Sharon Cuneta: "I haven't been this peaceful in so many years."
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Sharon Cuneta admits big debt, weight gain, and lack of projects caused her depression a couple of years ago. Find out how she dealt with it:
Unti-unti na raw nababayaran ni Megastar Sharon Cuneta ang kanyang malaking utang.
Matatandaan na noong nakaraang dalawang taon, nag-post si Sharon tungkol sa kanyang financial status at sinabing, “I am probably the poorest, most cash-strapped billionaire you know.”
READ: Sharon Cuneta nilinaw ang pahayag niya noong Mother's Day patungkol sa malaki niyang utang
Sa ginanap na press conference ng Iconic concert kahapon, September 23, kusang ibinahagi ni Sharon ang update tungkol rito.
“A few years ago, I was so problematic.
“Remember, I even posted on social media, which I don't do anymore, I said I was at the lowest point of my life and career. I've never been so sad.
“That was the time when everybody thought I was clinically depressed that I might kill myself. Some people tend to exaggerate.
“I'm just really sad and I didn't know what to do.
“I had a really big, big utang. When I say utang… I think I never told you the exact amount. It was over half a billion.
“Now, I'm down to a couple of hundred million.
“Now, I'm fine. I was able to pay them back because of smart investing in the past.
“That's how big my problem was. Now, I'm down to a few hundred. I'm working and I've invested.
“I'm okay, it's just a matter of managing my… I had to work non-stop.
“But at that point, I couldn't work and I didn't know what to do.”
Ayon kay Sharon, hindi lamang pinansyal ang naging sanhi ng kanyang depresyon.
“That was a big part of it but not just that.
“Imagine, I was so fat, I couldn't work. I have a big utang and I didn't know how to pay it back in the time I was given kasi nga I was too fat to work.
“Parang lahat ng mali, first time dumaan sa buhay ko nang sabay-sabay,” pahayag ni Sharon nang makausap siya ng ilang entertainment reporters matapos ang press conference.
Aminado siya na hindi na niya kinaya ang mga problema noon at ang tanging solusyon na naisip niya ay ang magbalik-loob sa Panginoon.
“That's when I turned back to God,” sabi ni Sharon.
“When I refocused talaga on God… I'm just talking about my experience, ha, I'm not trying to be preachy. Pero ito talaga ang nangyari sa akin, e.
“Oh my God, I've been focusing too much on my problems, why am I forgetting to focus on the one being bigger than any problem that can come my way?
“When I went back and focused on God, you know what, everything fell into place.
“Talagang when you delight yourself in Him, He'll give you the desires of your heart.
“I just prayed na, 'You take over, Lord. I don't know what to do, I surrender. Bahala na po Kayo. Tutal, I am nobody. Bahala na po Kayo.'
“You know what, I found myself. I went back to how calm I was. A lot of my friends noticed that.”
Bagamat pinakamalungkot na yugto ng kanyang buhay, nagpapasalamat naman si Sharon naging magandang pagkakataon ito para baguhin ang kanyang sarili.
Kuwento niya, “Parang I remembered, before I became really angry, before Twitter, before all the mga away with my ex-leading men…
“Parang na-realize ko na I was becoming the people na ayaw kong maging, yung mga inaayawan ko, yung mga 'Oh my God, I'll never be like that person.'
“All of a sudden, I'm becoming the people that I despised.
“It was the quiet time din that I was given. I focused on God, I focused on my family, myself, everything.”
Dahil dito, sabi ni Sharon, “My marriage has never been better. Kiko [Senator Francis Pangilinan] and I have never been closer.
“My children and I, I think, have never been this happier.
“I don't think I've never been more peaceful.
“Parang everything na kailangan ko ay binibigay ng Panginoon kasi nagta-trust ako sa Kanya.
“I forgot that, e, parang na-overcome ako masyado ng mga problema ko. Siyempre, tao lang tayo.
“Noong naalala ko, talagang I'm so sorry, Lord, I forgot. How could have I forgotten Him?
“Talagang when I refocused, iyak na ako talaga. As in surrender, white flag, 'Hindi ko na po kaya.'”
Sa huli, muling diniin ni Sharon ang naging epekto ng kanyang pananalig sa Diyos sa gitna ng mga problemang dumating sa kanya, “I haven't been this peaceful in so many years.”
