Just Like Dad

By Jeremy Santos Sr E

In the past, when people ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I would always answer specifically, like, “I want to be a musician with my own recording label”, or, “I want to be a manager in my own advertising company.” Although my answers are specific, and I would usually say it with conviction, and I know that these things are where my strengths are, I would always have that feeling of uncertainty, and start to ask myself, “is this really what I want?”, or “will I be content when I do this?”

These uncertainties became a problem when I needed to apply for college. I used to be so sure of what I wanted to be, but now, I was starting to doubt myself.

Every other Saturday, I would go with my parents to a Gawad Kalinga site in Taguig where they are caretakers in that area. I see them planning projects, and befriending the beneficiaries there, and I can see that through their missionary work, they give these people hope, and love.

That was when I realized, I want to be just like my dad. He always tells me to open my heart to what God would want for me, but now I realized that this is what he did. He is a VP in marketing and Sales in their company, and at the same time, he does missionary work in GK and he and my mom are member in the Couples for Christ Community. He he is surrounded by the people he loves, and at the same time, he shares the love, given to Him by God, and shares it to the people in society who need it the most. I cannot think of anything more rewarding than this.

I used to be uncertain of what I want to be when I grow up. But now I realized I would be happy wherever God takes me because that is where I would be happiest, just like DAD.