Palagi ka bang concerned sa sasabihin ng ibang tao?
Gusto mo i-please ang lahat ng tao sa paligid mo?
Apektado ka ba nang husto kapag may mga taong hindi sang-ayon sa iyo?
Kung nakakaramdam ka ng ganito kapatid, nais kong sabihin sayo na di ka nag-iisa. Minsan sa buhay natin hindi talaga natin maiwasan ang i-please ang mga tao sa paligid natin.
Why? Because we seek approval and affirmation. When we please people we have this feeling of fulfillment and significance. Yun nga lang when people reject us, hindi rin maganda ang effect sa atin.
But these are the limitations and realities about wanting to please others all the time:
First truth: WE CANNOT PLEASE EVERYONE
Harsh truth yan.
Kung minsan pa nga, na co-compromise na ang values mo at nababago ang pagkatao natin para tayo ay matanggap. Yung tama nagiging mali at yung mali nagiging tama. Everytime you try to please others even if you know that what you’re doing is wrong, you risk losing your identity and what you stand for.
Second truth: WE ARE ONLY TO PLEASE GOD, NOT MEN
As long as we are doing what is pleasing to God, we have nothing to worry about. Kahit usigin, siraan, pintasan at magalit pa ang ibang tao sa atin basta sa mata ng Diyos, walang problema. Ika nga sa bisaya, PADAYON! Ituloy mo lang!
We don’t want to live our lives na laging naghahabol sa approval at affirmation ng iba. Kung tao lang ang aasahan, you will always get disappointed.
Instead, we should seek winning God’s favor. Our lives should focus on pleasing Him alone. When we do that, hindi lang tayo magwawagi sa buhay, blessings and favors will come.
“You risk losing a part of yourself everytime when you seek to please others”
–Chinkee Tan, Motivational Speaker Philippines
THINK. REFLECT. APPLY
- Do you seek to please others more instead of GOD?
- How can you stop yourself from trying to please others all the time?
- How can you live a life that pleases God?