It must be quarter life crisis…


In the past weeks and months, I have noticed something about myself,

I started comparing myself to other people my age.

I began to look at their achievements in terms of the car they are driving, the place they are going to, and the salaries  they receive. It was a very depressing thing to do. You see, being a teacher does not pay much and it certainly is not a fabulous career where you get to jet set around the world or even remotely fund a dream back-packing trip. It only allows you to live with dignity.

The comparisons I made of myself to others sent me to a spiral downward pit of emptiness. There must be something more to life.

But then I realized that I made a big mistake. It was not right of me to see things in terms of material gain. Happiness and real success is not measured after all through what you gain, but how content you are with the blessings and graces that God provides you every day.

I believe I have known this all along, but it must be that at a certain point in your life you get to those moments of reflection and see as to where you are at the moment. I was standing still, very still in fact, at a not so very good place. It was a place of envy and discontentment. I had to break free, and I had to move on with life.

So here's what I learned. Teaching is truly not a lucrative job, but it does give you a meaningful life- a life that is filled with sharing and giving, the offering of one's life for the growth and development of others. I just had to remind myself that whenever I am in the classroom, I know that I find meaning and purpose. It is not about making money and going to places, it is about my relationship with God and how sees me as his son.

Looking back, It must have been a quarter life crisis, I thought, but all shall be well…

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