it's funny, this religion thing. it makes me wonder how it is to be a real devout catholic...or christian at least. i mean, i see people, especially the older ones, pray litanies after litanies of prayers like there's no tomorrow...and then i see other people, mostly the younger ones, or atleast people in the late teens upto late twenties who are not so much the devout type of catholics, and who just pray when they feel like it..or pray when they find the need to. let's put them in a situation shall we? let's say a girl screws up. let's say she gets pregnant (as is the trend nowadays. girls everywhere just keep on getting pregnant and mind you, they get younger and younger as time goes. the youngest i heard was a nine yr old girl , a neighbor of my boyfriend's older sister who's in the states right now). now, her mom's a devout catholic-- an active member of the church, does charity here and there, and all those typical "good samaritan" deeds-- but when she finds out about her daughter's pregnancy, she almost disowns her. she tells her she's the "black sheep" of the family, she just ruined her whole family's life, calls her a slut, hits her and throws things at her, asks her to abort the baby coz it's such a
disgrace, blah blah. and this girl, she's not so much the prayerful type. she even misses a couple of Sunday masses, sleeps during Theology classes, disobeys her parents every now and then like a typical teenager and all those other stuff. but she chose to keep the baby and not abort it..even if she's being condemned for it. now you tell me, who's the real catholic here?
i dunno. sometimes kasi we think that prayers are enough to save us and make us real catholics that we forget our values when we are put under pressure...sometimes i feel mas katoliko pa yung mga hindi devout catholics because they don't forget to love their neighbors. minsan kasi naiisip ko, maraming restrictions ang catholic faith, tas ngayon yung ibang mga beliefs ko hindi na "nagma-match" sa tinuturo ng church or ng CLE classes ko dati. pero naisip ko, ang kailangan ko lang naman gawing guiding principle lagi is yung mga turo mismo ni Jesus, yung 2 greatest commandments nya na "Love God above all things" and "Love your neighbor as God has loved you" tas pati yung 10 commandments. yun lang. ewan ko, minsan napapaisip lang talaga ako.
shempre yung example ko sa taas hindi naman ganun ka-tindi yung mga situations lagi. meron yung mga mae-encounter mo lang in your everyday life. yung mga maliliit na bagay lang like yung ugali mo towards other people. kung wala ka nang ibang ginawa kundi pansinin yung kamalian ng iba, tas ipahiya sila sa ibang tao in the process, kahit anong dasal mo, feeling ko bale-wala kung ganun lang din ugali mo. wala lang. parang ang hypocrite din ng dating, hindi nya pala kaya i-live out yung dinadasal nya. hanggang salita lang. nakakainis lang minsan talaga yung ganyan.
hay nako, hahah. ang dami dami dami ko iniisip. hahahhaha. parang ang tanda tanda ko na. hindi naman, critical lang. heheh. you learn to really think and reflect as you grow up. and you come up with a lot of questions that challenge your current beliefs. i think that's what keeps a person alive--those questions. that's why we should continue asking and just allow our curiosity to work. hehe.
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haaaay. anu ba 'to. last school day tomorrow...well, not exactly. haha. no classes on friday, supposedly ACP day. but since i didn't get any ACP, guess i'll just stay at home. or go to a mall sale. i dunno. but i guess i'd stay home coz i need to make a LOT of calls for our business fair. yahooo. work time. and well, i need to study for my law class on saturday. bummer.
hahahah. have to read from article 1169-1192 of the civil code. GREEEEEAAAAAT. a hundred pages perhaps? or more? but i love law so, that'll be okay i guess. haha.
as for now, i gotta work on my accounting. have to read up (again) on corporations and do the exercises. God save me.
Gawwwwd, i can't take it. 1 and a half hour of economics with mr. bautista is just horrifying. every second of it drags like eternity. and i can't even doodle on allan's notebook or arm coz he might see us and give this speech on how "those little things distract me" and blah blah even if we're like 80 in the room. man, this guy has bionic eyes. scary shit. and i can't even laugh that much even if france's throwing such witty remarks and the corniest jokes ever (even cornier than allan dude) coz he might see me and ask me to share what's so funny. haaay. he reminds me of kuya germs pa! ANG BAKLA!!!!! hahahahahah. i'd rather have law for 6 hours, please God.
oh yeah, just a disclaimer. yung situation ko kanina sa taas hindi ako yon ha. baka isipin nyo buntis ako. yun lang, para walang chismis. hahahah.
Currently listening to: harry's futile attempt to bark
Currently feeling: nerdy