My Big " Why"

" Find your emotional why that literally makes you cry" - Trace Trajano

I had another crying incident!

While watching two episodes of Eat Bulaga's Juan for All, All for Juan ( I watch over the internet only) - one of a day-care-teacher Luisa of Taytay Rizal and another of a college student Kerson from Quezon City. Luisa never got married because she took care of her father and is now taking care of her 91-year old mother. But you can see from her that she loves taking care of her parents. Kerson on the other hand lost his parents from cancer, his father passed away last July 2010 then followed by his mother that same year in August - both parents only in their late 40's. The first story  was pure joy as she gets to serve and take care of her mother for a very long time, while the latter is full of bleakness. But both brought me to tears...a bucket of them! Why?

I have been working abroad for almost 5 years now. But it was only 8 months back when I stumbled into Bo Sanchez's Truly Rich Club. Since then I had this paradigm shift. A major one! The first talk of him that lead me to this realization is about "finding your emotional why". For weeks I was struggling to find my fantasy..then suddenly it hit me: I want to go home and be with my family! Basically, my family is scattered in different parts of the world - my father has been working in California for more than 20 years now, me and my husband are here in Dubai, my two sisters are studying in UK, my brother in law is based in Singapore, left in the Philippines are my mother, my only brother, and my in-laws. That's four time zones to consider! Haha!

My Big Why: to have my family and in-laws stay and settle back in the Philippines, to spend Sundays and Holidays together in out-of-town trips or just enjoy the company of each other at home. This literally makes me cry every day. I always tell my husband that my biggest regret that I can have in my lifetime would be not having to spend most of my waking times serving and loving my parents. The next step now is to make the How and the When happen. And that is to be financially free in 5 years time! To make money work for me and not the other way around. That way I can spend more time with my family without thinking of how I can sustain our everyday expenses. That to me is success.

What is your Big Why? What is your hunger? The one that makes you cry. Once you have recognized this, you will have a clear step towards your goals and realizing them. Then you will be forever happy!