Lamp in my heart...

LORD, THANK YOU FOREVER !!!

2012-01-01T16:35:00.000-08:00

LORD, am so thankful and grateful for everything You've been giving me...and so blest to have been given enough courage and wisdom to tackle and shield me against every little misfortune and heartaches I encounter as I go along this road of life.

Thy will be done...

2011-06-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

Dear Lord, You know what is in my heart from the off. Thank You for always guiding me to go straight and always keeping in the right lane so to speak. Sometimes there are things I needed more wisdom to make the right decision and or judgment. I always seek Your help and You have made me a better person that I am today with all the battles I faced head on...still there's a lot more. Thank You Lord for all of these which make me forever grateful...

At this point I know God that You again is the one who knows my heart's desire. Please help me now...give me all the signs to know if I made the right choice.

I most need Your help now...

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. ~Beverly Nichols

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2011-03-10T15:15:00.000-08:00

GOD, please help those that are hurting right now. Guide them and place your arms around them to comfort them and give them strength.

India's Got Talent Khoj 2 -July 31 2010 Vinod.wmv

2011-03-06T16:17:00.000-08:00

Guy without legs wins national dance competition - amazing

2011-03-06T16:15:00.000-08:00

Don't be weak...

2011-02-24T15:13:00.001-08:00

Don't be weak or wicked...it won't help us in any other way. It sadden me when I see someone who is on the verge of losing their hope and is also on the verge of giving up. I am so blest that with all my past trials I emerged to be a winner, with only one tool in hand...my faith. With my faith alone I can almost face everything hopefully head on. may not be the old-fashioned regular church goer clasping rosaries with veil...but still I only use my faith to face life's bumps on and on...wheeeew, who doesn't have problems anyway...it's a matter of how you and your faith works...couple with a lot of optimism and positivism on the side. Just always the cliched "hang in there..." and it will all pass...soon before you know it. For me life indeed is always a blessing no matter what...my two cents worth.

A Nun And A Saint...

2010-09-05T05:03:00.000-07:00

Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), who was a Catholic nun founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. She ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying for over 45 years. Praised by many she also received criticisms because she strongly disliked contraception and abortion as two of the issues hurled against her Later on she was honored and praised by many around the world until she became a saint after her death. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

here is the part 2

2010-06-14T20:43:00.001-07:00

Courage....

2010-06-11T08:06:00.000-07:00

...the last tiny piece you found when you thought that everything was gone.

2010-02-17T07:10:00.000-08:00

"Love is doing small things with great love."
-Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Words to ponder!

2010-02-11T14:47:00.000-08:00

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

2010-01-30T07:23:00.000-08:00

Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night. ~Marion Howard

2010-01-27T18:22:00.000-08:00

Albert Schweitzer:

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Hallelujah!

2009-12-16T16:47:00.000-08:00

Lyrics | Jeff Buckley Lyrics | Hallelujah Lyrics

Let It Rain

2009-12-16T16:42:00.000-08:00

(Jon Bon Jovi and Luciano Pavarotti, Modena, June 9th 1998)

Last night I had a dream that there would be a morning after
Long days, sunshine, and peace
Long nights of love, forgiveness, and laughter
Maybe it was just a dream but it could be reality
Children are like planting seeds, you’ve got to let their flowers grow
Don’t you know

Fà che piova, (Let it rain)
Fà che il cielo mi lavi il dolor (Let heaven wash away my pain)
Fà che piova (Let it rain)
che sia la pace il nome d'amor (That peace would be the name of love)

Through the rain I saw a child just like my child
Someone’s son or daughter
I watched as they played for a while
I wanted to cry, those babies just smiled
Maybe it was just a dream, but it should be reality
A child is just God’s sign that peace and love are seeds to make
tomorrow grow

Fà che piova, (Let it rain)
Fà che il cielo mi lavi il dolor (Let heaven wash away my pain)
Fà che piova (Let it rain)
che sia la pace il nome d'amor (That peace would be the name of love)

Go on, we’ve tried war
No one wants peace more
Than the children who ask their dads why

Fà che piova, (Let it rain)
Fà che il cielo mi lavi il dolor (Let heaven wash away my pain)
Fà che piova (Let it rain)
che sia la pace il nome d'amor (That peace would be the name of love)

Words to ponder...

