Komportable o Kumukomporme?

"May mga bagay na dapat tayong ipagpalit o isakripisyo para makamtan natin ang plano ng Diyos sa ating buhay. Kaya ang tanong ko, kayo ba ay komportable lang o kumukoporme sa gusto ng Diyos?"

Ptr. Jun Valenzuela

Random Act

Ever wonder how writers take a break from what they are writing?

They would sometimes do a random act when it hits their mind.

For example: A writer is writing a scene that includes a camera,

and then she'll be like..

"Wait, does this camera still work?"

"ohh.. it still works.."

or she would describe the hairstyle of the character she is writing about

and then she'll be like..

"Hmm.. Is it time to cut my hair?"

"Nah.. I like it long.." 

(:P Please don't tell the world this is how we work. :P)

Courageous Act

EDI AKO NA DUWAG!

OO AKO NA!! AKO NA!! AKO NA DUWAG!!!
(e ang sakit nung huli e, ba't ba :P this time i'll wait upon the Lord :D and then i'll be brave again.)

Proceed with Confidence

I just can't help but share God's goodness in my life. And I am a living proof that if God is the master of your life, then there's nothing you should worry about. Everything will fall perfectly in the right place at the right time. Maybe not how you imagined it, but definitely it is the best.

If you let Him handle all the aspects of your life, you will never lose the joy in your heart whatever circumstances you may experience. And that will be a very weird feeling, but I think it's God's way of giving assurance that you are indeed walking with Him, carrying you on His shoulder. Things may get rough, and surely there will be times you'll walk on a freaking rocky road, but God will never fail to sustain you and give you encouragement through His word.

I know God is doing something great in my life. I know He is using me to bring glory unto His Name even more. I know His plan for my life keeps on rolling. I know this desire He has put in my heart is yet to be accomplished. I know He will equip me for something great. I know. And so I will proceed with confidence in the Lord.

Remarkable Part: My Father's Footprints by Collin McEnroe

 A conversation between me and my son about our aging but preternaturally young-looking dog.
"How old is Roy?" he asks.
"Twelve."
"How old would that be for a person?"
"I'm not sure. Do you multiply it by 7? If so, he's 84."
"How can he be?"
"Good care, good food. Lots of love. And I think he has good genes."
"What are genes?'
"The part of your body that says a lot about your health and how you're going to be in general."
"Do I have good genes?"
"I think you do."
"Do you have good genes?"
"Um. Probably only so-so."
"Who has the best genes?"
"Maybe God. He's been alive so long."

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"In third grade, there is a career pageant.
We are instructed to compose a couplet describing a future job. We must go up on stage with a prop or two and recite the couplet.
God help me, I am up there with a toy typewriter."

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"As Peter denies Jesus, I deny my father. I deny my third grade self with the typewriter.
In seventh grade, I announce to my parents that I intend to become a lawyer... I will forge for myself a career based on certainty and reliability... I will be the man in the Mustang convertible wearing the double-breasted blazer and the striped tie, not the man sitting in the living room at 1:00AM in his boxer shorts scratching out dialogue on lined yellow pads."

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"Children believe in little people. They believe in them because they haven't any reason not to believe in them. It takes time to learn to doubt. It takes the years of growing up. Each year that passes means believing in less and less of the things that dreams are made of and in more and more of the things that you can kick and pull and push and tickle, bite, taste, scratch and hit with a rubber ball. When you're all through growing up, you've stopped believing in great many things."

"But isn't that natural?"

"All the things that you don't believe in are still there to be believed. They're the charming things that make childhood enchanting. They're not less charming or enchanted because children grow up. They stay the same. Children change."

When I think I'm falling in love with the wrong person..

Oh no!!!!!

No.. Don't listen to love songs..

Not now..

