I received a message from Errol a few days ago. He shared how happy he was for all the wonderful blessings he received lately. He recounted too how he saw the changes that occured in each of us, his classmates. 
The eight of us -- Shio, Monching, Rai, Errol, Koko, Bong, Chester and I -- were together since Pre-noviate days. Our paths merged during the second semester at the Arvisu House. Shio branched from finance; Monching a physical therapist; Rai a Dominican-trained philosopher; Errol was a Jesuit Volunteer; Koko graduated with a degree in Psychology; and, our two engineers -- Bong and Chester.
When our roads did merge, life was never the same. Carrying with us different backgrounds, various stories and a wide horizon of quirks -- our point of convergence was a singular desire. That is the desire to know, to love and to serve our Lord.
That is for me, one happy thought. The thought that in this road that I am taking I have friends to share a laugh with; I have friends to break bread with; I have friends to lean on -- the struggle becomes light. For Christ becomes more real. It is here where I will write less, and let somebody else speak more. For GMH penned,
"I say more: the just man justices;
Keeps grace: that keeps all his goings graces;
Acts in God's eye what in God's eye he is -
Christ - for Christ play in ten thousand places,
Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his
To the Father through the features of"
my
friends'
faces.
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