TRUE LIFE STORY..

Let me share you this story
Somewhere in Milaor, Camarines Sur, there lived a fourth grader boy who would follow this route to school everyday: He has to cross the rugged plains and cross the dangerous highway where vehicles are recklessly driving to and from.
Once past this highway, the boy would take a short cut, passing by the Church every morning just to say Hi to God, and faithfully say his, "Magandang umaga po" in Bicol dialect. He was faithfully being watched by a Priest who was happy to find innocence so uplifting in the morning,
"Kamusta, Andoy? Papasok ka na?"
"Opo padre ... "he would flash his innocent grin, the priest would be touched. He was so concerned that one day he talked to Andoy.
"From school...", he advised "Do not cross the highway, you can pass through the Church and I can accompany you to the other side of the road...that way I can see that you are home safe...."
"Thank you father ... "
"Why don't you go home ... why do you stay in this church right after school?"
"I just want to say 'Hi' to my friend, God," and the priest would leave the boy to spend time beside the altar, talking to himself, but the priest was hiding behind the altar to listen to what this boy has to say to his heavenly FATHER.
"You know my math exam was pretty bad today, but I did not cheat although my seatmate is bullying me for notes... I ate one cracker and drank my water, Itay had a bad season and all I can eat is this cracker.
Thank you for this! I saw a poor kitten who was hungry and I know how he feels so I gave my last cracker to him ... funny but I am not that hungry.
Look, this is my last pair of slippers ...I may have to walk barefoot next week, you see this is about to be broken... but it is okay....at least I am still going to school.... Some say we will have a hard season this month, some of my classmates have already stopped going to school .... please help them get to school again, please God?
....Oh, you know, Inay hit me again, it is painful, but I know this pain will pass away, at least I still have a mother.... God, you want to see my bruises? I know you can heal them.... Here... here and .... oh ...blood ....I guess you knew about this one huh? Please don't be mad at Inay, she is just tired and she worries for the food in our table and my schooling that is why she hits us....Oh, I think I am in love ... there's this pretty girl in my class, her name is Anita ... do you think she will like me? Anyway, at least I know you will always like me, I don't have to be anybody just to please you, you are my very best friend! Hey your birthday is two days from now!!! Aren't you excited? I am! Wait till you see, I have a gift for you . but it is a surprise! I hope you will like it! Oooops, I have to go ..." then he stood up and calls out, "Padre, padre, I am finished talking to my friend ....
youcan accompany me to the other side of the road now"
This routine happens everyday. Andoy never fails. Father Agaton shares this every Sunday to the people in his church because he has not seen a very pure faith and trust in God, a very positive look at negative situations.
One Christmas day, Father Agaton was sick so he could not make it in the Church, he was sent to the hospital. The Church was left to 4 manangs who would chant the rosary in 1000 miles per hour, would not smile and would always find fault in what you do, they were also very well versed in cursing if you irritate them! They were kneeling, saying their kilometric rosary when Andoy, coming from his Christmas party,playfully dashed in.
"Hello God! I ......"
"P----!! (a curse) bata ka!! Alam mo nang may nagdadasal!! Alis!!"

Poor Andoy was so terrified, "Where's Father Agaton? He is supposed to help me cross the street ... and to be able to cross the street I will have to pass by the back door of this church .not only that, I have to greet Jesus. It is His birthday, I have a gift right here....

