Hasn't it ever occurred yet in your life when, amidst the merriment of peoples whirling here and there on the corridor and foyer of a Shopping Mall, you squirmed while sitting on a corner bench a lonely stranger with no one to turn to for company and comfort?... Away from family, jobless, and uncertain of life's destiny, you felt bored and tired of emptiness day in and day out? Admittedly, I was once such a guy in my early adulthood.
Freed, in my mid-20's, from a 5-yr. enclosure (1970-'75) within the confines of a religious seminary in Tagaytay City, Philippines, this time in my latter 20's I'm out alone on an indefinite probation to find my way through thick and thin, twists and turns in a polarized and pluralistic metropolis where everybody seems going to and fro any which way.
During one of those lonely moments, the propensity to shy away from the suspecting sight of peoples in the mall, moved me to enter a movie house and spent passing the time where nobody cares.
Whether it was mere coincidence or sheer providence, what mattered most then was, I found the story flow and the theme song of the film being shown to be appropriate and telling somehow of what's happening with me.
While I got stuck musing and relating with the manner and mood of the character portrayed in the movie, I couldn't help but shed tears listening to the soothing melody of the background music even as I internalized the lyrics of the song lines such as,"DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO? DO YOU LIKE THE THINGS THAT LIFE IS SHOWING YOU? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO...DO YOU KNOW?
Wretched guy was I then, for dark cloud of dissipation obscured my life's path for the next seven years or so from latter 1970's to early 1980's.
But, graceful waiting and persistent patience paid off in time. And, by Unmerited Grace, once again as in the beginning when nothing else exists but ETERNAL GOODNESS, the endless mercies from Up High freed this prodigal guy and recreated a new man in him, worthy to be reconciled back and be blest with cherished liberty in a Sublime Paradigm.
Well then, make me see more of what's up and exciting in said Sublime Paradigm?, you may ask.
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