no guarantees

no guarantees. written on 18 feb 2009 but posted 27th of that month.

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There are no guarantees in life.

Lately, yan ang mga natatanggap ko na theme ng text at nappanood na tema ng movie; and for some reason, while I still have to finish the exam that I’m writing, I thought of why not take a break and write my thoughts down or should I say, type away – away from the textbook and notes that are here in front of me, haha! Besides, I’ve been slacking with regard to updating my blog; especially with writing on my journal, geesh! Anyway, before my thoughts wander off to a whole new topic — which is why I can’t seem to find time to do the things that I use to do given that I don’t have a “regular” job — I wanted to put my thoughts downs as to why or what the world around me right now is saying:

“Gelle, there are no guarantees in life.”

Probably the only guarantee that we have for sure are the ones that came along with your newly purchased appliance/s or services or classes that you signed up for – be a guaranteed A1 driver after 5 days! (hindi naman sa pag-p-promote) Or better yet, the guaranteed seats that you bought for the movie house…hmm…thinking it over, madami-dami naman din palang bagay sa buhay ang may guarantee — in fairness!

Now, the thing is, are they enough? Are they enough to make us happy? To make us feel contented? Yun naman! Yun ang problema. Ang tao kasi gusto maging masaya well, hindi ko naman masisi kasi sino ba naman ang ayaw maging masaya diba? Kaya, sige, hayaan natin silang mangarap — “sila” talaga? Parang hindi ako kasali? o sige, lets rephrase, mangarap tayong maging masaya :D ayan. happy? yes? o eh happy na pala eh. okay na!:) yehey! well, sana nga eh ganun lang kadali ang buhay pero hinde. We have to work [hard] if we want to achieve something. If we want to lose weight, if we want money, if we want to get promoted, if we want to go places, if we want to meet someone, if we want to be liked, if we want to be happy, and a lot more, we have to do some “work” for all of those to be realized. Haay. Iniisip ko pa lang, parang nakakatamad na! But if we want something [or someone *wink, wink*] real bad, we would be willing and we would even be glad to do the extra work and walk the extra mile.

So what makes you happy? Kahit yung top 5 lang. Sige, isip ka muna habang nag-iisip din ako…ano nga ba? Hmm…

O, meron na? Alam mo na yung sayo? Game. O dba? Parang Family Feud lang? haha :D

Without making a formal survey, I would guess, family, career, love life, good health and riches would include your list – at least one of those is included, tama?

Among those that I mentioned, love life might be, if not the most, one of the trickiest. Why do I say that? Well, because there are no guarantees in life. I mean, if you studied well and worked hard enough, you will more likely have a good chance at making your career bloom and eventually, have enough riches for you to be financially stable; if you lived a healthy life, more likely you would be healthy; but even if you work on being the “best” version of yourself, if its not the right time to find “the one”, you wouldn’t be able to do anything about it; or even if you become the most ideal partner, stay good, remain loyal, give everything possible to make a relationship work, if you’re love life is bound to falter, it would — if you’re bound to get hurt, you would — just because there are no guarantees in life.

So what’s left for you to do? Stay away from romantic relationships! haha :D

Feb 18, 2009 5:07p.m. joke lang! Kasi sabi nga ng text na natanggap ko kahit daw umiwas tayo dun at piliing maging single, wala pa ring katiyakan na hindi ka na masasaktan. Naman diba?! Bakit naman ganun?! Well, I guess because at the end of the day, it still boils down to taking chances — chances and risks are not exactly my favorite words simply because it has there-are-no-guarantees-in-life written all over it. But I guess if we take risks with our faith and God as our guide, we can’t go wrong. After all, even with the glaring no-guarantees-in-life-signage everywhere, God is the only guaranteed anchor and mentor that we can depend on — 24/7, 365 days.