" Just as he was about to get the gift out of his shirt, the manang pulled his shirt and threw him out of the church. "Susmaryosep!!! (does the sign of the cross fervently) Alis kang bata ka, kung hindi matatamaan ka!!!
So the boy had no choice but to cross the dangerous side of the road in front of the church. He crossed. A fast moving bus came in.
There was a blind curve. The boy was protecting his gift inside his shirt, so he was not looking. There was so little time. Andoy died on the spot. A lot of people crowded the poor boy, the body of a lifeless young boy ...
Suddenly, out of nowhere a tall man in a pure white shirt and pants, a face so mild and gentle, but with eyes full of tears... He came and carried the boy in His arms. He was crying. Curious bystanders nudged the man in white, and asked,
"Excuse me sir, are you related to this child?
Do you know this child?"
The man in white, His face mourning and in agony, looked up and answered,
"He was my best friend . " was all he said. He took the badly wrapped gift in the bloody chest of the lifeless boy, and placed it near His heart.
He stood up and carried the boy away and they both disappeared in sight.
The crowd was curious ...
On Christmas Eve, Father Agaton learned of the shocking news. He visited the house, and wanted to verify about the man in white. He consulted the parents of Andoy.
"How did you know that your son died?"
"A man in white brought him here." sobbed the mother. "What did he say?"
The father answered, "He did not say anything. He was mourning. We do not know him and yet he was very lonely about our son's death, as if he knew our son very well. But there was something peaceful and unexplainable about him.
He gave me my son, and then he smiled peacefully. He brushed my son's hair away from his face and kissed him on his forehead, then he whispered something..."
"What did he say?"
"He said to my boy..." the father began, "Thank you for the gift .... I will see you soon ... you will be with me..." and the father of the boy continued, "and you know for a while, it felt so
wonderful ... I cried, but I do not know why....all I know is I cried tears of joy .... I could not explain it, Father, but when that man left, something peaceful came over me, I felt a deep sense
of love inside ... I could not explain the joy in my heart, I knew my boy is in heaven now but...tell me, Father, who is this man that my son talks to everyday in your church, you should know because you are always there ... except at the time of his death ......"Father Agaton suddenly felt the tears welling in his eyes, with
trembling knees, he murmurred, " ... He was talking to no one ......
but .. GOD...."

OVERCOMING LIFE'S TROUBLES

Moments of silence in the middle of the night sometimes lead us to feel some noise inside our head. Thinking about things we have done wrong and words we should have not spoken. Those things runs all over repeatedly inside our head at times and goes directly into our hearts that lead us to feeling guilt and loneliness.

There would be moments that we may ask “Why have I not think first before doing or saying something? Why would something happen if I would only feel regrets? Why can’t I stop committing mistakes? And why can’t I stop hurting people around me? There would be so many questions that disturb us and it’s simply a test of how well we handle troubles and how we take it into our life.

Someone have said the word “bizarre” as I remember in one of our class, according to him it is a word that describe something different, extraordinary or something unusual. That’s why I could say that life may also be called bizarre. It is extraordinary and something unpredictable. Our life has two faces, it has surprises but it also involves troubles. Life brings surprises that makes us happy for every moment but down moments is never inevitable in life it is written in God’s plan for all of us. Just like in a book I’ve read “A Purpose –Driven Life” by Rick Warren, there he said that 24 hours a day we face troubles that after solving one, another will follow. It is true in life; we can never say that after a trouble nothing will follow anymore. There would always be trouble as long as we live because it’s a test of how strong we will grow in life. Everything has a purpose behind all problems, troubles and struggles that life may bring. It is up to us always on how we would reflect on every experience of hardship whether to take it positively or negatively. Behind all of these we are the one responsible for every action we make, for every word we say, for every mistake we commit and on how we face the troubles that we experience in life whether we solve them with prayers and God’s help or to just give up on them. Whether we strive to win the battles of life or just run away from it: its either we find happiness or suffer the consequences of giving up in life.

That’s why it is nice to be prepared for life, don’t be afraid of troubles, be open-minded and take everything as a challenge, consider it as a race that you’ll have to run to reach the finish line which is happiness. Make sure that after all the troubles; you have grown strong for you to be prepared for God’s happy ending reserved for you. 

