Thursday, September 4, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Yvonne meets Fr. Mario :D
It was a wonderful experience to be present in the healing mass of Fr. Mario Sobrejuanite at the Megamall Megatrade Hall 1.
We always watch his Tv Mass at Studio 23 every 9 o'clock in the morning. Even though we already attended a six o'clock mass in St. Michael's Parish, it seems like my Sunday is not complete without hearing his homily.
We went there last Sunday, August 10, 2008, with Yvonne. The mass celebration was so solemn with the choir singing and dancer dancing. After the mass, Yvonne and I went there in front, near the altar, to be blessed by Fr. Mario. I carried her even though she's sleeping that time. When Fr. Mario saw Yvonne, he prayed over her. As if wanting to show off, Yvonne pulled her back up and lifted her head against me. She was very happy as Jesus touched her through Fr. Mario!
I thank God for this wonderful experience.
We always watch his Tv Mass at Studio 23 every 9 o'clock in the morning. Even though we already attended a six o'clock mass in St. Michael's Parish, it seems like my Sunday is not complete without hearing his homily.
We went there last Sunday, August 10, 2008, with Yvonne. The mass celebration was so solemn with the choir singing and dancer dancing. After the mass, Yvonne and I went there in front, near the altar, to be blessed by Fr. Mario. I carried her even though she's sleeping that time. When Fr. Mario saw Yvonne, he prayed over her. As if wanting to show off, Yvonne pulled her back up and lifted her head against me. She was very happy as Jesus touched her through Fr. Mario!
I thank God for this wonderful experience.
Monday, July 28, 2008
P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens!
I also wanted to share this heart warming story ( from maggie's blog )
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P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens!
(Author Unknown)
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with bright light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man He had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. This, the man did, day after day.
For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down with his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore, and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Seeing that the man was showing signs of discouragement, the Adversary decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man’s weary mind: “You’ve been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn’t budged. Why kill yourself over this? You’re never going to move it” —thus, giving the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man.
“Why kill myself over this?” he thought. “I’ll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort and that’ll be good enough.” And that’s just what he planned to do— until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled thoughts to the Lord. “Lord” he said, “I’ve labored long and hard in Your service, putting all my strength to do that which You’ve asked. Yet, after all this time, I haven’t even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What’s wrong? Why am I failing?”
The Lord responded compassionately,
“My friend, when I asked you to serve Me— you accepted. I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength— which you’ve done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to Me— with your strength spent, thinking that you’ve failed. But is that really so?”
“Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscular. Your back sinew is mighty. Your hands are callused from the constant pressure;and your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you’ve grown much and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet you haven’t moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. This you’ve done. I, my friend, will now move the rock.”
At times, when we hear from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants. What God ACTUALLY wants is just simple OBEDIENCE and FAITH IN HIM. By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it’s still God who moves the mountains.
P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens! When everything seems to go wrong, just P.U.S.H. … When the job gets you down, P.U.S.H. … When people don’t react the way you think they should, P.U.S.H. … When your money looks funny and the bills are due, P.U.S.H. … When people just don’t understand you, just P.U.S.H.
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P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens!
(Author Unknown)
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with bright light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man He had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. This, the man did, day after day.
For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down with his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore, and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Seeing that the man was showing signs of discouragement, the Adversary decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man’s weary mind: “You’ve been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn’t budged. Why kill yourself over this? You’re never going to move it” —thus, giving the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man.
“Why kill myself over this?” he thought. “I’ll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort and that’ll be good enough.” And that’s just what he planned to do— until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled thoughts to the Lord. “Lord” he said, “I’ve labored long and hard in Your service, putting all my strength to do that which You’ve asked. Yet, after all this time, I haven’t even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What’s wrong? Why am I failing?”
The Lord responded compassionately,
“My friend, when I asked you to serve Me— you accepted. I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength— which you’ve done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to Me— with your strength spent, thinking that you’ve failed. But is that really so?”
“Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscular. Your back sinew is mighty. Your hands are callused from the constant pressure;and your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you’ve grown much and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet you haven’t moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. This you’ve done. I, my friend, will now move the rock.”
At times, when we hear from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants. What God ACTUALLY wants is just simple OBEDIENCE and FAITH IN HIM. By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it’s still God who moves the mountains.
P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens! When everything seems to go wrong, just P.U.S.H. … When the job gets you down, P.U.S.H. … When people don’t react the way you think they should, P.U.S.H. … When your money looks funny and the bills are due, P.U.S.H. … When people just don’t understand you, just P.U.S.H.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Quotes i'd love to keep
I just wanted to share these quotes i found over the web and email that became a part me.
