BLeSSiNGs iN DisGuise

Another turning point in my career... another career suicide according to most people... but for me it's also another turning point in my life..

I did not expect that quitting from my job would not only affect my career but also my life specially my health and my lifestyle..

I knew that sooner or later I was going to inherit most if not all of the sickness from my family... Diabetes, Hypertension, Liver issue etc... it's like... you name it and my ancestors would have it... but I never expected that i would have them at my age now (way too young per my doctor)... but what can i do? it's already here! i already have some of them (thank God that it's not ALL).. so.. DAMAGE CONTROL would be the only thing left for me to do.

I am not a very religious nor pious person but I do believe in God. God has been good to me and has a funny way of showing me that I am blessed. That my decisions even if they were career suicides I can still see and feel that they are somehow blessings in disguise. The trials thrown at my path so far were hard but for some reason I AM STILL THANKFUL.

When I quit from my first job I had no backup plan... no prospects... I simply just got tired... then my Lola got sick after a month - possibly cancer but since doctors could no longer perform any operation due to her age and diabetes, no official diagnoses could be given. I had to go home to help - to take care of my Lola and serve her for the last time. Last time because she did not survive... After everything got settled I got back here and got my second job which is on graveyard shift. My Mom got sick with breast cancer and since I was the only left here (my sisters were not in the country) I had to deal with it and took care of my Mom. Being in the graveyard shift was convenient.... Now I had quit from that night-shift job.. no greener pastures lined up yet.. no contingency plan... another career suicide I know...but I decided to have myself checked right after quitting.. I figured I now have the time to follow through it..... Lo and behold! I found out that I have a Polycystic Ovary, a Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver and Diabetes... I HAVE NO JOB AND I AM SICK... what bad luck right?...I agree... but if I hadn't decided to quit my job I wouldn't think of having myself checked since I did not feel anything that would lead me to believe that I was sick. I would still have been ignorant and my health would have gotten compromised more...

During the past big trials God has provided and now He is still providing me with the means to fix my health... He has given me family and friends that stick with me through thick and thin... I learned a lot because of the things that happened and I am still learning because of the things that are happening to me right now... Can you see why I am still thankful?... Well, even if you don't, what matters is that I do. God's humor, God's kindness and God's love.. He really knows how to do things at the right time.. Specially these Blessings in Disguise. :)