Almost everyday, my sister-in-law’s boyfriend sends inpirational SMS to his friends….and I am lucky enough that I am one of them. This morning, he sent me something to ponder.

“In life, there are five balls to juggle:

1) Family

2) Friends

3) Health

4) Values

5) Work

Only work is made of rubber. The rest are made of glass. Don’t drop them!”

Hence, I salute those who gave up their work for the sake of their family, friends, health or even their values in life.

My Dad’s nature of job almost made him live in the camp, 24/7. Though our house is only a few meters from their detachment, he wasn’t able to spend more time with us. He gave up his work when I was 7 because he wouldn’t want to compromise his values and didn’t want his children grow without him. 

I believe one thing is for sure, money cannot buy family, friends, health and values. If these are shattered, it’s hard to bring back the broken pieces again.  

Late last year, one of my best buddies, Yang2x, invited me to join her and other friends to their trip to Camiguin Island this month. This would be the first out-of-town bonding experience with my friends. Ace, my hubby says, okay so planning for the trip started. We have determined the date, planned our itinerary and other details. Excited as we are, I and Ace started packing our things for tomorrow, we will be going to my hometown as our jump off point to Camiguin early Monday morning. But things are not cooperating with our plans and it seems I and Ace cannot go for some reasons. It’s so frustrating but I need to accept it. Maybe, it’s not yet the right time to go there.