Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
One Little Baby
Yesterday at the 6:00 Sunday mass, I was assigned collector. As I was doing the rounds, I saw a baby probably not more than 3 months old sleeping in his father's arm. Actually, I could not tell whether the baby was a girl or a boy. What caught my attention, however was the crease on his forehead not unlike what one does when in intense pain! The baby's eyes were closed, asleep maybe and mercifully too, if he really was in pain. I noticed the head. It was a little big for an infant. I felt for the baby, so innocent and yet suffering so! He does not even know that he was in pain and it was what was causing him to knot his brows. Poor baby, I thought. He did not ask to be born and yet why does he have to suffer pain this early in his life? His parents brought him to church probably to receive God's blessing early Sunday morning and ease their and the baby's suffering. I prayed silently for the baby. It was all I could do! How I wished then I had the wherewithal to help ease their pain. I was teary-eyed. The whole day of Sunday, I could not shake the image of that suffering baby with a big head, knotted brows, eyes closed, sleeping in his father's arm.
Thank you Lord that the parents of that baby took him to church. Doing so might have eased their pain a little, if not the baby's. Thank you for their faith. Like the Centurion may their faith bring them physical and spiritual healing.
Yesterday at the 6:00 Sunday mass, I was assigned collector. As I was doing the rounds, I saw a baby probably not more than 3 months old sleeping in his father's arm. Actually, I could not tell whether the baby was a girl or a boy. What caught my attention, however was the crease on his forehead not unlike what one does when in intense pain! The baby's eyes were closed, asleep maybe and mercifully too, if he really was in pain. I noticed the head. It was a little big for an infant. I felt for the baby, so innocent and yet suffering so! He does not even know that he was in pain and it was what was causing him to knot his brows. Poor baby, I thought. He did not ask to be born and yet why does he have to suffer pain this early in his life? His parents brought him to church probably to receive God's blessing early Sunday morning and ease their and the baby's suffering. I prayed silently for the baby. It was all I could do! How I wished then I had the wherewithal to help ease their pain. I was teary-eyed. The whole day of Sunday, I could not shake the image of that suffering baby with a big head, knotted brows, eyes closed, sleeping in his father's arm.
Thank you Lord that the parents of that baby took him to church. Doing so might have eased their pain a little, if not the baby's. Thank you for their faith. Like the Centurion may their faith bring them physical and spiritual healing.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
What Could have Been
Now I can talk (write, actually) about it, though I still shudder everytime it comes to mind:
I almost fell from the 7/F (I have not told anybody. Not even RSS nor GCS!)of a hotel where our business community conducted a Wellness Gathering, on Saturday. The room was packed (many wanted to see and experience the difference demonstrated!)to more than full capacity. I was in the group that was near the glass wall. Seven floors below the glass wall is the pavement. I was attending to one of the guests, whose back was towards the wall. I had to get around her so I could better attend to her. I stepped on the ledge behind her chair to get to the opposite side(remember, she was seated close to the glass wall which was covered by a ceiling-to-floor curtain)and I lost my balance! I could not remember if I grabbed the chair she sat on or the curtain, whether I fell forward or backwards! At that moment it did not even dawn on me that I almost fell with probably splinters of glass and the hot pavement below for a bed, all broken and mangled! My mind was focused on what i was to do for the first time. It was only after the Gathering that I realized I could have been history by now! I still shudder thinking about it. In the train yesterday, i shrieked softly.
Thank you, Lord, for my Guardian Angels. Thank you for their protection and guidance seven days a wwek, 24 hours a day. Thank you that you did not allow 'what-could-have-been' to happen!
Now I can talk (write, actually) about it, though I still shudder everytime it comes to mind:
I almost fell from the 7/F (I have not told anybody. Not even RSS nor GCS!)of a hotel where our business community conducted a Wellness Gathering, on Saturday. The room was packed (many wanted to see and experience the difference demonstrated!)to more than full capacity. I was in the group that was near the glass wall. Seven floors below the glass wall is the pavement. I was attending to one of the guests, whose back was towards the wall. I had to get around her so I could better attend to her. I stepped on the ledge behind her chair to get to the opposite side(remember, she was seated close to the glass wall which was covered by a ceiling-to-floor curtain)and I lost my balance! I could not remember if I grabbed the chair she sat on or the curtain, whether I fell forward or backwards! At that moment it did not even dawn on me that I almost fell with probably splinters of glass and the hot pavement below for a bed, all broken and mangled! My mind was focused on what i was to do for the first time. It was only after the Gathering that I realized I could have been history by now! I still shudder thinking about it. In the train yesterday, i shrieked softly.
