A New Way of Living

Getting another chance after an unfortunate or depressing event is like having a new beginning. Personally, I haven’t experienced any misfortunes in my life so far but last summer 2014, I think I’ve been given a new beginning. After committing myself to the church to assist and teach children for an annual vacation church school, I now enjoy contributing to the society.

During the recent summer break, my cousins and I went to this orphanage called CRIBS at Quezon City. Next to the orphanage, there stood a shelter for sexually abused women, specifically, young ladies. Their shelter or group is called New Beginning because obviously, after their unfortunate experience, they were given a chance to start again. I just got inspired by how brave these young women are. We may have different experiences but in my case, I realized that I wasn’t like my old self who was always spending time in the house doing useless things and not contributing to the orderliness of our home. Also, I didn’t do too much chores and I wasn’t that helpful in our home. I was lazy and hard headed but after my experience of helping others, I set aside my old self. I was determined to make a change in me.

In short, I experienced a new beginning because now, I was different from my old self. I am pretty surprised that I committed myself in helping others, which I personally find satisfying. This also made me closer to Him because of course, our other purpose in this world is to be stewards of God and apart from that, I would also want to change my perspective of life. I now think about being optimistic and doing things the right way. I didn’t want to go back to the past. I want to renew the way I live. I became more determined, more helpful and even braver compared to the person I was.

It’s just heartwarming seeing a smile from the people I helped. Like when I teach the children about God and how they react to gaining more knowledge about Him, it just places a smile on my face. And how the orphans smile when I spend time with them, it’s just heartwarming.

Then I thought to myself, if I didn’t come across this idea of a new beginning, I would still be the lazy person that I was. It’s a good thing that I decided to begin a new way of living and made my everyday life worth living. It’s not everyday that we get a new beginning but if we’re given that chance, we should use it wisely.

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