Never to Feel Small Again!

THAT NIGHT!

photo credits: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com

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!

You are More than Enough!

Source: You are More than Enough!

http://wortheet.com/slider-videos/everyone-of-us-must-realize-one-thing-i-am-enough

Sometimes we've got to pause for a while and give ourselves the benefit of looking "at our SELF" in the mirror!

Have you tried this? Try watching this video http://wortheet.com/slider-videos/everyone-of-us-must-realize-one-thing-i-am-enough ... or even if this video is not or no longer available by the time you read this, GO GRAB THAT CHANCE, LOOK AT YOUR SELF IN THE MIRROR!

What can you say about what you see?

How do you feel about what you see?

What then can you tell TO WHAT YOU SEE?

Not everyone will tell US the appreciation that we want to hear from people around us, specially from the ones we love. It would take a lot of "self mending" to still GO ON living a life of good deeds for others; yet, it would take a lot "paying forward" what God have given us if we could tell ourselves "I AM ENOUGH" while we still grab all the chances to get better each day amidst whatever difficulties.

So, GUYZZZ, LADIES & GENTS, let's grab telling this to ourselves: "I AM ENOUGH!" and KEEP HOLDING ON, NEVER EVER GIVE UP, there's more to life than that money-problem, there's more to life than whatever tough times! God has always been backing us up, we only need to feel it deep within our heart.

How we think about ourselves will make us FIND ALL THE REASON TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

                                                               Sometimes we've got to tell this to our "SELF"!

*.* credits to http://wortheet.com/slider-videos/everyone-of-us-must-realize-one-thing-i-am-enough for this video and captured image. Thank you so much for the inspiration. 

Your Symbol is an Alternative

https://trendingprof47.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/your-symbol-is-an-alternative/

"LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES ...

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL GET!" -- Forest Gump

Then here goes YOUR BOX:

Your SYMBOL could be an ALTERNATIVE!

Out of any BLANK SHEET, you were asked to CREATE SOMETHING -- A SYMBOL that would tell  ABOUT YOU! Then you had to PONDER: "why such a symbol?" -- what does it INDICATE?

And YOU, thriving through the course "Management of Alternative Learning System", you just need to THINK FURTHER ... why did we have to START WITH YOU?

With this captured-lecture to help you out, feel free to THINK, FEEL & VOICE OUT: "what do you have in YOUR BOX OF CHOCOLATES"?

What is it that you can give?

Do you "Make Tents"?

Hi Friends, it's 2nd Sunday of Lent, may we strive to make some little preparations for our Spiritual Growth 

Pls Consider God’s Silent Message: Mark 9:2-10 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+9:2-10

Sabi nila, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!”

But come to think of it … TRUE BEAUTY is not actually something that we see 
– but “that thing that WE FEEL”! – it should be right there “in the heart” of an imperfect person who allowed him/herself to be held up for “a radiant makeover” 

– not for long period of hours in front of a mirror 
– but in life’s training grounds!  

Yet, not many of us are willing to go through such metamorphosis because we are more often apprehensive & pertified by “what we think we know”, yet no longer aware that we’re already being anxious with what we want to believe in.

When we don’t understand what’s going on in our life … when we struggle on things & we’re not comfortable with what’s happening … when we’re confused & we don’t know what to say; much that we actually don’t want to explore outside of our comfort zones … we’d rather “make tents”!

“Then Peter said to Jesus in reply,“Rabbi, it is good that we are here!

Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified.”

When we secure ourselves in-ward & hide-away; when we don’t respond in a loving & wise manner; when we tend to be self-centered & protect ourselves with pride; when we misinterpret good intentions & doesn’t want to “listen” … it could’ve made us feel good that we’ve already built our tents -- BUT it doesn’t maximize our experience “being here”! 

Dear Bros & Sis, God wants us to be BEAUTIFUL and He hopes that today, we could be inspired by His Transfiguration while He intends to make us realize how cool He is for giving us our family to whom He entrusted our complete “change of heart” so that such beauty will not only attract some beholders but will “affect” God’s legacy through us :)  #sunset

Reward Card.

by: Gail S. Montero

           

Feel God’s Message in Today’s Gospel:  MT 21:33-43

Since September 5 to October 5 is a Celebration of National TEACHERS’ Month, I’ve been receiving thoughtful messages from my Basic Ed High School students years back, until this ONE REMARKABLE message popped up in my Messenger:

“Salamat po Ma’am Gail,

I kept earning my plus-points!”

