Think it Over & Beyond: Starting Over Again!

Think it Over & Beyond: Starting Over Again!: Please read FEATURED GOSPEL: Matthew 5:38-48. Minsan ‘di natin napapansin, ang “bitter” natin! We don’t want to let go of the p...

Starting Over Again!

Please read FEATURED GOSPEL: Matthew 5:38-48.

Minsan ‘di natin napapansin, ang “bitter” natin!

We don’t want to let go of the past kasi “doon”, may ginawa tayong hindi natin dapat ginawa.

May “pinanghihinayangan” tayo na until this very moment ay may mga natitirang tanong sa puso natin.

--mga tanong na nagpapahirap sa kalooban natin kaya pinipilit nating i-“fit-in” sa isip natin ang lahat ng “what if” sa mga ‘di natin nagawa pero dapat sana ay ginawa natin.

Kaya naman, it’s our tendency to believe that we can “start over again” with whatever there was in the past kasi this time, “gusto nating bumawi”!

It’s “what we believe in” that makes us determined to keep on working things out! Not only our eyes, but our heart is gazed on  that goal to be “at our best” this time. – kahit na dumating pa sa point na nasasaktan na tayo at nakakasakit na din tayo ng iba. 

In today’s gospel, Jesus laid down another “reward”:

₄₄”But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,₄₅that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.₄₆For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? … ₄₈So be perfect,^* just as your heavenly Father is perfect. ”

If we will not realize na tayo yong “enemy at persecutor na ‘yon sa sarili natin”, we will keep on reading through … even memorizing the lines and memories that should already be “deleted” in our system which hinder us from really “moving on” with the best memories instead.  We cause our own heart aches, we keep on allowing our “holding back” trends, to the point that we want to find ways to “un-love” so as to finally move-on. 

Such a nice “twist” … “starting over again” with a love that’s beautiful and new!

“PSP” … “past is past” – never be BITTER about it! – kasi, without that one part of our history, we will never be BETTER today.

That chance na makapagsimula na wala nang natitirang tanong sa puso natin,

that enough “time” hanggang sa mapatawad natin ang sarili with whatever mistake/s …

… these would be the “best gifts” we could ever give to ourselves. 

Let us increase our worship while we strive to “grow up” in our relationships – “this is loving in a different way”! 

Start it Over Again from within! #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

Think it Over & Beyond: A Life-time for a Certain Promise?!

Think it Over & Beyond: A Life-time for a Certain Promise?!: “A Life-time for a Certain Promise?!” by: Gail S. Montero                   Please read Luke 2:29-32. How long should it take for...

A Life-time for a Certain Promise?!

“A Life-time for a Certain Promise?!”

by: Gail S. Montero                  

Please read Luke 2:29-32.

How long should it take for us to believe

that a certain promise will still be fulfilled?

That day: December 31, 2013 @ Josephine’s Restaurant in Tagaytay, in an unexpected moment -- God sent an angel that made me recall “a promise” …

– that one which “no voice” told me back then,

yet I believed in my heart that it will be fulfilled – maybe “when I grow up” ! J

I was just a kid then when God first comforted me “not with an answer” to the truth that I should know.  It has been 30 years at this point  --  ang tagal na din pala!  I’m already raising my own kids now … but somewhere in my heart, “I’m counting…STILL on that GUARANTEE!”.

“Promises are made to be broken!” … that’s what they normally say!

Kasi along the way,

-- bigla na lang, nagbabago ang tao: either the promise-giver or the receiver;

-- dumadating ang mga pagsubok na hindi napagtatagumpayan;

-- nagkakaroon ng mga pagkakataon na nagiging magka-iba ng landas na tinatahak. 

Or, worse than expected,

-- NAKAKALIMOT na magsumikap na ibigay ang BEST sa magparehong pagkatao

   sa kalagitnaan ng mahihirap na mga pagkakataon.

-- kung hindi man ang isa sa kanila, neither of the promise-giver nor the receiver are able to courageously  JUMP over the TEST OF TIME kaya naman, tuluyan nang natatapos ang  relationship na inasahan sanang mag-grow!

Ilan kaya sa atin ang pwedeng maging katulad ni Simeon in today’s gospel?