This is from Pravs World - Grab the Opportunity
This is my friendster horoscope last June 13, 2008
:)
"If I can keep my heart and mind open, train myself to listen and see beyond the surface, then more will be revealed, and the greater the opportunity to serve others." - Emily Abrera
This is from Pravs World - Grab the Opportunity
Opportunities - Small or Big. They come and go.
Some will be easy to take advantage of, some will be difficult.
But once we let them pass in hopes of something better,
those opportunities may never again be available.
Always grab the first opportunity.
This is my friendster horoscope last June 13, 2008
Making choices about your life based on what you think other people want you to do is not only unhealthy, it's unwise. No one knows what is best for you better than you yourself, so stop listening to the know-it-alls who just love to hear themselves talk. Trust yourself -- even if you make a mistake, it will be one that will teach you an important lesson. It'll also help you avoid that same pitfall next time. Independent thinking is not only healthy -- it is wise!
:)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The Pursuit of Happyness
I just love this film.
Plot Synopsis
The film begins in 1981 in San Francisco, California. Linda and Chris Gardner live in a small apartment with their son, Christopher. Chris has invested the family's life savings in a franchise selling portable bone density scanners. These scanners provide slightly denser pictures than X-rays, but most of the doctors Chris visits find that they are too high-priced. Linda works in a dead-end job in a local hotel laundry. The tension between them mounts as unpaid rent and bills continue to accumulate. Chris often parks his car in disallowed areas so he can make scheduled appointments on time, and after parking tickets remain unpaid, their car is impounded. After missing a shift at her job, Linda finally leaves without their son Christopher, returns briefly, then departs for New York City, where a better job awaits her, leaving behind the boy at his father's request.
Chris accepts an unpaid internship at brokerage firm Dean Witter Reynolds that promises employment to only one trainee at its conclusion. His lack of salary and failure to sell more scanners leaves him riddled with debt, he and his son eventually become homeless. After spending several nights riding buses and sleeping in subway restrooms, saddled with their meager belongings, they begin lining up at the Glide Memorial Church on a daily basis in an effort to secure accommodations for the night. Sometimes they succeed, other times they literally are left out in the cold. As he struggles to provide a semblance of a family life for his son under the most dire of circumstances, Chris becomes more determined to complete the intern program and become the sole trainee the firm will hire.
In the end, Chris gets the job and later starts his own brokerage firm.
Memorable Quotes
Plot Synopsis
The film begins in 1981 in San Francisco, California. Linda and Chris Gardner live in a small apartment with their son, Christopher. Chris has invested the family's life savings in a franchise selling portable bone density scanners. These scanners provide slightly denser pictures than X-rays, but most of the doctors Chris visits find that they are too high-priced. Linda works in a dead-end job in a local hotel laundry. The tension between them mounts as unpaid rent and bills continue to accumulate. Chris often parks his car in disallowed areas so he can make scheduled appointments on time, and after parking tickets remain unpaid, their car is impounded. After missing a shift at her job, Linda finally leaves without their son Christopher, returns briefly, then departs for New York City, where a better job awaits her, leaving behind the boy at his father's request.
Chris accepts an unpaid internship at brokerage firm Dean Witter Reynolds that promises employment to only one trainee at its conclusion. His lack of salary and failure to sell more scanners leaves him riddled with debt, he and his son eventually become homeless. After spending several nights riding buses and sleeping in subway restrooms, saddled with their meager belongings, they begin lining up at the Glide Memorial Church on a daily basis in an effort to secure accommodations for the night. Sometimes they succeed, other times they literally are left out in the cold. As he struggles to provide a semblance of a family life for his son under the most dire of circumstances, Chris becomes more determined to complete the intern program and become the sole trainee the firm will hire.
In the end, Chris gets the job and later starts his own brokerage firm.
Memorable Quotes
Christopher: Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said "Do you need help?" and the man said "God will save me". Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said "God will save me", then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, "God, why didn't you save me?" and God said "I sent you two boats, you dummy!"
Christopher Gardner: Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. Not even me. All right?
Christopher: All right.
Christopher Gardner: You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period.
Martin Frohm: What would you say if man walked in here with no shirt, and I hired him? What would you say?
Christopher Gardner: He must have had on some really nice pants.
Christopher Gardner: It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?
