The ship docked yesterday around 3:20pm, we were ferried from Calapan, Mindoro to Batangas City Port, but Cadbury and I were able to drive out the stern ramp ten minutes after. My brother together with my parents rode the plane back to Manila because his doctor wouldn't permit him to get another long trip, so it was just me and Cadbury and our ever reliable van that crossed the wide seas of Panay and Mindoro. Tiring but recharging...  huh?! How could that be? Two conflicting words . . ironically true. What I mean actually is TIRING to my body but RECHARGING to my spirit. I saw a rainbow from a distance touched the sea while a gust of sea breeze brushed my face. And when I looked down at the deep blue ocean from the deck of the ship, my eyes caught some flying fishes took off, whooshed for a while then dove to disappear one by one.

Anyways,.. right now it feels like I'm still floating but I need to get up on my feet and start doing my tasks - my patients, the chores, the responsibilities, my friends messaged me yesterday and were asking me when I'll show up. It feels good, you know, when people miss you,.. like when Rina, one of the crew in the restaurant adjacent to my clinic warmly said "HELLO, Doctora!! You've been gone for a long time, how are you?!" And when my secretary eagerly told me that a lot of my patients are waiting for my return,.. music to my ears! When you are appreciated and respected for what you can offer, it's more than like a pat in the back.

True that people come, people go.. and family stays, but when you know how to expect less and appreciate more, life will much be easier and happier. Less stressful, less problematic and less painful. They say that even if you have pains, you don't have to be one. Now, I think we all should practice that, don't we?

The rainbow I see each time I pray.. it still is the same rainbow I saw then.