-- an upright and devout OLD MAN who received and blessed Jesus when Mary and Joseph presented him at the temple.  It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

It had to take him “a life time” before God finally rewarded his hope:

‘Now, Master, you can let your servant go in peace,

just as you promised;

because my eyes have seen the salvation

which you have prepared for all the nations to see…”

Hindi madali ang umasa na isang umaga naandyan na ang sagot “to the truth that you should know”.  Lalong hindi madali na magpakabuti tayo at gawing “deserving” ang sarili natin sa kalagitnaan ng mga panahong nahihirapan tayo at halos we are at the summit of giving-up.

Pero sige lang, let us give ourselves that extra effort to keep on JUMPING even higher than we normally can -- kasi God is surely preparing us to that day when HE would REWARD us with the FULFILMENT of HIS PROMISE!

Afterall, our attitude while waiting would matter most! “Payback” to God that gift of gratitude and patience without worrying – then it could be the best that we would have in our futureJ. #sunset

A Life-time for a Promise?!

“A Life-time for a Certain Promise?!”

by: Gail S. Montero                  

Please read Luke 2:29-32.

How long should it take for us to believe

that a certain promise will still be fulfilled?

That day: December 31, 2013 @ Josephine’s Restaurant in Tagaytay, in an unexpected moment -- God sent an angel that made me recall “a promise” …

– that one which “no voice” told me back then,

yet I believed in my heart that it will be fulfilled – maybe “when I grow up” ! J

I was just a kid then when God first comforted me “not with an answer” to the truth that I should know.  It has been 30 years at this point  --  ang tagal na din pala!  I’m already raising my own kids now … but somewhere in my heart, “I’m counting…STILL on that GUARANTEE!”.

“Promises are made to be broken!” … that’s what they normally say!

Kasi along the way,

-- bigla na lang, nagbabago ang tao: either the promise-giver or the receiver;

-- dumadating ang mga pagsubok na hindi napagtatagumpayan;

-- nagkakaroon ng mga pagkakataon na nagiging magka-iba ng landas na tinatahak. 

Or, worse than expected,

-- NAKAKALIMOT na magsumikap na ibigay ang BEST sa magparehong pagkatao

   sa kalagitnaan ng mahihirap na mga pagkakataon.

-- kung hindi man ang isa sa kanila, neither of the promise-giver nor the receiver are able to courageously  JUMP over the TEST OF TIME kaya naman, tuluyan nang natatapos ang  relationship na inasahan sanang mag-grow!

Ilan kaya sa atin ang pwedeng maging katulad ni Simeon in today’s gospel?

-- an upright and devout OLD MAN who received and blessed Jesus when Mary and Joseph presented him at the temple.  It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

It had to take him “a life time” before God finally rewarded his hope:

‘Now, Master, you can let your servant go in peace,

just as you promised;

because my eyes have seen the salvation

which you have prepared for all the nations to see…”

Hindi madali ang umasa na isang umaga naandyan na ang sagot “to the truth that you should know”.  Lalong hindi madali na magpakabuti tayo at gawing “deserving” ang sarili natin sa kalagitnaan ng mga panahong nahihirapan tayo at halos we are at the summit of giving-up.

Pero sige lang, let us give ourselves that extra effort to keep on JUMPING even higher than we normally can -- kasi God is surely preparing us to that day when HE would REWARD us with the FULFILMENT of HIS PROMISE!

Afterall, our attitude while waiting would matter most! “Payback” to God that gift of gratitude and patience without worrying – then it could be the best that we would have in our futureJ. #sunset

On the Rebound...This May be the Magic

Please read: John 1:29-34

“Non-Champions may know how to persevere,

but you can’t just persevere in all things.

Because in some areas,

the wisest thing to do is to actually GIVE UP.” 

– Bo Sanchez

May mga pagkakataon na ayaw mo nang magpatalo kasi mukhang “one-man win” na lang palagi ang peg, and you were made to feel insulted mostly -- even below the belt.

-- mga pagkakataon na minsan ka nang nanahimik dahil inasahan mong may makukunsensya sa hindi mo pakikipag-brasuhan; pero mas lalong naramdaman ng opponent na 

sya ang “wagi” at ikaw, “asar-talo”!

