It’s again that
time of the year when most people repent, reflect, and recreate their
spirituality.
For most people,
it’s the 3Rs. For others, it’s only the 2Rs: reflect and recreate. While some
are in retreats and/or recollections, others are in Batanes, Camotes Island,
Busuanga or Hinatuan – pretty much across the country (sometimes, across the
globe). Wherever everyone may be, we all have one common goal: finding and
reconnecting with ourselves.
A minimum
once-a-year reflection and recreation is actually good for our hearts and
souls. It allows not only our physical bodies to rest but our hearts, as well,
to take a break, set aside sadness and disappointments, feel the summer breeze,
enjoy the scenery, treasure the present and dream about the future.
Life is a
constant turn of the wheel: a series of ups and downs and a mix of happy and
sad. When we forget to pause or hit the breaks, we overspeed, drunk drive,
cross one-way streets until we find ourselves at a dead-end, in the middle of
who knows where.
In life, we need
to take note of stoplights, road signs, and traffic enforcers.
When I was a kid
until I graduated college, my family always had this Holy Week tradition of
visiting places. No, we don’t do just the 2Rs. We do the 3Rs. We do
processions, retreats, recollections and abstinence.
When I started
working, I got lost twice. And it wasn’t just a bump in the road. It was more
like a dead-end. I even asked God, “Where
am I?”
So come this
season of Lent, let us pause, hit the break and do the 3Rs.
Let us spend
Lent, away from the internet – most of all, away from our daily routine. Let us
challenge ourselves to abstain from technology and commune with God and
appreciate the beauty of God’s creations around. We may realize that for the
longest time, we needed to be found. Now, is that time.
Have a Blessed
Holy Week!
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