But still, LIFE MUST GO ON.... (new year's message)

Last night, I received a SMS from one of my friends that reads:

don't greet anyone "happy three kings" on Sunday anymore...

it should be.... HAPPY TWO KINGS.

because, "DA KING" died.... gud am

For the non-Filipinos, "DA KING" is referred to as one of the pillars of the Philippine movie industry namely, Fernando Poe Jr....

Funny as it may sound, but life must go on.

In the past year, I had experienced a lot of tragedies in my life as well as the tragedies in our country and in the world and it appeared that the world itself is tumbling down. "It is not a good sign" as I may say.

There were tragedies in my life like, my favorite godmother died a couple of months ago, or even, my school has these problems and we, as the students of the school have to also face the problem as they say: "as one family" *sigh* there were a lot of other tragedies I faced as a person and as a human being.... Especially, in my spiritual life.

Or even, in the world around us, we are faced by challenges like, the disasters that other Asian countries faced this past week.... The tsunamis that hit different countries in Asia. It was The reason why I didn't go wakeboarding last week! Dang! But still, I enjoyed my vacation. But, I was moved by the impact it made to fellow Asians like us here in the world. Tradgedies in our country happened, here, there were relatives of prominent people and pillars in different art and political sectors who died or suffered gravely in the past months....

But still, it affected me as a Filipino. but, still, life must go on.

As I am alone here in hotel room here in Davao, I'm began to realize that it was not only in my own might that I endured in my own battle and the things that surrounds me like, my friends, news, etc. There was a "force" that pushes me to go and step forward in the walk in life... It was HIM.... In as much as I want to give up, HE keeps on pushing me to push further.... Here, in the quest to find my inner self, these things were evident that HE is with me all the way through.... Always. In the quest for my journey, I pray that I may not give up, and continue to go through in that quest.... For those people that knows me.... I will entitle myr Journey as: Looking4Manong. I hope that you guys stay with me as my journey progress and you stay with me whenever, whatever, whoever might happen.... Thank you! Let me welcome you to my little spot in the net and I would like to thank you for reading. I hope as time pass by, you may begin to see my inner journey in search for the real Joseph.... Enjoy!

Looking for the inner self that was lost for ages...
Lost in the waves of change...
Lost in the times...
Still, taking hold of promises,
Yet, undisciplined nature eats them away...


Looking4Manong

A prosperous new year to all.