ESCAPING???

Some people live in a world of lies, lies to other person for them to “lusot” from their sins.
LUSOT literally means escape from something by wriggling into a hole or through a split. It points to a mentality that is concerned in getting away from an undesirable, unpleasant, or altogether difficult situation in the fastest and least painful manner.
LUSOT has been the title for this story. It is about a little girl who escaped from her sin, disobeying her mother.
I can’t wait for our summer vacation!” Keren cried out excitedly.
Our family was headed for Ajuy, Iloilo, the birthplace of my father. The day before our trip, we made the necessary preparations. My father conditioned the vehicle we were to use. My sisters and I were so excited e hardly slept that night.
The next day, we got up at 5 a. m. , put all are things in the car, and started to travel. We reached the municipality of Ajuy at around 11 a. m. Then after a 10-minute banca ride we reached the beautiful island of Nasidman.
We settled in a cozy cottage, owned by Nanay Inday, my Lola’s sister. “Girls, please put your things in the room,” Mother said, pointing to the bigger room to the left.
We really enjoyed our first two days there. Only the food, prepared by Nanay Inday especially for us, left something to desired. Meeting our relatives was half the reason we were here; the other half was beaching. So the following morning, before breakfast was set, we went beaching.
Mother warned my little sister not to swim for a long time or else they’d get sick. They obeyed, at least for a while. But the waves of children’s passion for swimming carried away my mother’s warning.
“Time for breakfast,” Mother shouted from the kitchen. All of us dashed inside except Keren.
“She went swimming” Omega informed us. Mother called her, and told her to stop swimming. “You’re allowed to swim up to 11 o’clock only because the scorching heat will cause fever.” she announced. We all nodded, including Keren.
We spent the whole morning swimming. After eating hearty lunch, we rested in our room. We thought Keren rested with us, because of Mother’s warning. Instead, she swam the whole day without our knowledge. It was already 6 o’clock when she went home.
“Where have you been?” Father asked her. “I’m with Nanay Inday, I. . .I. . .stayed with her the whole afternoon, I mean n the library,” she stammered. There was really a library in Nanay Inday’s house, not far from our cottage.
“Then why is your hair so wet?” Father inquired.
“I’ve just finished taking a shower,” she lied. She did everything to hide her mistake. The truth came out, however, because she burned with fever that night. She confessed everything to mother.
We scheduled the next day for boating. We posed for pictures around the island. Unfortunately, Keren was so sick to accompany us. Before we left, father made realize her mistake. “I told you this before; I don’t like disobedient children who escape from their mistake. Because of this you stay here with Nanay Inday. I hope you will not do this again,” Father explained. Keren nodded.
Alone, she saw the boat slowly drifting away on the calm waters. She heard her sisters giggling. She saw her mother lean on her father’s chest. She also saw the wide ocean beckoning her to come. And she learned her lesson well.
In some cases, as the saying goes, “Telling lies could be good and telling truths could be bad”. It has a point. But not at all times. Lying is a great sin...