June 13-14, 2010 marked the days of new learning for the student leaders of Cor Jesu College. Held at Shrine Hills, lectures were absorbed and activities were participated by various organization leaders of CJC. They were accordingly participative and were willing to learn new things for the good of their organizations as well as their growth as student leaders and, eventually, as future leaders of this country.
Like them, I was so blessed to learn from the event too. The speaker and good friend of mine, Robin Charles Ramos, invited me to come along and assist him in the said activity. Without knowing of what will be the outcome, I grabbed the opportunity. There i met Sheryl Mae Ortizano, an active fellow who comes from a family of faithful stewards. Since then, the three of us became the organizing team of the workshop.
The whole experience was amazing. Although I’ve tried organizing such events at school, the difference is that I was able to meet another set of people from the neighbor institution of my school. facilitating them was worth the hard work. Each one learned through intellectual inputs that Robin discussed to them with the assistance of Sheryl and me.
I made new friends, built linkages, and shared my knowledge. I learned different things from this 2-day program. Though there’s many to mention, I want to state few of those stuffs I learned. I learned that it is still best to serve others, because God is doing the rest for us, He knows what we need. He just wants to see our willingness without hesitation and the pureness of our intention to share what we have to others without expecting something in return. Another thing i learned especially from Rob is to expect the unexpected. Each one of us doesn’t know what lies ahead, but all we need to do is to trust the Supreme Being, do His will, and accept everything. God’s plans are unpredictable. He knows what’s best for us so we just have to develop our passion to serve and expect the unexpected.
