Life is sometimes a joker. It sometimes gives you problems which you think you can never ever overcome.Problems that test your strength and faith and problems that measure your capacity on how you attack and solve them. But, because of those problems that block your way onto your sweetest dreams, you become a stronger and more refined person you deserve to be. It is also all about how you dream for you to achieve your goal you thought as elusive.
As part of my blog, I want to share my own personal experience which I precisely believe have honed and sharpened me into the better student I can be now. It is an experience that have made me realize that I don't have to surrender whenever I feel almost everything has turned me down, that I have to go on for the sake of my objective.
Way back in my high school days, I was endowed with the tough responsibility I had to hold on. I was the editor-in chief of our school paper. At first, I thought of it as a privilege that no one can take away from me. But, I was wrong. It was a very difficult and heart-breaking task. Of course, I had my colleagues or my staff members whom I really expected to be very cooperative. But my expectations did not fully meet as we go on with our endeavor.
Almost all of my staff members, who also happened to be my classmates, were hard-headed and apathetic. They did not care to submit their articles on time. Well, I did not find fault in reminding them to comply the things they were obliged to do. They would just say that they were busy if I would ask them softly. But, could that be an acceptable excuse since everybody was basically busy? That was one of my problems in meeting our goal.
Secondly, during our time as the staff, we had no principal in our school which could have been the greatest source of support. Definitely, our school paper adviser could not do that alone. We had no proper organization and we were almost cramming in doing such decisions with the officer-in charge and department heads of our school.
Thirdly, the school's primary computer laboratory was not accessible to us. The personnel who took hold of the key was always on leave. Another thing, when we were there to encode the articles, the caretaker would request us to be in a hurry for he had more important things to do, as according to him. That outraged our adviser and made her look for a reason that would compel the caretaker to leave the keys on us.
Due to this, we were sooo late in submitting our entry to the Division Office. What was worse, the higher official was counting on us. Upon knowing that, I almost lost hope, tried to surrender and tried to accept the possibility that our batch could be the first ever batch that has no any schoolpaper to present. That was also the reason that nearly disqualified me as a representative in the 2009 NSPC. Luckily, we were given the last chance even that was already January.
Then, I sat down and wanted to cry. I reflected and asked myself on what was the most proper thing to do. From that point, I talked to my staff mambers sincerely and opened up the real alarming scenario. I made a lot of sacrifices and I did not want that to be wasted. I did not let those three barriers(my apathetic staff members, no principal, no accessible computer lab) block my way onto my endeavor- the submission of a schoolpaper. And above all, I prayed and prayed, made my faith in God stronger.
After that, everything went on good. Our schoolpaper was still produced and was submitted despite the fact that it was so late. I wasn't disqualified and still had the chance to compete in the competition. All of these things happened because my classmates already cooperated, I did not quit and that the Almighty did not leave us behind. Thanks to them!
Well, if you just keep on dreaming and that you don't surrender right away, anything that you dream to accomplish will surely happen. Just like what Miley Cyrus's song tell us, "It's all about the climb!" Also not to forget your faith in Him. Truly, stone walls are soft in a dreamer's hands!
As part of my blog, I want to share my own personal experience which I precisely believe have honed and sharpened me into the better student I can be now. It is an experience that have made me realize that I don't have to surrender whenever I feel almost everything has turned me down, that I have to go on for the sake of my objective.
Way back in my high school days, I was endowed with the tough responsibility I had to hold on. I was the editor-in chief of our school paper. At first, I thought of it as a privilege that no one can take away from me. But, I was wrong. It was a very difficult and heart-breaking task. Of course, I had my colleagues or my staff members whom I really expected to be very cooperative. But my expectations did not fully meet as we go on with our endeavor.
Almost all of my staff members, who also happened to be my classmates, were hard-headed and apathetic. They did not care to submit their articles on time. Well, I did not find fault in reminding them to comply the things they were obliged to do. They would just say that they were busy if I would ask them softly. But, could that be an acceptable excuse since everybody was basically busy? That was one of my problems in meeting our goal.
Secondly, during our time as the staff, we had no principal in our school which could have been the greatest source of support. Definitely, our school paper adviser could not do that alone. We had no proper organization and we were almost cramming in doing such decisions with the officer-in charge and department heads of our school.
Thirdly, the school's primary computer laboratory was not accessible to us. The personnel who took hold of the key was always on leave. Another thing, when we were there to encode the articles, the caretaker would request us to be in a hurry for he had more important things to do, as according to him. That outraged our adviser and made her look for a reason that would compel the caretaker to leave the keys on us.
Due to this, we were sooo late in submitting our entry to the Division Office. What was worse, the higher official was counting on us. Upon knowing that, I almost lost hope, tried to surrender and tried to accept the possibility that our batch could be the first ever batch that has no any schoolpaper to present. That was also the reason that nearly disqualified me as a representative in the 2009 NSPC. Luckily, we were given the last chance even that was already January.
Then, I sat down and wanted to cry. I reflected and asked myself on what was the most proper thing to do. From that point, I talked to my staff mambers sincerely and opened up the real alarming scenario. I made a lot of sacrifices and I did not want that to be wasted. I did not let those three barriers(my apathetic staff members, no principal, no accessible computer lab) block my way onto my endeavor- the submission of a schoolpaper. And above all, I prayed and prayed, made my faith in God stronger.
After that, everything went on good. Our schoolpaper was still produced and was submitted despite the fact that it was so late. I wasn't disqualified and still had the chance to compete in the competition. All of these things happened because my classmates already cooperated, I did not quit and that the Almighty did not leave us behind. Thanks to them!
Well, if you just keep on dreaming and that you don't surrender right away, anything that you dream to accomplish will surely happen. Just like what Miley Cyrus's song tell us, "It's all about the climb!" Also not to forget your faith in Him. Truly, stone walls are soft in a dreamer's hands!
Handling such organization is really a tough one. As your classmate and friend, I'm so proud of the success you attained Ace. Continue being a good writer and an intelligent person. Stay positive always and remember that obstacles meet us along the way for us to learn many things and for us to be a strong person. Also keep your faith :)
ReplyDeleteace you are really a good writer. your writing skills are really so 'makahanga'... i'm a dreamer, a day dreamer! hahahaha but you know being the editor-in-chief of your school paper is really an honor. (grabe) hahaha... i know you are a melancholic person and i've seen you worrying too much on your problems. but what is nice about you is that you have perseverance even though you have problems, you can find solutions right away. waaa! idol! hahaha
ReplyDeletetake care!