the thing about wishes is…
I just woke up from Two days of Sleeplessness and spontaneity. Yesterday morning, I had decided to accompany Carlo to look for carving tools in Paete, Laguna. I was out of the house by 3am and we drove and arrived there at around 6am to hear mass and to visit the Church.
There’s this tradition that whenever you visit a Church you haven’t visited before, you knock three times on its doors and you make a wish, so I made mine. The thing about wishes is, the only wishes that come true are the selfless ones, so I made the most selfless wish I could think of.
I just want you to be happy.
In Paete, everyone is a blacksmith, or knows a blacksmith, but it took us more than a couple of hours to find the perfect carving tools. If only we had the camera. Paete is a very small town where the streets are small and the houses are small. Every place is walkable. Everyone knows everybody. The village is tucked in between Laguna lake and a mountain range. It’s a very beautiful place but the most interesting thing about Paete are the people. Everywhere you go, people are very accommodating, We must’ve met more than 20 people the entire trip, most of which I can’t even remember the names of, but everyone had a smile.
Life is a trip. There will be people you meet who will be willing to travel with you, and there will be people who will be there to give you warm smiles and help you on your way. But ultimately, the best part about a trip is how you get there.
& I am getting there…
