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Today I am thankful for:
I totally understand the teaching about letting go of negative feelings.
For instance, it is healthy for me to let go of resentments, hurt feelings, painful words or acts against me. Hanging on to these negative feelings is like hanging on to acid — it robs us of happiness.
Letting go of negative feelings, I understand easily.
But here’s a mind-blowing lesson that took me some time to understand.
Are you ready to hear this mind-blowing lesson?
Let Go. Let Go of negative feelings and more! (Image via http://chauhanhiren.blogspot.com/)
Yes, THE Shamcey Supsup. The Binibining Pilipinas 2011 and Miss Universe runner-up Shamcey.
Shams (I call her Shams, by the way) invited me to have pizza last week at Pizza Hut Bistro in Glorietta 4.
I was hesitant at first, I wanted to tell her I was already in a committed relationship with Rezza.
Pero Shams wanted to meet me. So I gave in.
Shamcey meets Ka Edong
So off I went to a meet Shamcey … Read the rest of this entry »
The Prayer of Jabez helps me expand my territory!
Oh, that You may bless me indeed!
And expand my territory!
May Your hand be upon me,
And keep evil far away from me
So that I may cause no pain.
I pray this daily. And it helps me be open to God’s blessings and nudges.
And I say my thanks daily too ;-) . I am grateful for: Read the rest of this entry »
I’d like to share a lesson I learned from my training mentor, Greg Forbes. Greg shares this message in the PSI seminar.
There is nothing anybody can say or do that will make you feel bad unless you allow.
If somebody walked up to you and told you “Your hair is green”, how would you react?
Would you say:
“Oh no! I feel so bad! You’re right, my hair is green!”
Or would you say:
“That’s not true at all. It’s funny that you even thought my hair is green :-) .”
You’d probably brush it off because you know that your hair is not green. Maybe because your hair is blue :-) .
Who says my hair is green? No it ain't! It's blue :-) !
Now let’s change the words a bit.
If somebody walked up to you and told you “You are a liar”, how would you react? Read the rest of this entry »
Today, I talk about gifts. I know All Saint’s Day is not well-known for gift giving. This is my hang-over from my mom’s 70th birthday celebration. :-) .
Life is Overflowing with Gifts from our good Lord
What do you do when a gift is given to you?
a.) Do you accept it gratefully? Or do you refuse it?
b.) Do you open it excitedly as soon as you can? Or do you wait and dilly-dally for a few days/weeks/months before you open the gift? (and when you do open the gift, do you say … “ay, yan lang pala”)
c.) When you open the gift, do you use the gift as soon as possible? Or do you keep it displayed and on stand-by until it gathers dust or gets forgotten? Read the rest of this entry »
My dad and I had a very honest, open and trusting conversation (HOT) today.
My dad is a very traditional person. I’ve come to accept that at his age of 71, he has a different world view compared to mine. I’ve accepted the fact that he has beliefs in his life that are different for my own beliefs in my life. We’ve learned to respect each other amidst our very different way of living our lives.
Sometimes my dad keeps his thoughts or feelings to himself. Sometimes he feels that I might feel bad about something he says – thus he chooses to not express his thoughts or feelings. This may be because in the past, I expressed disagreement or even disapproval of my dad’s opinions or thoughts. I realize now how I have contributed to my Dad’s misgivings about expressing his thoughts to me.
But today, with the encouragement of Keric, my dad expressed himself to me. Dad called me for a private conversation in his room and expressed his thoughts about how I use my time and energy.
I responded with three messages: Read the rest of this entry »
Mom at 7 years young
Dear Mom,
Thank you for all these years that you took care of me, prayed for me, was there as a friend, to give advise, to listen.
Thank you for your patience, your understanding.
Thank you for all your pasalubongs and bilins. I feel your love with all of these.
Thank you for your love that envelopes me everywhere I go, everytime.
Dear Lord,
Today, I thank You in a very special way for making my mom my mom.
Mom is perfect as is where is.
Gratitude Journal Oct 29.
I am grateful for: Read the rest of this entry »
Gratitude Journal Oct 28.
I am grateful for:
