Years ago, my sister came home one day and told us that she won an award from our school play. Before, I never really cared, because I have not yet seen her act on stage.I thought, it was just plain acting anyway. . .
But she proved me wrong.
When I reached 6th grade, I was able to watch her CAF play and was shocked at how much she can do. How she made the audience feel what she felt, to make them understand and see the emotion with every word and how much a single word can mean so much more. Form then on.... I wanted to be like her. Wanted to be EXACTLY like her. To be able to make my parents swell with pride, to be able to bring home awards and to be able to prove to everyone I can do what she can do.
Last Year, I, too won an award, and I was so happy because I actually did my best to acquire this award.
This Year something unfortunate happened to me, I became ambitious and my head suddenly swelled because of the things I have achieved. . . . and I am ashamed of this. But then, I did not win any award. And I actually think I deserve not winning any, for I know, I did not do my best.
I was able to see this unfortunate event as a blessing. How come? God was able to finally deflate this egoistically inflated head of mine.
I am also utterly happy for those who have won an award this year. May it be an individual award or a group award, as long as you did your best, you deserve it.
Because of what happened to me, I learned a lot of things:
Always be humble, to remember that I can not please everyone. . . and to remember that I can not be exactly like my sister, and to always try to be "me"
