Life is....

Words of Wisdom

2011-05-17T21:07:00.000-07:00

If you're headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns.

When the tides of life turn against you
And the current upsets your boat
Don't waste those tears on what might have been
Just lay on your back and float!
(Ed Norton - The Honeymooners)

When you're having bad dreams, turn your pillow over. The good dreams are on the other side.

A careless word may kindle strife
A cruel word may wreck a life
A timely word may level stress
A loving word may heal and bless

Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

No man ever got lost on a straight road

The most essential element in any home is God.

A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Don't be unhappy if your dreams never come true -- just be thankful your nightmares don't.

Don't become discouraged. It may be the last key in the bunch that will open the door.

I TOOK YOUR PLACE

2011-05-14T21:06:00.000-07:00

Another nice and inspiring story that I have read this morning from postmyprayer.com and I want to share this to you. Please take time to reflect on the message of the story.

One day, a man went to visit a church. He arrived early, parked his car, and got out. Another car pulled up near him, and the driver told him, "I always park there. You took my place!"

The visitor went inside for Sunday school, found an empty seat, and sat down. A young lady from the church approached him and stated, "That's my seat! You took my place!" The visitor was somewhat distressed by this rude welcome, but said nothing.

After Sunday School, the visitor went into the church sanctuary and sat down. Another member walked up to him and said, "That's where I always sit. You took my place!" The visitor was even more troubled by this treatment, but still said nothing.

Later, as the congregation was praying for Christ to dwell among them, the visitor stood, and his appearance began to change. Horrible scars became visible on his hands and on his sandaled feet. Someone from the congregation noticed him and called "What happened to you?" The visitor replied, "I took your place."

SOME WAYS TO REDUCE STRESS

2011-05-14T06:45:00.000-07:00

1. Don't expect perfection of yourself or others----Ecclesiastes 7:16

2. Set appropriate priorities----Philippians 1:10, 11

3.Get regular exercise---1 Timothy 4:8

4.Enjoy Jehovah's creation---Psalm 92:4,5

5.Make some quiet time regularly---Matthew 14:23

6.Get sufficient relaxation and sleep---Ecclesiastes 4:6

Awake! June 2010 issue

Take it or Leave it!

2010-02-10T20:16:00.000-08:00

1. Answer the phone by LEFT ear.

2. Do not drink coffee TWICE a day.

3. Do not take pills with COOL water.

4. Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm.

5.Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume.

6.Drink more WATER in the mornng, less at night.

7. Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.

8. Do not use headphones/earphones for LONG period of time.

9. Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning.

10. Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.

11. When battery is down to the last grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times.

12. Forward this to whom you CARE about.

Love is in the Air.....

2010-02-01T21:09:00.000-08:00

'Till

Time and time again,

you keep on reminiscin,

For how long my love will last

If my heart will go on forever

Giving you the best of me

From now on 'till the end.

As long as rhythmn's every where

You'll hear me through

I'll keep on singing songs for you.

As long as music's still within my heart,

'Till then I'll be with you.

No reasons could come in our way,

'Till then forever I will stay,

For whatever it takes

Don't ever think to lose your faith

Each day I want to show you more

How deeper love for you,

I can give.

My soul that lives within you,

every minute, every hour, every day

will be with you.

As long as you're the only heart

That fills up the rest of my life

'Till then my love is true.

As long as rhythmn's every where

You'll hear me through

I'll keep on singing songs for you,

As long as music's still within my heart,

'Till then I'll be with you.

For you're the only one

that I use to think about

'Till then forevermore

you're all that I adore.

'Till then no time cannot erase,

What we've been through

can't be replaced

'Till Heaven see me through

'Till then my love will last.

No reasons could come in our way

'Till then forever I will stay

For whatever it takes

Don't ever think to lose your faith

Each day I want to show you more

How deeper love for you I can give.

'Till then I want to show you more

How deeper love for you I can give.

Anyway.....

2010-01-20T18:14:00.000-08:00

People are often unreasonable and self centered,
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives,
Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you,
Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous,
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow,
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough,
Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God,
It was never between you and them anyway.
-Mother Theresa-

I shall Not Pass This Way Again

2010-01-18T17:42:00.000-08:00

Through this toilsome world, alas,
Once and only once I pass,
If a good deed I may do,
If a kindness I may show,
To a suffering fellow man,
Let me do it while I can,
No delay for it is plain,
I shall not pass this way again.

-Unknown-

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

2010-01-18T17:23:00.000-08:00

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

2010-01-18T17:21:00.000-08:00

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

2010-01-13T19:00:00.000-08:00

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2010-01-13T18:47:00.001-08:00

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Quotes.....quotes.....and..... quotes

2010-01-13T17:36:00.000-08:00

"Every path may lead you to God, even the weird ones. Most of us are on a journey, we are looking for something though we are not always sure what that is. The way is foggy much of the time. I suggest you slow down and follow some of the road signs that appear suddenly in the mist."

