"To get something you want, you have to give
up something else you want."
I have experienced much trade off in my life.
One trade off that I need to face is to choose whether my family or my
grandmother. It happens when I and my family went to visit my Lola here in La
Union, she asks me to stay and study here. She said that if I will not stay,
she will get angry with me. So, I have
to choose whether I go back to Mindoro and ignore what my Lola said or stay and
study here in La Union. It’s really hard for me to choose because both of them
are very important to me. I don’t want to live faraway with my family. I’m only
13 years old that time and still depending to my parents. But, on the other
side, I don’t like to hurt my Lola. I know that one reason why she likes to get
me is to help my parents in my study. On this part, I know it will be hard for
me to choose and I need to sacrifice one thing.
I choose to stay here with my Lola. My grandmother gives me
everything I need in school and for myself. She always guides me and protects
me in everything that makes me realize that I made a right decision.
Another trade off that I have experienced is when I graduated in high
school. I have to choose whether to
enroll in private school or have my scholarship. I really want to study in
private school. But I’m one of the 10 lucky students that were chosen as
scholar of La Caridad foundation, founder of our school. The scholarship has a good offer, majority of
the expenses in my study are being paid with them and we have allowance every
week. So, I think thoroughly. If I’m going to enroll in private school, it will
just grant my wish but how about my expenses in school? Therefore I decided to
have my scholarship. I know that it is the best thing for my study and to
assure my future. The money that my family should be spending in my study can
be used in my brother’s education.
“It's
the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the
right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there
will be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You
may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there
will be no result.”
