SAY YES TO LIFE

There was this guy who told me before, “Get a life!”

I actually got choked and didn’t reply.

His words opened my heart and mind into a reality if I’m having a good life or not. To think that this guy came from the same faith community where I belonged before.

In retrospection, I was convinced that I was having a good kind of life. I had a supportive family, intelligent friends, humorous and faithful faith community friends, building houses for the poor, showcasing our talent, getting good grades, having a sort of an influence, had a colorful past and experiences which made me who I am right now. Maybe during that time he was pertaining to me about getting in or diving in a sort of like adventure. Maybe for him, living a comfortable life isn’t enough to say that you’re living a life to the fullest. I think he was being subjective in telling that to me. Anyway, his comment was thought provoking.

So here’s the list to say YES TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE GOD HAS GIVEN US. A YES TO EVERY SEASON. A RESOUNDING YES TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. Some maybe applicable and some may not to you and me. It really depends where we are right now. Say yes:

1.       To be a hero or heroine for someone or a group of people.

2.      To accept someone’s invitation for lunch or dinner.

3.      To sit down, relax, pray, and reflect upon God’s goodness in your life.

4.      To study and deepen your relationship with God.

5.      To sing in a videoke whole heartedly with friends and laugh like you’ve never laughed before.

6.      To write a thank you note to your loved ones.

7.      To hold a hand of your grandparents and whisper to them that they’re still beautiful and handsome despite of their age. (I hope I can return to this time while I can do this to my grannies.)

8.      To do scuba diving, mountain climbing, snorkeling, bunjee jumping and shout at the top of your lungs.

9.      To serve in your faith community or even do some mercy missions.

10.   To listen to someone’s story of defeat, victory, joy, upset, dreams and vision.

11.    To build true, deep, and awesome friendship.

12.   To kiss your mom or your dad on their cheek or forehead. (believe me, they’d melt when you do that.)

13.   To invite someone for a cup of coffee or just a chitchat.

14.   To show your care and on being a credible, efficient, and effective employee to your boss.

15.   To promotion and salary increase! J

16.   To be brave enough to stand up for your right and dignity as a person.

17.   To jog, exercise, and do some warm up stretching.

18.   To give a smile to a sad and down-trodden friend or officemate.

19.   To have an awesome photoshoot with friends.

20.  To the man of your dreams.

21.   To motherhood and fatherhood.

22.  To join a band, literary, dance, singing, art or any competition where you can enhance and challenge to the limit your talent.

23.  To open a business and to embrace financial literacy.

24.  To shout to the world you’re the awesomest person in the world. J

25.  To love yourself in the depths of your being.

26.  To believe in the power of your dreams and visions.

27.  To drive a car.

28.  To clean your house, cook a meal, and serve your family.

29.  To joke and play around, make silly face and tap your inner child again. J

30.  To read a novel, self-help book, or even comics. Be well-informed.

31.   To bounce back after reaching your breaking point.

32.  To improve your social skills, and on being charismatic.

33.  To clean as you go.

34.  To develop your good habits. Dress up. Work on your posture.

35.  To paint your future with different color hues.

36.  To never underestimate and downgrade the lowly people.

37.  To return to your old-fashioned values and restore them now.

38.  To confess your weaknesses.

39.  To ride a bike alone or with someone.

40. To fly a kite.

I believe that when we say yes to life, we say yes to Jesus. For that let’s encourage one another to create an awesome life now and as he said, “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34

I think what’s more helpful is to take the time to reflect on our seasons and be deliberately aware of how God is moving in this time of our life. For only then do the seasons become more beautiful, purposeful, fruitful, meaningful, in our eyes.

Oh, lastly, when I see that guy again, and he'll tell me that same comment. I’ll reply in confidence, “I just didn’t get a life. I’m actually embracing it and loving it to the fullest. So I wish you do the same.” Then, I'll put a smile on my face.

Note: That guy I’m pertaining to was just an acquaintance. J

Mind to add some of your yes moments… J You may leave a comment below. Thanks.

Be the Scriptwriter of Your Life

Let others lead small lives, but not you.
Let others argue over small things, but not you.
Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.
Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.
— Jim Rohn

To help people write their dreams, I created the Life Dreams Success Journal. In it, I wrote that when it comes to self-direction, there are three kinds of people in this world.

First is the Moviegoer.

This person watches the movie of her life, admires some parts and criticizes other parts. Aside from that, she does nothing else. All shesays the whole day is, “I like this thing but I don’t like that thing.” The Moviegoer feels she has absolutely no control of her life—except to
comment about it. Moviegoers are the most pathetic, miserable people in the world.

Second is the Actor.