Christopher Gardner: [voice-over] This part of my life... this part right here? This part is called "being stupid."
Christopher Gardner: [voice-over] This part of my life... this part right here? This is called "happyness."
Reverend Williams: The important thing about that freedom train, is it's got to climb mountains. We ALL have to climb mountains, you know. Mountains that go way up high, and mountains that go deep and low. Yes, we know what those mountains are here at Glide. We sing about them.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Five Steps
From My Big Love's movie, I will have to apply these in my life (esp. on loosing weight and being financially free)
Step 1: Set your Goal
Of course; you cannot reach for something that does not exist. As much as possible, set a more realistic goal. Don't set goals that are not possible. (Like loosing 20 pound in 2 weeks, or being rich in 1 month)
Step 2: Start Today!
It's now or never! Start today! Not tomorrow, not later. Nothing will be done if you keep on saying i will do it later. If you have something to be done there may not be later. So do it today!
Step 3: No Shortcuts
Easy comes, easy goes. its true. If you do not know the value of something, it's so easy to let go. That's why many lotto winners still end up being poor. Because it is not a hard earned money, it easy to splurged on anything.
I have also tried diet pills without exercise. I truly lose some pounds in a month but after taking these pills I gained weight again! Gosh! Maybe because I don't know how to limit myself. Sigh!
Step 4: Get Inspired
Have a picture of a sexy avatar in front of your monitor! hahaha
Here's mine!
Or think of how many people you can help when you became rich!
Step 5: Be Happy!
It's always been my motto. Be Happy! Just be happy in everything that you do and life's trial would be just a piece of cake.
God Bless! :)
Step 1: Set your Goal
Of course; you cannot reach for something that does not exist. As much as possible, set a more realistic goal. Don't set goals that are not possible. (Like loosing 20 pound in 2 weeks, or being rich in 1 month)
Step 2: Start Today!
It's now or never! Start today! Not tomorrow, not later. Nothing will be done if you keep on saying i will do it later. If you have something to be done there may not be later. So do it today!
Step 3: No Shortcuts
Easy comes, easy goes. its true. If you do not know the value of something, it's so easy to let go. That's why many lotto winners still end up being poor. Because it is not a hard earned money, it easy to splurged on anything.
I have also tried diet pills without exercise. I truly lose some pounds in a month but after taking these pills I gained weight again! Gosh! Maybe because I don't know how to limit myself. Sigh!
Step 4: Get Inspired
Have a picture of a sexy avatar in front of your monitor! hahaha
Here's mine!
Or think of how many people you can help when you became rich!
Step 5: Be Happy!
It's always been my motto. Be Happy! Just be happy in everything that you do and life's trial would be just a piece of cake.
God Bless! :)
Friday, March 7, 2008
Only her eyesight was lost not her
Yvonne had a repeated VEP or visual evoked potential at St. Luke’s Hospital to check if her eyes can respond to visual stimuli such as flashing of lights. And just before Yvonne's 5th birthday (last Jan 16, 2008), it was already confirmed by her eye doctor that she could no longer see. Even eyeglasses won’t be much of a help. Right now she can only visually perceive light and dark.
I was not surprised. I already knew that since last December 2006 after her last operation. It was due to the brain pressure when her shunt was pulled out that her optic nerve was damage.
At first I was really hurt and cried a little. I only have this feeling that she cannot see us anymore but still hoping that eventually her eyesight will be back to normal like her speech. As what the saying says “The truth hurts but it will set you free.”
Right now I have already accepted the fact and enjoying every moment with my little angel Yvonne. Only her eyesight was lost not her. That’s a lot to be thankful for, isn’t it?
Want to know the secret why I have a better outlook in life? It’s because I start my day with a smile. Yvonne wakes up every morning with a big smile, as if very thankful for another day given to her by our Creator. This is because of my angel. :)
I was not surprised. I already knew that since last December 2006 after her last operation. It was due to the brain pressure when her shunt was pulled out that her optic nerve was damage.
At first I was really hurt and cried a little. I only have this feeling that she cannot see us anymore but still hoping that eventually her eyesight will be back to normal like her speech. As what the saying says “The truth hurts but it will set you free.”
Right now I have already accepted the fact and enjoying every moment with my little angel Yvonne. Only her eyesight was lost not her. That’s a lot to be thankful for, isn’t it?
Want to know the secret why I have a better outlook in life? It’s because I start my day with a smile. Yvonne wakes up every morning with a big smile, as if very thankful for another day given to her by our Creator. This is because of my angel. :)
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