LESSON FROM A LOBSTER

I got a chance of talking to a wonderful counsellor from fh, a foreigner from UK now based in Negros. We had a wonderful time chatting about our dreams and wants in life. I used to be ashamed having the first person to say "hi" but this time, since it is Christmas, I grabbed the opportunity of greeting them a happy holiday. They had been so nice then to reply and our conversations were just non-stop. So that's what is! This talkative counsellor was just talking but I was so happy hearing from him. I was so happy about his views about our country, how beautiful it is compared to them and how warm people are. In the course of our conversation, he made mentioned of a beautiful lobster in a seafood restaurant. It was still alive held by a waiter for their food. He gracefully accepted that beautiful lobster and instead of eating it he threw it back where it belongs. When asked why he was doing such a thing, he said, the lobster will be happier where it belongs.

This really made me think because this is true even in life. There had been a lot of people who had been in prison by doing what others would want from them. They do what others told them to do instead of pursuing their own dreams in life. They might be called free from this earth by not staying in the prison cell but in reality they are in prison by doing what others dictate they have to do. A woman who wanted to become a doctor become a nurse because of what the parents dictate. A man who wanted to become a pastor but become a lawyer because he was expected to do so. A lady wanted to resign from work and pursue other career but seems restricted because of ormountable debts. A lady who wanted to do something but seems hindered because of fear that she might hurt others.

This world may sound free to those who are not in prison but the truth of the matter is that we had been imprisoned from our very own dreams. We allow circumstances to rule over us. We accepted defeat. We view failures as final. We view poverty and bankcruptcy as the end. We think like it's over.

But we need to be where we need to be. Like that of a lobster. That lobster will be happier if it was thrown back to where it is. God is like that of a counsellor. He will free us and bring us to a place He knows we will enjoy. He is not a kill joy God. He will do greater things in us. He will bless us with so much. He will give us freedom to do things that will expand His Kingdom.

Let us be free from the dictates of people, from the pain of the past and from the ridicule of people.

Let us enjoy life..let us think of a solution..let us think of victory.

We are victors and not victims.

That's what the lobster meant to me.