Finding Meaning
It's past six in the evening and I'm still in the Office working. I've had another long day, with students from ASU (Aklan State University) visiting the campus. No one else knew they were coming. No one else was available to give them a tour of the place. It's a good thing that the fourth year BABC students of the Division of Humanities were very accommodating and gave them a brief orientation of the ISBL (Intra School Bradcasting Laboratory). It was not a big place so we had to cram 20 students at a time (there were more than 80 students in all) inside the studio and we allowed them to watch our "live" demo.
We are sometimes caught unaware of things that would disrupt our busy schedules. How do we face these things? Do we shrink back and let others do what needs to be done? Or do we lend a helping hand, accommodate the request and turn inconvenience into a blessing?
I was blessed today because I decided to take the challenge of giving a bunch of students and two teachers (with their 2 children) from another University a tour of our campus. There were even two students from ASU who were interviewed and they were really enthusiastic about it.
After visiting the ISBL, we went to the "wet and dry lab" of the College of Fisheries and proceeded to the FAS (Freshwater Aquaculture Station). There, we saw the "tilapia" who had undergone "sex change". The caretaker said that the male tilapia grew much faster than females. That's the reason why they would revert the sex of the tilapia so it could be ready for commercial sale faster.
Isn't it amazing that the most mundane chore can be an extraordinary blessing if our attitude toward things would only change? People try to look for deeper things in life when in fact, it is the ordinary things in life that we view extraordinarily that actually gives meaning to our existence.
"Do not ask what the country can do for you. Ask yourself what you can do for your country."
"Give and it shall come back to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over."
I received a wonderful surprise at the end of the tour. Ma'am Bella gave me lanzones and rambutan before I left the bus to attend my class.=) Truly, a little help goes a long, long, way.
We are sometimes caught unaware of things that would disrupt our busy schedules. How do we face these things? Do we shrink back and let others do what needs to be done? Or do we lend a helping hand, accommodate the request and turn inconvenience into a blessing?
I was blessed today because I decided to take the challenge of giving a bunch of students and two teachers (with their 2 children) from another University a tour of our campus. There were even two students from ASU who were interviewed and they were really enthusiastic about it.
After visiting the ISBL, we went to the "wet and dry lab" of the College of Fisheries and proceeded to the FAS (Freshwater Aquaculture Station). There, we saw the "tilapia" who had undergone "sex change". The caretaker said that the male tilapia grew much faster than females. That's the reason why they would revert the sex of the tilapia so it could be ready for commercial sale faster.
Isn't it amazing that the most mundane chore can be an extraordinary blessing if our attitude toward things would only change? People try to look for deeper things in life when in fact, it is the ordinary things in life that we view extraordinarily that actually gives meaning to our existence.
"Do not ask what the country can do for you. Ask yourself what you can do for your country."
"Give and it shall come back to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over."
I received a wonderful surprise at the end of the tour. Ma'am Bella gave me lanzones and rambutan before I left the bus to attend my class.=) Truly, a little help goes a long, long, way.
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