-Unknown-

" If a man will begin with certainties. he shall end in doubt, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties"
-Francis Bacon-

"Never let your inferiors do you a favor- it will be extremely costly"

-H.L. Mencken-

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what make you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

-Dr. Howard Thurman-

"Whatever you dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius power and magic in it. Begin it now"

-Goethe-

"Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared. discovering we have the strength to stare it down"

-Eleanor Roosevelt-

"Some of our goals must be big, because it takes a big goal to create the excitement necessary for maximum accomplishment"

-Zig Ziglar-

"Success is a journey, not a destination"

-Ben Sweetland-

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore"

-Andr Gide-

"Heal the past, live tha present, dream the future"

-Unknown-

"Sometimes on the way to our dreams, we get lost and find an even better one"

-Unknown-

"Where there is life, there is hope . Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid deams repeatedly, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life--purpose--is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife"

-Denise Watley-

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A Nice Love Story

2009-10-14T06:19:00.000-07:00

If you are on a boat with your loved one but the boat started to sink and there's only one life saving jacket on it, what will you do? Would you save yourself and leave your loved one behind or give the jacket to your loved one and let yourself die. Well , that's a difficult decision but try to read this story, you will surely appreciate what the guy did to his loved one.

A girl and a boy were on a motorcycle, speeding through the night. They loved each other a lot;

Girl: "slow down a little, I'm scared."
Boy: "No, it's so fun."
Girl: "please, it's so scary."
Boy: "Then, say that you love me."
Girl: "Fine... I love you...can you slow down now?"
Boy: "Give me a big hug."

The girl gave him a big hug.

Girl: "Now, can you slow down?"
Boy: "Can you take off my helmet and put it on? It's uncomfortable and it's bothering me while I drive."

The next day there was a story on the newspaper. A motorcycle had crashed into a building because its brakes were broken. There were two people on the motorcycle, of which one died, and the other had survived. The guy knew that the brakes were broken. He didn't want to let the girl know, because he knew that the girl would have gotten scared. Instead, he was told the last time that she loved him, got a hug from her, put his helmet on her so that she can live, and.... die himself.

Now, what can you say with the guy's actions? For me its LOVE MADE IN HEAVEN that made him save his girl's life instead of saving his own. Selfless guys like him are very rare to find nowadays. That's a heroic act for me.

The Butterfly

2009-10-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

Wheew! It's been so long since I last dropped some lines on my blog. Now my friends I got to read another inspiring messages from the web and I want to share this with you. Try to read this and be delighted.

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. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

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. But it had a swollen body and small shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with its swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!

mY S3Lf

2009-07-25T07:32:00.000-07:00

People of different walks of life have different lifestyle, depending upon how they are brought up by their parents. Human development depends on child growth and development from womb to tomb. Child development is also dependent upon parental status, rich and poor differ. A child born to a rich family is surely equipped with all the luxuries in life while that of a poor family is deprived.

In my own point of view, if I try to look up myself from the way I was brought up by my parents, I could say that my lifestyle differ so greatly from those of the well off, from the time I was conceived 'till today. Tracing the time when I was a preschooler 'till I reached grade school. I considered myself an introvert because I was ashamed to mingle with people especially the well off because there is a feeling of humiliation deep within me. I was enrolled to a public school while my neighbors were studying in the private school. I also had that desire of going to a private school but due to financial problems I wasn't able to make it. But in spite of the fact that I was deprived of some of the luxuries that well off children enjoy, because of that inner feeling deep with in me to reach the goal of success, I worked hard and studied hard and with God's help I was a consistent honor student and gradually overcome my fear of facing people and finally was able to develop my personality.

As I proceed to high school I then was able to enroll in a private school being a scholar. And here my upbringing was completely changed because I had to expose myself publicly as a choir member, dance troupe member, English club and dramatic guild. My constant exposure made me stronger and able to overcome all my fears and worries, that rich and poor are alike in many ways for as long as you have that desire of achieving your goal.

At this point in time I now can consider myself successful in my undertakings although I am only almost halfway of my career because I had chosen the right man in my life, a professional, family loving, thoughtful, considerate and above all I have two children who are my inspiration in my undertakings and I account this success to my faith in God, my family's help,my determination and hard work as my key to success.

As of now I look forward that in God's time I shall be able to fulfill my dreams in life.

2009-07-25T06:49:00.001-07:00

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The Brick

2009-07-15T18:06:00.000-07:00

Web browsing again? Sorry, but I just need to, to keep myself busy and erase my boredom. If I don't, I'd die of melancholy....ha....ha...ha... Now I'd like to share to you what I have read today. Try to read this I'm sure you will appreciate the lessons you will get from the story.

A young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling near a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child darted out, but a brick sailed out and- WHUMP!- it smashed into the Jag's shiny black side door- SCREECH...!!!- brakes slammed! Gears ground into reverse and tires madly spun the Jaguar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown. Josh jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up against a parked car.He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about, and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?" Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That's my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?"

"Please, mister please...I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do!" pleaded the youngster. I threw the brick because no one else would stop! Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he pointed around the parked car. "It's my brother, mister," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and can't lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and his too heavy for me."

