Ang Palayok ni Magneto

After contemplating on my entry yesterday, I realized that there is a kind of problem that may be the most difficult to solve. A kind of palayok seemingly impossible to shatter.

A similar headgear only a palayok

It’s the palayok that has clamped down on one’s head. If you’re familiar with X-men and if you’ve especially watched X-men First Class, think of Magneto and his headgear near the end of the film. Only that it’s not metal and gray but a palayok.

I think the most difficult problem to solve is the problem that has already firmly lodged in one’s mind influencing us to think that it’s supposed to be firmly lodged in one’s life.

If we think that we have no hopes of solving a problem already because a solution to it may not exist, then we’ll never really be able to relieve ourselves of such problem right? The worse kind, though, is when we claim that the problem is not a problem anymore because it has already become a normal part of our lives that we have to deal with. Thus, we just let the problem wreak havoc in our lives even if we are more than capable to alleviate ourselves of such problem. All because of a palayok-induced defeatist mindset.

If you have such a palayok in your life, then it’s probably high time for you to shatter it. I warn you though that it will be extremely difficult given that the necessity of a change of mindset appearing otherwise. Thus, I hope that today’s entry has at least been able to crack or even chip the palayok you’ve probably had for a while. Only when this crack widens will you realize how such mindset has clamped down on your facility to address the problems in your life. If you need help, your family and friends will probably gladly help shatter the palayok that has lodged you with such a problematic mindset on problems.

You will struggle but soldier on, my dear reader. Just remember that it all begins with a palayok-free mind.