Dare you answer?

Can you tell me why you are here on earth?

Can you state to me the mission statement of your life?

Can you share to me your vision of your life?

Make a life...

... not just a living by Dr. Ron Jenson

The average person goes to his grave with his music still in him.

"A servant leader is one who gets excited about making others more successful than himself."

If you have to go more than three feet from wherever you are to find fulfillment, something is wrong.

"It's hard to expect an empty bag to stand up straight.'

Don't be presumptuous, offensive or pushy. Don't cram truth down people's throats. Be a friend, be a servant, meet others' needs and watch how they respond.

You cannot control what has happened in the past or what others might think, feel, say or do. You cannot control the end results or fruits in your life. But you can take responsibility for planting and cultivating the right roots. This "rightness living" will ultimately produce the fruit of authentic success. But you must take charge of your own life and accept the responsibility for it.

"Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain."

The net...

... from Faithcartoons

Trying...

I knew I must go home. I didn't want to. I was trying to delay the moment that I have to face the fact that I am on my own... 

For a few hours, Iron Man entertained... for a few hours I could forget...

I miss my father's cooking... the food he knows I love... i miss reminding him about the food he must and must not eat... i miss his actions of love...

I miss my mother's cooking, even if they don't have any taste at all... her text messages asking me where I am and what time I would be coming home... i miss the fact that now I have to fight my own cockroach battles... 

I miss buying them things...

And now, I will also miss my brother...

I knew that there are life stages we have to go through... I just didn't know that it is going to be this way...

Now, if only people would stop asking me how my parents are or how's my brother's girlfriend... 

On my own

I am on my own.

Funny how God works in mysterious ways.

I am not laughing now though.

Tomorrow will be a better day.

I am sure.

Thank God that it will be! 

I love the Philippines

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Stand and fight

I often take the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) System when I go home at night. It is faster, cheaper, less polluted in noise and smell. During rush hour, hundreds of commuters push one another to fit inside a train that should carry much less in number. In fact, I don't need to do anything in order to get in. Just let myself be malleable enough to be shoved inside by people at the back, or the people after them. If you are already inside, expect to  find yourself propelled into the innermost section of the train and you would need to ram yourself against human bodies in order to get out. To add, you would discover that your face is already brushing against the hair of the person in front of you, or feel the person behind closely breathing on your neck. And all you can think is "I want to get out from this crowd" but you know you can't until the doors open at the next stop.

With this undesirable situation, I have learned to fight back. Imperceptibly. When the door opens and the multitude press forward, I use my body to counter the shoving motion. It helps control the disorder that could become a tragedy. It is the same tactic I use when I am already inside. When I think that the maximum number of people are already inside (read : there is still space to breath!), I simply use all my force to unobtrusively reverse the tide of human bodies. And more often than not, I succeed.

This situation reminded me of life. 

It is so easy to let the tide of life wash over us. To follow where the current would lead us. I have been a witness to a person who allowed himself to be suctioned by life's tide. He did not fight back. He became too complacent that it brought him where it would only lead him - - - towards sin. 

I wish that fighting back against sin is as easy as pushing people in the MRT. I wish it so hard. But it is not. It takes a lot more effort. It requires us to conquer our fears.

I fight back because I fear more the idea that I would stay stuck in the pit of sin. I would not be able to look at myself and realize that I did nothing to change my situation. I know it is God who enables us. His forgiving grace and redemptive love allow us to have freedom. But I also know that we need to make a conscious effort and decision to follow Him. And with His help, stand my ground and fight. 

And to be able to say that I have fought a good fight.