True L O V E !!!

Today marks the last day of February. I haven’t updated my blog for a while, since I have a lot of work to do these past two weeks. Huh!! At last! I can now have my 2nd post uploaded, hopefully =)
February is often regarded as the month of love. When I was in my teenage years, I view this month as something romantic! As in .. love is in the air!! He..he.. I created valentine cards for friends, for my mom, obviously none for my boyfriend !(since I still don’t have one now! he..he..) cut out cupids in a red cartolina , post it at the door of our classroom, prepare for senior proms…. Whew! It seems that everybody is in love during this month!!
But at my age now, things changed. Now, this season is unusual … without a card, without hanging cut-out hearts and cupids, without roses… but I feel something extraordinary. Un explainable ….but, because I’ve given LOVE with a new definition.

Have you heard the gospel this week, 3rd Sunday of lent? About the encounter of Jesus and the Samaritan woman in Jacob’s well? This is one of my favorite gospel =)

Why?! Because, I see myself present in the Samaritan woman. Like her, I also want to dig into the well to get water to satisfy my thirst. The water signifies all my dreams – of being known, of being rich, of being loved by someone. Without knowing that even if I have it all, I will be thirsty again. Knowing Jesus, who spoke to me in front of my “idols” which was killing me, I was enlightened and the love that I’m longing for was already given to me --- in the presence of my family, officemates, friends… the thirstiness I felt was filled with God’s love, shown to me EVERYDAY!!!. Imagine.! I almost don’t realized that before.??!?

With this reason, I believed that love really is in the air!!!, and it happens not only in the month of February but everyday…every moment. So, when you feel this kind of love, there’s no reason to frown! , keep on smiling and share it to others, too!

H a P p Y V a L e n T i n E !!!
Today, I was able to make my first post at my newly created blog. Hmmm... thanks to Elanie for pushing me to draft my own blog... ha!!ha!!! I should have done this before, =) cause I feel that I had a lot of kwentos to share...=)
Well anyway, this is just a start and you would know more about me on my next posting. I chose my blog title to be Shema! It's a Hebrew word which means listen !!! --its because we discover many things upon listening. And through that, we may be able to respond, act and produce results when we listen attentively. I hope that you will benefit on my insights, experiences , stories which I planned to post on this blog !
Stay happy =)