Treasure Box

I wasn't treasure hunting but I think I chanced upon a treasure box today.

Someone once told me that everyone should have a treasure box. No, not filled with jewelries and the like but rather full of things that would remind you of who you are....a feel good box. This is suppose to remind you, during times when it is hard to remember, that you are WORTHWHILE.

Today, I chanced upon several boxes filled with letters sent to me by friends. Nostalgic and terribly missing everybody after my diary reading sessions, I went through them and spent the whole day ( and night) just reading ... and wondering... where and when did I loose this girl my friends have written about?

Through letters from friends, I revisited a time when I knew how to comfort, how to smile and act gracefully under pressure for other people's sake, how to dream and achieve them, how to appreciate others, how to be filled with friendship and how to be a gift to others.

And then I realized, THIS IS MY TREASURE BOX. My friends, without them knowing it, reminded me today how much I can (and EVERY ONE of us for that matter) enrich other people's lives just by being sincerely AVAILABLE for them.

I once heard a speaker say, in undertaking a Mission, our focus should not be in our abilities but rather in our AVAILABILITY. If we allow ourselves to be used, if we allow ourselves to be present, when we are available for others, the things that happen next will be in God's hands already and we are going to be left in awe.

I guess that was how I lost Check. I stopped being available to my friends. I even stopped being available for my family. I hugged my time for myself believing that I would be better if I focus on my SELF. But as they say, the more you run after something, the more it evades you.

Next time I forget, I have my treasure box to remind me. All I need to do is to take a peek.