Thank you, Lord, for my Guardian Angels. Thank you for their protection and guidance seven days a wwek, 24 hours a day. Thank you that you did not allow 'what-could-have-been' to happen!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
I know, I know! Its been more than a month since my last blog post. But am here now!
Overheard between two sixty-something friends sipping capuccino:
Friend A: ...can you share your favorite quotation? I need one to post in my FB.
Friend B: Forgot who said it but here's how it goes, "There is beauty in a fleeting
moment if you don't cling to it forever."
Friend A: Isn't that a bit, eer, shallow? Is it really your favorite...any senti
connection?
Friend B: None...it just happens to be the only quote I can recite from memory,
now!
Another day, same place, same characters:
Friend B: You mean you're now an entrepreneur? What do you do exactly?
Friend A: Well, let me put it this way. I'm connected with a multi-national company
whose skin care and wellness products seek out and slow the signs of
aging at its source...the result of 35 years of research and development.
Friend B: Really? Have you used the products...do they work...I mean, slow aging?
Friend A: Am glad you asked that. Time was, when I take the jeepney, tricycle, go
to the grocery, the wet market, anywhere, they would ask, "Saan tayo,
Nay" ("Where to Old Lady?"), or "Ano sa inyo Nay?" ("How can I help you,
Old Lady?")
Since I started using the products, the "Nay", more often than not has
been replaced by "Maam", haha!
Thank you Lord for the additional funds for the additional years! And thank you that I can laugh at myself (I laugh at others just as much, haha)!
Bless my friends in ca2020, especially those who have touched my life!
Overheard between two sixty-something friends sipping capuccino:
Friend A: ...can you share your favorite quotation? I need one to post in my FB.
Friend B: Forgot who said it but here's how it goes, "There is beauty in a fleeting
moment if you don't cling to it forever."
Friend A: Isn't that a bit, eer, shallow? Is it really your favorite...any senti
connection?
Friend B: None...it just happens to be the only quote I can recite from memory,
now!
Another day, same place, same characters:
Friend B: You mean you're now an entrepreneur? What do you do exactly?
Friend A: Well, let me put it this way. I'm connected with a multi-national company
whose skin care and wellness products seek out and slow the signs of
aging at its source...the result of 35 years of research and development.
Friend B: Really? Have you used the products...do they work...I mean, slow aging?
Friend A: Am glad you asked that. Time was, when I take the jeepney, tricycle, go
to the grocery, the wet market, anywhere, they would ask, "Saan tayo,
Nay" ("Where to Old Lady?"), or "Ano sa inyo Nay?" ("How can I help you,
Old Lady?")
Since I started using the products, the "Nay", more often than not has
been replaced by "Maam", haha!
Thank you Lord for the additional funds for the additional years! And thank you that I can laugh at myself (I laugh at others just as much, haha)!
Bless my friends in ca2020, especially those who have touched my life!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
I've been running here and there this past few weeks, that I've not been able to post anything. Sometimes am just too tired and sleepy to even attempt to write something. But today, Sunday, is different...it's a beautiful day!
Early this morning, the missing (for 2 weeks) denman hairbrush was found under a pile of throw pillows! PTL, I don't have to shell out money to replace it ( I bought a cheaper one, cause it gets lost anyway. This is the second denman hairbrush I "lost".)!
*****
The following is a short, short, short story:
Early one fine Sunday morning, an old lady was preparing to attend mass (she'd be doing the Second Reading). She was all dressed up and ready to leave for church when she remembered she hasn't put on her favorite earrings (cant leave home without them!). She looked inside the box where she usually put them. The earrings were not there! She looked in places and nooks where she might have placed them...no such luck! The old lady was beginning to perspire from anxiety and from the exertion. The mass will start in 30 minutes! She still had to get a ride to get to church. So, rather than be late she decided to wear another pair. To hurry things up, she put on the earrings before her large mirror. Lo and behold! There were the pair of earrings she'd been looking for all this time...in her earlobes!!!
