If I would be another person, who would I like it to be? And why?

November 2, 2008

That [above] is a question given to our class by our “Life, works and writings of Jose Rizal” professor. A pretty old to-know-the-personality question, yet still as hard to answer as the first times. But I gotta give it a shot.

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Actually, my brain is nominating a lot of person to be whom I would be now.Of course, it’s very hard because I have to consider every factor of my being, but to vote I need.

I think I’ll vote for my father. So now the other part of my brain which nominated those other person can now shut up.

My father is a Pastor/Minister in our local church, he spent almost half of his current life-time studying. He finished  Electronics and Communications Engineering during his college days. After that, he was called by God to be a church worker and studied at the International School of Theology leaving the high-paying jobs, luxurious lifestyles and all that. Right after he graduated another bachelors degree, he pursued a Master’s degree in “Church Ministry, during those years, he took a values education teaching job for High School students. Then years after, he pursued a Doctor’s degree, still in Church Ministry. I can say that I’m one proud son for having a father of his kind.Now when I tell someone about him, I never forgot to address my father as Dr. Jess. He worked for his title, he deserve it.

Now back to me, by that little introduction to my father’s life, you can already learn a lot of things. And that’s the first trait that I want. I want other people to learn just from my lifestyle. Another trait from my father that I want is his faith. I know I have a different perspective towards education right now, but still, I can remember those agonizing feeling of mine during those times when I saw my father studying. He told me that what he was studying is not easy, and it is proven by the fact that he need to sometimes sleep for just 15 min, then take a bath and study again. Still he can’t be stopped, you know why? Because he enjoys what he was doing. He enjoys those tasks God has given him. he did not choose his passion, God gave it to him. Now tell, me what other things to be passionate about can a human think of better that what God has given? Just like my father, I don’t want to engage in something just because I wanted to, I want God to impress me his plans for my life, I’ll just be his agent to fulfill his plan in this world. After all I’m just his creation too, and the creator should be the one controlling his creations. A robot will not move by itself unless its creators instruct it to do something. That’s how it works.