Proverbs 31:30

With a grateful heart, I just stood there, silent.

There are times when I would go to church to light a candle and just stand there, with a heart overwhelmed with gratitude. No petitions, no wishes. Just endless streams of thanks.

I used to wonder whether wanting something more out of life makes a person ungrateful. But lately I've realized that it doesn't. Regardless of how much I want a new phone or a new laptop or a higher salary, it doesn't make me less appreciative of what I do have. I still feel blessed--blessed to have some means of communication with the people I love. Blessed to have a job in the first place. Blessed to be alive and healthy and loved.

In this world of uncertainties, my faith is one of the few things in my life that I am sure of--one thing I know I'd get to keep when everything else is stripped off from me. At the end of the day, I know I could lose everything I have except for Him, but having Him alone is enough reason for me to feel staggeringly blessed.

Drying to Constant Weight

I didn't know I wanted to be a pharmacist until I was making a thick paste out of talcum powder and some liquid I found in my room a little over four years ago. And I didn't know I wanted to be a hospital pharmacist until I applied for a job in a hospital.

Isn't it amazing how life just unravels before your eyes, and everything suddenly makes perfect sense? Like finally knowing the answer to a crossword puzzle after staring at it for so long. Like finally getting the constant weight of your silver chloride precipitates after weighing and drying for countless times. Isn't it amazing? Isn't He amazing?

Hi, I'm Jazel Elaine Ignacio, R.Ph., and I'm a hospital pharmacist. :)