7-Eleven opens 3rd store in Panglao & inspiring, soul-enriching stories

Moadto Strip Mall, nestled in between fine, powdery white sand, and crystalline blue waters in Barangay Doljo in Panglao town, is now the home of the third 7-Eleven store in Panglao. Photo: Leo Udtohan

It’s feel-good Sunday, March 14, 2021. Again, take time out from political sizzlers for more inspiring, spirit-lifting stories.

These inspirational short stories left me speechless.

1.)The Butterfly (shared by Dr. Butch Bernas, who got it from a friend, source unknown). 

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.

One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.

Until it suddenly stopped making any progress and looked like it was stuck.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily, although it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man didn’t think anything of it and sat there waiting for the wings to enlarge to support the butterfly. But that didn’t happen. The butterfly spent the rest of its life unable to fly, crawling around with tiny wings and a swollen body.

Despite the kind heart of the man, he didn’t understand that the restricting cocoon and the struggle needed by the butterfly to get itself through the small opening; were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings. To prepare itself for flying once it was out of the cocoon.

Moral of the story:

Our struggles in life develop our strengths. Without struggles, we never grow and never get stronger, so it’s important for us to tackle challenges on our own, and not be relying on help from others.

2.) Control Your Temper (contributed by Edison Gumapac of Manga National High School who got it from a friend, source unknown).

There once was a little boy who had a very bad temper. His father decided to hand him a bag of nails and said that every time the boy lost his temper, he had to hammer a nail into the fence.

On the first day, the boy hammered 37 nails into that fence.

The boy gradually began to control his temper over the next few weeks, and the number of nails he was hammering into the fence slowly decreased.

He discovered it was easier to control his temper than to hammer those nails into the fence.

Finally, the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father the news and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out a nail every day he kept his temper under control.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.

“You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.”

Moral of the story:

Control your anger, and don’t say things to people in the heat of the moment, that you may later regret. Some things in life, you are unable to take back.

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7-Eleven opens 3rd store in Panglao 

From Anthony Ceniza, cultural worker and choreographer extraordinaire:

The long wait is finally over…7-Eleven opened its third store in Modala Strip Mall in Panglao yesterday, March 13. 

7-Eleven finally expanded to Bohol province  and penetrated the Bohol market as the global convenience store chain officially opened its 3rd store in Modala Strip Mall

in Panglao town. Photos: Anthony Ceniza 

Philippine Seven Corporation, the country’s licensee of 7-Eleven stores in the Philippines,. said that 7-Eleven is growing its network of stores all over the Philippines in their aim to provide unique experience that only 7-Eleven can give.

During the opening,  Fr. Leonel Hermogenes Grado, parish priest of St. Augustine Parish Church, blessed the new store. It was attended by franchisees Dr. Doloreich Dumaluan and his wife Marilou, children  Reichyl and Reicher, Fe Deguiño, Anecita Nerves-Arcay of Arcom Center Panglao, Alma Esterado of Panglao Island Furniture and Ching Balucan. 

Some members of the Bohol media-- Ric Obedencio, Bob Galero, Rey Tutas, Dave Charles Responte, Helen Castaño, Kit Bagaipo and Angel Guimalan--also witnessed the opening. Edison Gumapac and Adam Gulle also attended Saturday's event. 

The 7-Eleven in Modala Strip Mall is the second franchise of the Dumaluans, also the owner of the first 7-Eleven store established in Bohol located in Arcom Center in Barangay Poblacion in Panglao. 

Bohol residents and tourists can now enjoy their unique offerings such as the iconic Slurpee and other convenient alternatives like Gulp, the newest honest- to- goodness coffee City Blends, Fundae soft-serve ice cream, Big Bite Hotdog, siopao and a lot more.

7-Eleven customers can also experience CliQQ a load and bills payment kiosk.

The popular 24-hour convenience store chain has earlier announced its rapid expansion in Bohol this year.

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