This person doesn’t only watch the movie of her life. She actually realizes she’s the Actor—and can control a big part of her life. She can actually make or break the movie—by how well she delivers her lines and by how she portrays her character. Actors are a happy bunch. They realize they’re the star of the show and enjoy some level of control. But many times, they wish the movie would end in another way—but realize that they have no say in such things.

Third is the Actor-Scriptwriter.

Let me ask you this question: Who are you among these three people?
Do you merely watch your life go by?
Or do you act a script that you feel has been handed to you?
Or do you write the script and make your life beautiful?
Friends, make a decision now to become the Scriptwriter of your life.
God wants you to be the Scriptwriter.
Create the life you were meant to live.
By the way, you might be asking: Where is God in the movie?
He’s the Producer. He says, “Make the movie beautiful. Here’s the budget…”
He then gives you a thick, fat checkbook with blank checks—but all pre-signed.
“Just put whatever figure you need.” Yes, my friend, He has given you all
that you need for success. Start using God’s checkbook now!
Write your dreams.


Be the Scriptwriter of your life.

Truly Rich Principle:You have the power to create the life you want.

Source: Bo Sanchez's 8 Secrets of the Truly Rich; pg. 87-88

Loving you

One day, a beautiful lady talks to her 17 year old self. She knows that it lives in her and she sees how beautiful and smart she is, but sometimes her weakness creeps in. Oftentimes she’ll fall in love with wrong guys, recklessly complain to her parents, and be disappointed with the result of her studies. That causes that 17 year old girl to cry, doubt and fear for her future.

“Life is uncertain. People come and go and worst they can hurt you.” I remember hearing her before.

Then I told her, “I know you’re hurt, but it doesn’t mean that life is ugly.”

“I don’t know, but I fail to see it now. I’m sorry; I’m so hurt after finding out that the guy I love doesn’t love me back.

“I know that he’s the reason why you feel that way, but you have to let him go for there is bright future for you. You’ll be amazed when God turns your dreams according to His plan for you.”

She didn’t listen instead she cried and covered her face.

This 17 year old girl plays hard to attain peace in her heart, so as she turns 18 until 23, she knows a lot of games but in the end losing the good fight.

After 7 years of a wrestling with her emotions- she cried again to her 24 year old self and said, “Now is your turn, take over me please. Guide me to obey His will. I’m now letting go that sad young lady in me. I want you because you look so loving, kind and graceful. You’re unaware of it, but I love you as who you are. I love to be with you. I’m astonished to the people surrounding you. Yes, I forgot to say it, but I love you the first time we talked. I just didn’t have the courage to listen and obey you. I’m busy with my pains. Forgive me, then.”

I answered, “At that time, I see how beautiful you’ll become someday. I know you’ll follow my steps because I see your determined heart. I understand how you fail and falter and I didn’t condemn you on that. I love you because I’m your future you.”

Then the beautiful lady embraces the young girl in her, brush her hair, looks in her sparkling eyes and both praise the wondrous name of God.

Beautiful quotes

Beautiful quotes from The five people you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Every life has one true-love snap shot." -pg.9

"But the running boy is inside everyman, no matter how old he gets." -pg.29

"People often belittle the place they were born." -pg.34

"But scenery without solace is meaningless." -pg.35

"When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished." -pg.42

"Did you ever wonder? Why people gather when others die? Why people feel they should? It's because the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect." -pg.48

"Birth and death are a part of a whole. It is why we are drawn to babies... And to funerals. -pg.49

"That's what heaven is. You get to make sense of your yesterdays." -pg.92

"That's the thing. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else." -pg.94
Beautiful quotes from The 5 people you meet in heaven- Mitch Albom

"All parents damage their children." -pg.104

"You see this face, these wrinkles? I earned ever one of them." -pg.123

"Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them." -pg.126

"Which is worse when left unexplained: a life, or a death?" -pg.140

"Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves." -pg.141

"People say they "find" love, as if it were an object hidden by a rock. But love takes many forms, and it is never the same for any man and woman. What people find is a certain love." -pg.155

"Love, like rain, can nourish from above, drench couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to it's roots, keeping itself alive." -pg.164

"Lost love is still love, Eddie. It takes a different form, that's all. (Memory)" -pg.173

"Life has to end, love doesn't." -pg.173

"Silence is worse when you know it wont be broken..." -pg.179

"It's never hard to act ordinary if you feel ordinary, and the paleness of surrender becomes the color of Eddie's days." -pg.183

"...each affects the other and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." -pg.196

                                                              (reblog from:                                                                http://lavinassillystories.blogspot.com/2009/04/quotes-from-five-people-you-meet-in.html)