In Good Company

I always find it extraordinary whenever I hear that my elementary and high school batchmates get to play basketball with my dad. I think some of them got to play with my dad since I was in college and until now that my dad is turning 60, my former classmates still get to play with him. Weird but cool nevertheless!

Now that I am practicing law, I still find myself amazed that my former law school classmates get to be in the same court with my dad.

As for me, I still find myself in disbelief that I am in this field because I get to work with my mom and dad's peers, who, many years ago, were my "titos and titas". But now, I already found myself working for a client and my "tito" working for another.

Aside from the practice of law, the world of teaching is another realm that I am facing.

My former teachers in college are now my colleagues.

And now as I embark on another journey in teaching law, I feel so blessed that I get to be in the company of my former professors who have helped me in becoming a lawyer that I am today. I still have to pinch myself that I sat beside one of the most respected (and probably one of the most feared) professors in law school. In front of me is our dean. And I was surrounded by my professors and treated as one of them.

I know that I have a lot to prove because I have just passed the bar. I cannot blame if there will be others who will undermine my capabilities. I was not a bar topnotcher nor a cum laude in law school. But I think that would not hinder me in doing my best. In fact, that should motivate me. I already experienced being an underdog and I was able to prove that I could be one of the best.

I pray that I will still do great with the things I do.

I pray that I will always be mindful of all the blessings that have come my way.

I pray that I will always be worthy of being in good company.