My Bathroom Epiphany

The thing about celebrating Christmas and New Year is that you get to eat a lot.  Naturally, if you do so, the more frequent your trip to the little boy's room would be.  I'm a multi-tasker and taking a dump does not prevent me from doing other productive stuff. Most of the times I read.  However, due to the urgency of the situation, I forgot to bring my trusty cellphone where I store my ebooks.  So other than just staring blankly at the tiled wall---I got to thinking...

Bill Parcells is one of the most respected coaches in the National Football League.    

I was on the part when Parcells was coaching the Air Force football team.  It was his first ever head coaching job.  He had taken the job because that was what he wanted to do---to COACH.  However, it was done in haste.  The circumstances where not right and he ended up taking Airforce to a 4-7 win-loss season.  He went on his gypsy road before finally ending up coaching the New York Giants and winning Superbowl XXIII.

Such is life’s journey---filled with pitfalls and detours.  It’s never easy.  It can be a bed of roses but can be filled with thorns.  There are two ways to go about this journey.  (1) DO based on the folly of others; or, (2) make your own path and if you should FAIL, learn from what you did wrong and aim to do better the next time.

The direction you're going to take boils down to CHOICE.    

I can’t tell you how to make the right decision but let me tell you how I do mine. 

I pray for guidance. 

I weight my options and I pray some more.

One thing about making choices is that you need to stand up to whatever it is that you decide on.  Reneging after making a choice only goes to show that you haven’t taught about it enough.  Each choice is supposed to be the best---again, not a bed of roses, but something you can live with.  Happiness after all is appreciating what you have.

Mababaw Talaga Tayong mga Pinoy!

Totoo namang mababaw tayong mga Pinoy. Likas kasi tayong masayahin. Maganda ba itong national trait? Definitely. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit tayo resilient sa lahat ng pagsubok na dumarating sa ating bansa.

Ang AlDub parang Pacquiao ang effect. Pag patak ng 1:30pm hinto lahat ng ginagawa. Walang trapik. Walang krimen. Kasi lahat magkaisang humahalakhak sa mga pakwela nila Lola Nidora, Tinidora, Tidora at kinikilig sa mga dubsmash conversations nila Yaya Dub at Alden. Unfortunately, di pa ako nahahawa pero ako'y naaaliw sa epekto ng AlDub phenomenon sa aking maybahay at mga anak. 

Kamot ulo ako pero masaya.  smile emoticon

Simple Rules to Live a Happy Life

1.   Focus on the POSITIVE.  All of us have problems.  Each with its own special circumstances.  As the saying goes, “Hindi lahat ng mayaman ay Masaya; hindi lahat ng Masaya ay mayaman.”(Not all rich people are happy; not all happy people are rich.)  Whether we like it or not we cannot divest ourselves of problems---it is a validation that we are alive.  I believe that the person who does not have any problem is already “six feet under”.

2.     Look at what you have going for you instead of that of others.  Envy fuels negativity.  Negativity breeds bitterness.  Appreciate what you have and be thankful.  I firmly believe that we all have our own special situation to be happy about.

3.      Give yourself credit.  God gave us all individual talents that we will need to survive life.  Look back at what you've accomplished---the trials that you overcome---and give yourself a much deserved pat on the back. Not many people appreciate what you have done but at least YOU DO.

4.     Embrace your situation.  Nobody said that life is going to be easy so stop whining and accept the challenges that come your way.  Just put in mind that God does not give us challenges that we cannot endure or overcome.  It’s just a matter of digging inside yourself to find the courage and the strength to rise up to all your trials.

5.   PRAY.  #4 is easier said than done so a dose or two of Divine intervention can make a difference.  Miracles happen every day.  Often they are disguised as coincidences.  I guess this is God’s means of remaining anonymous.