Meet the non-winged Angel

          When I was a kid, I always believed that angels are those immortal-winged creatures. They appear in white cloudy garments with their halos on top of their head. Ridiculous I was on those days, I really wished for angels to appear in front of my naked eyes. Then, I was always been told by my mother that they only become visible when I could only do good things that would be pleasing to angels. Naïve like any other children, I always tried my best to do any good act. Every time that I have done it well, I would turn my head looking for them behind my back. I couldn’t know how many times I tried it but I always end up in despair not seeing even the smallest nail of their foot. While my mother finds for some reasons why angels couldn’t be of my vision, she sees to it that I could still believe that angels are yet there even though they are not glaring to my sight. Perhaps, that thought told by my mother towards me was the very remarkable word I’ve been holding to about my childhood beliefs on angels. Wide as the array of light in heaven, later then I knew that angels could have their existence in disguise. Of course, I would really hope that there would be no gender specification on that matter. It could be a gay beautician, a bald man, a gray- haired woman, an old maid, a toothless infant or even a deaf-mute learner. Yes, angels are everywhere and with what happened to me and the rest of my colleagues? I tell you we already met our angel in disguise, and that in a teachers’ persona. (…that is supposed to be a secret :D)

              I have finally come to give the unidentified meaning of angels through that teacher. He happened to be our angel who appeared at those times that we became helpless. Angels are not immortal-winged beings; instead, they are mortal guardians who know how to protect and to caress. I was just so amazed how he listens to us at some instances that we are accused of a wrong doing in our workplace. The look of his eyes could already speak too well how strongly he believes us. With him I found our fragility and importance and that humbles us to do good in the place where we will be spending our practicum days. Probably, concepts about angels have bedazzled each of us so that we could strive to do good things at some point in our lives. I could now already let go of the thought of seeing even a single nail of an angel for there are a lot of angels living in this world ready to share their big hearts. We don’t need to search for them for they appear amidst of our melancholic situations and more likely in our victorious moments. By the way, I should say that this teacher- an angel in disguise is known for his competence and versatility. Busy as he may be but he never fails to guard his herd of childlike students. As I say, this is supposed to be a secret so if you happened to know this teacher, please extend your sweetest smiles to him :)