I came home with this nugget of wisdom after listening to a homily delivered by Fr. Deo Galang at the St. Jo-seph the Worker chapel in Clark Field the other weekend. He urged the mass goers to reflect on the significance of the lessons from St. Luke’s narrative on an encounter in the road to Emmaus, a town near Jerusalem where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried.
The destination could be an end point of a long trip, or the peak of a steep ascent. It could be graduating from grade school, high school, or college. Or climbing the corporate ladder until one is promoted to the C-suites – or attains the coveted chief executive officer position. No matter what, it’s the journey that delivers personal gratification or fulfillment.
Another cohort whose company I cherish are my classmates from the Master in Business Management class of 1978 at the Asian Institute of Management . Thanks again to the wonders of Viber we con-verge and converse frequently on cyber space. The company that I cherish also includes my officemates from my first employer, Far East Bank and Trust Company; my faculty colleagues from the Asian Institute of Management where I taught for 28 years; and my fellow workers in government, especially those from the Department of Transportation and Communications ; the Presidential Communications Operations Office and the Philippine Information Agency.