastly, let not it happen to anyone, that they learn these tidbits of wisdom just at the time when they can only see the picture of life through the windows of death.
This is the hardest admission that I have to make for the entire time I have set foot on Earth. No, I'm not a galactic traveler but wished I could be so as to burn those excess fats. For most people, regardless of location or culture, being fat is like a curse. It no longer is an indication of good health but more of symptoms of pending hypertension, impending sarcasm hidden behind each acquaintance's smile whenever you meet in the hallway, or just plain pain in executing rigorous physical activities called walking and stretching. I may not be that fat yet, at least when pitted against the general colloquialism on how most of us perceive who's fat and who's not, but I feel that burn everyday whenever I meet somebody from not so distant past, say 2 weeks, and the first thing they'll tell you is " taba natin ah", "lumalaki tayo", or the polite mockery "hiyang tayo ah".
I am optimistic by nature and I'm not ranting about being fat because in the first place, I ballooned to what I am today simply because of lack of exercise ( you don't get too sweat that much anymore when your only exercise is during the cold evenings with your wife :) ) , poor eating habits (no we're not that poor, but I eat like I haven't for days!), or simply genetics (90% from my mother's clan have an average weight of about 180 lbs, but that sad's part they're more than 5'7" tall). Some say that it's easy to burn those calories away, but what most of us don’t know is that there's still nobody bright enough to put discipline and diet all in once capsule so that you can just get it off the drug store. If that would have been possible then life's little miseries will be gone in just a couple of tablets and water combined.
Being fat dopes have advantages though especially whenever I play basketball. You get an unwanted excuse not to come down on defense every time. No one can bully their way around you because it's you who's doing it now. Aside from that you always look as if you were in the court for an hour even if you just played 5-on-5 for 10 minutes.
I even tested the fitness gym market to no avail. No, I did not sign up for any of the brightest and popular fitness gyms not for the lack of money or anything but fear that I may not have enough time to spend for my family, or maybe just because I may not have that urgency to go there and sweat it out. You see, I used to be rail thin before because most of my time is spent in sports. Now that we have a family, sports is already something that you love to watch during cozy Sunday afternoons.
Nonetheless, the next time I blog about this, I'll make sure that I'll be telling about how to get fat! Because by that time, hopefully I'm back to my old body, the one I left about three years ago! So for all those fellow fat-natics, please help ourselves!
It's pretty easy to write something. What's difficult is the part of making that something a bit different than what others have wrote. That part is what sets it heads and shoulders above other bloggers' scribblets. It is with this idea that I decided to join Blogger. There are a couple of site s out there that offers pretty much the same service, but a lot of my friends, colleagues, and acquaintances nlog through this one so I said why not try it as well.
I've been writing for the past couple of years and yet astonishingly wonders why I'm at this site a bit late than expected. I promised not to write anything about myself but I guess that can't be avoided specially since I'll be sharing my views for most of the time. I welcome the idea that this could be a routine thing for me for the next couple of days, but it's something that should come easy for me.
To cap it off, thanks for whoever you are who took the time and effort to put forth a certain amount of attention and perseverance to visit my site and read through my views. Have a great day!
