Burger King and The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Bulag. Hanggang ngayon. Ilang araw na ako sinusundan ng mga bulag. Kahapon nasa Burger King ako para maghapunan. Pag pasok ko sa loob ay dumiretso kaagad ako sa counter, di na ako naghanap ng mauupuan kasi sabi ko sa sarili ko, magkakaroon din yan ng bakante. Kailangan makaorder muna ako, at wala din naman ako kasama para bantayan ang bakanteng upuan. Sa loob ay meron dalawang bulag na naka-upo at nag uusap. Napansin ko sila kaagad, kita mo na bulag sila dahil meron sila parehong dalang walking stick at pag tinignan mo ng mabuti, mapapansin mo na wala na ang kanilang mga mata sa kinalalagyan. Bakante. Ano kaya ang naging dahilan ng pagkawala ng kanilang mga mata? Humarap na ako sa cashier at umorder. Habang inaayos nung cashier attendant yung order ko, meron nakakuha ng attention ko … meron sumisigaw ng "hello, can I have some plain water, please … hello …" paulit ulit. Yung isang bulag ay humihingi ng tubig. Nung una, walang kumikilos, siguro naghihintayan kung sino ang mag initiate na magbigay ng tubig sa kanila. Nakailang ulit nya sinisigaw ito at maya-maya ay lumapit na yung store manager para abutan silang dalawa ng tig isang baso ng plain water. Dumating na yung order ko at nakalimutan ko na silang dalawa. Umuwi na kaagad ako pagkatapos kumain. Kanina, nanood ako ng DVD ng The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Eto ang synopsis from Yahoo Movies "In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of a 19-year-old college freshman. A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed the exorcism that resulted in the girl’s death." After the movie, naisip ko yung nakita ko kahapon. Hindi dahil sa medyo nakakaantig ang itsura ng isang tao na wala ng mata at parang nai-konek ng isip ko yung mga imahe nila sa isang exorcism movie, pero dahil sa sinabi nung isa sa mga characters sa movie: "I am a person of doubt … but we are talking of possibilities here, if we would only base our actions, decisions on facts, then there are no opportunities for possibilities." Without doubt. There is no opportunity for faith. Naisip ko yung dalawang bulag na nakita ko kahapon. They live their lives on faith. I think it is 
normal for us to doubt what we can not see. And in their case, they don’t see anything at all. They rely more on faith (and the other senses). But they have limited capability to establish fact compared to us who can see. They must doubt everyday. I tried to imagine myself as the one who was sitting there yesterday at Burger King asking for plain water, with my eyeballs removed. I would have done the same thing. Voice out for help. To who? I don’t know. Whoever would offer. But I don’t need to have my eyeballs removed. I am already blind. I can’t see God. I think all of us haven’t. We just call out to Him in faith. Somehow, yesterday, Burger King was heaven. The store manager was God. And I was the blind man looking on.
