God sent me an Angel

An amazing thing happened yesterday.

I was having a hard day, being generally sad because of recent events in my life. It was one of those days when I I just felt the need to cry every so often. I was at the office, so I went to our comfort room and cried there. I also prayed. I asked God to please help me through the day.

I was having such a hard time! There was not so much to do at work and I was running out of inspirational articles to read (If you know sites other than Bo Sanchez, Thought Catalog, and The Single Woman, please let me know!) so it took me some extra effort to pick myself up.

I made plans with a friend after work. Since we were meeting in Technohub, I just walked there from work.

As I was crossing Visayas, this guy called out to me: "Ate, UP ka rin?". I just smiled and said yes. He said he saw my UP ID lace. And then he asked me if I was an intern too like him. I laughed and said no, I work already. He was shocked! "Graduate ka na ate??". Haha. I laughed even more and said yes, I've actually graduated from two courses already.

He exclaimed that I looked so young. Of course I was flattered! Any UP Law graduate would be flattered if given that comment! He then said, "Ang galing galing, bakit mukhang bata ka pa rin?". I responded, "Maybe it's my height?". But then he insisted, "Hindi ate, it's your whole look."

And so we ended up walking to Philcoa together. He turned out to be from PUP, not UP. My ID lace was gold and maroon, like theirs, so he was confused. We just laughed about it. And then, his eyes turned bright and said, "Woah, eh di sa UP ka nag Law ate? Ang tali-talino mo siguro!". That comment just made me smile. You see in UP Law, I never felt "ang tali-talino". In that school, I always felt like what I did was never enough. I think most of us students there did.

And so we got to Philcoa and he had to cross the footbridge, and I was to go on to Technohub so we split ways. We didn't even exchange names. I don't know, but after that talk, I felt a lot better about myself.

There I was, feeling like the biggest loser in the world, and then this complete stranger comes along, takes a look at me, and says "Woah!". And then I thought, maybe God sent me this angel to give me a glimpse of how he sees me. :)