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Allowing Loved Ones to be HOT: Honest, Open and Trusting

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.

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Dear Mom, Happy Birthday and Thank you!

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 »

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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Gratitude Journal Oct 28.

• Being on purpose.
• Being decisive.
• Having fun while doing the tasks.
• Generally courteous and accommodating suppliers. I guess in Baguio, it’s easier to request for things/favors. And easier to get around too.
• Adrian and the Citylight staff. Good job guys addressing most of our concerns.
• Mom allowing us to make these preparations for her.
• Dad putting together his own share of surprises ;-) . More excited than mom, hehehe!
• Global Pinoy Center. Having access to such a facility. Being able to video blog about it.
• Getting paid ;-) .
• Withdrawing from PayPal. Enjoy the blessings!
• A bouquet of flowers for Mom. Sweet scent of flowers.
• Putting together a wonderful slideshow for mom’s birthday celebration. Ang ganda ng nanay ko! :-)
• Continuing on with my Gratitude Journal. Amen!

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Home

I am grateful for:

• Good sleep
• Time with Rezza and friends Lawrence and Jabar
• Korea Garden
• Re-connecting with Grace M., my eyes and ears.
• 6 hour trip with two of my favorite people in the entire world.
• Exchanging funny stories between Keric, Rezza and myself.
• Coming home to the loving arms of dad and mom in Baguio.
• Apologizing and acknowledging that are changes I need to make to improve my relationships. Honor other people’s time.
• covering some deliverables via text.
• Safe trip.
• Nice warm bed.
• A quiet home.
• Continuing with my habit of writing a gratitude journal entry every night.
• Sleeping well…
• Good roads. Safe trip.
• Baguio. Rezza. Home. Family.

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Re-connecting with the Blogger within

What I’m grateful for …

• Affirmations, Dreams, Prayers, Habits, Gratitude Journal
• Cleaning the tiles. Builds character, builds muscle ;-) .
• Staffing for Basic 249
• Baby fighting sleep
• Meeting Shamcey
• Being invited to a blogger event, and showing up.
• Re-connecting with the blogger within.
• And connecting with fellow-bloggers anew.
• Finally closing sats finance.

• It wasn’t as bitter as I thought.
• That’s what FEAR is: False Expectations Appearing Real.
• Getting ad offers.
• Lucrative opportunities always come my way!

• Being straightforward, clarifying what the pay is.
• Being straightforward, declaring that I want more hours observing, assisting, training.
• Go for 10,000 hours and more!
• Lawrence’s Stomp, Jesus Christ Superstar
• JP, Jemar, Deanna and R4Pasig Staff.

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An Emotionally Charged Day It’s Been

An Emotionally Charged Day! Thank You Lord for this day!

Thank You Lord! I am grateful for:

• An early day! Like in Intel (almost)!
• Accomplishing my mission today. I’ve taken the necessary steps to earn back my passive income.
• Being firm and respectful.
• Being on purpose.
• Confronting my fear of rejection. Accepting that I am in the right position.
• All the lessons I learned through Jen-Jen.
• Seeing Tatay Rodolfo Madrinan and wife. Will contact Grace.
• Rezza. Special lunch at Balinsasayaw.
• Laing, Bird’s Nest soup, Pinaputok na Tilapia, Turon de Leche.
• Destination wedding! Read the rest of this entry »

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Saying Goodbye to a 5-year Dysfunctional Relationship

The moment we met, I saw the makings of a long-term relationship. (1)
We started strong in August 2006. (2)
And as often as I could, I would text her, find out how her family was, pray that they were safe in their home during the big storms.
I brought gifts for her and the family during the holidays.

Goodbye. Gone like bula.

But along the way, we encountered challenges. (3)
I felt she was not committed. She felt I was not being understanding.
I felt I gave all the patience I had. She felt she deserved more.

Along the way, it was getting harder to communicate with her.
She was starting to come up with so many excuses.
I was getting tired. She was increasingly difficult to deal with.

In 2007, I wanted to break-up. (4)
She was enraged! She said Read the rest of this entry »

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Come back, oh passive income!

What I’m thankful for:

• Blogging for eOFW.Net
• Finding www.investmentphilippines.com
• Home-cooked Korean Beef Stew!
• Baked Creme Dory! :-)
• Getting things done: Sats accounting, Kristel call, deposits, remittances
• Reading Bo’s article on Patience.
• Being out in the strong rain, but having a good shade to cover me.
• This condo where I live and work
• This laptop through which I communicate and create value
• Affirmations that we read day by day
• Enough rest
• Water
• Foot pads — to de-toxify my system
• Prayer
• Our good Lord and all the blessings he showers me with
• Good health!

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Novena to God’s Love

Novena to God’s Love
by Bo Sanchez

Today, I receive all of Gods love for me. 
Today, I open myself to the unbounded, limitless, overflowing abundance of God’s universe.
Today, I open myself to God’s blessings, healing and miracles.
Today, I open myself to God’s Word so that I become more like Jesus every day.
Today I proclaim that I am God’s Beloved, I am God’s Servant, I am God’s Powerful Champion,
And because I am blessed, I am blessing the world In Jesus’ Name!
Amen! 

What I’m thankful for: 

• Attending The Feast, being blessed by Bro George Gabriel’s sharing.
• Hearing about Bo opening The Feast in the US (is it LA or New York … siguro LA because of the Filipino Community).
• Long lunch and kwentuhan after attending The Feast together with Rezza, Pol, Aries, Mares, Jo-Anne, Dennis.
• Getting ready for a brand new day tomorrow and a brand new week ahead!
• Speaking to Dad and Mom.
• Receiving a call from a corporate client — opportunity for RR sales.
• Cash Cow! We shall face the cow eye-to-eye on Tuesday! ;-)
• I am thankful for the Prayer for the Novena to God’s Love

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Put Meaning to Every Blessing

Sometimes I tell myself I am grateful for something and I leave it at that. This time, I want to ask myself: “WHY am I grateful for this?”. Today, I put meaning to every blessing.

What I’m grateful for:

• Leftovers. It means I had an awesome and abundant meal with more to share pa!
• PSI Coffee. It means seeing friends and sharing the PSI Philosophy to more people.
• Chicharon, revel bar (hindi dinuguan), pancit, pichi-pichi, iced tea. It means people are abundant!
• 50% OFF at www.mj46.com . It means we have a friend who’s sharing his abundance. Thanks Jojo!
• Laughter. It means we’ve got a whole lot of happiness and joy inside.
• Wake. It means a soul has achieved a purpose and is now passing on to a next life.
• 2 hour kwentuhan with Rezza’s Mom. It means getting to know her daughter’s boyfriend matters much to Tita Manots ;-) .
• Makunat na McDo fries. It means an opportunity to ask for what we deserve – crispy fries.
• Leche flan. It means our friend Anais is doing well with her business. It means a good supply for this sweet tooth of mine.
• Feedback. It means we acknowledge the awesomeness in our universe, it means we have more to improve pa. We’re a work in progress.
• Saturday. It means when I wake up tomorrow, it will be time to join The Feast again! Yehey!
• 6 days writing on my Gratitude Journal. It means I’m doing very well developing this habit. Wahoo!

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