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Senior Citizen: Damgo sa usa ka senior citizen

- Antolin dela Cerna - The Philippine Star

CEBU, Philippines - Niay akong nadawat sa email, lagmit gikan sa usa ka senior citizen. Matud niya, nagdamgo kono siya nga miadto siya sa Langit. Ako ning ipaambit ninyo. Pag-abot niya sa main gate sa Langit, gisugat siya sa Angel Guide, no questions asked, sama sa usa ka tourist guide, gisuroy siya sa compound sa Langit, by section, sulod sa usa ka dakung workroom, puno sa daghang mga anghel nga busy kaayo.

Matud niya, atong kutloon: “We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, ‘This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.’

     Busy kono kaayo ang mga anghel tungod sa kadaghan sa mga petition nga madawat matag minuto, matag takna, matag adlaw, gikan sa nagkalainlaing suok sa kalibutan … ilabina gikan sa Pilipinas nga mga kayuan kaayo. Unya mipadayon sila sa unahan, hangtud nga miabot sila sa ikaduhang section. “This is the Packaging and Delivery Section … here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them,” nagkanayon ang anghel.

Busy usab kaayo ang maong section … tiaw mo sa kadaghan sa mga answered prayers ug mga blessings nga gi-package for delivery to Earth.

Miabot sila sa labing layo nga section … gamay nga station, usa ra ka anghel ang nag-bantay … walay gibuhat, nagduka. Medyo na-embarrassed, nagkanayon ang tour guide: “This is the Acknowledgment Section.” Nganong mingaw man, wala may activity?, pangutana sa senior citizen.

Tubag sa anghel: “After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.” Pagka-walay puangod sad sa tawo. Walay utang kabubut-on. Nangutana siya kun unsaon pag-acknowledge. “Simple ra kaayo,” tubag sa anghel. “Just say Thank You, Lord.” Unsa man sad nga mga blessings ang angay pasalamatan? Magpasalamat ba ang tawo sa RH Bill nga buot ni Noynoy nga mahimong balaud, aron makasugod nag pamalit og condom ang Health Department? Gi-ignore sa anghel ang maong pangutana, ambut ngano, instead, iyang tubag: .

“If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

“Also, If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ...you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day. If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world.” “If you can attend a church meeting without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death ... you are envied by, and more blessed than three billion people in the world. If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you are unique to all those in doubt and despair.”

Pagkadaghan diay natong angayan pasalamatan. Pagmata sa senior citizen, una niyang gibuhat nga waa niya sukad buhata, miluhod siya, mi-say “Hello” to the Lord, nagpasalamat sa lain na usab nga extension sa iyang kinabuhi.

Magpasalamat kita kun si kinsa man ang nag-email kanato ning maong damgo. Have a good day, count your blessings! I-share sab ni sa uban. - BANAT NEWS

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