2009-11-25T16:22:00.001-08:00

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

Sir William Osler

Kiss the rain

2009-11-25T02:43:00.000-08:00

2009-11-25T02:33:00.000-08:00

There is no greater blessing than knowing you are a child of God.

Helicopter parent

2009-11-15T15:22:00.000-08:00

We as parents, should make it a point to do some mental inventory on how we can assess ourselves as parents. How does one fare as good parent? Do we keep track on how our children behave outside? Are they good children even without us to supervise them whether or not they behave properly? For me a dutiful mother is one who follows every step her child makes without making herself tagged as helicopter mom or parent. Yes we can do that by having a strong foundation built with trust and love wherein the child is free from our hovering nags and fault-findings. Cultivate and nurture the friendship ties between you and your child so as not to make him feel that you are trying to manipulate them and making them feel like puppets.It can be done, if you try your most. Of course no child will feel good when the parent is hovering.

2009-10-12T15:53:00.001-07:00

" A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."
- Arabian Proverb

The greatness of love!

2009-10-08T15:47:00.000-07:00

2009-10-02T00:45:00.001-07:00

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Let's pray...

2009-10-01T23:56:00.000-07:00

REPOST: People are now being sent home because: 1. Typhoon Pepeng = Type 5 (same as Katrina) 2. Critical hour = 9pm 3. Winds & rains stronger than Milenyo 4. MM will be hit by tail/body unless it changes its course 5. Meralco will shut down areas tonight PLEASE REPOST & PASS.

I thank Thee Lord!

2009-09-23T16:55:00.000-07:00

Another year has been added again to my life and it is indeed a precious gift from God above. What more can I humbly ask? Isn't it a bonus to celebrate each year? As a person who's always been having an on and off trials after trials...if not for the faith in my heart, I don't know how to smile cguro. But God is so good for giving me the wisdom and enough courage to beat and escape the avenue of boredom and life's annoyance. But that shouldn't be the case 'coz indeed life is still a blessing, no matter what!

2009-09-22T08:57:00.001-07:00

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. -Mark Twain

Your Heart Today

2009-09-08T08:36:00.000-07:00

Where there is fear I can allay, where there is pain I can heal,
Where there are wounds I can bind, and hunger I can fill.
Lord, grant me courage, Lord, grant me strength,
Grant me compassion that I may be Your heart today.
Where there is hate I can confront, where there are yokes I can release,
Where there are captives I can free, and anger I can appease.
Lord, grant me courage, Lord, grant me strength,
Grant me compassion that I may be Your heart today.
When comes the day I dread to see our broken world,
Compel me from my cell grown cold that Your people I may behold.
Where there is fear I can allay, where there is pain I can heal,
Where there are wounds I can bind, and hunger I can fill.
Lord, grant me courage, Lord, grant me strength,
Grant me compassion that I may be Your heart today.
And when I’ve done all that I could,
Yet there are hearts I cannot move,
Lord, give me hope… that I may be Your heart today.

Bless The Broken Road!

2009-09-07T19:31:00.000-07:00

Love that lasts...

2009-09-07T13:16:00.000-07:00

The Parable of the Lost Coin...

2009-08-15T08:32:00.000-07:00

Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

– Luke 15:8–10

PS/ Wala itong pinagkaiba sa naliligaw na anak...na kailangan hanapin at ipagbunyi kapag nakita na siya o nahatak na sa tamang daan.

Am just human...

2009-07-26T15:34:00.000-07:00

I never get mad...I just get hurt!

2009-02-21T03:59:00.000-08:00

"A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child."

"The Three Stages of Life"

2009-01-21T22:33:00.000-08:00

From Andre Maurois' essay entitled The Three Stages of Life...I like this part most that goes...

