1. THE STORY OF JOAQUIN
(How He Turned His Failures To Success)
The interrelationships among family members stimulate the growth of each
member. Adolescents trying to find their identity achieve self-hood w/ the help of earlier
identifications formed in their relationships w/ their parents. To be worthy of their parents
is a normal feeling among the young who grow in the atmosphere of love & happiness.
But no matter where the home is, some teenagers are affected by the lifestyle of locality.
Environment influences are very strong that mislead young ones to a different adventure
thinking at first that adventures are for fun only.
A story of Joaquin who was a typical Filipino teenager, the eldest among the four
brothers in a row become a true example of a struggler who successfully smashed the
failures & agony in life into a world of achievers. The pain of losing his mother at the age
of 16 was a total loss because she worked alongside w/ him despite of her frailty with his
3 brothers to feed, & w/o a father whom to rely on. He felt that all his dreams were
shattered.
He was supposedly an opportunity that Fr. Paterno took them 4 into the church &
offered them shelter & a job. However, Armando at 13 & as the youngest had a naughty,
careless character & work couldn’t be entrusted to him. That after their mother’s death,
here again Armando-a headache to Joaquin.
One day