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Category: Personal Growth

  • Better Reality Around The Corner

    My Computer Monitor's Multiple Open Windows
    My Computer Monitor's Multiple Open Windows

    I took this photo last month when my computer was going haywire. All these windows popped up in a few seconds. I am going to use the analogy of all these pop ups as all the possibilities in one’s life. After all, in this environment of so much change and uncertainty, we have to keep on looking at new possibilities.

    Somehow, I have been challenged by many situations in these past years. I decide to take every punch in life and keep on seeking better ways to create my life, or better yet…better ways to live my life. Our eyes are windows to being able to see beyond the punches. It is not easy when you are confronted with challenges. But isn’t it those very challenges that propel you to move beyond the current reality? (more…)

  • Life Is Too Precious To Waste On Trivial Things

    laugh rocksMy very first ever video on You Tube was when I had my ankle surgery last year.  The doctor that operated on me was moving to New York and on my last visit with him, he was calling me a wimp.  He wasn’t saying it with anger, just point blank: ” You are acting like a wimp.”

    He was saying that because I was complaining about the intense pain on my ankle. I answered him: “Have you ever had this apparatus attached to your ankle?” And remember, I reminded him, “It was 2 surgeries at the same time!”  (To remove most  my pins and plates from my surgery 7 years ago besides the treatment for my cartilage.) He agreed. It was different and a double whammy.

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  • Can I Get Angry?

    I have had the worst two days of my life. They are issues relating to my ex-husband. I don’t think I can share all the details openly, but never in my life did I feel as threatened as I did today. It was pretty scary and I think that the root of the issue is fear and insecurity. I never wish any harm on anyone, but I do have the right to get angry to protect my rights as a mother.

    The other day when I wrote the post about balance, my brother(not the one I am working for) sent me an email and told me to “tell the truth”. Well, yes the truth of the matter is that I have been under a great amount of stress. I have been open about this. He was complaining because I have been  “ignoring him”. Yes, in this last year, I have been focused mainly on getting myself back on my feet. I have been selfish only to think of the well being of my son and I. (more…)

  • Balance Is Peace, Love & Happiness

    Some thoughts I have regarding creating balance in one’s life.  The combination of both sides is necessary to be able to maintain a long term vision and simultaneously take the baby steps to arrive at the big picture. What good is a vision(water) if there is no action? What good is it to have tangible success if you end up burnt out(fire) along the way?

    So after putting all these notes here on this post, I question myself: Is it possible for one person to create without a partner if one continually reaches for balance? Will all the efforts be effortless as the s-team floating in the air?

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    Water                                                                                                    Fire

    Female                                                                                                 Male

    Yin                                                                                                        Yang

    Passive                                                                                               Active

    Feeling & Emotion                                                                         Mind

    Intuition                                                                                           Logic

    Big Picture                                                                                       Details

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  • Michael Jackson Didn’t Get His Second Chance

    I got this video from a link I saw  from someone I follow on Twitter @undercover.  It is a lead up to the theatrical release of the movie, This Is It. It has been less than four months on June 25, 2009 that Michael Jackson died.  When I look at this video, the thought I get is:  “Did he really feel that this was his second chance of a comeback when he was rehearsing? Was he confident with himself? How did he feel getting ready to go out to millions of people who had shunned him because of all the allegations with children?

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  • Love Reflects Love

    esperanza plates
    See Video Clip at End of Post

    Today my guitar teacher’s husband unexpectedly, yet peacefully, died in his sleep at 90 years of age.  I have been taking guitar classes for a couple of years .  He sat in to watch me practice many times and always carried a smile on his face.

    Tonight I went to the viewing at the funeral house. I could see how heartbroken Esperanza was. I admired the love they shared and and had the privilege of seeing this beautiful couple completely in love after over 60 years of marriage. I was remembering the day I had videod them two years ago. Luis had celebrated his 88th birthday on August 20th. 

    On that day, Esperanza showed me five plates that were given as a birthday gift. I mentioned to Esperanza that I wanted to take pictures of the plates because of the symbolisms. When I got home this evening, I looked in my computer and realized that the day that I did the video was on September 25, 2007 – exactly 2 years to the day he died.  (more…)