BAYANIHAN REPUBLIC:
At
the start of the year, I crafted a personal battle cry. And it's "New
World in 2012". It has been my practice to come up with such line for
my personal goal setting for the coming year. It started in 2008 with
"2008 will be great", and then followed by "Shine in 2009", then "Golden
2010" and last year's "Get Even in 2011". Here are links to articles
in Tatak Digitista to give you some more backgrounder.
http://digitista.blogspot.com/2010/03/tatak-digitista.html
http://digitista.blogspot.com/2011/12/tatak-digitistas-11-in-2011.html
Anyway,
true to that goal I set for the year, I'm bolder this time around, to
conquer new worlds. New world does not necessarily mean a new place.
It could also be a new experience which can be a world in itself. And
lucky enough, a couple of weeks ago, I hit a personal milestone for the
year by doing something for the first time.
Guess
what I just did? I just tried doing the zipline in Tagaytay! :) I
know some of you may react that it's not that difficult to do but folks,
each person has a different body chemistry and psyche, and what may be
easy for one may be difficult for another person and vice versa. At
first, I was quite hesitant to do it (and I just want to ride the cable
car. It was not my first time though since I've already tried it in
Sentosa, Singapore.). Why? Well, perhaps because of fear that I don't
know how my body will react to heights (since I had a not so good
experience last time) and how my friends will respond since I feel am
not that fit to do the zipline.
And
with that in mind and in heart, I finally tried the zipline. And the
rest, as they say, is history! :) And as I wave, look and smile at my
friends taking photos of me, I know they're just happy for me and proud
of what I just did.
And
what's the treasure I found here? It's the courage to conquer fear,
whether physical, mental or social and the enthusiasm to try new
things. I needed courage to do the challenge but it's the same treasure
that was enriched right after I fulfilled the task. Now, I feel like
doing more of such kind -- challenging myself to conquer new worlds.
Life is short, we cannot live in fear. We should live life to the
fullest!
And with that, Treasure Find 10 is found and verified! :)
Note: Thank you to Alex Dizon of the Recycle Bin of a Middle Child for the wonderful photos! :)
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