Independence Day

12th of this month, we commemorate our country’s independence from our Spanish colonizers. Our forefathers fought long and hard for this independence. But from most historians’ account, it was a very short lived one since new colonizers—who bought us from the Spaniards—immediately came in. It may be a pseudo independence but it was a milestone worth celebrating for our country.

Celebrating small victories is a way to gain momentum to win a big war. Yet we are all aware that winning small battles does not necessarily ensure final victory; we may even lose small battles at times.

In life, we tend to go to both extremes. We celebrate small victories as though the work and struggle is over; or feel so down and out when we lost small battles as though we have been conquered. I feel the latter for the past several weeks. The feeling of defeat seems more emphasized when I cannot see (or probably refuse to see) what the struggle is all about or what I stand to gain from it.

Probably when we have a “Why” to go into battle and fully embrace it, the “How” in winning the battle comes very naturally. Temporary setbacks or victories would not derail us to achieve the final victory.

The Cavs may have lost Games 1 &2 of the NBA Finals Series but I’ll bet they’ll come out stronger for Game 3 at home. I always go for the underdogs. I myself will come out stronger and recover….