Answered Prayers

Moving to Makati has got me “exercising” during the mornings and evenings. My commute demands that I go up and down a plight of stairs and to walk a certain distance. It ain’t bad at all. I’m an absentee from Fitness First for several months now and the daily commute is just what I need. A few weeks back, I saw an article about Christmas gift suggestions and one item that caught my attention was the pedometer. I wonder if I could even walk 10,000 steps a day. Maybe I just could. On certain days, I walk in my ballerina flats. This makes my walk more comfortable. I figured I have to be kinder to my back and legs. You see, I’m not getting any younger. Though the commute was initially such a hassle, I now appreciate it.

For more than a week now, my prayer time has changed with no set time for me to be still and reflect. I used to pray the rosary on my way to work when I was still based in Ortigas and the one hour commute had me sitting down the whole time. It was the perfect arrangement. However, with my commute to Makati, it’s just not the same. I’ve been wondering how I could pray with this setup. I need to. Well, my prayer was answered today. I bumped into a colleague of mine and we had a chit chat and she mentioned in passing that she’ll be going to Mass by noon time. How could I forget that there was a chapel at the opposite wing. Riza, my retreat guide, mentioned it to me before. So today, I went to Mass. I don’t usually go to Mass on weekdays but today I just did and you know what? I like the calm that it gave me. It’s pure serenity.