Family Time

One of those times that I enjoy family time was when my family would go out of town for a couple of days stay in a hotel ...we were all in one room, eating , watching cable TV, just talking, reading etc... just being together.. all in one room ... close and connected.

I really missed those moments . Nowadays because of the nature of my work I could not afford to go on a long vacation. My department is so lean that I could only have short vacation ...a day probably...

Last New Year 2012 we had a short vacation in Subic Bay because my youngest can not go home for the New Year because of her on the job training. Enjoy!

We used to go to La Union almost every year for 3 days plus a day trip to Baguio. Just having fun together.I wonder now my children are all grown up and having a life of their own... even a mind of their own...if we could still have those summer adventures...

Family Time... simple yet enjoyable and truly relaxing...

You have What you Need

I read today that we already have what we need to do
what we are destined to do in this life.
We are given the gifts, the talents we need to fulfill our God given mission.
We just need to open our minds to the possibilities around us.
Seeing what is there in our midst instead of looking for what is not there
We have to believe we have the potential,
 the capacity to reach our God given dreams.
Let us develop the core gifts that we have.

Before we are ask to strengthen our weaknesses
but now the call is to focus on our strengths.

Develop them to the best of our abilities.
The focus nowadays is on what is positive,
accentuate our best traits.

Well sounds logical than spend our energy on our weaknesses
or on what is wrong with us.
Each of us are given gifts
but we have to hone them
so we can use them to be of better service to others.

So don't just look around
because what we are looking for is already with us...
in our midst...
just quiet your monkey mind
and you will find the answer.

Have a great life
and enjoy what you have now..

Embrace where you are

In our life
most of the time
we look for things
that is not there in our midst.

However because of this mindset
we failed to appreciate what we have.

Being grateful
keeps us bless
since we appreciate
whatever is given our way.

Embracing where we are right now
keeps us grounded.
It makes us appreciate
what is there in our life ...
be it people or things that we possess .

A grateful spirit
makes us see the beauty of nature ,,,
the kindness of our loved ones ..
the thoughtfulness of people we interact with ...

Because we appreciate what we have ,
the more blessings comes our way .
We open our eyes to what is there ...
to what is given ...
and then the more is given to us...

Embracing the present ...
makes our past
a stepping stone for greater things
and anticipating the future with excitement ...

Thank you Lord for all the blessings...

Meditation Works

Meditation seems a mystery to some people because of its association to certain religious affiliations. But meditation is like praying.

Stress causes us to be sick. And meditation relaxes our body. Thus , it becomes a part of intervention to heal the body.

Most of the time, our problems is not just our body but our spirit or soul. Meditation helps us to talk to our spirit. It brings us to the natural state of our body which we abuse through drugs, alcohol, food and others.

How do we meditate ? There are a lot of materials in meditation. Usually it asks us to clear our so called "monkey mind". Then we close our eyes and think or visualize a calm place where we feel relaxed. For how long do we meditate ? We may not have time in our busy lives but you can start with 10 minutes every day.Then you gradually increase you time as you feel comfortable with it.

Managing our stress is not really expensive. A journal notebook to release our emotional hurts we have in our heart. Praying and meditating does not cost us anything to practice. All these are free and available to us without burdening our wallets for an additional budget.

Just find time to do it and for sure you will be well and happy.

Have a great life.

Prayer Heals

When I was diagnose with an ovarian cyst in 2004 and was advise to have a hysterectomy. Afraid of the surgery , I turn to prayers. I prayed the novena to the Mother of Perpetual Help and after six (6) months when I went back to the doctor, my ultrasound showed no more cyst.

Prayer really heals.

Ever since that time, prayer has become my refuge. I still go to medical doctors for consultation , once in a while. But since my healing I became  "addicted" to God's everlasting love and affection, I feel much stonger now and has lessen my dependence on medications.

God is My Healer....

Journaling

As research shows that emotional hurts causes us to get sick, part of the healing process is journaling. We maybe  the quiet type who repress our emotional pain within  ourself, thus, journaling is a tool we can use to let go off tension and unexpressed hurt in our lives.

Buy a notebook your are comfortable with. If you are more at ease you can use your computer. As much as you can record your daily thoughts . Then analyze what is the common theme that surrounds your thought processes. Is it about a past love that you can not get over with ? Or a  parental authority that until now commands your daily decision ? Are you suffering from low self esteem ?

Just let the emotional strain flow by writing your thoughts, as I've said until you have expose your inner dialogues , you will not heal because the pain becomes buried in our unconscious mind. And repressed emotions causes stress in our inner body and when stress strikes, we become sick.

Journaling does not require us to have good grammar. We may use any dialect or language we are comfortable and fluent with . Feel as if you are communicating with yourself or with a higher Divine source, God.

Try it.

It works !

A broken spirit...

So how do you heal a broken spirit?

How do you deal with someone who has a closed minded spirit? When all you say to him fell on a deaf ear...

How can you improve the situation when the one who will decide to make the difference does not seem to care?

How do you bring back a smooth working relation when sides are already taken?

Well you wonder how to move the situation in a better place...

Continue to search for answers...