"A woman maybe a mother or grandmother and enjoy looking after the happiness of her children or grandchildren, but once in a while she feels the need for retirement. Her life has been one of constant activity. Now she must pause and get her bearings and relive in her mind her most cherished memories__ in short, take a little time for herself after having devoted so much of her life to others. Of course, she need not give up the pleasure of reading (I know many who are marvelous readers) nor the conversation of the second stage (I know many who are delightful conversationalists) but she will reserve for herself a part of each day for reminiscence, for prayer or meditation."

2009-01-21T14:24:00.001-08:00

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

2008-12-31T07:46:00.001-08:00

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Cheers!

2008-12-24T07:33:00.001-08:00

From Paulo Coelho

2008-12-18T21:34:00.000-08:00

The music coming from the house

On Christmas Eve, the king invited the prime minister to join him for their usual walk together. He enjoyed seeing the decorations in the streets, but since he didn’t want his subjects to spend too much money on these just to please him, the two men always disguised themselves as traders from some far distant land.
They walked through the centre of the city, admiring the lights, the Christmas trees, the candles burning on the steps of the houses, the stalls selling gifts, and the men, women and children hurrying off to celebrate a family Christmas around a table laden with food.
On the way back, they passed through a poorer area, where the atmosphere was quite different. There were no lights, no candles, no delicious smells of food about to be served. There was hardly a soul in the street, and, as he did every year, the king remarked to the prime minister that he really must pay more attention to the poor in his kingdom. The prime minister nodded, knowing that the matter would soon be forgotten again, buried beneath the day-to-day bureaucracy of budgets to be approved and discussions with foreign dignitaries.
Suddenly, they heard music coming from one of the poorest houses. The hut was so ramshackle and the rotten wooden timbers so full of cracks, that they were able to peer through and see what was happening inside. And what they saw was utterly absurd: an old man in a wheelchair apparently crying, a shaven-headed young woman dancing, and a young man with sad eyes shaking a tambourine and singing a folk song.
‘I’m going to find out what they’re up to,’ said the king.
He knocked. The music stopped, and the young man came to the door.
‘We are merchants in search of a place to sleep. We heard the music, saw that you were still awake, and wondered if we could spend the night here.’
‘You can find shelter in a hotel in the city. We, alas, cannot help you. Despite the music, this house is full of sadness and suffering.’
‘And may we know why?’
‘It’s all because of me.’ It was the old man in the wheelchair who spoke. ‘I’ve spent my life teaching my son calligraphy, so that he could one day get a job as a palace scribe. But the years have passed and no post has ever come up. And then, last night, I had a stupid dream: an angel appeared to me and asked me to buy a silver goblet because, the angel said, the king would be coming to visit me. He would drink from the goblet and give my son a job.
‘The angel was so persuasive that I decided to do as he said. Since we have no money, my daughter-in-law went to the market this morning to sell her hair so that we could buy that goblet over there. The two of them are doing their best to get me in the Christmas spirit by singing and dancing, but it’s no use.’
The king saw the silver goblet, asked to be given a little water to quench his thirst and, before leaving, said to the family:
‘Do you know, we were talking to the prime minister only today, and he told us that an opening for a palace scribe would be announced next week.’
The old man nodded, not really believing what he was hearing, and bade farewell to the strangers. The following morning, however, a royal proclamation was read out in all the city streets; a new scribe was needed at court. On the appointed day, the audience room at the palace was packed with people eager to compete for that much-sought-after post. The prime minister entered and asked everyone there to prepare their paper and pens:
‘Here is the subject of the composition: Why is an old man weeping, a shaven-headed woman dancing, and a sad young man singing?’
A murmur of disbelief went round the room. No one knew how to tell such a story, apart, that is, from the shabbily dressed young man sitting in one corner, who smiled broadly and began to write.

Based on an Indian story.

Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

PS/ Thanks a lot Sir Paolo...!

Another day, another chance to live...

