01/04/2026
Unlike any of my talks and speeches, this one is different.
Pride has no value but why do we keep it?
Peace is free but why is it hard to find?
Last month, I gave a Career talk to the graduating students of Lipata National Highschool.
While setting a goal and dreaming for a better life is good, it is also very very important that we check our hearts: Are we truly happy? Am I at peace? Is it worth trading my health?
Because for me:
I am not successful if I have a house, only to live alone.
I am not successful if I have everything, only to enjoy nothing because I am in the hospital bed.
I am not successful if I have money, only to be anxious about people I stop talking to.
I am not successful if I achieve my dreams, only to be the reason of other people’s misery.
I am only successful if I have a healthy family, a stable income, good relationship with God and above all peace in my heart.
Because anything that costs you peace is already very expensive.
Let go and let God what you can’t control.
Maybe the burden is no longer for you to carry but God’s.
Be mindful of your pride because it steals your joy and costs your peace.
Do not compare and ask God’s grace to be happy with what you have.
Go set that goal, reach your dreams, but make sure it makes you happy, it feeds you and your family, and above all, it gives you peace.
Sit down. Reflect and find your Ikigai.
May all your dreams come true with pure joy, peace and happiness.
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