Pop's Day

It's Father's day tomorrow, and as a father myself...need I say someone should pamper me on this occasion?

To all the pops in the whole wild world...rejoice, celebrate, we really deserve a break, aren't we..?

Pa, you know how much I love you, and I always will...without you I'm nothing in this world..!

The power out there

The struggle to live justly would always a struggle between evil and good.

You erred, the guilt lingers. Repeating the scornful ways are kissing the devil's ears, and consciously you're doing it again and again and again.

When we'll learn to read the hidden meanings of life. The message is not encrypted at all, if only it's easy to understand with what our heart says...

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

Never surrender

In spite of problems that seem pinning us down at times, still care to smile instead of lurking out in a corner.

By doing so you'll find out the easy and better option to resolve the problem.

Life is short to just focus on adversities...trials will always be there. The thing is, there is always a way out to make your life happier.

Here I am...

It's sunrise again for this blog, after being inactive for a while...been away, apologies for the absence.

Got to concentrate on so many issues, and thanks God, things finally becoming lighter and better.

A lot of things came and left...

One thing sure, I'd never be carried away, would remain stronger, and wiser!

Knowledge power

Knowledge/skill + Experience + Common sense are things mattered in accomplishing whatever tasks commissioned to us.

A boss who relies on you has the mind set that you are competent enough to deliver results. We may perceive it as abuse of authority, but the thing is; if your boss does not trust you nor cannot count on you; you will not be in your job, right?

This morning an officemate forwarded the article below and it made me think that no one really has the monopoly of knowledge. I am not saying that we should be the “old man” in the story—but “let’s always give the best shot in every endeavor that we get into.”

THE GIANT SHIP

Ever hear the story of the giant ship engine that failed?

The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work.

He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do.  After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!

A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars. "What?" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!" So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer $2.00

Knowing where to tap $9998.00

“Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.”

How do we evolve?

Evolution defines as "the gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.

How do you evolve at this stage of your life?

May it be your personality, career, interests, etc.

Each of us has always the itch to do something like selfless quests or selfish pursuits to fame. Evolution per se has something to do with a cliche belief that in this world., there is no such thing as permanent, except changes.

Are we really doomed to constant changes, or is it simply a question of being not contented of what we have.

Let's say for example the career that you want, or the kind of job you are having. Are you satisfied and feel happy at the end of the day on what you are doing?

An average person changes career three times, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor. What is then the deciding factor(s) that a person changes his/her job or career?

Will it be pure cravings of a financially rewarding job? Or is it the working environment making you feel like a programmed robot, bossy bosses,  or upper-lipped colleagues?

I salute highly successful people who left their jobs for humanistic causes, like bankers who became priests, missionaries, pastors, business tycoons who are philanthropists, and the rest who have the noble goals of serving or giving back selflessly to the needy what they have.

It's not all about monies...yes I believe so.

You can fake the smiles in your lips, but your eyes can't conceal whatever discontent in your heart for hey are the windows of your soul.

Talking to oneself

(photo credit: www.zazzle.co.uk)

When was the last time you talked to yourself?

It is called soliloquy (talking to oneself), an effective tool for actors to master their lines on certain acts or for speakers to rehearse their speeches.

At times, we engage in soliloquy, without knowing that what you’re doing is perfectly normal, a technique that directly or indirectly improves our personalities.

I was in college when I first encountered the term in one of my literature subjects. From then on, I used the technique when rehearsing a presentation, speeches, or scheduled interviews. Believe me, it indeed works and usually boosts confidence. Soliloquy is best practice in front of the mirror.

Speaking of mirror…

Yesterday while dusting off my life size mirror in the room, I noticed that my then “cute” countenance (as friends called me during my younger years har har har), already turned into a face of a man who is on his mid-thirties, and that an aura of adulthood is undeniably evident.

I have aged indeed I told myself…

When I was in my teens, what I wished was to grow-up faster and do things that adults were doing, like partying, drinking and smoking, etc. Then I got employed, and realized smoking and drinking would just a waste of hard earned monies. I still drink, only occasionally, or some calls it social drinking.

Now in my 30’s, I fancy the years to unfold slowly.  I wish that I am still in my 10’s or in my 20’s. A psychologist friend told me, it is but normal for persons who are in their later 20’s or 30’s, even 40’s to engage sometimes on cheeky things that they are used with. She cited that if young ones are vain, how much more the adults who may have the means to proper grooming?  And what about those in their 50’s, 60’s...? “Well, they are on the quest of the fountain of youth,” she quipped. In short, being vain, as long as it is not overtly excessive is healthy.  No wonder beauty/grooming industries worldwide generate billions in sales revenue annually.

We might age at a snail’s pace, yes. But, we can’t totally alter the natural flow of aging, nor forever hold our being young, gorgeous and strong.  However, moderation (to anything) is one of the keys to long life.

Worrying develops unwanted wrinkles and too much stress will shorten your life.

One day, the inevitable will come, and I told myself.., “It is worth leaving if life is productively spent.”