Hello World!
Kumusta ka! Life certainly has been moving for me. So much that I felt compelled to electronically chronicle my thoughts, ideas, experiences, and ventures here [but it leaves me wondering how I am going to keep track of my actual written journal entries]. Even as I create this, my son is actively partaking in this experience by sleeping in my arms. Yeah, my son.
Our first post together
He’s taught me a lot about life. He’s helped me understand, appreciate, value, and take care of life. He’s helped me strengthen my patience. He’s strengthened my character. And he isn’t even a month old yet! Isaac Cameron Yiu Caasi has given me a glimpse of the future, as well as the past. Looking at my son’s face, I can’t help but wonder what he’ll grow up to be, what he’ll accomplish, and what he will make of the world. Looking into his face, I can’t help but wonder if this is how my father felt when I was born.
It’s not just about raising a kid. It’s not about being 16 and pregnant. I hate the media’s portrayal of giving life. It’s about actively creating the future for my family, and for the human race. It’s about building relationships and leading by example. For my son, I want to lead by example. I want to instill in him, as my dad would agree, “the right tools for life.” I want to teach him that earning comes before deserving. I want to give him the heads up that he’ll get knocked down, but he’ll always have the decision and strength to dust it off and get back up. I want him to know that more important than learning calculus, physics, or computer science, is learning, understanding, and appreciating other people. Academic skills hold second place to Life skills. I want to teach him that it’s better to understand his emotions than to try to control them. I want him to understand that giving everything he has to life, life will return ten-fold, both bad & good.
School teaches you a lesson, then gives you a test.
Life gives you a test that teaches you a lesson.
I get this tugging at my head that what I am experiencing, is something that transcends generations. That the cavemen of centuries ago experience, and wonder the same thing that I do. My eye is to the future, with my hand working the present.
Life isn’t about finding happiness.
It’s about creating it.
