Some quotes from the Bible we could live by to give us a positive outlook in life.

For all the negative things we
have to say to ourselves,

God has a positive answer for it.

You say: “It’s impossible”
God says: All things are possible
(Luke 18:27)

You say: “I’m too tired”
God says: I will give you rest
(Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: “I can’t go on”
God says: My grace is sufficient
(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: “I can’t figure things out”
God says: I will direct your steps
(Proverbs 3:5-6)

You say: “I can’t do it”
God says: You can do all things
(Philippians 4:13)

You say: “I’m not able”
God says: I am able
(II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: “It’s not worth it”
God says: It will be worth it
(Roman 8:28)

You say: “I can’t forgive myself”
God says: I FORGIVE YOU
(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

You say: “I can’t manage”
God says: I will supply all your needs
(Philippians 4:19)

You say: “I’m afraid”
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
(II Timothy 11:7)

You say: “I’m always worried and frustrated”
God says: Cast all your cares on ME
(I Peter 5:7)

You say: “I don’t have enough faith”
God says: I’ve given everyone a measure of faith
(Romans 12:3)

You say: “I’m not smart enough”
God says: I give you wisdom
(I Corinthians 1:30)

You say: “I feel all alone”
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you
(Hebrews 13:5)

You say: “Nobody really loves me”
God says: I love you
(John 3:16 & John 13:34)

Hello friends!  It’s quite a long while since I’ve scribbled again here.  It must have been my busy sked.  Anyway, I just wanted to share this story that could help us reflect.  Here it goes…

A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"

He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"

He receives the answer: "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks: "What’s going on?"

The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I admire you!"

Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"
The voice answers: "You are a champion!"

The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions."

If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.

This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; Life will give you back everything you have given to it.

"YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE, IT’S A REFLECTION OF YOU!"

-Excerpt from Quick Inspirations

I waited and waited…but he never came…how long must i wait?  does it has to be forever?  or is there someone to wait?  maybe he’s already there…but i just don’t want to admit that I had fallen…

Sometimes I’d like to stay as a secret, like walking in the dark…if no one knows me…no one cares…and that would be fine…that way, no one can break my heart…

"No matter how much we love a person, if we are uncertain of our position, there will be a point when the only certain thing is to give up."

It’s hard to smile, to show you’re not hurt, to giggle, to pretend you’re ok…to laugh after you’ve cried…what’s worse is when someone makes you feel special and then just leave you behind…

HEART MATTERS:

The heart probably has more patience than any other organ in our body.  It has the patience to wait for that one person it knows is worth beating for.  It even has the patience to wait for something it knows may never even come but like all things, its patience runs out and our heart breaks because other people forget that like all things that feels pain, hurt and sadness, the heart gets tired too.

It’s one of those days when you just popped into my mind and i don’t know why or how…nevertheless, I feel it’s ok because it made me smile anyway.

"If you love and get hurt, love more…If you love more and get hurt more, love even more.  If you love even more and get hurt even more, love some more until it hurts no more. "- Shakespeare

l’extrait des messages envoyés par mes amis

ok..that’s all I have to write for now…I feel sleepy already…whew! until next blog again.

It was a sunny Friday afternoon when we touched down Tagbilaran airport on the 10th day of November, 2006.  After thorough inquiries about Bohol, our first stop is at Panglao Island.  It was almost an hour ride from Dau to Alona Tropical Resort via jeepney.  When we arrive there we sought refuge in Citadel Alona Inn.  All afternoon my friends and I traversed Alona Beach amidst the scorching heat of the sun.  We took pictures of the scenic view and the resort.  After a while we headed back at our inn and took a quick nap.  In the evening after our dinner, we went back to the beach.  Here’s what we did:  Stroll at the beach.  Lie down in the white sand.  Star gazing.  Have a girlie talk while sipping beer until the wee hours of the night and swim.

On our second day (November 11, 2006) is my birthday.  I woke up early and took a shower.  It was our scheduled tour of Bohol.  Our first itinerary is the famous Chocolate Hills in Carmen.  Next, we went to Loboc where we have the chance to take a glimpse of the smallest monkey in the world "the tarsier".  We have our tummy’s fill at Floating River Cruise while enjoying the view and the music.  We also visited the oldest church in Bohol, the Baclayon Church, and the site of the Blood Compact.  I also had the chance to cross a long hanging bridge though I’m quite scared.  Then we headed to see the biggest phyton in captivity there "Prony".  Lastly we went to the souvenir shop and stopped at Tagbilaran City where we stayed to our last day.

Our last day in the city was mainly rest and went out at the mall.  We have our pictures developed.  Ate our lunch at Jollibee.  Return to our hotel.  Sleep.  Visited the church and stayed sometime at the park.  Before bedtime, we created a funny video at our hotel.  We’re quite skeptical that we’ll be leaving the next morning.  Huh! It was a 3-day escapade.  The days really flew that past and our adventure is finally over.  It felt like a dream but it was real.

The past few months have been a very busy day for almost all of us here in the office.  Tons of workload which don’t seem to lessen but just keeps on piling each and every day.  Whew!  it’s quite a relief when we could spend some time to unwind.  Just like what me and my friends did last Nov 10 - 12, 2006.  Me and my friends have the chance to visit the beautiful Bohol.  The perfect vacation and tourist spot our country Philippines has to offer. 

