It's strange where I find my musings. It can be from ads I see along the road, or my daily life routine, or from what someone said. Today was quite odd. I got it from church.
Well, okay, I was not particularly psych about anything for church. It's just my sunday routine to go to church and nourish my spiritual self of being. It helps me to make life decisions and deal with my life's complicatedness. At first, it was just a normal routine until I heard the sermon.
Pastor Canias uttered a situation he encountered this week. I sat there and listened eagerly. First, he said, last Thursday when he arrived at the church office around 10 am, Debbie, our parish worker secretary, was crying. Pastor asked her if she was okay and she kept assuring the pastor she is fine. Pastor kept bugging if Debbie wants to talk about the reason why she was crying and she said no and reaffirmed she was fine. So, okay, pastor figured she wanted to be left alone so he headed to his office. Five minutes after, he called Debbie through the phone, and asked if she was sure she was okay. And Debbie, once again said, she was okay. Five minutes after, pastor called Jen, the social worker at church, and asked if Debbie was okay and Jen said, she was fine and Pastor need not to worry about her. Another ten minutes passed, Pastor asked Debbie again, and once again, she declined any answer. For whatever reason Debbie was crying, Pastor was really concerned so to make her feel better, Pastor Canias offered to that he will buy lunch for everybody and that all the church staff will eat lunch together at the staff lounge. Everybody agreed.
So at lunch time, Pastor got the food for the entire chuch staff and gathered all the staff together. They ate, laughed, told stories, bagged on each other, exchanged jokes and all that. Within that moment they were they, Pastor Canias talked about a certain situation he is dealing with right now. There's a little girl who Pastor works with who is sufferring from a heart problem who was flew in from El Salvador for medical operation. Previously, if she didn't have this necessary surgery, she will be dead within a month. So with the help of the community, Pastor was able to raise funds for this girl and after nine surgeries, she is well and have a chance to live for more years, only God knows how long. why did he tell this story to Debbie? So she can have hope with whatever problem she is dealing with. After the lunch, staff was rejuvenated and acknowledge pastor for a wonderful lunch and requested that they shoudl do that again soon. At the end of their shifts later that afternoon, Debbie came back to pastor and thanked him for a wonderful lunch. Pastor felt good for whatevr he did.
The next day, Debbie went to Pastor Canias again and told Pastor Canias how grateful she was for the get together lunch the day before that. Pastor felt as if he did something right. But he was still wondering what was wrong with Debbie, whay was she crying last Thursday.
So finally, pastor asked Debbie, "So how is she...or he,...your relative, your friend...how is she doing?"
Debbie answered, " What relative, friend?"
Pastor again, "You know, yesterday, why were you feeling bad, why were you crying?"
Debbie replied, "Oh, yesterday, well, it was about my PET, my rabbit. She's sick and veterinarian said she's old and she might die.And I felt bad so I cried."
Jennifer, on the other table, started loughing her butt off. And Pastor Canias smiled. He thought of all that lunch...the persuasion he did the day before that for Debbie to tlaked about what was bothering her and for heaven's sake, it was because of a pet! A Pet! But then he continued on, perhaps, Debbie do not have anyone here and the closest love she clings onto is her pet. To her, her pet was her lovedone and she's treating that same pet with the love we give our loved ones who are human beings.
All that wondering if Debbie was okay, the continous bugging if there's anything wrong with Debbie, the consistent phonecalls, the concern, the staff lunch that Pastor Canias arranged, all tha hassls he went to going out of his way to buy everyone their lunch...BUT in return, he gained new understanding, a rekindled bonding between him and his staff, a new start ...a friendship...a connection...a new trust from Debbie..the openness...above all, the good feelign of helping not only Debbie to feel better but also the staff. And all becaus eof Debbie's pet who was sick and dying.
The title of the sermon was, " UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITIES."
Then he added, " There are a lot of unexpected opportunities waiting. It's just around us...it may be the biggest things or it can also be the smallest things. I am only human. I am only one. I cannot do everything by myself. But I can do something. And I refuse to not do that something I can contribute. Look around and you'll never know, you'll find your unexpected opportunities."
Ah...with all that said, I am enlightened. I am now ready to face another week of stress.
posted by pinay freestyle @ 7:17 PM
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