…made me recall when I would give my students “100 points” to represent a 100% grade in some components of their grade in their Values Education Subject.  They would love “starting-over-again” every grading period because instead of me telling them “back-to-zero”,  I would gladly announce that their grade-opportunity is “back-to-100%” -- which they have to “manage well” within the quarter.

How? … At the start of each grading period, I would give them few minutes to clean-up & organize their responsibility zones: Journals[notebook], lockers, bags & of course their entire classroom set up, including a new seat plan.   As we set-off spic-&-span, “all prepared” for the quarter, they would automatically get their 100pts.  Although there were some instances when they would get “minus points” because they naturally mess-up on some instances & fail to keep things in order  just before I would do some “surprise-random-checks & visits”, but then, they would strive to re-organize their personal zones -- so that they could “re-EARN” for their previous remaining points when I give them several “plus points” – which varied according to the extent of the effort that they have personally exerted – without comparing each of their creativity & effort to that of the others.  

I did not earn that much 20 years ago as a full time high school teacher; I kind’a level up a bit in my current pay as a part-time Professor to Masteral Students every Saturday – but still, not that much as of yet; not so sure if I already would, until I finish my Doctorate Degree -- pero ‘yong ipaalam sayo na “malaki ang naging contribution mo” in the life of one of your students dahil sa “maliit na bagay” at simpleng sistema na ipinaranas mo sa kanila, it’s MORE THAN FULFILLING na tumatanggap ka ng PAGTANAW NG UTANG NA LOOB -- kasi, napatunayan mo na “dahil hindi mo ipinagdamot ang 100% na opportunity, ITINUTULOY NILA na ma-SUSTAIN ang 100% na kaya din nilang ibigay.

Naisip ko lang, isa lang si “Marc Jess” sa mga students na naging “devoted” na palaguin ang pagkakataon ng ibinigay sa kanya, pero sobrang saya na sa pakiramdam – as in!

How much more kung icoconsider pa natin ang iba pa na mga naging successful students ng mga “My Teacher, My Hero” nationwide – at kung ang lahat ng pasasalamat na ito ang ibabalik natin to OUR GREAT TEACHER: the CORNERSTONE OF OUR STRENGTH and ALL THAT WE HAVE – ilang “plus points” kaya ang pwedeng paulanin sa atin ni God dahil sa SOBRA-sobrang magigigng masaya Sya dahil we gave the right amount of FAITHFULNESS SUKLI sa pagiging generous nya?

We are but tenants in God’s Vineyard -- with all the 100% OPPORTUNITY that we could grab! Katulad ng isang Marc Jess na nakaramdam ng pasasalamat kaya ‘di kinailangang i-compare ang sarili sa kung anong portion ng vineyard ang napunta sa kanya, 100% nya ding sinuklian ang chance na ibinigay sa kanya – kaya ngayon, “he keeps on earning his rewards” … ang secret, he devotedly taught his “ear” to LISTEN with the wisdom coming from the Holy & the Teacher : H+ear+T = he listened with the HEART!  

                                                                                                                   

Happy National Teachers’ Month po sa lahat ng teachers IN A BIGGER CLASSROOM called LIFE!

visit #sunset’sblog @ trendingprof47.InspiringInfluence.com

It Doesn't Have to be a Snowman!

“It Doesn’t Have to be a Snowman!”

by: Gail S. Montero        

Credits to: the Movie "Frozen"

Please read Featured Gospel: John 11:1-45


Anna: Elsa?

Knock, knock, knock

o you wanna build a snowman?


… We used to be best buddies


And now we're not


I wish you would tell me why! …

Elsa: Go away, Anna

Anna: Okay, bye ...


[sobs & walks away ... “It doesn't have to be a snowman”…]

LAZARUS HAS BEEN DEAD in our commemoration of today’s gospel.

At times, WE ALSO ARE!

 “we Conceal, we Don’t feel, we Don’t let them know”

We seclude ourselves in the “kingdom of isolation”!
We take care of our fears, of our guilt, mistakes which we never share to get corrected!
Secrets we’ve kept even from our friends because we don’t wanna let them know
how weak we are that we never triumph over temptations!

Even if given the chance, we never open up because of our pride.
When asked to tell “stories”, we never grab the chance to be honest.

Not even when we are ambushed with “God’s message” which we have no choice but “hear”
-- we still shut not only our ears to listen, but moreso our “heart” to truly feel and get “touched”!

Then there – we create out own grave of justifications!
… and even if we keep things in secret, it’s stench/unpleasant smell
could no longer allow us to deny that “there is something wrong”!

