Life begins at forty
I turned forty years old last Sept. 26.
Like in recent years, my birthdays didn’t really make me feel old. Not that I don’t have bouts with aching thighs and knees or something. Sure they happen, maybe a lot more than a decade ago. But all in all, I have been blessed a lot by God.
First of all, I got to spend my 40th birthday with my family in a vacation trip to Baguio. Only the second time we were able to go and stay as a whole family at the Camp John Hay Manor (the first time for Baby Faith!) the trip surely made a lot of good memories for us to cherish and to remember.
At forty, my family lives in a house we really can now call our home.
At forty, I have a loving wife who calls me husband and four wonderful kids who call me father. They are not perfect as I am not (are there perfect wives and children?). But they are my crowning glory.
I have a challenging job with the government. You get to work with all sorts of people including the most toxic ones. At forty, thank God, I’m still standing.
At forty, my blood sugar remains high but have good cholesterol, triglyceride, creatinine and uric acid levels. At an age when most of the people I know wear glasses, I thankfully have 20/20 vision.
At forty, I have the privilege and responsibility for the pastoral formation of many people in the renewal community to which my family belongs. I thank God for believing in me to serve Him through this important task.
At forty, I still have living parents and siblings (God bless them!) whom I all love very much.
At forty, I guess I have learned to be more appreciative of what God has given me…the time, the talents and the treasures, all my blessings in life.
Mid-life crisis? I don’t know if I will ever experience one. But at forty, I am trying to live life. As they say, “live and let live”.
At forty, I know I still have a lot to learn and a lot to do for God, my country, my family, myself.
By God’s grace, I pray he grants me and my family to have a long and meaningful life in this world.
At forty, I believe that the best is yet to come.
First of all, I got to spend my 40th birthday with my family in a vacation trip to Baguio. Only the second time we were able to go and stay as a whole family at the Camp John Hay Manor (the first time for Baby Faith!) the trip surely made a lot of good memories for us to cherish and to remember.
At forty, my family lives in a house we really can now call our home.
At forty, I have a loving wife who calls me husband and four wonderful kids who call me father. They are not perfect as I am not (are there perfect wives and children?). But they are my crowning glory.
I have a challenging job with the government. You get to work with all sorts of people including the most toxic ones. At forty, thank God, I’m still standing.
At forty, my blood sugar remains high but have good cholesterol, triglyceride, creatinine and uric acid levels. At an age when most of the people I know wear glasses, I thankfully have 20/20 vision.
At forty, I have the privilege and responsibility for the pastoral formation of many people in the renewal community to which my family belongs. I thank God for believing in me to serve Him through this important task.
At forty, I still have living parents and siblings (God bless them!) whom I all love very much.
At forty, I guess I have learned to be more appreciative of what God has given me…the time, the talents and the treasures, all my blessings in life.
Mid-life crisis? I don’t know if I will ever experience one. But at forty, I am trying to live life. As they say, “live and let live”.
At forty, I know I still have a lot to learn and a lot to do for God, my country, my family, myself.
By God’s grace, I pray he grants me and my family to have a long and meaningful life in this world.
At forty, I believe that the best is yet to come.
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