Taking Siestas
Whether you work as an employee in the office, as a driver taking passengers from one place to another, as a student in university, or whether you stay at home, the fact is we have this affinity for break times and idly sitting or resting during those times.
Perhaps this one of the reasons why work gets done later than the set deadline.
Of course, it is all right to take a break from your work every now and then but it is an entirely different story if you become too engrossed or addicted to siestas, as they are called in the local language, that you start to dawdle or slowly waste your time, doing nothing productive.
Originally, taking siestas is not a Filipino trait. As I have said and as you may recall in one of my posts that I consider Filipinos to be one of the most hardworking individuals in the world with high quality results.
Simply look at the grandeur and beauty of the Banaue Rice Terraces, a UNESCO World Heritage site. So where did we get, inherit, or develop the habit of taking siestas?
Historically, the Banaue Rice Terraces were carved into the mountains of Ifugao by our ancestors some 2,000 years ago according to Wikipedia.
So, our ancestors never had this habit but only when colonists and conquistadors came into the country that the term 'siesta' was introduced and became habit to many Filipinos which pervades until today.
My point is that we waste too much time on taking siestas.
Scrolling down Facebook and Twitter, chatting about showbiz gossip and other kinds of gossip which is actually another bad habit and considered as a sin but that will be in another post, and of course, spending too much time in front of the television or sitting idly around the house, get us nowhere.
We must take the initiative to be active physically, mentally, and spiritually every day of our lives because this is one way of making good use of our time.
Exercising, reading, cleaning the house, learning a skill, spending time with God, listening to His voice, studying God's Word, and doing other worthwhile activities or hobbies are pretty good ways of practicing time management since our time would not be wasted on senseless things.
Hopefully, we Filipinos will be able to break the inherited bad habits that we actually got from different colonists that took over and dominated our country and changed our culture and perspective in more ways than one which has many pros and cons that affect our society today.
I hope that we will be able to recognize that we need help and that we desperately need change in our country and trust in the Lord that only He can and will make those changes happen for our own good.
Remember the Bible tells us that God works together for the good of those who love Him, whom He has called according to His purpose. So, let us put our faith in God and in His Son Jesus Christ and repent from our sins and turn to God.
Let us let go of our controlling nature over our lives, submit ourselves to God's power and authority, and never let go of His promises.
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