The Thirst Quencher

Thirst quencher..
Rehydrate.
Replenish
Refuel.

When you’re thirsty.. this is what you do. You quench your thirst.
We replace the sweat we lose.
The contents of what was lost.
When we’re tired, we do something to regain our energy.
Quenching – makes you happy.. satisfied..

Seems easy..
Quenching your thirst.

I went to SSS awhile ago to get an ID (I know.. very irresponsible of me not to have it still.. but hey! How should I know?). While waiting for my brother, I saw a lady holding a c2 (apple). It’s been a long day and I really felt tired. A nice cold drink would be really nice I thought. But for some reason, I didn’t get any. I just stood there. I saw the girl holding the bottle.. drinking. A pang of envy turned inside me. I can buy one if I wanted to. But I didn’t.. I just didn’t.

Sometimes, when we are in awful pain, we tend to ignore the feeling until it all piles up into one huge bulk of ache. Bitterness swarms all over you and you feel like there’s nothing you can do to repair the damage that has been done. We know there’s a way to take the pain away. We know how. We know what to do. But we just choose not to. Simply, decide on tolerating everything.

When we lose something, it should be replaced.
When we feel weak, we should regain strength.
When we stumble, we should stand up.
When something’s wrong, we should act on it.
We don’t linger on the pain. We move on.

Or else.. you’ll be stuck in this miserable mess with nothing but bitterness.

I went home. Slept for about three hours, then had dinner. At around 8pm, I had the impulse of updating my blog (it’s been quite a while since I did my last post). As I turned the computer on, I realized that the internet connection has already expired. Luckily, there’s a 7-11 nearby. So I asked mama and manang lisa to come with me. We walked going to Xavier Heights and bought an internet card. We were all exhausted by the time we got to the store. I was about to pay at the cashier when I suddenly saw bottles of drinks all lined up nicely inside the refrigerator. Quickly, I got one Gatorade for myself, two milk teas for ma and manang lisa (kind of a “bribe” for coming with me), nestea and c2 for kuya rich and manang tessie, and nothing for my papsy dear since he doesn’t drink stuff like these (he has his own stock of milk at home). As we were on our way, I opened my Gatorade, took a big gulp.. and enjoyed the moment.. God it felt soo good..