Saturday, February 5, 2011

LIVE Simply...


LIVE simply….
I am pretty darn busy woman…with all the activities I have been through last year, I know that life for me was not really that simple. Well, all these months, I was tied up with work. There were times when I have to turn down other activities because of prior commitments. It makes me sad sometimes missing some social functions and occasions because of my unavailability.

I need to prioritize my concerns…much that I would want to LIVE simply, I can only dream of this because of my toxic schedule most of the time…I will however try my best to simplify my undertakings this year…

SPEAK kindly…
A word has its power. It can make or break a person…It can foster peace and ignite war. In speaking, we have to be careful of the words we utter…we have to always mean what we say and say what we mean.

Correct choice of word is needed...we should always use then the most appropriate word to express our ideas, our desires, thoughts and our insights. We should be generous of kind words for these can inspire other people. Kind words make people do more, these inspire them to pursue their dreams and continue journeying to life because they are motivated.

CARE deeply …
This is one of the qualities I know I have. I always show care for other people…I care a lot for others the very reason why I respond the call to help. To care means to do something because you are sensitive to the needs of other people. You care because you want to empathize, to be there for others who need help, and to make people feel that you are there for them in times that they need somebody to listen to their concerns.

Oftentimes, I see myself in situations where people confide to me even their most private and personal concerns. Probably because they know that I care a lot to listen to them and understand their situation. To show care would also mean to just be there for a person. Sometimes your mere presence is good enough to show that you really care.

The reason why I REACH OUT and Touch lives is because I CARE…


LOVE generously…

How does one love generously? It is when one gives all that he has. . .the total giving of oneself. It means giving love without limits, making one feel a true and sincere love.

It is when one becomes selfless…when LOVE is unconditional…The love of God when He gave his life for us is an example of a love that was generously given. But how does one express this?

To love generously is to give your time when one needs you to be there. It means you are ready to give up your other concerns because the person needs you. When you make yourself available because you believe that the other person needs you and will be relieved of his or her concern, then loving generously is manifested.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

WoUlD iT mAtTeR?



I have these thoughts before I went to bed last night. Would people's impressions, judgments, assessments and appraisals of your being matter at all?

Hmmm....in our encounter with people...more often we are evaluated and given an appraisal of our behavior. Sometimes people pass judgments on us based on what they see...like our mannerisms and body language. Even our manner of speaking and the words we utter are taken into consideration for them to have an assessment of what kind of persons we are. But do these things matter?

People will always have their prejudices and biases. One therefore has to veer away from the thought of minding what people would say...for at the end of the day, what matters most is...you know you have enjoyed life's pleasures to the fullest and truly lived life according to how you want it to be without the cost of others...

Yes, impressions maybe issued to us by people based on their observations, but what is important is the fact that we are fully aware of WHO we are and WHAT we are for this spells out the difference. If we know ourselves, regardless of people's good or bad impressions, we will continue to live a life with convictions, with principles and values that are based on the Word of God. This undoubtedly will make us have a well lived life as we journey.

One of the realizations I have in life is to continue to live life to the fullest notwithstanding the impressions issued and given to me by people. To each his own.

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."
- Albert Einstein -