greater

This might be one of those times where I actually get to reflect about certain things in my life based on songs that I heard. It’s either from the radio, ipod, or something that I just download. After having been thinking about things that I had done, that I am doing, that I’m going to do, right now I’m quite looking forward to go ‘home’ again. Being able to see my family, especially the newest member of the family; that is quite exciting. Yes, I finally will be able to see my nephew (my bro’s son, my parent’s first grandchild, even the first grandchild in the family).
Back then, for me, family was not that big of deal for me. Especially after having not seeing them for about ten years (yes, 10 years), I was actually feeling just ok. But then, after a while and seeing them again, I realized family is important. Family is the part of your life that is always behind u. Always backs u up. Even tho, there are times that u might think that they’re not backing u up, they’re still there to help u, to encourage u.
Sometimes, I think, is it because of time? Is it age? Is it because u grew in it? But, for me, I actually grow out of it. I lived away from my family for about ten years. Ten years we were apart, but yet, I think nowadays I’m actually closer to them than before.
I always have a perspective on life as life is amazing. Life is wonderful. Life is great. And, I really do thank GOD for that. I had done and still am doing things that I think for some people I’m quite ‘out’ of my mind. And, so far, I actually enjoy it. I am having fun. I never regret the things that I had done. And, all of them are things that I wanted to do. Not something that somebody told me to do, in which I’m pretty sure I do like to do things based on the things that I know whether I can, or cannot do, without being told by anybody.
As nowadays, I’m training for my first ever marathon. There have been things that happened to me and quite a bit of things that I found more about my self. With it off course, my quest for the ironman race continues. So, during these times, I met and talked to many different kind of people. Some are weird, some are indeed interesting, some are wonderful, some are not so wonderful, some are friendly, and others are just, as I always said, I think they are being just the way they are. After having been thinking about many of those things, I realized that those people are being put in my pathway that lead to something, or to certain point. So, at this point, what is the most important that I realized? I realized that ‘greater things have yet to come, and still, greater things are to be done in my life.’ It’s either by me, or by somebody else, but out of all that, GOD is always the ONE that will always be there with me.
Yesterday, I ran in a pathway of a park that I never been to. As I was running along the path and not really realizing exactly where I am (this reminds me to google it now so that I know next time where I am), I ended up in the area that is quite unfamiliar to me. The path that I was running felt like it’s never end. It kept going and going and going. At the same time, I kept on following the path. Every time I wanted to turn around, my mind kept saying, keep going; oh, just another corner; wouldn’t u like to find out what’s on that corner; etc. I felt like my mind play tricks on me. Indeed, I followed the path to the end of it. At that end, there wasn’t much to see. Not much of a view. But, I felt ok. I felt like I reached one point. I felt like I just accomplished something. I ran along the new path, new area, new territory. As one person that passed me along the path was saying, ‘ u’r almost there’. Where I was and where was I heading to? I didn’t know where I was, I didn’t know where the end of the path will lead me to. Is that life? Most of the time, u don’t know where u r and u don’t know where u’r going. But, in front of u, there is a pathway. There’s a pavement that will lead u somewhere. Lead u to something new, each corner gave u different view, each corner lead u to something. It could be something good, but it can also lead u to something that is not so good. But, regardless of the views, the corners, the surroundings, the pathway, the pavement is there. It was there. It was there, waiting for u to walk on, to be run on. Do u want to take the path? Do u dare to take the path?
That is life. There is always a path in front u. It could be a good one, or it could be a great one, but it could also be a not so good path. But, regardless of the kind of path that u r in, there is always someone that will be there for u; that will be by ur side. And, that path would give u greater ‘things’.
‘Ten years’ was the ‘path’ that I chose back then to be apart from my family. What does that lead me to? Many different kinds of ‘things’. And, today I can say that I’m glad that I walk along that path, because I think right now I’m not only walking along the path that follows the previous path, but I can sort of ‘running’ along this new path. God bless…