Loud and Dirty

‘Avoid people with loud and dirty mouths;
they can kill the spirits…’ ~ Florito.b

Another Day

 

Every morning is another day, a new hope, another chance.

Smile-First Policy:

1. Smile. The first thing you should do when you wake.
   
2. Smile should be the first greetings with every one in the house.
   
3. Smile at your co-workers. Smile at the sky. Smile at the world. The universe is a big magnanimous mirror. It smiles back at you when you do :)

Magnanimous

When your muscles ache, it means they're expanding, they're getting stronger. The same way happens when your heart aches. Your world expands, you're getting stronger and your burden gets lighter.

Weekend

 

 

Weekend is pointless unless you spend it with your loved ones...

Waiting

Waiting is a concrete expression of love...

Disillusionment

Are you disillusioned with the person you love? That's good. It means that you’re becoming TRULY in love with that person. Love: it's when you DECIDE to love the person with his/her imperfections.

Sailing

 

Life is more like sailing than driving:
in driving, you remain where you stop;
in sailing, once you stop, you'll end up somewhere.

Mistakes

 

Only the dead stops committing mistakes.

Most Important

 

The most important question in the world:

“Are you happy?”

Envy

Envy is like a two-headed serpent:
it kills the enemy of its master, and its master.

Plus not Minus

 

As Christians
we should not support
or 'like' hate pages.
We hate sins, but love the sinners.
Promote love, be an inspiration be a plus rather than a minus.

Greed

 

I have bowls of rice
Enough for the many
But never enough for the greedy...

( This is an old Igorot saying I heard from a priest, which I translated into English )

Opportunity

 

When we blame others for our misery, we miss a precious opportunity to grow...

Gratefulness

Dondon, a child eye cancer patient, was interviewed:

Reporter: What is your illness?
Don: In the eye.
Reporter: Ah, so you have cancer in the eye. Are you sad?
Don: No, sir.
Reporter: Aren't you sad? Are you happy?
Don: Yes, sir.
Reporter: Why are you HAPPY?
Don: Because... I am alive...

Don is only 3 years old..

Cards

 

Life is not having the best of cards, but playing well whatever cards you have in your hands...

Alive

Let's demonstrate our love
in action
while they are still alive,
not through flowers
and loud lamentation
after they're gone.

Equation

“Life is a simple equation
We become what we see or speak or touch.
Seek forgiveness, and forgiveness will heal you.
Seek love, and the world will embrace you…”

Everyone Is

 

Nobody has the monopoly of the Kingdom of God.
Everyone is a client.
Everyone is an agent.
Everyone is a manager, a supervisor and an investor in the Kingdom of God.

Values

 

The way we judge life depends on how and what we value most. Where your eyes are, there your heart is.

Reassuring Noise

 

It's funny to think that some noise is positive and often reassuring especially when it comes from our children...

Wonder Morning

Oh, our sweet, Jesus,
We offer you this day our intentions,
our fears and concerns,
our worries and tears,
our smiles and laughers,
our hands and the works of our hands.

Saturate our thoughts with honest determination,
In tune our voices with the melody of your compassion...

May our actions reflect your Words,
Our faces with your loving understanding...

Amen

Smile

 

“Let's start the day with a smile, and end it with no guile :)  ”

Kindness

 

"Kindness heals, kindness saves, kindness does, kindness does not ask why..."

Shine

 

“Our weaknesses are like holes through which God's grace could shine.”

The Master of the Sky

Be like an Eagle in the sky
Seeing the storm's eye
It squints and spreads its mighty wings
Up it glides, up it slides.

The stronger the storm
The prouder its form
While chicks and crooks are pleading
It dances in the wind's whistling.

It rises above the storm
It lives beyond the norm
Learn from this creature's eye
And master your own sky…

Conflict

“We don't need a conflict-free world. What we need are people who brave the waves of conflicts, determined to reach the shore of understanding and reconciliation.”

Barking

"A barking dog is an annoyance to its neighbors"

UnFazed

“A lion is unfazed by the dog’s barking.”
~ thanks to William Banes Jr.

Five Elements of Gaia

I am fire.
I burn to destroy and to purify.
I test the integrity of every atom in the universe.
I turn darkness into light and give hope to everyone.

I am water.
I am the life flowing in your bones,
in your blood, in your every sinew.
I quench thirst and wash away all impurities.

I am air.
I bring life to every living being.
I carry God's message to everyone
To the just and skeptics alike.

I am earth.
I boot every living being out into this world
And devour them back when their time comes.
I mother everything in this world.

I am a person.
I have created fire and brought light in darkness
I built bridges and sailed the seas.
I think, I feel, I love, I hurt, I forgive
I am I.

Memory

“Eventually, we'll all be a part of someone else's memory; and our names will be written in their books. We'll either be a hero, a cameo or a tyrant. The good thing is: we could choose our role before and while it is written.”

Grownup

“A grownup is a stubborn person who refuses to blame his dna, parents, co-workers, computer virus, the traffic and the weather for his misery.”