fly
was able to squeeze in harang yesterday:
fortunately enough, it was very near my office and the time was convenient for me.
it was a funeral mass for the late Roberto 'Bobby' Lim, former Executive Vice President of PAL. I was impressed at how many people attended despite it being a work day but moreover, i was extremely touched (and forced to really contemplate on a lot of things) by the eulogy that his granddaughter delivered.
she talked about him being an infuriating lolo, him being one that challenged his grandchildren since they were young. he'd always ask them what their plans were and they never knew if he would talk about their plans for the day, for the summer or for the rest of their lives. whenever they'd tell him about what they'd plan to do, he'd go: of course you won't do that! here, let me plan for you. (lol!) he's cute that way (i miss my lolo!). his apo's would hate having those conversations with him and they've learned to deal with it by 1. just saying yes 2. bringing a friend over and throwing them to the lion (lol) or 3. avoiding their lolo altogether. he'd always make them feel like they didnt do anything right with their lives, really, but she also mentioned that whenever anyone was absent at dinnertime, lolo bobby would always mention how he was so proud of him or her. people were tearing up at this point of the eulogy.
what struck me the most was how he'd always remind them to have a plan B, C, D.. up to Z so that if you don't get your plan A and get your plan B instead, then you could always say that that was what you really wanted! witty lolo, i lovvet!:)
and it got me thinking what my plans B, C, D (...) are.
ive been faced with a really trying time at work right now and the easiest way out is just to quit and run away. but it also made me realize that throughout my professional career, i was never the one who'd quit because it was the trend, or because times were difficult. i intend to do the same this time. im really just saying it's becoming so hard at this point. this reminds me of my most favorite scene in the movie a league of their own:
when dottie (geena davis) quit the team just before world series to go drive back to oregon to get married, jimmy (tom hanks) confronted her:
jimmy: sneakin' out like this, quitting, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.
baseball is what gets inside you. it's what lights you up. you can't deny that.
dottie: it just got too hard!
jimmy: it's supposed to be hard! if it wasn't hard everyone would do it. the HARD is what makes it great'
i've been living off those very words for years now.
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going back to lolo bobby, his granddaughter ended the eulogy with again, very striking words. her lolo always said that as a pilot, what do you do when your aircraft reaches the edge?
'you fly.'