위캔스 선생님 일상

I am who I am because I am Me.

Social conformity, a great influence that changes human behavior and belief in order to fit in.

Don’t we all want to fit it? Most people I know do. Fitting in and being accepted by society is so important to human beings that we follow what society tells us to do. We let others dictate how we live our lives.  I know this all too well. I let society do the same until I ended up not liking who I have become. I am who I am now because I followed what I wanted. Whatever people thought of me didn’t really matter. I minded my own business and let myself reach full potential. Would I be able to say I’m happy? I’d say yes. Why you may ask?

I AM DIFFERENT.

Here I am with my son and my nephew looking at our display of air soft guns. We enjoy playing with these every weekend.

I’m not the typical stereo type of a Filipino woman. I do what makes me happy.

I’m a pretty young single mom to have a 12 year old son and older people would usually pity me for doing everything myself. I understand their point of view but more and more people are like me and I show them that it’s not that bad. A person can be mom and dad all at the same time. It is extremely hard work but the rewards and happiness are doubled.

He’s just like a younger brother I never had.

My son and I love to travel but I didn’t know how to drive and still don’t, so I got myself a scooter . It’s a great form of transportation though quite unsafe. I could now go to different places with my son and enjoy the scenery. Taking public transportation can be very uncomfortable so this is how we travel. Not many women can do this so it is pretty unusual and very cool.

My son and I on our way to the Highest Point in Cordillera.

If you want to find contentment in life. Do what you want. Don’t try to be who people want you to be. Don’t conform to all that society tells you to be. Contemplate on your life and be the best and the happiest that you could ever be.