Happiness is a Choice

Minsan kailangan mong babawan ang kaligayahan mo para maging masaya ka!

Happy is he who delights in little things -- so that he becomes happier when big things come.

If only we will learn to appreciate the littlest of things accorded to us,
we won't have to look for happiness all the days of our life.

For it's only when we strive to open our heart to those who intend to make us happy that we will feel the amount of gratitude that we should give back.

Happiness is a choice -- and only those who never close their heart to little things find it.

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Never to Feel Small Again!

THAT NIGHT!

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When you have so much desire in your heart to give -- but you just can't because you don't have any! 

THIS MORNING as i awoke to this brand new day -- I lifted up to God this pain in my heart. 

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS KIND OF FEELING AGAIN!

Never will this happen again -- ever! 

Never will I cry myself to sleep again -- feeling pained because i've felt SO LIMITED!

When i want so much to share but i don't have my own resources to give out. 

I may have all the immaterial things i could promise to give 

but sometimes, it's not all there is! 

Sometimes you also want tangible things to prove what you have "there within"! 

That boy who shared to thousand people his "five loaves and two fishes" 

I AM HIM with this desire that I have RIGHT NOW!

For now, i may just be giving LITTLE ...

but AS I TELL THIS TO MYSELF NOW while GOD is healing this pain,

GOD WILL WORK HIS MIRACLE!

He will bring me to MY BREAKTHROUGH of earning to share THAT MUCH!

That night will never happen again!

On Our Third Decade!

WE'VE COME HOME! 

Na excite akong umuwi!
Na excite akong bumallik!
Umuwi sa kung saan ako nag umpisa.
Bumalik sa kung saan ko nakilala ang "ako" ngayon na dala ko saan man magpunta.
Yong naging "ako" nang "dahil sa kanila."

Sila na matiyagang nakinig sa bawat sharing ko na may paiyak iyak pa.
Sila na nag strategize ng mga activities na hanggang ngayon ay walang kupas ang epekto sa aking pagkatao.

Si Ma'am Myra Dizon Nicolas na mae-excite ka sa mga comments sa journal ko na hanggang ngayon ay itinatago ko pa.
Si Ma'am Twila Punsalan na sa bawat tanong ay talagang mapapaisip ka ng isasagot na magpapangiti at magpapaganda ng aura nya.
Si Ma'am Wilma Reyes na ramdam mong sumisimpatya sa bawat hugot mo in effect sa mga kwento nya.
Si Ma'am Kelly Fulgencio na naniwala sa mga kaya kong gawin noong practicum days.

Iilan lang sila dati na nagtaguyod ng aming pagpapakatao
-- at si Ma'am Tway ang pasimuno! ... hehehh :)
Nagtatag ng STEP Organization ... at pinilit palakasin Batch-after-batch kung saan na-challenge kaming 22 VE Majors : 3rd Batch, 1992!  

Hindi dapat sa amin huminto ang paglaganap ng Samahan; kaya naman bilang President kapit lang ang naging peg ko sa suporta ng mga mga ka-Batch ko ... laban sa pagtaguyod ng Samahan ng mga Tagapagpalaganap ng Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga! STEP!

Nakakakonsensyang hindi mo sila balikan para pasalamatan!
Kasi malaking parte sila ng kung ano ako ngayon.
At syempre, nakakapanghinayang na di mo gustuhing makasamang muli
ang mga classmate mong naging karamay mo sa hirap at sarap ng college life.
Sa bawat iyakan, tawanan, tambay sa "malaking puno ng mangga" 

-- yong katotohanan na malaking parte sila kung paano mo kinaya!

30 years na! On our Third Decade ... tuloy pa din ang advocacy bilang Values Education Major kasi dito ako nagsimula! Masarap lumingon sa pinanggalingan! -- an ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE ika nga!

Masarap lumingon sa pinanggalingan! An ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE ika nga!

At sa inyong lahat who made this day possible, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

you can also view this post in
https://profgail67.wordpress.com/2016/11/28/on-our-third-decade/