Moved beyond words, the young executive tried desperately to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the sleek, black, shining, 12-cylinder Jaguar XKE- a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention... Some bricks are softer than others. Feel for the bricks of life coming at to you. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has positive answers.

The Gift

2009-07-09T23:22:00.000-07:00

I have read this story from tucmuc's site and I want to share this story to you in case you haven't read this yet as I find this very interesting and inspiring. I hope you will like it too.

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom , and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As graduation day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study.His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son and told him how much he loved him. He handed to his son a beautifully wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely leather-bound Bible.

Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house leaving the holy book.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him.

He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he receive a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.

He began to search his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words....PAID IN FULL

How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?

If You Love Someone

2009-07-03T05:33:00.000-07:00

If you love some one because you think that he or she is really gorgeous ...
then it's not love .. it's ~ Infatuation ~......

If you love some one because you think that you shouldn't leave him because others think that you shouldn't ... then it's not love.. it's ~ compromise ~.......

If you love some one because you think that you cannot live with out his touch ....
then it's not love .. it's ~lust~......

If you love some one because you have been kissed by him ...
then it's not love.. it's ~ inferiority complex~......

If you love some one because you cannot leave him thinking that it would hurt his feelings ..
then it's not love .. it's ~charity~....

If you love some one because you share every thing with him ...
then it's not love... it's ~friendship~...

but if you feel the pain of the other person more than him even when he is stable and you cry for him ... that's ~LOVE~ =

if you get attracted to the person but stay with him without any regrets...
that's ~LOVE~

If you let him go knowing that he has to go but he doesn't want to ...
that's ~LOVE~

Quotable Quotes

2009-07-03T05:27:00.000-07:00

“When you feel down because you didn’t get what you want, just sit tight and be happy because God is thinking of something better to give you.”

“It is better to lose your pride to the one you love than to lose the one you love because of pride”

“The measure of love is when you love without measure”

“Never abandon your partner. You will never find someone who can take his place. Companionship is like wine, it gets better as it grows older.”

“When something happens to you good or bad, consider what it means. There’s a purpose to life’s events, to teach you how to laugh or not to cry too hard.”

“We spend too much time looking for the right person to love or finding faults with those we already love when instead we should be perfecting the love we give.”

“God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but he did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears and light for the way.”

Disappointments are like road humps, they slow you down a bit but you enjoy the smooth road afterwards. Don’t stay on the humps too long, move on!”

“In life there are very rare chances that you’ll meet the person you love and loves you in return. So once you have it don’t ever let go, the chance might never come your way again.”

“When you truly care for someone, you don’t look for faults, you don’t look for answers, you don’t look for mistakes, instead you fight for the mistakes, you accept the faults and you overlook the excuses.”

“You can’t make someone love you, all you can do is someone who can be loved , the rest is up to the person to realize your worth.”

5 Simple Rules to be Happy

2009-07-03T05:21:00.000-07:00

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

Life is….

2009-07-03T05:18:00.000-07:00

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is costly, care for it.
Life is wealth, keep it.
Life is love, enjoy it.
Life is mystery, know it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is tragedy, confront it.
Life is adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

Unconditional Love

2009-06-22T21:42:00.000-07:00

The weather outside is cool and windy, so I stayed in my bedroom and sat on my cozy chair in front of my desktop pondering what to write on my blog today. Hmmmm….. I’ve not much activity to write today except that I am proud that at last I can now drive ( on my own huh… meaning, without my driving instructor at my side) and able to bring my kids to school and pick them up in the afternoon. Uh, that’s a remarkable achievement…LOL…

As I am pondering what else could I share to my friends today, I remembered the story told to us by our college professor, ma’am Alice Leonardo, way back in my BSEd years. And I could hardly forget her for this interesting story.

The story is about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Basilan. He called his parents from Zamboanga City.

“Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask, I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.”

“Sure,” they replied. “We’d love to meet him.”

“There’s something you should know,” the son continued, “he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg, he has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come and live with us.”

“I’m sorry to hear that son, may be we can help him find somewhere to live.”

“No mom and dad, I want him to live with us.”

“Son, said the father, “you don’t know what you are asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can’t let something like this to interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a way to live on his own.”

At that point the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, they received a call from the Zamboanga City police. Their son had died after falling from a building. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to Zamboanga City and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror, they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

I am deeply touched by this story that I could never forget my college professor. I've learned a lesson from this story. Many of us are like the parents of this young soldier. We only love those people who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who are burden to us or make us uncomfortable. Some of us give love because we also want to get back the love we have given. Why can’t we love without expecting anything in return? Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love, regardless of how messed up we are, and that is Jesus Christ.

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND

2009-06-20T07:36:00.001-07:00

I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from my life.For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonged to me, the other to the Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. "Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of footprints. I don't understand why, when I needed you the most, You would leave me.

The Lord replied "My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of suffering, when you could see only one set of footprints... it was then that I carried YOU.

2009-06-18T23:27:00.001-07:00