30 IS COOL

This month will never be the same. Admittedly that I don’t celebrate birthdays and for whatever reason, I just don’t feel like being reminded how old young and bouncy I am. Yes, yearly I am thankful that I am still alive and for a year added to my life is more than a blessing to be celebrated daily.

But being 30 is way cooler than I thought it would be. Pardon me that this post is very late since my official hatched day was 1^st of this month. I guess there is no valid excuse for this late post for I have been neglecting my site killing myself with things to keep me busy. Fret no more, these are activities by choice which I am thankful for, like my SFC family who is there always keeping my back supported at all times. They are indeed pillars of support in all possible aspect you can think of.

The past year was a rollercoaster ride that it made me much stronger and wiser. I made sure that there were activities wherein I can grow as a person and as a Christian at the same time. Attended gatherings, conference, fellowship and more which I feel blessed to take part in these and feel closer to God. You can have fun at the same time while serving Him and I am happy I was able to do them despite juggling work, rakets and meeting my friends outside the community because they are in desperate need to talk to someone during those times.

What lessons I have gained in the final stretch of being late 20s?

*Be forgiving – why is it really hard for us to forgive someone notwithstanding the fact of apology and sincerity?

*Be loving – never will we know when a loved one will depart and inattention for them was becoming more of a habit because we spend most of our times with our boyfriends/girlfriends, friends or working too much. Let’s be mindful that we are busy growing up (can’t think of any verb lol) and they are getting old. Spend as much time as we can with our parents, love them because they had spent most of their years making sure we are taken care of, loved and our happiness matter to them. Can we repay them by doing the same when we grow up?

 

*Be a financial steward – we are working and this is a blessing that we receive from Him. Live by your means, and “Pray before you pay”

*Patience, comfort and humility must be in one package – how can we remind ourselves that we need to be patient at all times when the world we live in is testing us nonstop? Comfort to fill our hearts while consistently being humble is much of a challenge rather than having it instilled in you and unconsciously practicing and breathing it? How? How? How? I don’t know the answer either but I keep on harking back.

I guess, this saying about being 30 years old is true: “When you turn thirty, a whole new thing happens: you see yourself acting like your parents”