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Strange Firsts

firstGrowing is fun, but going through a lot of “firsts” can be both frightening and exciting.

Remember your first day of school, your first visit to the dentist or your first bicycle ride? Remember how you felt when you first sang solo in the stage? Just like anybody else, you probably felt scared and alone. Your heart beat like drums. Your ice-cold hands and feet sweated and you got fluttering butterflies in your stomach.

Sometimes you’d think of giving up or turning your back. But more often you would realize that it’s no better way to keep you going and growing.

Some “firsts” are exciting. The first time you got a brand-new Swatch watch. Then there’s your first Nintendo computer video game; you’d smile and giggle after winning a contest on your first try. And then your first jet-plane ride on a journey to a faraway land.

These strange “firsts” are important because they are part of growing up. Some of them give you unpleasant feelings, but they can help you grow strong, confident and useful if you know how to handle and overcome them.

Do you know that plants and trees also undergo unpleasant conditions so that they could grow stronger and bear more fruits? Farmers allow them to go through a time of less and abundant water alternately. Those that get enough water most of the time during the early stage are weaker, bear lesser fruits and are easily uprooted by storm and strong winds.

God wants us to be strong so He allows us to experience frightening “firsts” and unpleasant conditions as we grow up. But more than anything, He makes us go through a lot of exciting “firsts” , surprises and victories to brighten our lives and makes our days pleasant and wonderful.

Posted on July 29, 2009
Category: Inspirational Stories
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  1. Jeremiah
    August 4th, 2009 @ 10:19 pm

    tama ka..there really is a “first time” for everything.. :D at ‘yan din ang iniisip ko whenever i got something right or wrong in the “first” try..ang importante we get even better sa mga susunod na pagkakataon.. :D diba diba?

  2. Basti
    August 6th, 2009 @ 10:29 am

    We just really have to face and then get over with those first time blues..

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