Subsequently, we either unconsciously become or even choose to make our hearts FROZEN –
that “FRAGILE cover-up” which DISCONNECTS us from IDEAL & WHOLESOME
“though not perfect” RELATIONSHIPS! -- – anytime AT RISK of becoming BROKEN!

JESUS ALSO WEPT, was perturbed and deeply troubled in the midst of Martha’s commendation: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

BUT with all assurance He asserted:
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.”

Dear friend, God has been reaching out to us all through out -- that’s why we still have those “annoying persons in our life” who doesn’t give up on us STILL until we could “HEAR this ONE BIG MESSAGE”:

“God will not stop loving you until He totally fixes your brokenness.”

“Today, if you hear His voice, harden not your heart.” -- Hebrews 3:15 . 

Never tell God to “go away”…

And that “one person” who still keeps on knocking in fulfillment of the task given by God,

give that person the chance to “thaw your frozen heart” this time …

for you’ll never know when God would prompt her to just walk away,

sobbing... 

“Okay, bye!...It doesn't had to be a snowman!”#sunset

These, We Should Not Resist!

Please read, FEATURED GOSPEL: MT 5:13-16.

“Ang hindi naaalala ng isip, hindi nakakalimutan ng puso.”

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzWvUKgwO4W2eUE0azBzVFowRHc/edit

They are already professionals; yet, they still remember as a child!

They smiled upon recalling the good; yet, they cried upon hearing those lines which hit the soft spot in their heart.

...this was how my TCP [Teaching Certificate Program] Students reacted when in one of our lessons,  I asked them to read one story: “Nang Mawala ang Tinig ni Darna” in my intention to make them recall their “values formation”as far as they can remember way back childhood days. 

When asked to share, may mga pinagdaanan na kung bibigyan lang ng isa pang pagkakataon ay hindi na nila gugustuhing daanan ulit kasi yon yong mga panahon na wala silang choice kundi tanggapin na lang na may mga magulang na hindi napagtagumpayang i-“preserve” ang pamilya na dapat sana ay panggalingan ng mabuting paggabay. 

Pero mabuti na lang, ang pilit kinakalimutan ng isip, sadyang naaalala ng puso…

kasi despite the pain, God has planted LOVE deep within us which makes us see “the other side” of the story and makes us find “alternative harmony” para patuloy na pagsumikapang hindi tuluyang masira ang dapat sana ay “buong pamilya”.  Nakikita ng pusong may pagmamahal ang mga bagay na dapat matutunan kahit na hindi ito direct na itinuro;  kasi God has also deposited that “conviction” within us that “we can always find light” no matter how dark situations have caused…because in today’s gospel, Jesus said:  

“You are the salt of the earth.
You are the light of the world…”

Literally, when Jesus told these allegory during the early first century Palestine, salt was significantly used to preserve meat and season food.  Same is true even until now, although with some sorts of modifications. Ultimately, THEN & NOW, God is always certain in His declaration that: “YOU ARE”! …

…the “SALT OF THE EARTH” na ang ibig sabihin ay:

[1]  dapat napre-“preserve natin ang ganda ng pagkatao natin” kasi “we are created in the image & likeness of God”;

[2] sana we could sustain our purity and be our own “driving force” against the temptations that lead us to sin;

[3]  dapat sana we could “intensify” our relationships with ourself, with one another & most specially with God;

…the “LIGHT OF THE WORLD” na maaaring:

[1]  magpaalala sa mga nakakalimot ng malalim na kahulugan ng “tunay na kagandahan” ng pagkatao;

[2]  magbigay-pag-asa na si God, laging may nakahandang “opportunity” for those who humble themselves in asking for forgiveness when they’ve messed up;

[3] maging “source of strength & inspiration” kapag ang iba ay pinanghihinaan nang magpatuloy at tapusin ang kanilang laban in this so-called life. 

Kung kaya lang sana nating i-increase ang pakiramdam na “INTRINSIC” naman sa atin ang mga values na ito, wala sanang mga anak na maghahanap ng nawawalang magulang, wala sanang mga tatay na sumasakabilang-BAhay; wala sanang mga anak na “may sariling mundo”, wala sanang pamilya na magsu-suffer ng effect ng ginawa ng kung sino mang kulang sa malasakit … at higit sa lahat, wala sanang part ng buhay natin ang gusto na nating kalimutan.

Good that you took the time to read this!