NEVER MIND EXPECTATIONS

JOURNAL ENTRY: July 4, 2011

 Everything doesn’t always goes like we expected. There is no certain thing such as moment of perfection, experiences we would never ask for more and people who would never hurt us even once. There would always be unexpected heartaches, failures, disappointments, fears and sadness and we may feel left alone. There would always be moments of smile and moments of tears. Life is never perfect. It is not designed just to give us what we wanted and what we had always expected it to be. Expect what you don’t. Be amazed, be shocked, embarrassed and fell what you want to feel with what’s happening in your life. Our life is full of surprises, it is not a constant thing, and change is the only thing in life which is constant. Life changes and even changes us little by little. We might get hurt today and yet stand with a smile tomorrow. Life is full of hope, love and its only but one. One life that is God-given.

                Take every changing day as a challenge, if you get hurt and fail for something, close your eyes and think about God and pray. He will lead your way… Never expect in life so much. Everything will just come for you without knowing it. Just believe and be patient with life’s circumstances. Remember; Life is but one, take every moment as something as precious as the diamonds and make it always memorable and remarkable.

VALUE TIME IN YOUR LIFE...

                                LIPAS

Sa akin madalas kung ikaw ay tumingin

Malalagkit ang iyong mga titig sa akin

Pigilan mo man, ako pa rin ay gagalaw

Tatakbo't iiwan ka ng walang paalam.

Kunin mo ang bawat pagkakataong ito

Kailanman ay di na babalik saiyo

Tanging bakas ang iiwan ng kahapon

Muli't muli sa aki'y titingin sa paglipas ng panahon.

THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN IN MY CREATIVE WRITING CLASS YESTERDAY AND TO MY SURPRISE FOR THE FIRST TIME IT WAS GRADED PERFECTLY BY MY INSTRUCTOR. I USE THE CLOCK AS AN OBJECT OF THIS POEM TO ILLUSTRATE HOW TIME AFFECTS OUR LIFE AND THAT WE MUST VALUE IT MUCH........

LIFE EXISTENCE TAKES ONLY A PERIOD OF TIME AND WITHOUT KNOWING, OUR TIME IN THIS WORLD IS PASSING BY LITTLE BY LITTLE...WE MUST CONSIDER THIS REALITY IN OUR LIFE AND THAT WE MUST LEARN TO VALUE EVERY SECOND THAT WE EXIST IN THIS WORLD. TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE ALIVE AND BE THANKFUL FOR IT  NO MATTER WHAT DIFFICULTY WE ARE EXPERIENCING AT THIS MOMENT. WE MUST ALWAYS BE THANKFUL AND TAKE IT AS A CHANCE TO MAKE LIFE EXIST FRUITFULLY EVERY TIME...VALUE YOUR TIME. IT IS SOMETHING IN THIS WORLD THAT CAN NEVER BE RETURNED ONCE IT PASSED BY.

FRIENDSHIP...

FRIENDSHIP IS...

...fruit gathered from trees planted in the rich soil of love, and nurtured with tender care and understanding.

(Alma L.Weixelbaum)

... a present you give yourself.

(Robert Louis Stevenson)

... like a star that guides the way , near and far.

(Catherine Plumb)

...the cement that will ever hold the world together. (Woodrow Wilson)

...the inexpressive comfort of feeling safe with a person having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words. (George Eliot)

...a reward from the past,

an enrichment of the present, 

and a legacy for the future...

(Judith J. Yerman)

...one soul in two bodies. (Phytagoras)

...the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone believes in him and is willing to trust him.

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

OUR LIFE CAN NEVER EXIST WITHOUT FRIENDS. HAVE YOU EVER IMAGINE YOUR LIFE HAVING NO FRIENDS AT ALL? ISN'T IT SO SAD? MANY AUTHORS HAVE ALREADY DEFINE FRIENDSHIP DIFFERENTLY AND IT IS BASED ON HOW THEY VALUE FRIENDSHIP IN THEIR LIVES. IN MY LIFE, FRIENDSHIP IS A  TREASURE CHEST OF HAPPINESS AND MEMORIES. WHY TREASURE CHEST? I TREASURE FRIENDSHIP AND I CONSIDER IT AS A CHEST WHERE I CAN HIDE MY PRECIOUS BELONGINGS OF SECRETS AND MOMENTS I WONT FORGET. WITH OUR FRIENDS WE COULD OPEN UP AND BE WHO WE REALLY ARE WITHOUT ANY PRETENSIONS,JUST ACCEPTANCE....VALUE YOUR FRIENDS...

