“Personally, I feel a sense of stability here—I have been blessed the past eight years. I also think that what’s happening right now will eventually subside, even if it takes a while,” he said, adding that the security he feels has a lot to do with GMA 7.
“But luckily, that’s not the case. And I have realized that I’m blessed because I can just focus on being at home,” the 31-year-old talent added.“Sometimes, in show biz, there’s a tendency to latch our identity onto how successful our career is, the things you’re able to buy with your earnings, or how grand your house is. Sometimes, that’s how you end up defining success,” Benjamin said.
“What’s important to me? My relationship with my family, that’s what. ‘How’s my mom doing, two years after my father’s death?’ That’s a question I don’t think I would have been able to ask my mother, if I were busy with work,” he related.“I realized that my connection with my loved ones is crucial. You try to get to know how they’re doing,” Benjamin added. “Instead of thinking about the things you want to reward yourself with for all your hard work … you focus on finding yourself.