Hi! I am Irah Jane A. Pagal, I am 16 years old and turning 17 on Monday (0ctober 10, 2022) I have this experience to share. Living in this world where I thought the world is easy to deal with. Experience those things in life when I want something but can’t have it because my parents don’t have enough money for my wants, we have money but only for our needs. In my primary education, my parents send me to a private school. That was where I started being a brat. At a young age, I cannot understand why is it my parents don’t buy the things I want. I can see my classmates having their favorite bags, shoes, and other stuff. I always envy my classmates for having the stuff they want. I always blame my parents for not giving me things I like. I cannot understand it in my young mind. I am always shy if they will go to school and fetch me because of how they look and dress up. I felt like they don’t belong there. So, every time they go to school I just want to go home as much as possible. So no one can see them as my family. That’s why every time there is some gatherings or program in our school I just don’t want them to be there. It was okay for me to be alone at the school program than having my parents there. And for my senior high school my parents decided to send me here in Cebu City and they enrolled me at the University of San Jose-Recoletos, and this is my first time being away from my hometown (Masbate Province) and also with my family. While going to school, I can saw and encounter a lot of people asking some money and begging. I was shocked about these reality because I can randomly see people like these in our province, and that is where I realized that I am indeed so lucky and privileged that my mama and papa can send me to this prestigious school. I realized these things so late. I woke up in the reality too late. I lost the moments and time when it should be a beautiful bonding with my parents but because of my pride and my want to have a good image at school then I am full of regret right now. This is the moment where I can understand people saying that we are so lucky that I have parents like them. Because of this realization of witnessing random people in my surroundings, this is where I realized that my life is enough and beautiful already. I just need to be contented and I need to appreciate the things I have especially my parents who never get tired of working just to provide the things I need in life. I take every moment with them for granted. So, right now the best thing to do is to give value to my parent’s hard work and be thankful to God that I have them in this world. I can’t go back to the time I lost, but I can still create another beautiful moments one more time with them again. My whole perspective in life change because of this realization which I think I don’t need. Looking at the holistic part of my life right now gives a big impact on how I look at my parents.
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