#047: The waiting we've had to endure
Patience, creative events, Hobi con, and more tiny yet precious life moments
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“Patient” is not the first thing I would use to describe myself, but I believe I do have to give myself credit for some character development and progress because God has been teaching me patience for a few years now, and if I may, my self-assessment is: I have been learning.
Of course, sometimes I want some things to be instant—as in instantly gone, like my period, bills, and pimples the night before an important event or meeting, or instantly here, like a faster metabolism, my food delivery, and my savings tripling—because that desire just comes naturally. I mean, who said it better than one of our greatest philosophers, Ariana? THANK U, NEXT, right?
The thing is, endurance. Physical, mental, emotional, etc. To know how to endure is to know how to live. And enduring something, especially something important to your goal and growth, teaches you—or at least me—patience. Withstanding certain prolonged [emotions] X number of times can teach anybody that. Enduring can show anybody how to ~face adversity~ more calmly and quietly, and can show anybody that quick acceptance and maximum tolerance are possible.
I’m not totally there yet, but you know, with God’s grace, I’ll keep learning.
If the ampalaya (bitter gourd) from our garden found a way to endure~ until we found it and picked it, we can!
🎨 Creating
Because these boys, their band, have been such an inspiration to me and my creativity and artistic process.
🤝🏼 Collaborating
Below are a few things I’ve been up to, and I do want to talk more about them in the next issue, so I hope you look forward to that!
Creative Writing Session on Short Story Writing with the Davao City Library
OK to BE Soft (Thank you to all who shared their zines!)
Book launch of ‘A Tale of Mayhem, Myth, and Magic’ by 10-year-old author Sofia Perez
Open Houses and various creative sessions at Bibi Mangki Bookbed
The launch and series of reading sessions by Silent Book Club Davao
World Book Day with the Davao City Library at the Cu Su Gian Home for the Aged
Morning Musings at the Museum with the National Museum of the Philippines-Davao
Patron of the Arts in Davao
🎒 Travelling
I flew to Manila to see the sunshinest sunshine, J-hoooooope, enough said. Thank you very much to all who made Hobi con such an amazing experience, esp to Mary!
That’s all for now! I hope you picked up something fun or useful. See you in the next one!
☀️ KB
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