Having Each Other

 

"no one will be there for each other but each one of us!"
I AM AN EXCITED MOTHER!
my husband, even if he does not tell, I know is an EXCITED FATHER too!

this morning, he seated on the bed in our powder room where our daughter took
some continued nap since she woke up early to help her younger sister prepare and fix for school.
he asked our daughter if she would have a job interview today.
then he asked her to join us in our breakfast for her to get ready for her 2nd job interview.
THEN, he approved of my going to manila with her-- not only as a supportive driver
but as a free career-interview coach.
  
the inputs, the brainstorming sessions, the tips, the question samplers,
PLUS all the more THE COMPANY -- this is how excited I, a mother is, to see our daughter's future.
A JOURNALIST by profession that I never was -- my daughter would eventually become!
not to my liking and dictates of course, but to her SUDDEN INTINCTS!

SOON, our daughter ENJI will be a FULFILLED JOURNALIST
and I am so thankful that I am given the opportunity to be with her
in these first parts of her "in the makings"!


"True Character is who you are and what you do -- even when no one is watching you!"

Don't be Mean to Your Self

one day, yong akala mong nandyan lang na naghihintay kung kailan ka magmamalasakit, ay bigla na lang mawawala, hindi dahil sa nasasaktan sya na di mo natututunang ipakitang pwede mo din syang gawing mahalaga kundi dahil tuluyang ayaw nya nang umasa dahil na-realize nya na di mo naman pala deserve na hintayin pa! -- bottomline is, na-realize nya na di nya deserve na pinapaasa mo lang. Lessons learned: DO NOT PAIN YOURSELF; you can always DECIDE to make your pain as your long awaited relief. Don't be mean to your self :)

"True Character is who you are and what you do -- even when no one is watching you!"

Let “our walk” lead!

Words would always define who uses it. Others are always curious whether what we say are congruent to what we do. ...don't you think so? 

Ang sapatos daw, bago mo ma-enjoy gamitin, ita-try mo muna kung swak sa pakiramdam mo! Isusukat, ilalakad-lakad, pakikiramdaman kung hindi ba masakit sa sakong o sa talampakan. Kung ikaw yong tipong maarte sa kaliit-liitang discomfort sa bawat paghakbang mo habang suot ang isinusukat na sapatos, maswerte na siguro ang saleslady na nag-aasist sayo kung hanggang dalawa o tatlong klase lang ng sapatos ang pinagpiliian mo hanggang sa makahanap ka ng magsa-swak sa taste mo at magbibigay ng komportableng pakiramdam sa paa mo. Maswerte ka kung sa pagka-maselan mo ay marami kang pagpipilian. There are times na … ang tagal mong maka-decide kasi yong sapatos na nagustuhan mo na sana ay last pair na pala. Iniisip mong hindi naman sulit na iyon na lang ang bibilhin mo kung bukod sa marami nang nagsukat no’n ay ni hindi naman sya naka- “sale”. Chances are … kung kailangan mo na talagang bumili ng sapatos at ayaw mo na parang second-hand lang ang bibilhin mo,  mauuwi ka sa choice na “just settle for less” -- ang mabibili mo ay ang sapatos na isa naman sa mga pinagpilian mo: fit naman sa size mo, pasok din naman sa taste mo, pero nagdadalawang-isip ka pa din – kasi parang ‘di sya masyadong “confi” sa pakiramdam. 

Discomforts!

We cannot decide to make even the right, if not the best choice -- kasi ang totoo, we don’t have the “will” to rule over our emotions.  We would tend to complain on the littlest details of discomfort while we make ourselves the only person who needs big amount of consideration. We cannot “influence” our own action because we’ve tolerated “uncooperative mind-set” – the evidence? … tayo mismo ang umaayaw sa sarili nating choice kasi meron tayong ibang “mas gusto”! – yet, kapag may nagka-interes sa bagay na di natin gaanong binigyang halaga, saka lang natin sinasabing “sayang, dapat pala…”!

It is for this tendency that in our Gospel for today,  Jesus warned John for what he did upon forbidding the man from casting out demons in Jesus’ name since what that man did was supposedly what the disciples should actually be doing to accomplish their purpose.

Most of the time, we are not aware that what we’ve been doing becomes our own stumbling block -- since while we lose the power to win over our human weaknesses, we even become the cause why others would also justify their inequities as influenced by us.

Bottomline, ang totoong “power”, parang nagsuot ka lang ng bagong sapatos, i-try kung kasya, ilakad-lakad, kung may kaunting discomfort pakirandaman lang muna kasi maaaring sa umpisa lang ganon!

Pero ang pinakatotoo, hindi naman ang sapatos ang point of adjustment kundi ang “discomfort” na napagtagumpayan mo sa panahon na inakala mong “no choice” ka na!   

The Power expected of us is to effect change to others when we inspire them with the dignity of our testimony while we strive to make our “walk” lead a life with Christ way ahead!  -- sunset

"True Character is who you are and what you do -- even when no one is watching you!"

Shall we not have the “mind of Christ” when Carpentry Matters?

Have you ever heard or came across this story “Work Like You Don’t Need the Money”?

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire.

He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business & live a more leisurely life with his wife& his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house 

as a personal favor.

The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work anymore. He resorted to shoddy workmanship & used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work , the employer came to inspect the house. He handed the front-door key to the carpenter & said, "This is your house, my gift to you."

The carpenter was shocked!! What a shame!!  

If he had only known he was building his own house,                                                        he would have done it all so much differently.

Many times, life would bring us to situation/s which we do not understand as it happens. At times, we feel that situations would ask us to do things which we cannot determine “what it is for”.  Sometimes too, we would give that denying reaction: “why me”?

Sometimes, we are like this carpenter in real life. Because we feel that what we are asked to do is quite immaterial with what we want, we would resort to careless actions, putting less than our best into what we are doing; not minding much to strive to understand the things which we should value. The reactions that we give, just like Peter’s reaction in the Gospel Mark 8:27-35.

“The miracle of God requires the action of man!”, let us be pre-cautioned by the carpenter’s tendency in this story where his substandard actions brought him the shock that he will have to live in the house which he built so carelessly.

When as of yet, we do not understand what things are for, let us instead have “the mind of Christ”  while we are in the carpentry process: carry what it is that life is asking us to carry,  deny our self-intentions while DISCERNing what the Holy Spirit is urging us to do, and just keep on giving out our best while we hammer each nail to build the house that we want to enjoy living-in.

We might be carrying the cross which Jesus wants us to carry while denying ourselves of our human desires; yet, if we will set our mind to that of Christ’s, we will soon enjoy the abundance that has been reserved for us as “a gift”!  -- sunset

credits to thinkexist.com & heartwarmingstories.net for the lines                                                “Work like you don’t need the Money”

"True Character is who you are and what you do -- even when no one is watching you!"