Dear Future Husbands and Future Wives

This is so funny. Literally LOL. But I’m afraid I have to agree that this song is too feminist. :P

Ladies, we have to remind ourselves that although we think we are always right, we have to learn how to submit ourselves to our future husband. It’s God’s way of not discriminating women and promoting men, but imploring peace and order and blessing in your family. (Ephesians 5:22-24)

But hey men out there, take note of this line “you gotta know how to treat me like a lady, even when I’m acting crazy. Tell me everything’s alright.” and this one too, “dear future husband better love me right.” (Ephesians 5:25-29)

And just in case your doubting what the hell I am saying, here's the reference.. check this out.

Ephesians 5:22-30

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body.

And just incase you still don't believe me. You can open up your own Bible and see it yourself. :D

By the way, any girl would want to request these things mentioned in the lyrics but it takes a strong lady to say no to her selfish desires. :)

Spare me a Heartbreak

It's not when you spend time with me that makes me feel special; not even when you try to hold my hand, nor the jokes you crack just to make me laugh. No. And I'll be blunt about it. And by being blunt, I'm giving you the right to see me as an average girl who's hard to please. You may also say that I'm acting way too high than my look. But believe me, I don't care. Because truly, I won't settle for less.

If you don't make me feel special like how God makes me feel special, then as early as now, let's quit the romance. We're both not the right one for eachother.

If you don't feel like diving into my world and know every little detail about  me; if you're not ready to protect me and mind how I feel and may feel; if you're afraid to show how much you love me and prove we're both perfect for eachother -- then forget about us. Because truth be told, those things make me feel special.

And though now you know how to stir up the butterfly in my stomach, don't force yourself or even pretend just to make me fall for you. Trust me, it will only ruin our relationship in the future. Please, spare me a heartbreak. It's better to stay single and happy than to have a broken relationship in the future.

Remarkable Scene: The Water Diviner

A conversation between two high rank officials:
"You know what the chances of finding his boys are."

"We have the day they were killed, I know the area."

"Yeah, we both know it. But why change everything for one father who can't stay put?"

"Because he's the only father who came looking."


If you want to know the whole details about the conversation, watch The Water Diviner. ;) It's a great film. :D

Take Me The Way I Am - Shella's Version

It was late at night, and since I know that it's safe to wake up super late in the morning, this was the outcome.

Actually, I'm not very good at this. The video proved how loser I am in this field but hey I love music and I love this song, so whether you like it or not, I'm gonna play it and sing it and upload it here in my blog. :P Pardon my selfishness this time. :P

BTW, this song is dedicated for my future husband. Hey lovey, this one's for you.

I want You To Know, Now I know...

Suddenly I had this eagerness to write something about you; about us. 

I told myself, maybe a year ago, that I won't write about you again. But I realized that would be impossible, since you became part of my life. And every time I'm going to write something about myself, you will always.. always be included in it. You had been part of my life and there's nothing I can do to erase that. And I wouldn't want to erase that. I had learned so much from our past.

But this time I'm not going to write about the pain you have caused me. That was over and done and I have forgiven you.

I'm writing to let you know, if you're reading this, that I realized my fault in our relationship. And I have to admit that I have my mistakes too.

I've been blinded by the fact that it was you who have caused me so  much pain and the very reason why I had to let go. It was you who have pushed me to my limit -- that was what I thought and believed all along; that was what I have told to everybody, even to God. And oh, how selfish I am that it took me almost 3 years to realize what really went wrong. And why we didn't work out.

I have to say sorry and ask for your forgiveness.

I've been so damn stupid for playing cool and not showing how deep my love was for you, when that was all you need -- the assurance that your love for me was not in vain and that I could express mine in return. I'm sorry I failed.

I wonder if I had caused you so much pain when you knew that I lied to you that night you were waiting patiently at our house and told you I was on my way home but the truth was I was still spending time with someone else. And because you didn't ask me 'why I lied', I want you to know that I was very much happy with your visit but you should have told me earlier you were coming and maybe I had brought you with me on that date, and met this guy friend; he was an old friend. I'm sorry I didn't say sorry for keeping you waiting just for a 30-minute dinner together. I'm sorry I didn't tell the whole truth as we eat, when maybe that was the only perfect time you were expecting me to tell the truth but then again, I failed you. I'm sorry you had to hear it from someone else but I want you to know that I didn't take you for granted. The fact that you have waited for me though you already know the truth makes me feel a bitch now. I'm sorry.