 At that point na halos naibigay mo na lahat hanggang sa “respect” na lang ang ipinaki-usap mong itira sayo at pag namamayani na ang galit sa pagkatao mo, LET GO! 

– Gail Montero

Much is true … “Going through life is just like coursing through a “basketball court”!

There are really instances when it’s more sensible to “give-up and just let go” than to put-up a BAD FIGHT!

When set-backs attack and when we’re on the losing-end, “CATCH BALL- OFF BACKBOARD” MOVE lang ang katapat nyan … REBOUND in short! -- but we’ve got to be more cautious with our STRATEGies the next time we’re ready to SPRING BACK!

Minsan, kapag nakaka-stress na, mabuti pang daanin mo na lang sa kanta:

          D               G                  D               G

         Take me to your heart,    Show me where to start ...

         C#m               F#m     Bm              A                Em

         Got to believe in magic,  Tell me how two people find each other

         C                     

         In a world that's full of strangers; . . . 

Pero oo nga noh, at some point, we no longer get to enjoy the  “court of life” kasi, parang “strangers” na halos tayo sa mga kasama natin --  dahil may mga ilang bagay na nakakalimutan na natin:

When was the last time  na tumingin ka sa mga mata ng kasama mo while dribbling the ball to the same direction kasi magka-team kayo?

When was the last time na inintindi mo ang ibig sabihin ng mga galaw nya para alam mo kung kailan nya kailangan ng back-up at support mo?

When was the last time na sinalag mo ang atake ng kalaban para di sya tuluyang masaktan?

When was the last time na ni-recognize mo ang effort nyang mag-assist sayo habang pareho nyong pinagsusumikapang maka-goal?

& when was the last time na may nasabi kang maganda tungkol sa kanya kasi na-appreciate mo ang role na ginagampanan nya sa team nyo?

This was exactly how John the Baptist “teamed-up with Jesus” in today’s gospel. It hasn’t been easy & he really had to take it upon himself to EDIFY Jesus & proclaim that Jesus is the “lamb of God” -- because even him, did not know where to start; but his willingness to “understand God’s heart” made him finally persistent in doing God’s will.

Ang i-give up ang hangaring di-matalo 

kahit na pwedeng maraming masaktan,  

ang  i-let go ang galit sa puso natin  at

ang pagsumikapang i-prove 

that we have God within us

sa mga kasama natin sa ating “life court” 

bilang isang team

kahit na to the point na 

may mga bagay na kailangan nating i-sacrifice

just for the sake of  “putting up a good fight 

until we finish the game”

-- this may be the “magic” 

which we’ve got to believe-in!  #sunset

Think it Over & Beyond: Your Compass in Life by Gail Montero

Think it Over & Beyond: 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/...

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

Think it Over & Beyond by Gail S. Montero: What Can a Happy Person Give?

Think it Over & Beyond: What Can a Happy Person Give?: Prof. Ed. 4.                                                                                                                     The Elemen...

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

"Feeling Worthless" Inspired by Daughter Enji

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? 

Think it Over & Beyond: Ironically

Think it Over & Beyond: Ironically: Please read January 12, 2014 Gospel: Matthew 3:13-17 May mga bagay na dahil wala, kahit na dapat nandyan, hindi mo na lang hahanapi...

Ironically

Please read January 12, 2014 Gospel: Matthew 3:13-17

May mga bagay na dahil wala, kahit na dapat nandyan, hindi mo na lang hahanapin

May mga tanong na dahil di mo alam kung sino ang tatanungin, di mo na lang muna 

aalamin ang sagot.

May mga pagkakataon na hindi ka naman nagtatanong, pero may ipinapahiwatig na katotohanan.

Ironically, may mga katotohanan na dapat mong inalam pero pinabayaan mo na lang munang matabunan ng kung ano ang mas dapat mong pagtuunan ng pansin. Young as I was in my late elementary years, I already learned the ART OF DIVERTING THINGS J

It were during those years when I learned that …

“at times

 when no one would seem to tell you 

what you have to know”,

YOU JUST NEED TO LOOK UP, 

and find that “EASE” with HIM 

who makes you feel “LOVED” 

afterall!

