encouragement...

This is one of my most-treasured pictures.. There he is beside his 1958 Buick taken on May 3rd of that year. It rains a lot during the month of May in the Philippines and I remember too well when most conversations (or should I say, monologue)  with him took place  during these months. The best conversation would always be about two things: Do the right thing.  (kung. mabuti na ang ginagawa mo may kaaway ka pa rin, eh lalo na kung salbahe ka) Pardon the sketchy tagalog. But what he really meant was, If by doing good you still get in trouble and have enemies, how much more when you are not being/doing good. The next one was, treat people right. (mabuti pa ang kubo na ang nakatira ay tao) Again pardon the tagalog. What he meant was, better a human being living in a shack than a wild animal living in a mansion. I think I have been blessed to have those conversations with him. And oh, that Buick? it was gone by the time I was a teen-ager, but he kept encouraging me to learn how to drive as soon as possible. What a father!!! Kids listen to your parents. I wonder if I should look up a 1958 Buick (cant remember the model).