This is an unfinished cross stitch project that I started in 2002. Until now, it is - well - unfinished. I have posted a brief entry about this some months ago in which I made a promise to finish it before the start of year 2007. Unfortunately, it’s already the middle of the year, and the angel is still without wings.
And it bothers me. And it gives me unrest that it is becoming a symbol of other things I have started and not finished.
Law School beckons but until now I have not made up my mind. To go or not to go. I am supposed to be in fourth year now. But I’m afraid I am frozen in my tracks at the moment.
I was going through Atty. Janet Abuel’s (1998 bar topnotcher) handbook last night. This handbook is on “Bar Review Methods and Techniques”. Three things pointed out in this handbook agitated me:
So how do we know that we are mentally prepared or intellectually competent (for the bar)? That would be very simple - ask yourself and honestly answer the following questions:
1) Do I have a good command of basic English? (My answer: 99% Yes)
2) Have I understood and, therefore, retained the basic rules and principles in my study of law? (My answer: 50-50)
3) Have I hurdled my study of law because I deserved it? (My answer: Pending)
I only have this week to decide. Maybe I should finish the angel project first? Now, that’s silly. There is no corollary relationship whatsoever.
Or maybe I will just be a full time mom in the meantime while I can’t still make up my mind. Ah, my comfort zone!
I also love to cross-stitch..yeah so spinster-like of me hehehe Seriously I always finish the whole thing because I get restless if I don’t…I think its the OC in me. I suggest you finish the pattern Tita…cross-stitching is therapeutic. Who knows while doing it you’ll have answers.
Goodluck!
Thanks for your advice, Verns. Yeah, I guess you are right. It can give me time for introspection while sewing in and out. And maybe as I weave the pattern, the figure will reveal the answers….
That reminds me of the wedding cross stitch that my mom gave us on our wedding day. We weren’t sure of the wedding date that time that’s why she asked me to finish it.
Mag-3 years na kaming kasal, until now wala pa din syang date and names hahaha!
Mitch, baka naman abutin ng 25th wedding anniversary ninyo yan! hahaha!
Hmmm … What do your heart says; deep down?
Follow what it says and weigh the pros and cons of the decisions that you’re going to make. That will help; that is what I always do.
(:
Kyels, my heart says, yes - go.. but my time and body say otherwise….
LOL! Wag naman sana hahaha!
rhodora, i have ADD, so i started about 4 cross stitch projects and none of them got finished. hehe…
what i’ll do is look for a new pattern and materials when we go for vacation in pinas. try and try until you cry. i mean until you succeed pala. LOL! =D
about your studies, kaya mo yan =) ako nga i’m teasing hubby that when we’ve settled back in pinas, i want to study medicine. haha! basta, one step at a time
Sheilamarie, you know what - I have finished several cross stitch patterns and even framed them. But unfortunately, I only have one left with me - the rest, pinamigay ko! Ang bait ko, ano? hehehe.
Studies - I have decided. I am going. In fact, I have started attending today.
Medicine is not a bad idea. Why not? Alam mo ba, I had a professor before in Legal Ethics who’s a doctor of medicine. And then he took up law, and became a lawyer at the age of 60! Wow!
Mitch, asahan ko yan, ha… lol!
before I even read Vern’s comments, i was going to say the same thing. that you finish your cross stitch first, and who knows you might find the answers to your questions. cross stitching like gardening is relaxing and therapeutic.
but, with your intelligence, nothing is unreachable.
Asa ka pa! Nyahahaha!
Sabi ko nga ke Mitchteryosa, maybe its simply because we dont enjoy doing the task enymore kaya we tend to let it go in the back burner longer than expected. Ako rin maraming unfinished projects.
hi! been there before — asked and cried myself on the question of whether or not to push through with law school. it was agonizing until a person close to my heart ( who later became my husband) asked ” so what would you do after you give up law school?” it answered all. we share a lot in so many respects - a passion for writing ( journalism as a pre-law), more passion for law and most passion for motherhood. too bad i am not a blogger (as yet) but just in case you would like to be more enlightened (or encouraged -) with law school and its life thereafter, you can e-mail me. would love to hear from you.
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