And for the time I kept on answering phone calls from a close friend while we were together, made me realized how rude I was that time. If you only told me you were jealous at him, I would have kept my distance. I know how it feels and how I wish I didn't make you feel that way. I'm sorry for my ignorance.

I'm sorry for the pain I caused you that night you were at our house and this close friend came and gave more of my attention to him. I want you to know that now I know I've hurt you so that night though you didn't tell. But I want you to know how hard it was for me to divide my attention to both of you. And because you were already close to my family, it was him whom I needed to entertain the most. Besides, he seldom visits me at home while you and me were together like almost everyday. I'm sorry I assumed you would understand.

And probably this was the cruelest thing I did -- that I had the gut to introduce this close friend to my father while you stayed stranger unto him until now. I'm sorry, I just really didn't know how would I introduce you to him. I'm sorry I got scared.

It's okay if you have hated me because of these. You have all the reason to feel that way. And now I understand why your love for me had changed. And though you didn't tell, I want you know that I felt the change.

But please accept my apology for all these things I've done even with those I haven't written here that caused you pain in some ways. I'm sorry. You should know that I would never want to hurt you the way you did to me. And now I wonder that maybe it was me who triggered you to cause me that pain. I'm sorry.

I'm not hoping for a second chance, I'm hoping for your forgiveness.

Pico De Loro, 2nd Time Around

Pico De Loro Adventure, Completed!

This is the footage of the beautiful scenery as we went higher to the mountain top.

Sorry I don't own a tripod and now I know it's a must-have tool even for an adventure like this.

See my complete thought about the climb here.

See the link and then tell me your thoughts about this. :D

Thanks!

Rational and Stable and that Typo Error. :P

Wait a minute. Do I not loose myself and taste the adrenaline that life throws at me?

Maybe I'm rational and stable but I get to enjoy life by being vulnerable sometimes. Besides, a writer can't always be rational, they have to use more of their emotions most of the time. They need to experience life and that includes pain. And that is what I am.

And since, the result, I noticed, have not been proof read, I do not perfectly agree with the result. :P

But in case you want to have fun and you enjoy answering questions about yourself, try this. It wasn't that bad after all. Here's the link: http://quizly.io/quiz/1802/go/1803/finished

More than Half

"You tend to be stable if you don't encounter other mismatching personalities."

I guess I have to agree. Especially to the quoted one.:P

And of course there will be lots of exercising to do in order for me to be as cool as cucumber but hopefully not as cold as ice. :D

If you're interested to know your own Emotional Stability visit quizli.io :)

The Pen, The Paper and The Heart

There are times I just feel so incomplete without having a pen and a paper in my hand; without writing anything that I don't even know if will make sense in the end.

The feel of the pen in my hand; the letters and words it brings out -- they never fail to amaze me. They actually encourage me to go on and write more. And when I see my creation, it made me wonder why am I wasting time not doing what my heart wants me to do. This thing that God has placed in my heart has really something to do with me; with my life.

Holding a pen and a paper in my hand will never be enough for a hand who wants to reach out for its heart. They need to be part of who I am, and not just merely objects for creation.

The Committed Companion

"For some people that means dating around and playing the field. But that’s not what it usually means for you."

In hale, ex hale.
Thank you buzzfeed for clearing this out. :D

She needs to smile.

While browsing the pics I'd be uploading later, the reality of these captured moments made me laugh. This is also why I love taking candid / stolen pictures because they tell and speak more. And most of the time they were the ones which did really record the truest emotion and the only ones which captured the real moment.

