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If you have to, overcome your fears to earn an honest living
During a recent visit to my hometown in Misamis Oriental, I was amazed by how a man climbed a tall coconut tree as if climbing a stairwell. More amazing was how he sat on leaf stalks with no sign of any worry at all to collect coconut sap or ‘tuba’. He climbed more trees as though he could fly, leaping from tree to tree.
“I climb coconut trees to make a living. Over the years, I’ve shed my fear of heights, because my family and I need to eat. It has become second nature to me these days.”
By Mary Nyn Heruela, Senior High School, Xavier University Senior High School, Quezon City
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