I fervently hope, you could find some courage to make humble reflections 

to accept these gifts

– kasi sa totoong buhay, this is what will make us a WORTHY PERSON :)

#sunset

Your Compass in Life

After looking into your PHILOSOPHICAL HERITAGE with the Five Philosophies involved and  cited in this link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzWvUKgwO4W2Q1NCbjFNS3VIWEk/edit,  
you are expected to as much as possible be ready to 
Formulate your own Philosophy of Education. 

Philosophy is vital only when …

  the questions are mine,

and so is the struggle towards answers. -- W. Luipen


After settling into the answers to some Existential Questions, 
you should be able look into that Existential Concept which 
declares that your Philosophy of Education 
is your “Window” to the world  

and your “Compass” in life.

With that Educational Philosophy, you will at least be able 

to provide for yourself an overview on how you will treat your students, 

what you will possibly teach and how you will teach. 

As you formulate your own Philosophy of Education,

from which among the Five Philosophy/ies did you draw inspiration 

and from whom among the persons you know do you gain insight?

After such formulation, how do you think would that Philosophy of yours

make a difference in your life?

Now that you have accomplished such task, how do you feel about yourself?

Could you imagine: "what if you do not have "a formulated Philosophy" at all?"

You may als0 visit these Links:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38945887/The-Philosophical-Heritage-teaching-profession

http://www.teachersrock.net/TEACHER%20PROFESSIONALISM.pdf

http://www.edulink.org/portfolio/philosophies.htm

http://faculty.mwsu.edu/nursing/lauren.jansen/philosophy.pdf

What Can a Happy Person Give?

Prof. Ed. 4.                                                                                                                     The Elements & Components of Curriculum.

Needless to ask if you're happy ... yes, the fact that you have this opportunity,

I SUPPOSE, YOU ARE HAPPY!

well, i really hope you are :)

and so, since I am making a positive presumption,

How many % happy are you? -- as in, are you 99.9% happy?, 80%? 45%? -- your call!

What is your level of happiness?

...and of course, why did you say so? 

and since you have no more choice than gauge your intensity, 

let me moreso amplify ... 

What are some reasons for you to be happy? 

Hmmmm...so, how's your list? Are your grounds vivid?

Do you really mean "saying so", or you're just striving to "trick yourself" of such a requirement?  

Well, it really happens. 

Sometimes, we just can't find enough motivation to find a spot for such an emotion deep within us. But sometimes too, we need to look around and find some amount of motivation. 

Try to watch this video ... see if you could settle on a more proper frame of mind to eventually identify HOW MUCH YOU CAN GIVE ... just because you're HAPPY!

Inspired by this, shall you have all the opportunity to CRAFT a Curriculum for the young generation, what then would you be willing to GIVE?  

Bring it down, layout your plan with your CO-STAKEHOLDERS "to be"! 

Note:  

Students are expected to brainstorm within their group on HOW THEY WOULD WANT THEIR "OWN SCHOOL TO BE". What, among the Elements & Components of Curriculum would they consciously & unconsciously include?    

It takes a happy heart to build a well-founded school 

for our future generation. 

Credit to these links:

http://www.slideshare.net/AntonioCorullo/curriculumconceptsnatureandpurposes-powerpoint-report-of-antonio-corullo

http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/5-ways-to-trick-yourself-into-being-happy.htm#page=1

http://galitta.com/knowledge/happiness-psychology-effect-on-human-brain-and-behaviour/

http://sapp.uv.mx/univirtual/cursos/LEI/Curriculum%20Analysis%20and%20Syllabus%20Design/unit2/index.html

http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/2000/curriculum/homeroommodules/curriculumTerms/elements.htm

In Your Picture Gallery

If you are to capture scenarios, experiences, situations, faces, places and eventually come up with a PICTURE GALLERY which would intend to attract people…

what would you include?

Whatever would appear in your "Picture Gallery" would definitely reflect whether you are a Traditionalist or a Progressivist in  your "POINT OF VIEW" as discussed in this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzWvUKgwO4W2S2NaYjN2ZTdOU3M/edit?usp=sharing, along with the succeeding impressions under the topic Concepts, Nature and Purposes of Curriculum.  

No matter what standpoint, as no particular view has ever been pinpointed better than the other, gearing towards "development" should really be the basepoint of purposeful planning in Educational Settings should we ever crave for positive changes. 