2008-11-21T16:21:00.000-08:00

I thank God for giving me another chance to live my life. Good thing, after having episodes of hypertension, like BP shooting up, just like what happened the past few days, wherein my life is always on a thin line. We all know that hypertension is scary...like what had happened to FPJ, Lastimak of Salbakuta among others. I feel so so blest waking up in the morning to be able to greet another day!

Taking heed...

2008-11-12T14:19:00.000-08:00

Whenever I go to church and hear this song being sung by the choir, I would always find myself teary. We all know that as human, we cannot control ourselves sometimes from committing some mistakes. We tend to disobey a lot of times...but in the end we admit to ourselves that somehow we regret doing such slip-ups. We're here to meet a lot of people, some become friends...but what we do not know is...one or two become tools of evil deeds. Or sometimes, situation calls for it. We are forced to become a little harsh when( some) strife or discord lead us to the realm of antagonism. So let's be very watchful and guard ourselves from all danger and possible sliding down a slippery slope.

My prayer...Oh God help me to go straight and know what is right!

2008-11-12T13:24:00.000-08:00

Let us spread the story and help stop the desease!

Story of Michelle...

Falling of leaves...in autumn

2008-11-11T16:37:00.000-08:00

Photo by: Makki

It is how you see life...falling of leaves in autumn is just a start of something new...the beginning of spring. Spring is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life (both plant and animal) being born.

All about courage...

2008-11-11T16:29:00.000-08:00

Courage gives you the strength to all weaknesses
Courage gives you a very positive look out on life
Courage gives you the strength to move on when you don't know how too
Courage is what you have when someone tries to bring you down
Courage is like a big strength you have to have it in order to live life

by: Brandi Reissig

Placing no conditions...

2008-11-11T15:48:00.000-08:00

Conditional love is love that is turned off and on....Some parents only show their love after a child has done something that pleases them. "I love you, honey, for cleaning your room!" Children who think they need to earn love become people pleasers, or perfectionists. Those who are raised on conditional love never really feel loved.

by: Louise Hart

Remember that...

2008-11-11T15:41:00.000-08:00

Anger is a brief lunacy.

by: Horace

Never ending mercy!

2008-11-11T15:19:00.000-08:00

Thousand times I failed still your mercy remains...

Our Little Christmas tree!

2008-11-09T15:41:00.000-08:00

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Words to ponder...

2008-11-09T13:58:00.000-08:00

Mother Teresa's Anyway Poem

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

Source: Wikipedia

Celebrate our lives!

2008-11-07T17:26:00.000-08:00

Spreading love and goodwill...

2008-11-05T05:50:00.000-08:00

It's just a few weeks until Christmas. For sure everybody is anticipating the season of love and gift-giving. By now they are buying already some gifts for their loved ones, shopping for new clothes, new gadgets and almost everything available that they fancy. But this is all material things. This is less important when compared to giving and sharing love around. There's more to the spirit of Christmas. It's to touch the hearts of the people around us. To share what has to be shared. To forgive with humility and act with compassion. We should always learn how to be a blessing to others. There's this old saying that we reap what we sow. And sowing love is one good example to begin with. If love in your heart always overflow, then your blessings also will follow...filling it to the brim.

Damocles sword...

2008-10-28T17:26:00.000-07:00

For every burden we have...remember that God always offer His mighty arms to always lift us up. Like the story of Damocles...who had once wished to live like Dionysius, at first enjoying it immensely... until he noticed a sharp sword hovering over his head, that was suspended from the ceiling by a horse hair. This, was what life as ruler was really like. He then prefered to live the simple way of life like that of the poorer.

Something foolproof...

2008-10-28T16:56:00.000-07:00

Suddenly it just came to my mind to create this blog...something unfailing...this song of GV has become an inspiration that pushes me and urges me so much to once more create a blog separately. As human we are liable to slide of course, but I do believe that somewhere in our own hearts...there's a lamp that should be kept incensed...a little lamp from which we draw strength...some rays of hope lies...and sprung goodness, no matter what. I do believe that there's no person too bad...nobody can be just as bad. As a person I've kept my faith privy and I do believe only God knows the colors of our hearts.