On Falling, Getting Up and Moving Forward

Good Morning! Parang may hugot ang title? Oo Mommies meron!

I was doing my treadmill last night while listening to my playlist in my iphone when I accidentally pulled my headset which made the iphone dropped on the treadmill. Me, being the amateur me, I ran after my cellphone without pressing the emergency button. E di tumalembong ang ganda ko.

Dahil maganda ako, naglapitan ang mga trainor. Joke! Lumapit sila sa akin out of concern. One asked if I was ok. I said yes, pakihanap na lang cellphone ko please. Nung nahanap sabi ko thanks, then went riding the treadmill once again as if nothing happened. I didn't feel any shame whatsoever di ko alam kung kapalmuks lang talaga ako o manhid ako.

When I was telling the story to my hubby he laughed so hard and asked where was I situated and I said in front. "E di lahat nakita ka?" Oo, so? Sasabihin ko, ako lang ba ang tumalembong sa treadmill? Pano pag sinabi nila oo? E di ako na! Ako na ang magandang kauna-unahang tumalembong sa treadmill. Lolz. Sabi ni hubby, di ba may CCTV camera dun? Siguro paulit ulit ka nilang pinanunood. Walang hiya gusto talaga akong mapahiya.

Thinking about it, nakakahiya nga ano? But then, these people may laugh, but  they will also forget about it later. Maalala pa ba nila ako? But I stood my ground. Hindi ako nagpatinag sa hiya because my session is not yet over. I had to finish my remaining 15 minutes running time.

Dapat ganun tayo in real life diba? Problems like money, family, love life, friends, work may bring us down, but these should not keep us from rising up again. When we fail, let us not be afraid to try once more. Again and again and again until we finally achieved what we were striving for.

I am a CPA. I did not take the board exams once. It was more than twice. I had to take a refreshers' course to be able to take the board  again. I took the board after the refreshers' course and I was conditional. I had to retake two subjects just for me to get my license na. Imagine how many times I cried whenever I don't see my name on the list of passers. Imagine how many nights I had to stay late just to practice solving problems. Imagine how many cups of coffee I had to drink just to stay awake while reading my materials. I did not let these failures hinder my dream of becoming a certified public accountant. I had other classmates who took the board, failed then lost interest in trying again. I didn't.  I cried hard, but then after, my motivation to pass only intensified. And then the right time came as what the Lord promised. I finally passed the exams 12 years ago.

During job interviews, I am not ashamed to say that I am not a one-take-board-exam-passer. Why? Because I want to to tell them that it is not important how many times I took the board, what's important is that I passed and what made me passed is that attitude of not giving up.

Looking back to the ordeal I went through, hindi siya biro. Those failures drained me mentally, psychologically, emotionally and financially. I reached the point when I wanted to let go and just give up. But giving up doesn't prove anything. I put my faith in Him and trusted Him when my right time will be. And He didn't fail me. 

Anyways, bakit ba tayo napunta sa istorya ng buhay ko, e treadmill ang pinaguusapan natin. Pero may connect naman diba, kahit papano?

O eto, ganito itsura ko habang tumalembong ang ganda ko, pero hindi ako yan ha. Imagine-in niyo na lang na ako yan para tumawa muna kayo.

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Basta, when you fail don't be scared to try once again. When you make a mistake, laughing at yourself makes it easier for you to correct it. 

Magandang huwebes sa inyo mga peeps!