DOING THREE THINGS AT A TIME
By: Rebcas R.

We have a very busy world now. The competitions around made each of us strive to achieve something, practically, to survive. Movements among us are so observable in different fields of endeavors. It seems that one false move would mean something: failure to feed oneself and family with enough nourishment; struggle for a more challenging problems; and dilemma on what to do next and where to go. Our being busy then is reflecting the vision we have of the future.

Our being busy is motivated by our aim to have more money through which other reasons could be derived. The philosophies of the present world would generally say that having more money would mean more power, more friends, and more of everything we like. Thus, whatever is the status and monetary situation of a person - rich or poor - there is something that really motivates us to be motivated to gain or to have more money.

This is happening to me. I am working hard to have more money though money for me is just secondary. I am teaching part-time to two schools and hired as a casual employee in a certain government institution - giving my best with the spirit of dedication to help build the youth of today and to indirectly exemplify a life of service to the public in general. But it seems that I am facing a giant scenario of indirect injustices wherein the idea of being used subjectively hurt my innermost drive to give my best. I do three things at a time in a day just to gain money for my family to survive.

My qualifications would certainly say that I can be one of the best regular employees but nobody seems to worry on this matter - competition with a shadow of favoritism is then crippling the good system of governance in our country.

But this is my life, that despite of all the efforts I made, I am just giving my best without justifiable results in return that could make me assure an enough resources for my family to survive in the basic area of biological needs. I am saying this with the consideration of the material perspective in life. However, the Divine Providence is always there in every moment despite of the scarcity of material things I would like to have. Someday... somehow... I could be victorious in this challenge wherein I need to do three things at a time just to survive... for my family to live a decent life.

I know that competition is always there - dirty or not. But I would always compete well and learn from the humiliating experiences I have. Certainly, I am learning a lot though I am earning not enough money (thus, earning only just to survive). One false move would mean a financial disadvantage for my family and a hindrance for the fulfillment of my dreams. But I need to go on and learn more from the wisdom of being down, of being humiliated, or being treated with indirect injustice.

In the opposite of materialism, I know that I am gaining a lot as long that I could always surpass the levelling of discouragement and regularly build an enormous courage within. Though at this moment I lack the material capacity and just live in basic sustenance, I believe I am building in me a giant reservoir of courage and wisdom that would bring me and my family to a level of success in financial matters in the future and help more people to achieve success in life too - when there is already a real and true opportunity, not a false and destructive opportunity of materialism masked with a smiling and inviting scenario.

Yes, I am doing three things at a time and still suffers financially, but this would build up my self-control, self-discipline, self-dependence, and self-improvement to a higher level wherein the experiences of pains would then be opportunities of gaining for me. I know that as long as I could manage three things at a time, there is something that is enhanced in me despite of financial difficulties - skills in managing more things at a time.

This management skills I am practically enhancing right now, would become a preparation for me by the divine call to be equipped in going towards my destiny in relation and in coordination with the destiny of more people aiming for a better world. It is a preparation for me to handle a bigger financial resources for the common good.

We are together my friends. I am happy to be part of the bloggers as we can certainly express ourselves sincerely and honestly worldwide. More experiences we have, we may have more learnings, thus, more meaningful life...

Why I talk this way would be revealed later as I would continuously reveals my life - a life full of struggles... a life full of abilities and talents going towards still-hiding financial opportunities... and a life of God's blessings.

(Reviewed 10:33 p.m. 23 October 2007)

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