Bohol is quite a marvel.  God has gifted it with the world famous Chocolate Hills, the world’s smallest monkey "tarsier" which could only be found in this place, hanging bridge, Loboc river, panoramic white sandy beaches, honest and accomodating people.  We’ve met friends and lots of foreigners there although no one dared ask me out but just the same it’s simply one of my unforgettable experience and gift I had in my whole life. 

Rule One… for a Better Way to Live:

Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you… with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.

Rule Two… for a Better Way to Live:

Today, and every day, deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive. You deserve them!

Rule Three… for a Better Way to Live:

Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it too long. Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.

Rule Four… for a Better Way to Live:

Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.

Rule Five… for a Better Way to Live:

Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeat again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life’s blueprint. Smile!

Rule Six… for a Better Way to Live:

Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.

Rule Seven… for a Better Way to Live:

Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future. You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly frighten away any opportunity for success. Never again. There is a better way.

Rule Eight… for a Better Way to Live:

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

Rule Nine… for a Better Way to Live:

Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find "tomorrow" on the calendars of fools. Forget yesterday’s defeats and ignore the problems of tomorrow. This is it. Doomsday. All you have. Make it the best day of your year. The saddest words you can ever utter are, "If I had my life to live over again…"Take the baton, now. Run with it! This is your day!

Rule Ten… for a Better Way to Live:

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet, friend or foe, loved one or stranger, as if they were going to be dead at midnight. Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Rule Eleven… for a Better Way to Live:

Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat and worry with laughter at your predicaments, thus freeing your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come. Never take yourself too seriously.

Rule Twelve… for a Better Way to Live:

Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.

Rule Thirteen… for a Better Way to Live:

Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.

Rule Fourteen… for a Better Way to Live:

You will achieve grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day — not long and difficult projects, but chores that will take you, step by step, toward your rainbow. Write them down, if you must, but limit your list so that you won’t have to drag today’s undone matters into tomorrow. Remember that you cannot build your pyramid in twenty-four hours. Be patient. Never allow your day to become so cluttered that you neglect your most important goal — to do the best you can, enjoy this day, and rest satisfied with what you have accomplished.

Rule Fifteen… for a Better Way to Live:

Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.

Rule Sixteen… for a Better Way to Live:

Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valley you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.

Rule Seventeen… for a Better Way to Live:

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

— Copyright © Og Mandino, from his book, "A Better Way To Live"

Some love tips and advice:

"If you find yourself in love with someone who does not love you, be gentle with yourself.  There is nothing wrong with you.  Love just didn’t choose to rest in the other person’s heart."

"If you find someone else in love with you and you don’t love him / her, feel honored that Love came and called at your door but gently refuse the gift you cannot return.  Do not take advantage.  Do not cause pain."

"If you fall in love with another and he/she falls in love with you and then love chooses to leave, do not try to reclaim it or to assess blame.  Let it go.  There is a reason and there is a meaning.  You will know in time…"

"Remember that you don’t choose Love.  Love chooses you.  All you can really do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes into your life.  Feel the way it fills you to overflow then reach out and give it away…"

"How you deal with love is how you deal with yourself, and all our hearts feel the same pains and joys even if our lives and ways are different."

"You have to love someone who will grow with you, change with you, laugh with you and cry with you.  A person who fills in where you lack, a person whom you can fill in for when they are lacking but what about the perfect person you ask?.  They do not exist.  There are no perfect people, only people who are perfect for each other.  You deserve to be happy not in the arms of someone who keeps the waiting, but in the arms of someone who will take you now, love you forever and leave you never!"

Just wanna share some thoughts to ponder about love.  Hope I could give the one reading this some insights on what they really feel.  Here it goes…

When you love never stick only to what your heart feels.  Sometimes using your brain is a necessity.  Next never use your eyes to cry for the person who fooled you, instead use it to search for the right one.  Don’t be scared of breaking up.  Keeping a relationship with a selfish partner is scarier.  Love the one who will fight for you and bravely face each and every consequence.  Love the one who will accept and love you more despite great mistakes you did.  Love the one who holds on.  Someone who would never let the feelings be gone.  Love is a gift and not an obligation.

Sometimes…even the best of us get stressed out.

Sometimes…we could all use a break.

Sometimes…laughter can solve the problem.

Sometimes…a light heart can save the day.

Sometimes…a carefree attitude can free the soul.

Sometimes…a smile can warm the coldest of hearts.

Sometimes…the right words can change the situation.

Sometimes…it’s not just enough…

Sometimes…there’s nothing you can do.

Sometimes…you just have to pray.

Always…

God will listen!!!

Have you ever imagined what your life would have been if you got no friends?  What a really dull moment it would be.  If you go to work, you have no acquaintances whatsoever.  It’s like being a prison cell all by yourself.  No one to talk to, laugh with, cry with or share your problems with.  It’s indeed lonely without friends.  You may have all the treasures this world can offer but if you got no friends you are still nothing.  There’s this emptiness you feel for example if you and your friend quarrel over something.  Life feels incomplete if you got no friends.  Aside from having a family you can come home to, friends compliment your life.  They add color to your world. It’s really a blessing if you got lots of friends.  Not just one or two or three but many.  Someone you can count on through good and tough times. Therefore, we must cherish our friends whether they hurt us or made us happy in one way or another we all have learned a lesson from them.

Thought for the Day 

If you feel like doing some work,

sit down and ..

..wait until that feeling goes away.

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