Take What Is Yours

And leave what is not yours.

I’d rather be positive this season however, I just want to cite an incident that happened to me one morning while I was getting ready for work.  You were asleep at that time and too young to understand what was happening.

We don’t have a car.  And so I usually take a motorbike ride with your father (FOR WHICH WE DON’T WANT YOU TO DO).  There was one morning when your Papa has to go extra early so I decided to ride the tricycle.  So your Nanny went out to get one for me and came back with one.  I was about to go down on the ground floor (we are living on the 2nd floor) and out the gate, when this neighbour rode the tricycle herself, knowing fully well that it was my ride.

It still makes me mad whenever I recall that incident.  Don’t take after me.  I hold grudges.  Be like your father or your grandfather.  They easily let go of other people’s trespasses (They don’t know it but they have something in common).

Remember Anak, we should take care of many things in our life and one of them is our relationship with our “neighbours” (and that includes everyone). Be respectful.  Do not take what is not yours.  Share if you have extra.  Do not share if it will compromise your needs.  Be aggressive if you need to but don’t trample on others (like what THAT neighbour did).

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING, TAKE IT BY THE RULES THEN IT WILL TRULY BE YOURS.

Anak, it’s hard to achieve something in life because you have to work for everything.  DO NOT TIRE EASILY.  JUST KEEP GOING.  And if you think there are no results, think again.  There are little things that get by without you noticing them but they are still results.




Anyway, since it IS still Christmas so let’s get back at it.

I’m planning to pick you up from your Kuya Gab’s and Lola’s place.  Papa’s not yet around.  He left really early because he wanted to play tennis with people I-don’t-know-who.  So I have time for myself to write to you.

It’s 8am already but the skies looks like it just got around 6am.  It is really Christmas.  Weather is gloomy as expected.

I’m thinking that you might have mosquito bites by now since you have stayed there for three straight nights.  I miss you.

So yesterday, we were in the mall and the supermarket to buy stuff for Christmas eve dinner.  We prepared something simple and just good for three people - two big ones and one small one.   Papa will do everything to make your dinner tasty while momma will try to make it look festive.

I can’t wait to see you again.  Papa is still not around and I’m getting impatient.