Impression

I heard a holy mass this morning at the SM City, Mandurriao, Iloilo City with Fr. Jonas Mijares as the celebrant.

This morning his homily focused on how we react to a person's actions.

And he classified them into three groups.

There are people who live by their first impressions.

And this impression is lasting. So we have to be careful with our actions, or words we say to our newly met person or group of persons because that impression will either be advantageous to us or not. If the impression is negative toward us, we will surely get a negative response from these people. They will be cold to us the next time we meet them. They will not cooperate with us. If the impression is positive, they will warmly welcome us, and they will easily cooperate with us.

But there are other people who live by their last chance. These are the people who give a chance to people who committed them a wrong doing. And always think that people will always realize their mistakes, and later on will correct them.

And there are still other people who live by indefinite chance, indefinite opportunity, indefinite boundary. These are the people who have big hearts, who live by the spirit of His words. These are the people always forgive and forget the wrongdoing they get from other people.

Now where do you belong?