Ava and her pacifier

I heard mass one day at the Chapel of the Eucharistic Lord in Megamall and the priest, Fr. Joel Jason, let us watch a video entitled "Ava says goodbye to her pacifier" . It was both a funny and tearful way of letting go. Funny because she is letting go of something trivial as a pacifier, and tearful too because when we ponder on the symbolism, the pacifier is just a representation of any attachments we have that we need to let go one day.

Dear child,

I know you don't like pain. I don't like it too. But for one to get well, one must endure the pain of surgery — to cut away that which is no longer helping but hindering you.

Doc,
God

P.S. Pain won't last, my dear child. So bite your lip and take a deep breath. Joy is coming, and that will last.