Innocent Misery

We are now in the era of advanced technology and it is still on its way for breakthroughs.

How come that the face of poverty is still the same and sometimes much worse.

Yesterday, while waiting for the bus to arrive I saw this heartbreaking sight just right beside me.
They eat in the sidewalk were lot of people pass by.
I did not felt that I am fortunate enough to have a house to live and food to eat.
I felt miserable... I don't know.

Old Friends, Good Friends

Me and my friends went to Tarlac City to apply for a job in a factory. While traveling I saw my old high school friend. It is a nice incident because we never have met since third year high school. We talked about a lot of things. What happened after nine years, how's life, etc... we talked just like the old times. Unfortunately, we do not have much of the luxury time to chat so I got his number and hope to see again.

On the other hand, me and my friends had also an unfortunate luck this day because the employment agency is not hiring. So we decided to walk and look for a coffee shop to have our breakfast.

In spite of what happened, I still had a good day. First, I have met my old friend which I never have met for almost a decade. Second, me and my friends had an opportunity to have a moment of bonding which we never had for a long time because I am in the seminary before.

It was a moment of renewal.

I did not found a job

but I found my friends.

Don't Get Used to it, Live it.

Malakas at malikot pa rin ang ihip ng hangin.

Wala pa ring kasiguruhan kung kailan ito huhupa at kailan titila ang kasabay nitong ulan.

Malawak ang aking natatanaw ngunit maliit ang mundong aking ginagalawan.

Marahil ako ay nababalot ng takot...

pero hindi ako padadaig dahil kailangan kong lumaki.

Sa ganitong uri ng takbo ng aking buhay,

natutunan ko na ang tao ay nabubuhay hindi upang sanayin ang sarili sa problema

bagkus ang tao ay nabubuhay upang harapin ito bilang bahagi ng kanyang buhay.

Ang taong nabubuhay upang maging sanay sa mga problema ay hindi tumitibay

bagkus siya ay nagiging manhid.

Ang taong humaharap at nakikibahagi sa mga problemang daumarating sa kanyang buhay

ay ang taong marunong "dumapa" at "bumangon".

Sa bawat dapa at bangon, siya ay tumitibay at natututo

at nagiging madali sa kanya ang pagharap sa susunod na problema.

Ngayon, hindi na ako natatakot maulanan dahil alam ko titila rin ito.

Natural lamang sa siklo ng aking buhay na magbago ang timpla ng panahon.

Minsan maulap, minsan may araw at kung minsan umuulan...

ang mahalaga ay alam ko kung papaano harapin ang mga ganitong pagkakataon.

Maraming ulit na akong nadapa at kung minsan ay nasusugatan pa ako at nag-iiwan ng peklat.

Siguro kung hindi ko naranasang madapa

hindi ko matututunan kung paano bumangon.

Bagaman kung minsan ako ay nasasaktan at nasusugatan sa aking pagkadapa,

masasabi ko na ako ay patuloy na babangon at lalaban sa hamon ng panahon.

Ang mga peklat na naiwan ang makakapagsabi na ako ay lumaban at bumangon.

What is Important is Now

 What is done is done.

There is no need to dwell on the events that are done.

The future is not yet.

There is no need to anticipate the future

because it might not come.

What is important is now, the present moment.

Live it well like there is no tomorrow.

Live it well like it is the last moment of your life.

Live it well and take all the good opportunities that knocks at your door.

Live it well so that you may be able to push forward.

It is not by chance that you are living in the present moment.

It is a grace, a grace from God.

Every seconds that tics from your clock is a present moment.

If present moment is lived well,

the result is,

a soul that is durable like platinum,

precious like diamond,

elastic like rubber

and malleable like gold.

True Friend

All of us crave to be loved.

Love is a two way traffic.

To be loved you should love.

DEFINITION OF A FRIEND

"Love is patient; love is kind;

love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.

It does not insist on its own way;

it is not irritable or resentful;

it does not rejoice in wrong doing,

but rejoices in the truth.