Thank you Lord, for making me laugh so early in the morning. Thank you too that I can laugh at myself. Thank you for the gift of laughter (Thank you, Dad).
Most of all, thank you for the validation through text messages from a fellow church-worker, of an important and life-changing decision I made. You are an awesome God, indeed! Thank you for your continued providence and protection!
Early this morning, the missing (for 2 weeks) denman hairbrush was found under a pile of throw pillows! PTL, I don't have to shell out money to replace it ( I bought a cheaper one, cause it gets lost anyway. This is the second denman hairbrush I "lost".)!
*****
The following is a short, short, short story:
Early one fine Sunday morning, an old lady was preparing to attend mass (she'd be doing the Second Reading). She was all dressed up and ready to leave for church when she remembered she hasn't put on her favorite earrings (cant leave home without them!). She looked inside the box where she usually put them. The earrings were not there! She looked in places and nooks where she might have placed them...no such luck! The old lady was beginning to perspire from anxiety and from the exertion. The mass will start in 30 minutes! She still had to get a ride to get to church. So, rather than be late she decided to wear another pair. To hurry things up, she put on the earrings before her large mirror. Lo and behold! There were the pair of earrings she'd been looking for all this time...in her earlobes!!!
Thank you Lord, for making me laugh so early in the morning. Thank you too that I can laugh at myself. Thank you for the gift of laughter (Thank you, Dad).
Most of all, thank you for the validation through text messages from a fellow church-worker, of an important and life-changing decision I made. You are an awesome God, indeed! Thank you for your continued providence and protection!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Actually I finished posting this blog yesterday (was out of town for 1 1/2 days and had no access to the net) but one of my fingers having a mind of its own, clicked the wrong key...and like magic the blog disappeared!
So here I am reposting and hoping it will stay!
1. Quiet Time. Time to meet the Lord in prayer. I read somewhere that no one can come to prayer unless the Holy Spirit calls her/him to. Thank you for calling me to prayer. I feel refreshed, renewed and strengthened after each encounter.
2. Second chances. Thank you for reminding me that there is a person I have to forgive unconditionally. You are a God of second chances. You have given me many second chances, why should I deny this person a second chance ... unconditional forgiveness!
3. Home. Thank you for a place I call my own (from my own sweat, happily, no tears involved!), my haven. A place I can always go back to at the end of each day. It's where I am most relaxed and most myself even if most of the time it looks lived-in. "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!"
4. Friends... they are Your gifts to me. May I be to them what they are to me... a help in time of need, someone to exchange laughter, banter, or just shoot the breeze with while solving the problems of the world, someone to cry with. Somebody from church asked me yesterday if I don't get lonely living alone. The question got me thinking, how does it feel to be lonely?
5. CA2020. This is my bizniz community and it is helping me to reach my goal. In ca2020 I have a support group that does not allow me to forget I have goals to achieve in order to live my dreams, yes, even at my age! You don't stop dreaming just because you're retired! Bless my efforts Lord, that they may bear much fruit.
6. Safe trip. . . to and from Manila. May the people who were the reason for the trip continue on in their walk to financial freedom.
7. Plugged Leak. Morning after "Basyang" I found a small puddle of water on the stairs...leaky roof! Nothing which vulca seal and a new coat of paint could not repair.
8. Acceptance. By Your grace I've been able to accept FINALLY, the intrusion into my comfort zone by some people who have not yet learned to be sensitive to other people's needs. I weighed the possible consequences of telling them no matter how diplomatically (a friend cautioned me, "wag kang masyadong magtatataray dyan"!)and decided to just wait till they remember where they left their good manners. I cannot change other people but I can change mysel. And believe me I am beginning to see small but happy changes!
So here I am reposting and hoping it will stay!
1. Quiet Time. Time to meet the Lord in prayer. I read somewhere that no one can come to prayer unless the Holy Spirit calls her/him to. Thank you for calling me to prayer. I feel refreshed, renewed and strengthened after each encounter.
2. Second chances. Thank you for reminding me that there is a person I have to forgive unconditionally. You are a God of second chances. You have given me many second chances, why should I deny this person a second chance ... unconditional forgiveness!
3. Home. Thank you for a place I call my own (from my own sweat, happily, no tears involved!), my haven. A place I can always go back to at the end of each day. It's where I am most relaxed and most myself even if most of the time it looks lived-in. "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!"