After last week’s Epiphany, today is the last Sunday of our Christmas season.

Maaaring kasabay ng pagliligpit ng Christmas tree ay itinago na din natin

ang mga regalong natanggap at gagamitin na lang kung kailan kailangan J

Kung tatanungin ka kung ano’ng GIFT ang pinaka-significant na natanggap mo, ANO YON?

May mga regalo kasi na hindi mo kailangang iligpit o itago

kasi hindi mo naman ito kinailangang ilagay sa kung saan.

And would you believe, may mga regalong hindi naman inabot sayo pero natanggap mo? J.

While reflecting on this Gospel, sobrang naramdaman ko how GOD loves us “that much”!

Amidst the mystery of the coming of Jesus & when He humbly plunged into the water for Baptism, I felt so blessed with that truth … that God has been working out His ways just to be ONE WITH US. When God declared Jesus as His “BELOVED”, He also meant it for us.  We may not fully understand the way things are, but there is just “that something” which makes us feel “at peace” without having to query every now and then “why and how” things happen.

Ang hindi na lang mag-worry sa mga bagay na “wala kahit na dapat nandyan”, ang tanggapin kung ano lang muna ang meron, at ang patuloy na i-involve ang sarili ko sa kaparehas na mission ni Jesus even in small ways, ito “actually” ang pinaka-significant na regalong hindi iniaabot sa akin pero lagi kong natatanggap J

What about you Brothers & Sisters, as we begin also today, the 1^st Sunday in Ordinary Time – A NEW LIFE & opportunity  to BE ONE WITH JESUS, anong regalo ang baon mo? #sunset

Think it Over & Beyond: The Wise Road ” in 2014

Think it Over & Beyond: The Wise Road ” in 2014

The Wise Road ” in 2014

Featured Jan 5, 2014 Gospel: Matthew 2:1-11

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

“It’s time to STOP!”– Pope Francis

Hehe, we have just started the year, “STOP” agad?

As in, “agad-agad?”

But WAIT, today’s Gospel is telling us that THIS IS “actually” the best way to START THINGS RIGHT in 2014 J.

Inspired by a letter from a man who lamented on the “so many tragedies and wars in the world”  Pope Francis emphasized these exact lines in VATICAN CITY (AP),  St. Peter’s Square, January 1, 2014 when he layed out his hopes for the “just-begun year”. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com]:

"What is happening in the heart of man? What is happening in the heart of humanity?"

"It's time to stop!"

Photo Credit to: https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0wT9IYez6u8ycU6RsLl0KRJAMBrL95vR1IzH7mCP_IO2OLjSK

"We are all children of one heavenly father,

we belong to the same human family and we share a common destiny."

"This brings a responsibility for each to work

so that the world becomes a community of brothers

who respect each other, accept each other in one's diversity, and takes care of one another."

"I, too, believe that it will be good for us to stop ourselves

in this path of violence and search for peace."

"The gospel of brotherhood speak to every conscience and knock down the walls

that impede enemies from recognizing that they are brothers."

True as it always is, OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK!

The guiltier we are, the harder our “stone heart” becomes.

Kung ano ang mas madali, ‘yon na lang ang mas pinipiling gawin;

Iwas-iwas to the max sa mga bagay na mahirap nang baguhin.

There is no easy way to the Road Less Travelled!

But once we set our goal to FIND THAT STAR as the Three Magis did, we would surely no longer want to go back to our old ways – the old road which lead us off track.   

It is most difficult to STOP if we wouldn’t identify which button to press!

It would best help if we will humbly attempt to “Reflect on the Heart of God”: “Dum in Cor Dei” [Latin translation] now and again – for God’s deep message is always in Silence.    

Friend, however our 2013 has been, God must been preparing us for better things this 2014.

The best point to START is to strive for our “epiphany” – when we eventually realize that we’ve got to reconcile with God’s heart so that we could “carry out” our responsibility both to ourselves & to our “brothers” despite some discrepancies. J 

Novus Annus everyone, God will be with us year through! #sunset

Thanks to these posts: 
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