Ideal or Real: the Business of Life

Everything is an investment. It is so-called then because it is the fruit of one’s consumed time, consumed energy and especially money. It is typical

for an investor to expect a profit. Social media seems like this. It needs time, energy and even money. The profit will be the being-ness and belonging-ness of the self in the social world.

Some factors will affect someone who likes to be part of this world. Beforehand, social media is a result of the dynamic evolution of communication. Its purpose would lessen the barriers among the communicators. These barriers connote about distance, feelings, social status, religions and etc. Thus, the purpose of this evolution is to bring everyone to the reality of meaning.

MAGKANO ang PAG-IBIG?

Pag-ibig daw ang syang nagbubuklod sa isang relasyon upang ito'y tatagal. Sa isang pamayanan, ang pagbubuklod o pagkakaisa ay ang siyang laging minimithi. Kung sa gayon, bakit hindi nalang bilhin ang pag-ibig upang ang katiwasayan ay maging posibilidad sa lahat. Napakasariwa pa lang ang isang pangyayari na kung saan sinabi ng Mahal na Santo Papa sa kanyang homiliya na, "DO YOU LOVE ME?" Bago pa man malalaman ng isang tao kung gaano siya kamahal ng kanyang sinisinta ay kailangan nya munang magtanong. MAHAL MO BA AKO? Sa katanungang ito, may mga sagot na dapat na mamutawi sa bibig ng taong tinatanong. Ang iba ay sasagot ng OO o kaya HINDI. Sa paraan na ito, ang pagsagot ay nababase sa bawat paniniwala at pakiramdam ng bawat tao. May maging masaya at malulungkot sa bawat sagot na maririnig. Dahil hangad ng bawat tao ang pagkakaisa, kailangan niyang umibig. Maraming makapagsasabi kung ano talaga ang pag-ibig. Marami din ang gagawa ng paraan para ipagsigawan kung totoo o hindi ang pag-ibig. Ang pinakamahalaga sa lahat ay alam ng bawat isa kung ano ang pag-ibig.

BEGGING for EVERYONE

 “You know how to give and yet you have never learned how to receive. You still lack one thing. Become a beggar. This is what you still lack. Learn how to beg.”[1]

Pope Francis uttered these words to Engr. Rikki Macolor. He complimented Macolor for his contribution to the Yolanda survivors. Macolor invented portable solar night light for the survivors’ uses. Upon reflecting this statement, it brings me to a realization of what I am now. Being a seminarian considers to be a privilege and a curse. This new identity would might corrupt my real nature as human being. Privileges have offered pleasure, leisure and laxity. Everyone longs for these allurements in this world of confusions, conflict and etc. If I let myself fallen on this temptation, my existence will be a curse to others. Begging is a form of humility when it is grounded in the spirit of satisfaction. This will reflect on the sensitivity of everyone who aspires to be a servant of all servants. Everyone should continue to put this humility into a concrete form. To beg for goodness to all not for the self only

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[1] http://www.cbcpnews.com/papalvisit/?p=2309