Candle ka ba?
Bakit? … Kasi you light up my life!
Wow, ang sarap pakinggan!
If there is somebody who lights up our life, we’d naturally feel lucky because heaven could’ve sent an angel to save us from darkness. On the other hand, soooobrang sarap ng pakiramdam if para sa atin ang pick-up line na ‘yan.
Kaya lang, madalas kesa minsan, we tend to just tell such line to others rather than to our own family, nor to people who has been with us for the longest time. The more that it hurts, when we would so touchingly hear it from others, yet, never from anyone within our family, neither from our long-time circle of friends.
We would at times ask ourself “why”? Bakit ang iba, naririnig nila ang bawat magagandang sinasabi natin? … nakikita nilang may ginagawa tayong mabuti? Bakit sila na medyo malayo sa atin, nakikita kung ano ang meron sa puso natin; … pero bakit silang malapit sa atin, di nila nararamdaman na sila ang laman ng puso natin?
Sometimes, we’d just choose the option of “backing-off”. That feeling na “wag na nga lang!”; that thought na “kung ayaw nyo, wag nyo!” It’s easier sliding back, rather than striving to hold-on. Sometimes, we’d lose the determination to stand still for what we have in our heart — because we seem not to hear and see, especially from people we love, how much they appreciate us.
Buti na lang, sa time na sobrang nag-e-“emo” na tayo, there is this Somebody who would suddenly trigger our flame to make us prove the worth of our intentions. Para Syang isang “lighter” na nagsindi sa candle, giving us the opportunity to STARE at it and REFLECT: “this candle, habang nagbibigay liwanag, natutunaw, lumuluha. Kumukurap-kurap ang apoy, nakikipaglaro sa presensya ng hangin: minsan hihina, minsan lalakas — pero dahil matibay at humaba na ang mitsa na nasa kalagitnaan, nagbibigay liwanag pa din sa kung saan ang madilim. Kapag biglang lumalakas ang hangin, nawawala ang apoy, mapapansin mong lumambot ang wax na nakabalot sa kanyang mitsa, pero huminto na sa pagkatunaw, parang pinagpahinga sa pag-iyak. Nag-iwan ng usok at amoy, saka lang naalalang pansinin ang liwanag na dati ay dulot nya. At sa ilang saglit pa, ang lumambot na wax, matigas na ulit, ang matibay na mitsa, handa na ulit magbigay ng liwanag.”
In the depth of such symbolism and with the pain-experience of Jesus in Mark 6:1-6, ganito pala ang ENLIGHTENMENT na gustong sabihin sa atin ni God: “keep your light even when you seem weak and disappointed — it is better, than give up and let your loved-ones curse the darkness. Cry if you must, while trying to bear the pain of not being noticed nor regarded important. What’s inside of you is the thing that matters most – that’s what make you ENDURE! Soon, I’ll make my wind blow to stop you from melting for a while, then that would be the time they would know you’ve been there for them. Trust Me, I know!”
Kung paanong magkakasindi ulit ang candle, at kung paanong its flame persists kahit na lumuluha, is because of what’s inside of it! As long as we ENCOURAGE the PURPOSE of what’s within, while holding on to the promise that God cannot lie, cannot change, cannot fail – guaranteed, we’re responding to God’s Call of totally following Him! – sunset
Vision it Out w/ Gail S. Montero 