01/10/2026
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Struggle: 𝘈 𝘠𝘍𝘊 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 🍃
"𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲𝓮𝓽𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝓮, 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓸𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓶𝓮 𝓳𝓸𝔂."
– Psalm 94:19
This assembly provided a meaningful opportunity to explore the connection of our mental well-being and spirituality. Ate Nikka Marcelo, SFC POLA Chapter Head, reminded us that it is completely normal to face emotional hardships, and that 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. Seeking help and experiencing struggles do not weaken our spirituality; rather, 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭.