Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons. Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing on one's own sunshine.
We think in generalities, but we live in detail. Alter your life by altering your attitudes. No man walks with dignity whose step is rushed. Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.
The mere sense of living is joy enough. In life, you can never do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. The cost of a thing is the amount of life that must be exchanged for it. Life is painting a picture, not creating a sum.
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. And there is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth. Life isn't a matter of milestones but of moments. Go - not knowing where. Bring - not knowing what. The path is long, the way unknown. No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
Into each life some rain must fall. Some days must be dark and dreary but only those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. Remember that there's a difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. Think you can, think you can't; either way you'll be right. Just do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Essay 4: Quitting
there was a saying that "you always have a thousand reason to quit..
but for my part, i have never quited anything yet, y? because i live my life to the fullest, i live like i am dying..
i been through ups and downs, through long and dark paths in life but never did i ever quit! i just moved straight on..move on forward and never look back...i had my dreams but if ever i will fail..i'll just have to dream a better dream..
*sigh* i'm totally in grief..all of the efforts are useless
this truly is a new chapter of life..i never would have imagine the day that i will say.."they were right! after high school, everything would be different" and it was true! it really is...
hard work won't get me nowhere from where i stand now..from the way i see it, looks to me like it's a battle of being creative, being more of a braniac
i'm not that creative, that's clear..i could think of ideas but we're not that good...sure that i'm just a beginner but if it's this too hard like senior english hard..damn! i may not last that long
but for my part, i have never quited anything yet, y? because i live my life to the fullest, i live like i am dying..
i been through ups and downs, through long and dark paths in life but never did i ever quit! i just moved straight on..move on forward and never look back...i had my dreams but if ever i will fail..i'll just have to dream a better dream..
*sigh* i'm totally in grief..all of the efforts are useless
this truly is a new chapter of life..i never would have imagine the day that i will say.."they were right! after high school, everything would be different" and it was true! it really is...
hard work won't get me nowhere from where i stand now..from the way i see it, looks to me like it's a battle of being creative, being more of a braniac
i'm not that creative, that's clear..i could think of ideas but we're not that good...sure that i'm just a beginner but if it's this too hard like senior english hard..damn! i may not last that long
Essay 3: I Can Give Up But Certainly Won't Quit
I never had the nag to quit nor even speak of it..a few years back until today..every person that i met told me that i wasn't a quitter but rather a winner, a positive thinker, one who does it all.
It may have seemed that way though but time has passed and now calls for desperate measures..
The word "quit" is insanitically not in my vocabulary..(or even yet i suppose) but whatever happens i never wanted to say that word nor think of it or speak of it..*sigh*
For my whole entire life, the word "QUIT" is such a strong word! A word with the letters that strikes through my soul bringing forth my weakness..I was taught of so many things that i overcame a lot, I came across the invisible bridges, travel through my way up the scoreboard and even risk a lot..brought up with the words Efficiency, Effectiveness and Excellence..or what we all called the 3E's..I always struggle, fight more, resist and aim.
From all this crap and drama that i sometimes blab about, I was try to look on the brighter side of life. Although it's hard to do..but sooner or later, the answers are right in front of me when i wasn't looking :)
From my experiences in life..Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit..Indeed this is true. I am a certified sporty girl and not just that...a lot tells me that i'm multi-talented (hhmmm..am i really??) sure i do a lot of stuff but i have my reasons on why i do it! tell you one reason.."Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest" i get crazy if you leave me for a minute or so doing nothing. i like to move much, doing things is my specialty. If I rest it's boring. When i'm in training mode, i always stick to the "No Pain, No Gain" motto --- y? because pain is just temporary, sure it may last a minute, or an hour, and in case of injury..a year, but eventually it will subside and something else would take place. If i quit, it lasts forever.
My directors said that i'm the type of person that can't say the word "NO", i dunno why but it's always been like that when i'm given a task, no matter how hard it is, i always end up doing it successfully. True that mostly i don't play on the safe side in life XD but hey! this is me! this is what i am! what you see is what you get :D
a simple rule for myself i always follow:
"Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you invest, investigate.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.
Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give.
"We will always have 1,000 reasons to quit on life. Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit. Whenever we make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. Our capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from our capacity to reach our goals. No one wins them all, and our failures, when they happen, are just part of our growth. Shake off the blunders. How will we know our limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Our turn will come.
There's only one thing that can guarantee our failure, and that's if we quit. Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit and i'm proud of it! because all of us became amateurs before we succeeded and came to the top. Although some people fold after making one timid request, they quit too soon. Keep asking until you find the answers, that's what i do! i never think of what people would say if i ask questions in those times my professor made me come along with him to all those seminars, conventions and contests. He told me that "the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing"
It's always too early to quit as they may say. and i believe they are right. I lived my life for almost 17 full years, what more could be more different? hardship? haha..maybe so..but whatever happens.I would regret everything i've done it i say "I QUIT"
It may have seemed that way though but time has passed and now calls for desperate measures..
The word "quit" is insanitically not in my vocabulary..(or even yet i suppose) but whatever happens i never wanted to say that word nor think of it or speak of it..*sigh*
For my whole entire life, the word "QUIT" is such a strong word! A word with the letters that strikes through my soul bringing forth my weakness..I was taught of so many things that i overcame a lot, I came across the invisible bridges, travel through my way up the scoreboard and even risk a lot..brought up with the words Efficiency, Effectiveness and Excellence..or what we all called the 3E's..I always struggle, fight more, resist and aim.
From all this crap and drama that i sometimes blab about, I was try to look on the brighter side of life. Although it's hard to do..but sooner or later, the answers are right in front of me when i wasn't looking :)
From my experiences in life..Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit..Indeed this is true. I am a certified sporty girl and not just that...a lot tells me that i'm multi-talented (hhmmm..am i really??) sure i do a lot of stuff but i have my reasons on why i do it! tell you one reason.."Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest" i get crazy if you leave me for a minute or so doing nothing. i like to move much, doing things is my specialty. If I rest it's boring. When i'm in training mode, i always stick to the "No Pain, No Gain" motto --- y? because pain is just temporary, sure it may last a minute, or an hour, and in case of injury..a year, but eventually it will subside and something else would take place. If i quit, it lasts forever.
My directors said that i'm the type of person that can't say the word "NO", i dunno why but it's always been like that when i'm given a task, no matter how hard it is, i always end up doing it successfully. True that mostly i don't play on the safe side in life XD but hey! this is me! this is what i am! what you see is what you get :D
a simple rule for myself i always follow:
"Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you invest, investigate.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.
Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give.
"We will always have 1,000 reasons to quit on life. Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit. Whenever we make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. Our capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from our capacity to reach our goals. No one wins them all, and our failures, when they happen, are just part of our growth. Shake off the blunders. How will we know our limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Our turn will come.
There's only one thing that can guarantee our failure, and that's if we quit. Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit and i'm proud of it! because all of us became amateurs before we succeeded and came to the top. Although some people fold after making one timid request, they quit too soon. Keep asking until you find the answers, that's what i do! i never think of what people would say if i ask questions in those times my professor made me come along with him to all those seminars, conventions and contests. He told me that "the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing"
It's always too early to quit as they may say. and i believe they are right. I lived my life for almost 17 full years, what more could be more different? hardship? haha..maybe so..but whatever happens.I would regret everything i've done it i say "I QUIT"
Essay 2: Christmas
If you're like me, you may have heard the world's comments and evaluations of this time of the year. And one of the phrases that you hear a lot is the "Christmas spirit, we need to have the Christmas spirit."
And, of course, I began to think about that being somewhat analytical, just what is the Christmas spirit? I suppose there are a lot of potential answers to that question. To Scrooge the Christmas spirit was a ghost. To the liquor industry the Christmas spirit comes in a bottle. Some people feel that the Christmas spirit is somehow the truce that takes place in the family where nobody brings up the issues, the quarrels. I suppose for some people the Christmas spirit is expressed in a card that conveys a sentiment of well being.
One little boy suggested that the Christmas spirit is really contentment because that's what you need to be when you don't get what you want. For some people the Christmas spirit is an attitude of happiness found in the fellowship of friends, or the party spirit. For many, however, the Christmas spirit is not so trivial or so frivolous or so fun. For many the Christmas spirit is one of profound sadness, increased depression because all that is wrong in your life is then measured against the hilarity of the time and seems even more profoundly painful.
As a writer, I put this in a very personal expression of pain, "Christmas is a bitter day for mothers who are poor. The wistful eyes of children are daggers to endure. Though shops are crammed with playthings enough for everyone, if a mother's purse is empty there might as well be none."
And then ended with these words,
"My purse is full of money but I cannot buy a toy, only a wreath of holly for the grave of my little boy."
And Christmas is like that for some people.
For others it's a time for saying thanks for some very basic things. G. K. Chesterton years ago said, "When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings with toys at Christmas, why are we not grateful to God for filling our stocking with legs?"
Mostly though, I guess the spirit of Christmas is giving presents. Billions of dollars of worth as a result of people colliding and careening around in crowded stores, everything from nickel candy to multi-million dollar pieces of jewelry and everything in between and stuffing stockings and wrapping packages. And the spirit of Christmas, they tell us, is giving. And that's all right. I'm no Scrooge. I don't want to rain on anybody's parade. But I would just like to know what the true spirit of Christmas is?
Well, as always, the best answer to that question is to go the Bible. In Luke chapter 1 and 2, the spirit of Christmas really is written there as my aunt just said.
And, of course, I began to think about that being somewhat analytical, just what is the Christmas spirit? I suppose there are a lot of potential answers to that question. To Scrooge the Christmas spirit was a ghost. To the liquor industry the Christmas spirit comes in a bottle. Some people feel that the Christmas spirit is somehow the truce that takes place in the family where nobody brings up the issues, the quarrels. I suppose for some people the Christmas spirit is expressed in a card that conveys a sentiment of well being.
One little boy suggested that the Christmas spirit is really contentment because that's what you need to be when you don't get what you want. For some people the Christmas spirit is an attitude of happiness found in the fellowship of friends, or the party spirit. For many, however, the Christmas spirit is not so trivial or so frivolous or so fun. For many the Christmas spirit is one of profound sadness, increased depression because all that is wrong in your life is then measured against the hilarity of the time and seems even more profoundly painful.
As a writer, I put this in a very personal expression of pain, "Christmas is a bitter day for mothers who are poor. The wistful eyes of children are daggers to endure. Though shops are crammed with playthings enough for everyone, if a mother's purse is empty there might as well be none."
And then ended with these words,
"My purse is full of money but I cannot buy a toy, only a wreath of holly for the grave of my little boy."
And Christmas is like that for some people.
For others it's a time for saying thanks for some very basic things. G. K. Chesterton years ago said, "When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings with toys at Christmas, why are we not grateful to God for filling our stocking with legs?"
Mostly though, I guess the spirit of Christmas is giving presents. Billions of dollars of worth as a result of people colliding and careening around in crowded stores, everything from nickel candy to multi-million dollar pieces of jewelry and everything in between and stuffing stockings and wrapping packages. And the spirit of Christmas, they tell us, is giving. And that's all right. I'm no Scrooge. I don't want to rain on anybody's parade. But I would just like to know what the true spirit of Christmas is?
Well, as always, the best answer to that question is to go the Bible. In Luke chapter 1 and 2, the spirit of Christmas really is written there as my aunt just said.
Essay 1: Thoughts To Live By
some thoughts to live by:
1. Don't full yourself by being someone your not. Wear your best costume --- YOURSELF
2. SMILE. It can change the world
3. Tears contain an antimicrobial agent that helps protect the eye from bacteria. So once in a while try crying. It's natural.
4. Boys don't cry, Men do.
5. It's hard to be Wise when you're deeply inlove.
6. Your parents brought you up, don't bring them down.
7. They say time is a BIG healer but that's a big Lie. Wounds can only heal if you decide to be cured.
1. Don't full yourself by being someone your not. Wear your best costume --- YOURSELF
2. SMILE. It can change the world
3. Tears contain an antimicrobial agent that helps protect the eye from bacteria. So once in a while try crying. It's natural.
4. Boys don't cry, Men do.
5. It's hard to be Wise when you're deeply inlove.
6. Your parents brought you up, don't bring them down.
7. They say time is a BIG healer but that's a big Lie. Wounds can only heal if you decide to be cured.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Watch your head
It was 11pm when Vince got to Cavite. He rode a jeep from Manila that headed to Bacoor. In the middle of nowhere, he asked the driver to drop him at the next stop. Upon approaching a waiting shed, the driver quickly sped off his jeep and turned around.
After heading back to the waiting shed, he asked the driver...
"Why didn't you drop me off earlier ago?", he asked.
"It's because, at this time of night you shouldn't be wandering around", the driver answered.
Vince confused and asked again,
"Then why drop me off here where we passed by and not onto the next stop?", he said
"Because when you were just about to drop off, i saw your reflection without your head.", he answered coldly.
"That's impossible! Are you frightening me?", Vince shouted.
"But it's true! a few minutes approaching the shed, i saw a man standing beside the shed holding you head", whispered the driver
Vince suddenly felt a cold wind past by him and immediately climbed back to the jeepney and favored the driver to take him somewhere else and he'll travel back in the morning.
The driver went on and took Vince with him, and both of them drove throughout the night as the mist started to appear by.
After heading back to the waiting shed, he asked the driver...
"Why didn't you drop me off earlier ago?", he asked.
"It's because, at this time of night you shouldn't be wandering around", the driver answered.
Vince confused and asked again,
"Then why drop me off here where we passed by and not onto the next stop?", he said
"Because when you were just about to drop off, i saw your reflection without your head.", he answered coldly.
"That's impossible! Are you frightening me?", Vince shouted.
"But it's true! a few minutes approaching the shed, i saw a man standing beside the shed holding you head", whispered the driver
Vince suddenly felt a cold wind past by him and immediately climbed back to the jeepney and favored the driver to take him somewhere else and he'll travel back in the morning.
The driver went on and took Vince with him, and both of them drove throughout the night as the mist started to appear by.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Not Turning On the Lights
Once there were two girls who shared a college dorm together. Their names were Meg and Venida. The girls were out partying one night. Meg noticed she forgot her purse and went back quickly to the dorm. Without turning on the lights, she walked in and grabbed the purse. Then she returned to the party. Later on in the night, Venida got tired. She left to the dorm to got to sleep.
The next morning, Meg went back to the dorm. The police officers were outside.
"OFFICER, what's the PROBLEM?" she asked.
"There has been a MURDERER"
"Oh my God. Please let me SEE"
"No. It's a bit SLOPPY" said the officer
"PLEASE!!"
Finally the officer let Meg upstairs. When she walked in the room, she saw her roommate covered with a clean white sheet. On the mirror in BIG RED letters...words said:
"AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU DIDN'T TURN ON THE LIGHTS"
The next morning, Meg went back to the dorm. The police officers were outside.
"OFFICER, what's the PROBLEM?" she asked.
"There has been a MURDERER"
"Oh my God. Please let me SEE"
"No. It's a bit SLOPPY" said the officer
"PLEASE!!"
Finally the officer let Meg upstairs. When she walked in the room, she saw her roommate covered with a clean white sheet. On the mirror in BIG RED letters...words said:
"AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU DIDN'T TURN ON THE LIGHTS"
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