I just spent at least several minutes flying my kite at the freedom park of our school. We were practicing there for our tableau in Filipino (which is entitled "Ang Guryon" or "The Kite" in english; this explains why I have a kite with me at school), so at minute-breaks, I took the time to run in the open space and fly my kite. I didn't mind the rest of the students in the surrounding areas who were so busy with their own lives. I didn't care who would tease me for my childlike act. I enjoyed the breeze of the wind to my heart's content. At least, in my own little way, I was able to make them smile or even laugh. I chased the wind to fuel my kite to fly. I walked and I ran while I enthusiastically turned around from time to time according to signal of the wind to give my kite a sudden lift when it seemed to lose altitude. At times, I could run straight with speed whenever I followed the direction of the wind. The whole time, I held the string with determination and swung my arm to the path of the wind as if signalling my kite to follow it. Everytime, I looked up at the sky, at a height I wanted my kite to reach. It was fantastic, it felt blissful, I felt so free... It was as if I had flown with the kite all along.
The joy I felt then lasted long enough for me to still think of it on my way home. In the midst of my pool of thoughts, I came to realize something. "Life is much like a kite.", I told myself. At first, I was arguing ideas whether I should be the kite while God holds the string or let the kite be my life while I hold the string. But I finally decided the kite is my life and I hold the string. Because if the kite was me and God held the string, then I would be just like one toy or robot manipulated by its creator without a sense of free will. So life is a kite... Wondering how and why? Let me go back to the details of my story.
"I took the time to run in the open space and fly my kite." If you want to really live, take the time to really live. How is it anyway to really live? You've got to get out of your cage and run in the open space. It's not just about breaking barriers and breaking free, you've got to soar high in the sky.
"I didn't mind the rest of the students in the surrounding areas who were so busy with their own lives. I didn't care who would tease me for my childlike act. I enjoyed the breeze of the wind to my heart's content." To be able to live life to the fullest, you have to go against the current, go against the crowd. Amidst the busyness of every person's life, be the difference by taking stops and breathing God's breath of life. You have to stop trying to impress others. Don't ever fear of being laughed at because you're not missing anything. You're enjoying while all they can do is laugh lamely with your success as they continue to be mere spectators never knowing how to make their own blockbuster life story. You only have One you need to please, just God. He's the only one worthy of it and when He is pleased, blessings flow ceaselessly. If there's one reason people seem to forget how to live and not merely exist, is that they've forgotten to be like a child. Take a look at what the Bible says: And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:3)
"I chased the wind to fuel my kite to fly." Here it comes, what or who fuels your life? The kite has the wind that enables it to fly along the horizon and raises it to the skies with a gentle breeze. Without the wind, the kite has no use, it wouldn't fly. God is the wind of my life. Without Him, I'm simply motionless... lifeless. So I chase God, because to be able to live in my dreams and live out my purpose, I need Him to fuel my heart and soul. I've got to cling to Him and be like Him. So what drives your life? Is it money? So you look like money now? Is it your dreams or ambitions, friends, partner, family,...? But those are all temporal, don't you realize? How can you live eternally if what fuels you is transitory?
"I walked and I ran while I enthusiastically turned around from time to time according to signal of the wind to give my kite a sudden lift when it seemed to lose altitude." There's a time for everything. A time to walk and a time to run. Don't rush, but don't waste time. And don't just do things, do them enthusiastically out of love. In life, you have to take time to turn around and have a glance of the past to see how far God has taken you already. Just to rekindle the fire within and strengthen your faith--you've already reached that far, why stop and give up? God has been with you all the way, why fear and surrender now? Remember, you're not meant to dwell in the past, that's why I took nothing but quick turns when trying to prevent my kite from losing momentum. It has to be quick, so just take a peek whenever you feel down and continue on your way.
"At times, I could run straight with speed whenever I followed the direction of the wind." When you follow God's direction, you are as sure-footed as a horse. "..Led by the Lord, they were as sure-footed as wild horses, and never stumbled." (Isaiah 63:13) When God drives your life, there's no stumbling and falling, just a smooth and swift ride to your destiny. He has everything under control, so obey. But don't get it wrong, sometimes, failures still occur. And it's all because, sometimes, we still disobey.
"The whole time, I held the string with determination and swung my arm to the path of the wind as if signalling my kite to follow it." Don't let emotions, failures, or other earthly matters dictate what it is that you must do. Take over them and signal them to God's direction. Let God reign whenever and however. You were blessed to have been given the power to choose, you better be a good kite flyer by leading your life to God's path and not to your own foolish ways or what the world suggests.
"Everytime, I looked up at the sky, at a height I wanted my kite to reach. It was fantastic, it felt blissful, I felt so free... It was as if I had flown with the kite all along." To aim high and make your dreams a reality, always look up to God and make Him the initial ingredient in everything. Don't get left over by people and by time, fly with your life and know what it means to be in paradise. C: The kite is your life. The string is your lifeline. On and on, the wind will blow and on and on, you'll fly with your life. Tempests may come, rains may fall, because God always gives tests to train you to be more steadfast and teach you a lesson that if you won't follow the path of His breeze, you will fall.
Let God sit on the throne of your heart. Let Him take over Your life. Let Him fly you to your highest and farthest dreams. He'll take you to the peak of true life.
Fly your life, fly it right. Start living and let the Lord be your wind.
Start with God, because that way, you're starting right. ♥