4. Friends... they are Your gifts to me. May I be to them what they are to me... a help in time of need, someone to exchange laughter, banter, or just shoot the breeze with while solving the problems of the world, someone to cry with. Somebody from church asked me yesterday if I don't get lonely living alone. The question got me thinking, how does it feel to be lonely?
5. CA2020. This is my bizniz community and it is helping me to reach my goal. In ca2020 I have a support group that does not allow me to forget I have goals to achieve in order to live my dreams, yes, even at my age! You don't stop dreaming just because you're retired! Bless my efforts Lord, that they may bear much fruit.
6. Safe trip. . . to and from Manila. May the people who were the reason for the trip continue on in their walk to financial freedom.
7. Plugged Leak. Morning after "Basyang" I found a small puddle of water on the stairs...leaky roof! Nothing which vulca seal and a new coat of paint could not repair.
8. Acceptance. By Your grace I've been able to accept FINALLY, the intrusion into my comfort zone by some people who have not yet learned to be sensitive to other people's needs. I weighed the possible consequences of telling them no matter how diplomatically (a friend cautioned me, "wag kang masyadong magtatataray dyan"!)and decided to just wait till they remember where they left their good manners. I cannot change other people but I can change mysel. And believe me I am beginning to see small but happy changes!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
July 21, 2010
There was very little opportunity for interaction with others today. I stayed home the whole day. I wonder, though if I will be able to count ten blessings to be thankful for...hmmm let me see...
1. Sound Sleep. Woke up feeling chirpy and relaxed. Thanks for a good night's rest!
2. Opportunity. successfully invited three friends to attend the free Wealth Course of ca2020.
3. Web chat. Caught up with two friends who are several time zones away. It is always pleasurable connecting with friends, be it on the web or on a face to face basis.
4. Cool weather. The rains that started at noontime brought this about. No need to turn on the electric fan...no need either to water the plants outside. Less power consumption, less water consumption translates to money, time, effort, saved!
5. Laughter. courtesy of a 3-year old girl, daughter of a neighbor. I never can tell what she will say next. But always, I am amused. It is a joy interacting with her just by being herself, a spunky, chubby, friendly little girl. She loves chocolates, especially if it comes from my fridge!
6. Learning from a kid. A Grade Five Facebook friend who was online when I was, taught me how to put a heart, smile, and a person's head in the chat box. Now I can spice up my chat with these icons. Who would ever guess that a kid young enough to be my grandkid taught me how! Thank God for little angels.
7. PLDT Landline Promo. Because of this one-year promo (mine is up to 1st week of November) I was able to make two FREE long distance calls. the first call was to explain why backing out of a promise made was not the best thing to do. The second call was to make arrangements for the return of stuff I borrowed. Both calls ended on a pleasant note. Ties strengthened.
8. Win-win solution. Thanks for a win-win solution to a potentially thorny situation.
9. Left-over food. I found fried rice and fish omelet in the fridge, enough for dinner! It just needs reheating and presto no need to cook dinner and I love fried rice!
There was very little opportunity for interaction with others today. I stayed home the whole day. I wonder, though if I will be able to count ten blessings to be thankful for...hmmm let me see...
1. Sound Sleep. Woke up feeling chirpy and relaxed. Thanks for a good night's rest!
2. Opportunity. successfully invited three friends to attend the free Wealth Course of ca2020.
3. Web chat. Caught up with two friends who are several time zones away. It is always pleasurable connecting with friends, be it on the web or on a face to face basis.
4. Cool weather. The rains that started at noontime brought this about. No need to turn on the electric fan...no need either to water the plants outside. Less power consumption, less water consumption translates to money, time, effort, saved!
5. Laughter. courtesy of a 3-year old girl, daughter of a neighbor. I never can tell what she will say next. But always, I am amused. It is a joy interacting with her just by being herself, a spunky, chubby, friendly little girl. She loves chocolates, especially if it comes from my fridge!
6. Learning from a kid. A Grade Five Facebook friend who was online when I was, taught me how to put a heart, smile, and a person's head in the chat box. Now I can spice up my chat with these icons. Who would ever guess that a kid young enough to be my grandkid taught me how! Thank God for little angels.
