It was early morning today (15th of October, 2008) when I was asked by a young girl if I can make a simple parachute for her. At first I was hesitant for I know ‘though it seems a simple favor and task to ask from me but , honestly, i never made a parachute before. During my childhood i made few pieces of simple saranggolas and most of them are boka-bokas but never a parachute.
So what I did was I sent Kuya Ogo an IM asking for help…
ME:Good morning Kuya Go! HELP! Paano gumawa ng parachute?
OGO:Di ko alam iyan…saranggola lang alam ko.
After few minutes he sent again a message…
OGO:Musta na ang parachute mo? Sorry nawalan ako ng signal.
ME:Ngayon ko pa lang ginagawa. Nawa effective, hehehe!
OGO:Basta lagyan mo lang ng apat na tali sa mga corners okey na iyan.
ME:Hahaha…I need to apply physics. Dapat i-consider kung gaano kahaba ang tali at iyong bigat ng pabigat para di gaanong mabilis ang pagbagsak.
OGO:Aba! Meron ka pang ganoon doktora? Okey do what you need to do and apply your physics.
ME:Hahaha! Wala nagpapa-impress lang ako sa iyo, hehehe!
OGO: I’m so impressed!
After I finished the parachute I gave the young girl some instructions about the parachute I made…about the strings and the weight. I told the girl that after throwing the parachute skyward it will fall slowly and most likely all the four strings will become entangled together and with the weight that I used. I reminded her when it happens she doesn’t need to be impatient and all she needs to do is slowly sort out the four strings and just be more careful that she might break the strings or might cut her skin from the strings.
As I explained stuffs to her I suddenly realized the connections of that parachute to my life. You see, maybe some of us are very good in giving advices to other people but the truth is we, ourselves, are not keen in following our own advices. I co-relate my old self to that parachute…before, when I’m going through tough times I tend to be impatient. I want everything to be well again according to my plans and I don’t want any hassles in life…instead of patiently sorting out the strings I have this urge to just pull them in every directions until I will suddenly realize that they become more entangled and I cannot do anything about them but to sever them.
My previous life was like that…if I have a problem I want an immediate solution. I cannot wait for later…what I want is NOW. I made some bad judgements then because of that attitude…some can be neglected but some I deeply regret up to this moment. I’m not saying that I am a better person now because that is bragging but I think I improved a lot. Now, as much as I want immediate solutions for my worries (who doesn’t?) but I’m learning also the value of patience and most of all by surrendering everything to Him, Who gave us our life. Yes, in His time, it may take some time for all the things in my life to be well again but I guess I cannot complain much because I know a lot of people are having tougher lives and bigger problems compared to mine. As Kuya Ogo reminded me…we are free to choose which path to take…the decisions to make. It’s really all up to us if we will take the narrow or wide road but one thing is for sure if we will always make the conscious effort to do what our Creator intend us to do we will never go astray.
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