Disclaimer: Not a narcissist at all. :D

Remarkable Scene from The Theory of Everything

(Sorry I failed to correct the color. :P )

Stephen: I'm a cosmologist.
Jane: What's that?
Stephen: It's a kind of religion for intelligent atheists.
Jane: What do cosmologists worship, then?
Stephen: One single unifying equation that explains everything in the universe.
Jane: What's the equation?
Stephen: That is the question.


This was just a shortened throw lines from this scene but I bet I got everything what I need to establish what was happening in here. And yes, this part took a spot in my heart. And this part will never be forgotten. This scene is not so cheesy nor heart warming, it's just a normal conversation between two individuals who doesn't share the same belief but still like to hear each other; and still manage to talk sense. It's rare nowadays. :)


P.S. Perhaps what Stephen said was just another statement for "We're trying to decipher God."

I'm Dark.

Highly-intelligent. That was quite a big word. And I'm having a hard time accepting that fact. Hehe.

Anyway, since psychologists still use this test to asses one's personality, I must respect the result. Hehe. :P

And I'm highly recommending my readers to take up this test and find their own result. :D
Here's the link: http://quizly.io/quiz/1405/go/1406/finished

The Definition of my Anger

 

I think this quiz got this right.

I'm a Writer

"I'm a writer. Anything you say or do may be used in a story." 

- Unknown

From Subordinate with Love

Walang sapilitan.

Si Lord nga binigyan tayo ng free will e.

Just because I don't comply doesn't make rebellious and disrespectful and deserving of a punishment. When there were rejected requests and ideas, you should have known that there were also rejected invitation and orders. You can call me disobedient, but then call yourselves unjust. Just because you have the power to impose whatever it is you want, you wont consider anymore the feelings of your subordinates. And where's the justice in that?

We should remember that a perfect and harmonious relationship has one of the most important factors -- they know how to give and take. And that is something just. And when things are just, then people obey. Because they know you are playing fair, so they will pay by being fair.

So please, don't hold them so tight, we all know they will struggle and will try to be set free from your grip. And it's not because they are rebellious, but because your grip is starting to cause them pain. So please, hold them just the right way.

When You're Too Sleepy To Notice..

This was videographed by one of my kuya in my workplace. I told him not to upload this on Facebook, because.. well, it's kinda hilarious. But deep inside, I was glad he made this 'shoot-edit' video and it's worthy to post in this blog. Thanks to him, now I know what I look like when I'm asleep and trying to keep awake at the same time.

This video has a story and the background song speaks for it. :D

Song Credit: Jireh Lim - Magkabilang Mundo

Video Credit: Lareto Manese

That Day I Lost My Phone

Just a week ago, I lost an 8-month old phone. Someone took it from me. Someone stole it. And yes, I didn’t see it coming. And that caused pain in my heart.

That very moment I realized someone stole my beloved phone, which was a product of my hard-earned savings, I felt lost. And I was like, “Wait a minute, what just did happen? This isn’t real. Is this for real?”. And for a moment, after I accepted the fact that what just happened was part of reality, I asked God ‘why?’.  What did I do wrong for Him to allow it to happen? But no, I am not angry at God, I just need to know the reason why.

And after days of contemplating that scenario, I think I finally heard what God is telling me. And these are what He said and taught me:

1. Didn’t you ask me to mold you? My child, you are on the Potter’s hands. And molding you doesn’t always mean rainbows and butterflies, please know that there will be pain too. But always remember, you are on the Potter’s hands.
2. I am preparing you from something great which is about to happen.
3.  I give and I take. And that is always for your best.
4. Listen to me. Disciple her. See you had a heart to heart conversation with her that night you lost your phone. Work my child.
5.  If losing that phone caused you pain and made you cry because you believe that it was so unjust to steal something so personal and well-loved, my child you are right and what you felt is right. And how much more if it is the person you love? Don’t cause that pain to others.

God surely does work in mysterious way but He is always ready to reveal His ways. We just have to always seek His face.