You Taught Me Well

HS Dept. – Fe Eliza Joy R. Sancho (Fourth Year H.S., SEC)

You’ve taught me to feel happiness. And, in order to accept true happiness is to accept that the way things are, are the way things are.

You taught me how to live, to dream infinitely, to take every step forward and overcoming the fear that the next step to take might be one of our great downfalls. Through all these years, you’ve come to make me believe that life is a wonderful field of beauty and magic, my very magic. You’ve taught me that the illusions of despair and the ugliness of sadness and the absence of love and all of those scary things that destroys such wonderful perspectives of life is nothing but challenges, trials, and tests we need to surpass in order to feel the happiness that comes after it. You’ve taught me many things, and you taught me well.
I remember every painful fall I’ve underwent. Every wound, every scratch and every sting of these scarce damages to my being, you have taught me that time may take time to heal these but that shouldn’t stop us from moving forward and never backing down.

At every stumble to the ground, I can cry – you said. I can scream. I can just stop trying to control everything and let go. And, after my tears dry up and the voice once so loud has calmed, I should stand up and keep moving forward. Don’t mind the pain; don’t mind the things that keep you from just moving forward.
You’ve taught me that the tracks behind me are just lessons and memories we’ve learned and treasured from the past no matter what, but still a book never to be opened once again.

You are my whole existence, my whole being. Because, you, my dear experiences, are one of my greatest teachers in life.

You’ve taught me good, and you taught me well.
You’ve taught me that the whole world may leave me, even my shadow may abandon me in the dark, but that isn’t a reason to do the same to others. To have a friend is to be one, yourself. Just like having to trust someone. People may say that no one is perfect, and there are no permanent things on Earth – so why bother minding things that can cause your downfall? Why take the risks and consequences of wasting time and tears and all these precious time to such worldly non-sense?

You gave me one of the greatest answers.

You taught me that… There is not one being on Earth who hasn’t gone through hardships and the spikes I’ve gone through. And, therefore, I’ve found the peace within me; happiness covers my heart all at once after every tear. This is because I faced all these things moving forward with my head up high. I took the risks, I surpassed the consequences.
I’m not much, but I’ve made it through. And, so, you taught me that we’ll never know happiness unless we seek it ourselves, unless we take on all these challenges laid before us. You’ve taught me that… the best things in life always come after the worst. And, that if things seems uglier than normal, make the best out of it – learn to pray, seek Him, and we shall find what we seek.
My great teacher, my life, you have taught me to live and you taught me well.

I believe that each and every person you pass everyday teaches you something about life, about love, about happiness and peace. I call them teachers, I call them great mentors. And, my experiences have taught me appreciation of all these small things, all these tiny bits of pieces that little by little fill in the empty spaces in my life. That is why one of my great teachers is my experiences in life. I have become into who I am because of the things I went through, and life taught me well.

You don’t have to be big or small, old or young, or wise or dumb to say you are great. How about me? I am not much, but I have come this far in life because of my great teacher. I’ve been taught well, and I learned well. Have you?