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

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/