I attended three Sunday masses in the past month, and I've noticed the same topic given by the priests in their homilies. It's that people end up asking God, "Why me?", "Why us?" when bad things happen to them.

Naalala ko na I questioned God dati when I was down. Tanong ako nang tanong, "Bakit? Bakit ganun?", and I thought that that was my natural reaction if something bad happened to me. Man normally questions whether a bad thing is somewhat caused by something bad they did before, or what they call "karma", and if they find no reason for "karma", then they would normally ask for a better reason, diba? But then the Fathers told me something I never thought of -- Why don't we ask the same thing when good things happen to us? Why not ask, "Why me?", when you win the lottery instead of saying "Thanks"?

After thinking of all the good and bad things that happened to me, natanong ko sa sarili ko kung bakit nangyari sa akin yung mga yun. Naalala ko bigla yung hirit nila Sheila at Tito, ang "Why not?". I believe that we deserved all the good and bad that comes with us. Di naman siguro mangyayari sa atin lahat yun kung hindi nararapat sa atin diba?

That's why hindi dapat "Why" ang sabihin natin, kundi "Thanks" lagi. Ewan ko ba, I feel that it's more appropriate to say "Thanks" to someone who gave us something than to ask "Why?" diba? It's the thought that counts, not what the gift is, right?

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!