While our involvement in that so called "positive change": is claimable, it should just be wise to look-into and examine closely which Model of Curriculum  should we subscribe to: Ralph Tyler's Model with Four Fundamental Principles or Hilda Taba's Linear Model/Grassroots Approach although if we would closely scrutinize, both versions recognized the Three Interaction Process in Curriculum Development: Planning, Implementing & Evaluating. 

It would likewise help significantly to consider the Types of Curriculum Operating in Schools: Recommended, Written, Taught, Supported, Assessed, Learned & Hidden while back-tracking along the Major Foundations of Curriculum: Philosophical, Historical, Psychological & Social.  Why? Because it would always make the difference if you could find a "clear trace" of the ORIGIN and PATH of the Model that you are venturing on. 

Always remember, you can never share even if you want, if you can never tell what you have. 

So, whose Model do you mostly do you adhere to? What would you have in your Picture Gallery? 

Work Out That Pane!

Another year is over, and we're on-set for the New Year!

We've always been thankful to God for the year that has been

and of course, we would also want to have the best of the new...ever!

Excited as we are with whatever is in-stored for us in the next 364 days, 

we should as much be excited with what WE COULD SHARE 

so as to open up our door to relationships which could bring the difference and make more significance to our existence. 

But wait, we should first peep-in through the windows of our SELF; otherwise, we wouldn't really know what there is to offer and what there is to be in need of. 

To BEST BEGIN, why not strive for this SELF-DISCOVERY and DISCLOSURE? 

We can never really give what we don't have; 

and we wouldn't know what to give if we wouldn't identify what we have.  

In the same way, we wouldn't really strive to work for something 

if we are not aware of what we don't have. 

To end up satisfied and fulfilled by the end of the year, 

first things first: PEEP-IN your OWN WINDOW and see that you'll be more aware of what you want to do, for you to WORK-OUT a more beautiful year ahead!

SO, grab this opportunity now ... look within, query around, reflect on feedback, find opportunities. 

Begin filling-in your window: 

Photo Credit to: http://www.startofhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/johari_window.png

This is a Johari Window, a Model developed by American psychologists Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in 1955, an idea derived as the upshot of the group dynamics in University of California. The name ‘Johari’ came from joining their first two names: Jo-Har-I. 

As a Psychological Tool, the ‘Johari’ window model is relevantly used to identify TWO TRUTHS in your life: the "known"  and the "unknown" areas which you and others "see" and "do not see" .  

It could aid in improving self-awareness, 'soft' skills and in motivating personal development as you go through the journey of discovering "who you are" as a person. - while you enhance your perception on others through social  "trust" as you thrive to achieve the task of understanding and enhancing communication for interpersonal development when you're already in a group. 

Each person is represented by the Johari model through four quadrants or window panes which signify personal information, feelings, motivation and whether that information is known or unknown to oneself or others in four viewpoints: 

1. "Open self" or Arena - the "Public" area which you and others see in you: attitudes, behavior, emotions, feelings, skills and views.  You typically do not mind discussing with others this part of you. Most of the time you agree with this view you have and others have of you upon "feedback solicitation". 

2. "Hidden Self" or Façade – the "Private" area which  you see in yourself but others don’t; known to you but is kept unknown from others which you feel reluctant to reveal: feelings, past experiences, fears, secrets, faults, weaknesses, and dysfunctions due to modesty, vulnerability & protection.

3. "Blind self" or blind spot –the area which you do not see in yourself but others see in you: those that others know in a group but you are unaware of it. Others may interpret yourselves differently than you expect; sometimes a mismatch between your talk & walk which you fail to detect. 

4. "Unknown Self" area - the "Undiscovered" area of your self that you cannot see nor others around you: your feelings, capabilities, talents; even the traumatic past experiences or events which can be unknown for a lifetime and makes you unaware till you discover your hidden qualities and capabilities through observation of others. You would need to strive for Open Communication to effectively decrease the unknown area and thus to communicate effectively.

Should you strive to socialize and earn feedback from others, you could result to MUTUAL TRUST among your group and the sizes of your known arenas could be increased downwards, thus by reducing the hidden and unknown areas in your life. 

So there, 'hope this could be the first you could accomplish among all else in 2014!

So long as you are ever willing to open up those windows, more doors of opportunities will be opened.

"Something good is going to happen to you 

through out this year!" 

Claim it in Jesus' name and nurture that trust deep within :-)

Thanks & Credits to these links:

http://communicationtheory.org/the-johari-window-model/http://www.slideshare.net/ksdhillon85/the-johari-window
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_windowhttp://www.businessballs.com/johariwindowmodel.htmhttp://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/08/the-johari-window/