7. PLDT Landline Promo. Because of this one-year promo (mine is up to 1st week of November) I was able to make two FREE long distance calls. the first call was to explain why backing out of a promise made was not the best thing to do. The second call was to make arrangements for the return of stuff I borrowed. Both calls ended on a pleasant note. Ties strengthened.
8. Win-win solution. Thanks for a win-win solution to a potentially thorny situation.
9. Left-over food. I found fried rice and fish omelet in the fridge, enough for dinner! It just needs reheating and presto no need to cook dinner and I love fried rice!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
July 20, 2010
Am thankful for these blessings:
1. Rain. It cooled the atmosphere, which made the rest of the day pleasant and not humid. It also cleaned the earth and replenished the underground streams.
2. Strength. Went to the wet market early this morning to get a week's supply of fish (I have since stopped eating red meat) and veggies. When I carry heavy objects my hip bones protest!
3. Cookbooks. Tried a new fish dish today...sinanglay. I've had enough of fried fish and fish paksiw, eeeww! Wrapped the fish in mustasa leaves instead of pechay.
4. Appetite. Two weeks ago I got sick. I had no appetite even when the fever had subsided. Even water tasted bitter! Now I can eat again, and heartily too!
5. My ca2020 community. My coaches texted me that they will support my product presentation on August 9 to ensure that I close a deal!
6. Bank "Express Lane". The Tellers were serving clients 56 and 57 when I came in to pay my bills. I got #76 and it was 3 P.M. already. I had been standing for around 7 minutes when the Manager appeared and got my bank transaction...express lane for the elderly, hahaha!
7. Downtime. Late afternoon and early evening are downtimes for me...time for prayers and for thinking about anything, just thinking. A habit I've had since college.
8. Bonding Time. Opportunity to bond even if briefly with somebody who I pray I'll learn to appreciate for the what she is and not how I want her to be.
9. Peace and Quiet. Late this pm, I came to a decision to start this blog. It took a while to think of a theme and a title... and here it is!
10. Water!. In the bathroom. Thanks to Noel, the maintenance man of our subdivision, there's water again flowing in my bathroom!
1. Rain. It cooled the atmosphere, which made the rest of the day pleasant and not humid. It also cleaned the earth and replenished the underground streams.
2. Strength. Went to the wet market early this morning to get a week's supply of fish (I have since stopped eating red meat) and veggies. When I carry heavy objects my hip bones protest!
3. Cookbooks. Tried a new fish dish today...sinanglay. I've had enough of fried fish and fish paksiw, eeeww! Wrapped the fish in mustasa leaves instead of pechay.
4. Appetite. Two weeks ago I got sick. I had no appetite even when the fever had subsided. Even water tasted bitter! Now I can eat again, and heartily too!
5. My ca2020 community. My coaches texted me that they will support my product presentation on August 9 to ensure that I close a deal!
6. Bank "Express Lane". The Tellers were serving clients 56 and 57 when I came in to pay my bills. I got #76 and it was 3 P.M. already. I had been standing for around 7 minutes when the Manager appeared and got my bank transaction...express lane for the elderly, hahaha!
7. Downtime. Late afternoon and early evening are downtimes for me...time for prayers and for thinking about anything, just thinking. A habit I've had since college.
8. Bonding Time. Opportunity to bond even if briefly with somebody who I pray I'll learn to appreciate for the what she is and not how I want her to be.
9. Peace and Quiet. Late this pm, I came to a decision to start this blog. It took a while to think of a theme and a title... and here it is!
10. Water!. In the bathroom. Thanks to Noel, the maintenance man of our subdivision, there's water again flowing in my bathroom!
Welcome to My Blog
Welcome to my blog!
I used to keep a journal on which I write at the end of each day and be thankful for at least 10 blessings. It was difficult at first coming up with 10 but as 'practice makes perfect' there would be many times when am able to come up with more than 10! We receive more than 10 blessings from the Lord each day, rain of blessings even, am sure, but most go unrecognized!
Am taking up journalling again but this time in a blog, as my way of thanking the Lord for his continued protection and providence.
I used to keep a journal on which I write at the end of each day and be thankful for at least 10 blessings. It was difficult at first coming up with 10 but as 'practice makes perfect' there would be many times when am able to come up with more than 10! We receive more than 10 blessings from the Lord each day, rain of blessings even, am sure, but most go unrecognized!
Am taking up journalling again but this time in a blog, as my way of thanking the Lord for his continued protection and providence.
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