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More Money
Monday, July 25th, 2011 | Author:

Yes, money is a reward. It’s what we get when we do something to achieve someone else’s goal. And for us payday therefore is simply a reward day.  We are rewarded for spending our best hours of each day (including hours in FB, YM, Google! Hahaha) our energy, and knowledge to finish specific tasks. We are paid for this!

Money is very important. We cannot just leave our home and go out with just a single cent.  It is a must to provide for our family, it is an obligation.  Food costs money, car costs money, and everything costs money.

Really it is a fact of our everyday life, a necessity. We need it.

But on the other hand, money can be anything of value. Time we spend is money.  Knowledge we possess is money. Our talents, skills, and gifts are money.

We can have so much money.  Our hands can be full of money.  At the same time, our head can be filled with so much information, knowledge and talents.  Yet, if our heart is EMPTY, our life is MEANINGLESS. Money is not just something we put inside our wallet. It is something we possess, something within us that can be of help for others.

It is obvious that our future starts with what we have today.  But nothing is too little to multiply and reproduce. I believe that whatever gift entrusted to us is something that is always capable of reproducing.

Think! It’s not all about money!. We may probably possess more today, but do we feel more happy?

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Kamusta na kaya ang Dueg?
Sunday, September 26th, 2010 | Author:

Dueg, Tarlac – napakalayo, mabundok, magubat, ngunit mala-paraisong lugar na minsan ay naging bahagi at nagbigay ng makabuluhan at masayang karanasan sa buhay ko.  Masarap alalahanin ang bawat minuto na inilagi ko sa lugar na ‘yon, matagal na panahon man ang lumipas, mananatili 'yon bilang isang “astig” na alaala.

High school ako noon, bakasyon, at dahil sa makulit talaga napapayag ko yung ate ko na isama sa kanyang trabaho, community development officer sya nuon at madalas magkwento ng mga tungkol sa trabaho, Isang social worker... espesyal ang trabahong yan para sa akin, sobrang taas ng pagtangi ko, dahil narin siguro sa mga nakikita kong magagandang naitutulong sa mga tao.. sa mga karaniwang tao. Madalas maikwento na mahirap at isang napakalaking hamon ang kanyang trabaho ngunit sa kabila naman non ay talagang masaya at napatunayan ko nga 'yon sa aking pagsama.

Ang tagal ng byahe, halos buong araw yata kami sa daan, sakay ng dumptruck kasama ang ilan pang community workers. rough road, kaliwa’t kanang bangin, magubat at parang walang katapusang makikipot na daan ang nakikita ko. Pero malamig naman ang hangin at sigurado akong sariwang hangin ‘yon.  May mga pangilan ngilang ibon sa daan at mga hindi karaniwang klase, parang naisip ko agad mag-uwi at gawing pet =) pero may kasama kaming taga DENR kaya malabo yung naisip ko, maliban nalang kung magiging kaibigan ko ang isa sa kanila.  Magubat, ibat-ibang klase ng puno’t halaman na noon ko lang nakita, makukulay at parang masisiglang lahat na malayang gumagalaw sa ihip ng sariwang hangin. more...

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Masterpiece
Sunday, August 08th, 2010 | Author:

With most of the days behind me, I can always ask: what kind of day was it? Was it a masterpiece?

More often than not, I wake up each day overwhelmed with so many things in mind, so many tasks to be done, at home, at work, thinking that I have all the time in the world to do what I want. But sometimes I end up missing out something that maybe if only I did my best, it could have been my life’s best opportunity, a masterpiece.

But now I realize that my life’s masterpiece starts with my willingness to do even the very small things – but to do them today with all my best. I believe that each day completes my entire life. I wonder what would happen if I think that each morning when I wake up, I was “born” and each night when I go to bed, I “die”. And that I would say I only have each day to give my best to create my masterpiece.

There are times that I feel bad of wasting my moments that I allow things to happen not the way it should be, instead of creating a masterpiece. And yes, sometimes I flop. Instead of taking actions, I’m stuck with my thoughts, overwhelmed by all these tasks I need to finish. Just like when I stop writing my blog because I’m not in my best mood, when I stop playing DOTA because I am not feeling at my best. But what if today was the only day I had to carry out the best in me? I have a choice. I have to continue my writing, I have to go on playing at my best just like drawing a masterpiece, even just for today. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I fail but I always remember to try to do my best.

My motivation flows from what I do today at my best. That I don't just live, i live my dream, I dream myself ready. I don’t just hear things, rather I listen. I always look around and not just simply see things around me. I don’t hope, rather I believe. And I don’t simply think, I must know.

While it may be hard to believe that for the rest of my life each day will be a complete masterpiece, I can say at least today, I can really show up for myself. Today, I’m gonna live each moment as if it represents my entire life. I’m gonna live with my eyes widely open so that I won’t miss any opportunity. And I’m gonna live each day at my best so that at the end of the day, I go to bed thinking, I was at my best, and that I made this day a masterpiece.

Bons

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