Oh, you know I love this story… not just for your mother’s lesson about the “nunsense” nuns, but because those people do not know who exactly they lost in that graduation ceremony – a lovely writer and a sweet person who deserves to walk around any place in this world to the sound of Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance – as a queen.

Love,

Eliana

I started reading your articles. I love reading, all different kinds of literature, but I think that I’m really more interested in works about life and appreciating nature and people and all that psychological stuff that most people ignore and avoid, the small things most people never notice. I find it unfortunate not to be able to become a student of yours this semester. I would love you to know that I’m very inspired by your works.

Reading this article surprised me that in one way or another, Filipinos had a special place in your life. Yes, ma’am, Filipinos are very humorous. I, as a Filipino, didn’t actually know this because I’m an introvert. But I was very aware of the situation most people were having in our country. Poverty isn’t new there, few people have good chances for a good life, a life that could feed you 3x a day. Most families ate once a day, shared one plate of rice and used salt as viand. Some buy this small pack of junk-food and eat it with rice plus vinegar. Parents also sacrifice their meal so they could feed their children. With this and all other problems you can’t imagine, like living in make-shift houses and finding things one may be able to sell [or eat] from garbage dumps, they always find a reason to laugh. For most of the time, Filipinos could come up with something funny about something ordinary. I’d like to share one. It’s just something I heard back home. I don’t know if you’ll find it funny, but i’ll give it a try.

Situation: A couple was stargazing, then the guy asked the girl a question,
Guy: Honey, what’s your horoscope?
Girl: What’s a horoscope?
Guy: Well, mine’s Cancer. So what’s yours?
Girl: Oh… okay! It’s Hemorrhoids. :]

What I learned from this situation is to be grateful for everything I was given. That laughter could really relieve people. Even for just a moment, one could laugh about something, as if everything is fine.

Anyway Mrs. Boland, [I got carried away], I thank you very much for your works. I write a lot before, I write everything i could think of. But something happened that I’ve given up on it. You reminded me why I started writing in the first place. It wasn’t just for personal pleasure and hobby, but to share to everyone the importance of life and everything else, the things other people take for granted, the wonderful blessings God could bring to our Life, gratitude, the inspiration that one person could give out unknowingly just because one is being herself and being kind, that one can’t stop writing about her or the joke that one finds funny and hopes to make others laugh from it as well and so much more. Although I know that one must take control of what happens to their life, I believe that God has his share of efforts for everything we have in our lives. Like the passion to write, the ability to laugh, the opportunity to make a difference on other people’s life.

Thank you for taking your time to read my comment Mrs. Boland. It is such a pleasure to believe that you may just read this.

More power to you. God bless.