Letters to Cabintan: Dear 17-Year Old Guide
Dear 17-Year Old Guide,
You walked as fast as the staccato beats of Djembe drums. My breath, in hurried gasps, my neurons stimulated to last me a week. Most of all, my heart, oh my heart, you made it bursting with fire and light. You said, "Nag-agad ra man ko ninyo , Ma'am." (I was only relying on your pace.) As much as I was flattered, it was the best this 36-year old body could do. Never mind that I am twice as old as you are. But really this letter is less about me and more about you. You, will go far. Your persistence and the fire inside you will bring you to places many people only dream of. Your light made me arrive at this realization-- That whatever dark place I am in, for as long as I do not stop putting one foot in front of the other, I will get to the other side.
Perhaps that is why you and many others we have gotten the privilege of knowing are aptly called "Guides". You lead the way, clear the path as we trek and climb the trails. And as you always say when the walking becomes ragged and breathing shallow, "Relax, inhale, exhale, and smile," you, most of all, allow us to find our own way home, wherever that is, at our own pace, and preferrably with a grin on our face.
Daghang Salamat.
This Amateur Explorer,
Bea
Brgy. Cabintan
Ormoc, Leyte
You walked as fast as the staccato beats of Djembe drums. My breath, in hurried gasps, my neurons stimulated to last me a week. Most of all, my heart, oh my heart, you made it bursting with fire and light. You said, "Nag-agad ra man ko ninyo , Ma'am." (I was only relying on your pace.) As much as I was flattered, it was the best this 36-year old body could do. Never mind that I am twice as old as you are. But really this letter is less about me and more about you. You, will go far. Your persistence and the fire inside you will bring you to places many people only dream of. Your light made me arrive at this realization-- That whatever dark place I am in, for as long as I do not stop putting one foot in front of the other, I will get to the other side.
Perhaps that is why you and many others we have gotten the privilege of knowing are aptly called "Guides". You lead the way, clear the path as we trek and climb the trails. And as you always say when the walking becomes ragged and breathing shallow, "Relax, inhale, exhale, and smile," you, most of all, allow us to find our own way home, wherever that is, at our own pace, and preferrably with a grin on our face.
Daghang Salamat.
This Amateur Explorer,
Bea
Brgy. Cabintan
Ormoc, Leyte
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