At one point in our life, we will experience something that we would consider as one of the most memorable thing in our time here on earth and we would put it in our list as the most dreadful situation in our human existence. It’s as if there is no bright tomorrow that will come our way because all of the important things around us are destructed. Well, it happened to me at the age of 24.
For the past 24 years of my life, everything was perfect… I have a wonderful family, a luxurious lifestyle, an opportunity for a higher education and profitable businesses… I have the ideal life that many would dream of…
And now that I’m 27? For the last 3 years of my life, My Faith to our Almighty Creator has been tested… In a glimpse, just like a wheel, everything turned upside down, I was on top before and now I’m at the bottom… Because I was living “The Life”, I took everything around me for granted, I forgot all the important things in my life. I was so focused on how to enjoy myself everytime. But sometimes, life is not always like that, I forgot to balance it. Those 3 years were the hardest 3 years I have ever experienced in my entire life, problems in every aspect were arising, no matter how far I ran and hid from these agonies, it still followed and haunted me. I really lost all of Life’s battles in these 3 years.
But you know what? Even if my Life was destroyed, I am still thankful that GOD gave me these horrible situations because I have learned a lot, a lot about how life really works. I discovered more of myself, my potentials and abilities. I am proud to say that for those 3 years, I never lost my Faith to GOD, I really had a strong grip to our Creator. I always ran and prayed to him. I still became optimistic that my old life would return but with a better ME.
So one day, an opportunity came, my old time friend Shandy Lim called and asked me to attend a business presentation. I told him that I was busy and I might not attend but he really urged me to give it a try, he told me to just listen. So I decided to go because I can’t say no to shandy coz’ when I was included in the Philippine’s 100 Most Eligible Bachelors of 2010, He was the one who talked to this famous designer Shanon Pamaong to lend me his designs which I used for the photoshoot of the said event. So I went to the venue of the meeting and listened, I met this couple Mrs. Anne Marie and Mr. Ingo Hansen who are the speakers of this said presentation. After listening, without thinking twice, I decided to be their business partner. Thanks to my family who are mostly in the business industry, I inherited their “Business Instincts” and saw that this business has a great potential to be super successful. And numerous opportunities followed too, I was nominated for the Philippine Blog Awards 2011, the most prestigious Award giving body in Philippine Blogging. Also, many availed my very Cheap Travel Packages & My Pharmacist License was rented by another Pharmacy aside from the current one. And many more blessings came…
So by this time, I have already realized that God’s test in my Faith to him is nearly done and he has proven that I will always be a thankful son to our Almighty Creator. I admit that my struggles are still there but my Faith to God is also getting stronger and deeper as those trials try to battle me. Plus, I already learned my lesson and I really learned it the hard way. And now, I can feel that my old life is slowly coming back but this time, with a better and mature ME.
So after 3 months with my Friend and Business partner Shandy Lim, our Goal has been met. Thanked God we have reached and achieved it. When I started to join this business, I just dreamed of wanting to have my old life again but this time, I will be wiser and more mature in handling every portion of my life. And thank you so much to our Almighty GOD because he answered all of my heart’s wishes & prayers and he even added plenty of bonuses to it. So now, it’s my time to RISE AGAIN and this time I will use everything that I have learned and put it to good use…
I would like to Thank our Almighty GOD first and I would like to Thank next is my Friend Shandy Lim for giving me the opportunity to RISE AGAIN and believing in my potentials that I could turn this business into a success story…
- The Prodigal Learner