The Blessed Life

When I want to complain, I have to be mindful.  Complaining is an emotion signalling that I am unable to comprehend another's acts.  It is a lack of empathy on my part.  It is me jumping into conclusion.  Without full realization, it is the ego that says 'Hey, I am the good one.' When I am full of annoyance about something, I must step up.  Not doing anything will not improve the situation.  It is useless, and a wasted energy, to continue to express dissatisfaction and insisting not to let things go.  Complaining, definitely, is not going to harmonize any situations. Obviously I am affected when I am complaining.  What I am dismissing here, there are deep issues that I have not completely resolved within me.  It is always very easy to shift the blame elsewhere.  When I shift it, my ego does not get hurt.  This is the hard truth. Instead of complaining, I have four alternatives.   First:  I can stand up and I can voice up.  I can share what I think, though it may not be the

There is good in everything.  It is just how I choose to look at it.  Everything that has worth has a price.  Everything that happens is meant to be.  Everything happens for good reasons. Everything that I am experiencing, day by day, is teaching me something.  They are to let me to embrace life and to be a better person.  Every person I meet, every happening that is happening, has purpose.  A much higher purpose.   All I need to do, day by day, is to stay positive and think positive.  What's meant to be will always find a way. Life is tagged with Universal Laws.  It includes the Law of Cause and Effect, the Law of Attractions and the Law of Reflection.   Understanding them will make me positive.  Understanding them will let me to participate in life.  Understanding them makes me to flow with opportunities easier. There is no point in resisting when everything is meant to be.  I may not agree but eventually things will fall into place.  I am the creator of the life that I have been

Every day is simply another day.  While there is a Monday or Friday or Sunday, it is no more than another day.  While there is a change of date, a change of month or year, the sun still rises and it sets daily. What difference is how I make the day to be.  How my day shall be depends on the moment I greet it in the morning.  I have to begin each day with a grateful heart.  How it ends has to do with my conscious interactions at every moment. What do I want my day to be?  How do I want to spend it? What matters most is I remain happy and healthy, every day.  There has to be love and peace of mind.  Today, and every other day, I have to live to be nice, be kind, be humble, be useful and be real.  It would be good if I can be a blessing too.  These are values that I have to nurture.  Only when I give them to me that I can give to others. What matters most is that I remember to love myself more, before giving my love to others.  How I treat others is a reflection of my character. What matt

I only live once and when I can make things right, once is enough.  It does not matter what others think whether I have done anything at all.  Importantly, the good experience where I have gained makes me to move forward, with better feelings. It takes a good deal of courage and confidence to keep life going.  To persevere through challenges, good and the not so good, and ended with good feelings is an achievement.  When I am happy with my efforts, I must learn to accept I have done a good job.  That, in itself, already is a very grand accomplishment. The accomplishment comes from courage and confidence.  They go hand in hand.  One of the most courageous things I can do is to know who I am.  It is the confident in knowing my identity that I gain courage and strength. Life requires that I take charge of my responsibilities.  I need to have the commitment to smile in trouble, can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflections.  When I do that, life grants joy, happiness and

I will never know the extent of pain another individual is experiencing.  I will not be able to comprehend it even though I think I know what pain means academically.  For me to say 'Yes, I understand' is not a true statement. I may be able to relate to the feeling but does my perception do?  What I feel is empathy.  Empathy is not the same as feeling the pain.  As is, when a person says he or she is in pain, it can be more than just the physical sensation.  It is also emotional, mental and even spiritual. It is a fact that I may not truly grasp the full extent and intensity of the pain others feel.  And, I will never do.  It shall be my ego intellect that thinks I understand it. Emotions are personal.  Two people who are feeling hurt, for example, experience hurt differently.  Two people going through grief react in two different manners.  Two sorrowful individuals have varied levels of sorrow. Instead of saying 'Yes, I understand and feel you', I should say 'I hea

Where there is a will, there shall be a way.  It depends on how much determination do I have inside of me wanting to achieve for that something.  Should that something mean a lot to me, I will always find a way to accomplish it regardless of any obstacles. Everything there is here on Mother Earth is up for grab.  The Universe is infinite with plenty of abundance.  Anything and everything is possible.  There are no limits to what I can accomplish except the limits I place on my own thinking. It is the way I think that makes it impossible.  The mind can be full of doubts.  Doubt will not turn everything to work.  When there is even the slightest doubt, there shall be lack of conviction to perform.  Doubt gives the feeling of uncertainty about the truth. Khalil Gibran says 'Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother'.  I must learn to doubt my doubts, and throw them away, before I doubt about faith.  The sky is the limit and I should never doubt the divine l

Behind those tears is a heart that cries.  A heart that is longing for the emotions of love to be in a state of being.  A heart that desperately yearning for love, unconditional love, in action. Behind those tears is the story of trauma.  The trauma that has paralyzed growth to take place.  An event that buries the sense of security.  A happening that leaves scars where hope is lost. Behind those tears is a feeling of sorrow.  A human sadness that screams for human connection, compassion and understanding. Behind those tears lies the desire for connectedness.  The longing for loving interaction and the wish for better ways to live. Behind those tears is the expression of joy.  The deep peace of being one with divinity.  Every step closer to the Divine brings joy and, hopefully, less tears in the great ocean of human history. In this world full of pleasure so frail, I will let my tears build the courage to live.  Let the tears feel that life is worth living.  Let them have positive rela

Sometimes all that I can do is to let love speak with my tears.  To have these tears to bring in the joy and peace within me.  Tears will lead me to a place filled with serenity and tranquility. Tears are signs of happiness, sadness, fear or gratitude.  Above all, they signify the language of love.  They are the best expression of the heart.  When words may not do justice but tears do.  Tears speak volumes of the years of love the heart has devoted to. For the sweetness to keep things in harmony, it is best not to let words do the talking.  Words may not get to express the complete emotions of the heart, of love. Tears, however, complete the hidden messages and make things right.  At the same time, tears wash away and soothe all pains. Behind the tears is my prayer for all things good and well.  It is the outward 'voice' for the inner passion of the heart and the soul.  Love is tears.  It is in every single drops that fall.  Tears represent what something, or someone, really me

What I am today is the result of what I do and think in my past.  How I end here today is the manifestation of all my dreams and goals I make from my yester-years.  Why is my life is the way it is today is the consequence of my past thoughts, words, deeds and actions.   Today is the sum total of all my yesterdays on what I think, I say, I do and I act. Today is a day for another chance to change, for the better.  It is a new day to harvest the future.  It is a gift and not a given right.  I should live as if today is my last day.  Today comes with the power to clean and erase the past.  Today, I have to learn and re-learn as if I would live forever. When I clean and erase the past, I rewind the moments of my life and get them mended.  I create for new opportunities.  Hopefully, the hands of time will land on my side.  I have to clean and erase my past beliefs, my past errors and all of my past wrong-doings. Today, I shall live by what is right by me.  But, what is right by me does not

All actions and reactions are acts of Love.  I do something and react to something because love moves me.  Love is the verb in getting me to act and react.  It makes me to deal with choices.  And, the choices may end up good or not so good. What makes me to act and react is because Love makes it possible.  Love is the motivating reason that moves me to act and react to all things.  What does not motivate will not end up with any actions and reactions.   In fact, without love, there will be excuses and more excuses and there will be no actions. Where there is love, everything is possible.  When there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there will always be time.  That is the power of love.  Love is a continual action, continual choice and continual promise.  It triggers the actions.  It engages to be proactive. It is said 'Love can move mountains'.  Love makes unusual sacrifices.  It defies logic.  Everything that is done with love has a place, even in the darkest and tinie