The Most Important Thing

on Tuesday, i should have two meetings in a day. one meeting with the doctor for follow-up check up and one prayer in the evening in one of my parish.

but both of them are canceled. hmph!

before i get bored, Jeff asked me to attend one of his three meetings in that day. so i went to one of his parish which is quite far from Manila and i only use bus and tricycle instead of MRT.

in the meeting, we had a song practice and a short meeting to discuss about the preparation. but the most interesting part is happens after the meeting is over.

one of the youth leaders approached me and we had a very nice conversation. from some kind of cultural exchange and until getting know each other.


then suddenly she said,

"i always admire the people like you, a volunteer who do things for others without thinking about themselves. you know these days, many people working to earn money for themselves. but you, the volunteers, didn't think only about yourself but most of the time you do things for others. like you, after you finish your study, instead of working to earn some money for yourself, you do this volunteering, to help people in a country which is not yours."

and then i struck. don't know what to say, so i just said, "yeah you're right."

after that, during my way back home, i reflect a lot. i mean, wowh, what she's said is absolutely true and for these two months being in Philippines, i never think about that. and it's true, just compare how many people who work for themselves and how many people who work for the others, especially on these days.

well, working for ourselves isn't so that bad because of course we have to think about ourself. but i'm thinking, which one is the most important for me; take care for my self or take care for the others?