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Multi-awarded Kapuso TV host and broadcast journalist Kara David recently shared her reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic and the year 2020 in a Kapuso Brigade ZOOMustahan virtual event.

Kara David reflects on the year 2020 / Source: @iamkaradavid (IG)

The 'Pinas Sarap' host revealed that just like many of us, she had struggled due to the unforeseen changes that the health crisis has brought upon us.

“Malaki yung pasasalamat ko sa programang 'Bright Side' for that, kasi alam kong lahat tayo nung nag-start 'yung pandemic ang taas talaga ng anxiety nating lahat.

“Kahit ako, sobrang natakot ako. 'Meron pa ba akong magiging trabaho?' 'Yung asawa ko na seaman, pinauwi galing sa barko. Nagtatanong kami (kung) magkakaroon pa ba ng trabaho 'yung asawa ko. Ako ba magkakaroon pa ba ng trabaho ngayong parang sarado na ang lahat, 'di ba? Hindi na siya normal.”

Nevertheless, Kara said the challenges that the pandemic brought also came with important life lessons for everyone.

“I realized na may mga bagay na mas importante e. Ano itong mga bagay na mas importante? 'Yung ating family, yung ating kalusugan, yung ating safety.

“Ayun. 'Yon ang tinuro sa akin ng 2020, maraming bagay ang mas importante sa iyong sarili kaysa sa iyong mga luho, pera, at career. Maraming ibang bagay na mas importante.

“Tapos sa time ng crisis, doon mo talaga nakikita yung mga tunay mong kaibigan, 'yung mga tunay na nagmamalasakit sa 'yo, 'di ba?”

Kara David and her husband LM Cancio spends their first Christmas together in 2020 / Source: @iamkaradavid (IG)

She also emphasized how the pandemic has taught everyone to shift their focus from just minding one's own needs and wants to being more selfless and lending a helping hand.

“So, in a way, this pandemic…itong 2020, it really taught us how to be resilient. Tinuruan nito tayo kung paano tayo magiging survivor at kung paano tayo dapat tumulong sa isa't isa para lahat tayo maka-survive.

“Oo, madaling magreklamo, 'di ba? Pero let's do our part. Let's also do our part para maiangat naman natin 'yung buhay ng ibang tao.”

Kara also inspired everyone to live a better life in 2021 and the years to come by sharing three things that she says can make life more beautiful and happier.

“Lagi kong sinasabi po to everyone, to all my fans, to everyone I meet, I always tell them three things to make your life more beautiful: magdasal, magpasalamat at magmalasakit.

“Magdasal ka kasi lahat ng biyaya ay galling sa Panginoon. Magpasalamat ka sa kanya kasi hindi lang naman ikaw ang gumawa niyan. Ginawa 'yan ng Panginoon at binigay para sa 'yo. At magmalasakit ka sa kapwa bilang paraan ng pagpapasalamat.

“So, magdasal, magpasalamat at magmalasakit. Magiging masaya ka.”

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