Friday, March 25, 2005

holy week part 2

to continue with my holy week posts (on account of the fact that i have nothing to do this holy week), i still get amazed whenever i go to Mass in ua&p. It always serves as some sort of function/meeting place of anyone involved with Opus Dei. Not that it's a bad thing. I see people from my past whom i haven't seen in forever suddenly pop up in the seats in fron of my family. My old busmates are there, my retreat-mates are there, my fellow campers are there, my high school friends-- everyone.

It's strange; when i was younger i used to complain that i never saw enough of my friends, esecially come Holy Week since they're all in Alabang or abroad. Yet wheni saw them in mass, amazingly enough, I didn't complain that i don't get to see them as often anymore. In fact, i was more thankful-- because of that. That simple reason that i got to see them. Even if it just mean a simple hi, hello or beso on the cheek. Does that mean I'm growing up or did i just come to realize that I can't do anything about the relationships i have? Or do those two things mean the same?

But it does suck though. That sometimes you have no control over the relationships you have with the people in your life. Or are relationships controllable?

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