A DREAM...

DREAMS AT OFTEN TIMES REFLECT OUR INNERMOST FEELINGS AND SOMETIMES OUR FEARS AND ASPIRATIONS. SOMETIMES WHAT WE THINK ABOUT BEFORE WE SLEEP ARE SEEN IN OUR DREAMS WHENEVER WE SLEEP AT NIGHT... SOMETIMES IT ALSO SHOWS SOMETHING THAT WE MAY EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES AND SOMETIMES IT HAS A MESSAGE ON US. IT COULD BE A SIGN OR A WARNING... THERE ARE ALSO UNPREDICTABLE DREAMS BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE IT SPEAKS SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE....THIS POST IS A STORY I MADE BASED FROM A DREAM I HAD ONE NIGHT....

A DREAM WEDDING

           I was wearing a white dress, holding a bouquet, walking in the aisle but it took me too long to reach the end of that aisle. I love the dress I was wearing it is made of beautiful fabric and the flower used as a decoration of the bouquet is my favorite flower, roses the usual flower a man always gives a woman. I am so excited to reach the end of the aisle to reach the man waiting for me there. I saw my mother and father, all my brothers and sisters including my friends and other unknown faces looking at me saying "Congratulation!" with a smile.

        " Why does it take me too long to reach the altar?" I told myself. I am excited to see my groom in his coat and tie waiting for me to be his wife and be with him forever. suddenly I saw a group of man in front I thought I'm going to see with them the man I'm going to marry but his not any of them. I look directly at the altar while looking for the man I've been longing to see but I can't find him. I was in the middle of the aisle and I feel nervous and upset asking myself "Where is he?...

            I still continue walking, I know that man won't fail me and he loves me that's why we are getting marry. He might just want to surprise me. He is my dream man, a part of my dream wedding an event full of love and happiness. I am now near by the altar and still can't see my husband to be then suddenly I woke up. I realized it was just a dream. It was really a dream wedding.

From this dream I've realized that dreams doesn't reveal things immediately, that's why I have not seen my groom. soon when the right time comes my dream will come true with the clear image of the man I was destined to get marry with. Only God knows about it and even dreams can't intervene in God's plans for all of us... DREAMS ARE BITS OF SIGNS ONLY... 

THIS IS ME....

This Is Me :

I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I have this dream
Right inside of me
I'm gonna let it show, it's time
To let you know
To let you know
-CHORUS-
This is real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, now
Gonna let the light, shine on me
Now I've found, who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me

Do you know what it's like
To feel so in the dark
To dream about a life
Where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
Like it's too far away
I have to believe in myself
It's the only way

You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you, I gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
I need to find you, I gotta find you

[REPEAT CHORUS]
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me (this is me)
You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
Now I've found, who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me

I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I have this dream
Right inside of me
I'm gonna let it show, it's time
To let you know
To let you know
[REPEAT CHORUS]

Do you know what it's like
To feel so in the dark
To dream about a life
Where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
Like it's too far away
I have to believe in myself
It's the only way

[REPEAT CHORUS]

This is a song I could relate with. I could say in life we must know ourselves better than anyone else. You must accept yourself before you expect others to know you the way you wanted to...Be real and be proud with whatever characteristic you have. LOve yourself and stand and shout to the world that " THIS IS ME"...

As a simple advice...for all of us to have a good life we must first accept ourselves and never compare yourself from others because you may never know others may be looking at you wishing they could be you....

SAY..THIS IS WHO I AM AND I LOVE MYSELF, I'M PROUD TO BE MYSELF......