The end of days.

1st Week In Law School

I am slowly getting the rhythm of my new law school life. The first week was full of surprises and consolations. I had my first oral recitation in Political Law on the National Territory. I never realized that playing Age of Empires would be this applicable in creating a conceptual framework about sovereignty and territory. Nonetheless, my answer was not a home-run, though it was respectable enough. The other subjects are also very interesting but I have strong sense that this interest will slowly erode when I shall begin to dissect all those voluminous cases and texts considering that the first week was still a honey moon period. My block mates also trusted me enough to be their block president. I thought I am through with this but hey, this is who I am. So for the next coming weeks, I am expecting myself to fall in love with the law books which/whom I spend all my day with. I only hope they can answer back when I ask them if they ate their lunch already.

1st Day of Law School.

"Motherly Funny" I guess would be the best adjective to describe my first day of Law Class. Aside from the obvious fact that our professor was a woman, she also exudes the motherly conduct which allows us to feel relax and easy in her class. Her persona is far from the enumerations of sadistic tendencies given to us during the freshmen orientation. From her side comments and hand gestures, we can draw a conclusion that she is authentically fun.

It was our Legal Writing class. One thing that stuck in me really was how basic its purpose is. We write to convince. Not to inspire, not to romanticize, not to play with the artistic value of words. We write to convince the court of our points.

In the end, it is ultimately the precision of our words where we can fully deliver the force of the law for the interest of justice.

God loves us FIRST. Ninoy and Cory Aqunio Leadership Journey

In its most profound sense, the Ninoy and Cory Aqunio Leadership Journey weaved my anxiety, excitement, doubts, hopes and fears into one understandable and appreciable picture of my life. I bring so much anxiety into this retreat. Friends are leaving, going separate paths; college comfort has ended and the prospect of Law School still stings with fear and uncertainty.

In all the rich inputs given to us, I want to share a simple highlight.

According to Henri Nouwen, we oftentimes miss the whole point about the nature of our relationship with God. Our common mentality is we keep on doing good so we can merit God’s love. We operate in that one-way relationship which simply spells we should please Him – period. Nouwen opens up this new thought that affirms the fundamental truth that God loves us FIRST.

The question is not “how am I to find God?” but “How am I to let myself be found by him?” The question is not “How am I to find God?” but “how am I to let myself be found by him?” The question is not “How am I to know God?”, but “How am I to let myself be loved by God?”.