Some years ago a young man looking for work approached a
foreman of a logging crew and asked him for a job. “It depends,” replied the foreman. “Let’s see you take this one down.”
The young man stepped forward and skillfully felled a great
tree. The foreman was impressed and exclaimed, “You can start on Monday!”
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday rolled by. Thursday afternoon the foreman approached the
young man and said, “You can pick up your paycheck on the way out today.”
Startled, the young man asked, “I thought you paid on
Fridays.”
“Normally we do,” answered the foreman, “but we’re letting
you go today because you have fallen behind.
Our daily charts show that you’ve dropped from the first place on Monday
to the last place on Wednesday.”
“But I’m a hard worker,” the young man objected. “I arrive first, leave last and I’ve even
worked through my coffee breaks!”
The foreman sensing the boy’s integrity, thought for a
minute and then asked, “Have you been sharpening your ax?”
The young man replied, “Well, no sir. I’ve been working too hard to take time.”
The wisdom of the Sabbath rest.
First we need to sharpen our ax by resting. Siguro nanutahan sang magnificent ten nga ang
binangon kung sige lang labo mo nga labo kag waay mo ginaba-id nagahabol hasta
sa ulihi nga indi na ini kadulot.
Kinhanglan untatan mo anay ka labo kag ibaid agud to mangin
matalom. Kung masiling ka “usik lang na
tiempo, sigeha lang labo.” Apang waay man sa gihapon sing pulos kay indi na ina
matalom. Gani doble ang effort mo, doble
man ang makuha niya sa tiempo mo, mas mahinay tapat.
Amo man ini sa tawo.
Kon waay sing tion nga magpahuway nagahabol man ang tawo. Daw pareho man sa binangon, nga labo lang nga
labo, waay man nagaka-utod tungod kay habol.
Paano naton maba-id ang aton kaugalingon – paagi sa pagpahuway, paagi sa
pagpangamuyo, paagi sa paghampang, paagi sa pagtuon. Kita mo ang aton schedule kon ginasunod lang
naton sing maayo tam-an ini ka balanse.
May tion sa obra, may tion sa tuon kag pagiskwela, pero may tion man sa pagpangamuyo
kag paghampang. Learn to balance –
follow the schedule kay para ina sa kaayuhan naton. Kon tuon lang nga tuon, law-ay man. Kung hampang lang nga hampang, law-ay
man. Kon obra lang nga obra, law-ay man,
pero kung tulog lang nga tulog mas law-ay pa gid. Balance
Second the day of rest should
be a day for doing good. Ano ang third
commandment. Remember to keep holy the
Sabbath day. To keep holy. Paano na naton ini ma keep holy. Una paagi sa pagsimba. Iban sa inyo waay na gasimba kung Sunday kon
didto kamo sa inyo balay kay waay may nagabantay nga prefect. Indi gid ina maayo. Pila ka adlaw masiling ang imo utod, waay
gani siya gasimba nga seminarista siya ako pa – scandal na ina. Kinahanglan masimba gid kita – indi nyo gid
na paglimtan, kadto kamo sa inyo parokya, serbi sa misa, greet sa inyo parish priest. Sang una sang na-assign ako sa cathedral
gina-inspection ko gid na ang daily companion sang mga seminarista nga high
school kag tapos kung mangayo sila ginahatagan ko sila pang-bowling ukon
pamahaw. Tingob kamo simba para indi
kamo mahuya. Kis-a ang parish priest
ninyo nagapa-suplado sa inyo, pero pati kana kaluyag lang na nila nga ara kamo
dira agud may durudugsingon sila. Go to your parish priest ukon sa iya assistant.
You will also make the Sabbath
holy by not doing evil especially on that day.
Indi
ini tion nga mang-agaw ka sang sud-an sang iban. Indi ini tion nga manunlog kag sang
iban. Indi ini tion nga manuya ka. Indi ini tion nga manapungol ka – keep the Sabbath holy by not doing evil.
And last you will make the
Sabbath holy by doing good to others.
What good can you do today to your brother seminarians? May nagamasakit, then
volunteer to bring food to the sick. May
luyag mag-telepono then pabusla man ang iban – indi ka magpadugay. May bisita ka, then learn to share the food your mother left for you. Make
them happy imbes nga pa-ugtason mo sila.
So keep the Sabbath holy. Learn to balancer your life between rest and
work. Sunday you rest. Keep it holy by going to mass. Keep it holy by not doing evil. And last keep it holy by doing good.
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