It bears all things,

believes all things,

endures all things."

(1Cor 13:4-7)

Now, change the words "LOVE" and "IT" into "A FRIEND" and read it again.

A true friend must pass the criteria that are written above.

VIRTUE PREREQUISITES VIRTUE

Perfecting a true friendship requires a lifetime journey.

It also requires a lot of virtues (i.e. Patience, Humility, etc...) because Friendship itself is also a virtue.

HOW TO HAVE A TRUE FRIEND?

Love is a two way traffic so as to friendship.

If one wishes to have a true friend he/she must be a true friend also.

This reciprocity is not a demand rather it is the vital ingredient of a true friendship.

-Anonymous Author-

A TRUE FRIEND IS:

THINKS OF YOU WITHOUT LIMITATION,

CARES OF YOU WITHOUT HESITATION,

AND LOVES YOU EVEN MORE

WITHOUT ANY CONDITION.

What is love?

For me...Love is a journey towards God. All love must be rooted to God. Loving something (i.e. music, etc) or someone (i.e. neighbor, boy/girl friend) are just secondary. My point is you love something or someone because you love God first. Loving w/o God is very exhausting. We are created because of God's love and according to scriptures (Genesis chapter 1) we are created in His own image likeness. Since we are created bec. of God's love and created us in His own image and likeness, therefore at the moment we are created we are already endowed the ability to love. 

I experience God's love through:

MY FAMILY

MY FRIENDS

God loves us immensely and the only thing we can give back to God is to love Him...and then everything follows.

NATURE and CREATIONS

Free

I want to see

the blow of the wind.

I want to hear

the color of the sky.

I want to hold tightly

the sea in my palm.

I want to swim

in this distant land.

I want to walk

in this unending ocean.

I want to fly

towards the sun.

Nothing is impossible
Just be empty.

"All is Well"

Laging may Umaga.

Ngayong araw na ito nangangako ako na maging positibo sa lahat ng gagawin ko at kahit na may madilim na ulap na dadating hahanapin ko ang liwanag ng araw sa likod nito.

Lahat ay magiging ayos (All is well) wika ni Rancho (3 idiots) basta maging positibo.

Parte na ng pang-araw-araw na buhay ang makaramdam ng lungkot pero hindi ito dapat manatili ng buong araw. Tignan pa rin ang mabuti sa likod nito. tiwala, tapang at pagmamahal lang ang kailangan upang mabuhay ng mabuti sa kasalukuyan.

MAGANDANG ARAW!

Melankoya

Ang aking sumisigaw na katahimikan ang nagpabingi sa akin upang hindi ako makarinig.
Dating gawi magkaaway pa rin ang aso at pusa.
“BAKIT?” Bakit nangyayari sa akin ang lahat na ito.
Biglang bumuhos ang mabigat na ulan. Tila ito ay walang katapusan. Naghanap ako ng payong ngunit wala akong nakita. Ang tanging nagawa ko lamang ay sumuong at magpaulan. Madilim ang langit at ito ay nagbabadya na magpakawala ng malakas na kidlat.

Paulit-ulit kong natanong, “BAKIT?”
Wala akong marinig na kasagutan sapagkat ako ay nabingi sa malakas na kulog ng kidlat. Ako ay nanlamig at hindi ako makaramdam ng init.  Hindi ko maunawaan ang mga pangyayari. Nais ko nang matunaw na parang asin at humalo na sa tubig at umagos kahit saan man ako dalhin ng tubig.
Pinipilit kong ngumiti pero ang mantsa ng kalungkutan ay lubhang makapit. Hindi ko na alam kung may “Zonrox” pa kong natitira. Naubos na rin sabon. Ang tubig naman ay parang putik. Parang piniga ang aking kaluluwa, pinagpag ngunit hindi isinampay.

Live life in present.

Life is full of surprises. I do not know what lies in my future. The only thing I know is the past and the present. Among the two, the present is the only way on how to live a meaningful life or a miserable one. A person living in the past is like a zombie living in its own grave. (to be continued...)