Elections

I don't know what to make of this whole elections hullabaloo.

It has brought me stress, bouts of insanity, confusion, bouts of despair and more stress. Why I haven't quit just yet? Perhaps maybe I have really gone insane and/or have turned to a masochist.

But seriously, maybe it's because I have chosen not to leave the people I'm working with hanging. I have no wish to abandon them. And I have no wish to give up just because times are tough. I want to add to what I know (or remember what I already know) and make myself better. I have chosen to see this through and I have chosen to stick to my choice.

Besides, this whole ordeal also holds a lot of things I could be grateful for. I have been meeting a lot of people - most of them successful and wealthy - and I've been learning from them. I am hoping their winning attitude will rub off on me.

I have been learning new skills like high stakes haggling. I had never expected that I'd one day be talking to suppliers asking them for discounts in the millions and negotiating terms of payment. Every day I have really been learn something new and I have been doing some things I have never done before. So it must be all good.

I have come to see more clearly the value of family and friends. I don't think I'd be able to go through all this without their love and support - and their constant teasing. I have realized more and more that my life is indeed filled with love and joy. I'd just have to be aware.

I am still uncertain about what may lie ahead but then, to be absolutely certain would be boring. So, I might as well enjoy every day and every experience. I trust that everything's going to be okay anyway.

I'll just stay swabe until the end of this whole elections thing.

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  1. AileenFebruary 2, 2010 at 1:55 PM

    naks, bigatin na si red. practice daw yan pag congressman ka na someday. share ko sa kickbacks ha. hehe.

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