tita sol, do check my multiply site also at http://geenatee.multiply.com/ if you have time. got few posts about Gab...a warning though, multiply sucks! it takes eternity to open it. but am sticking to it because i have an existing network there.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
HapPy BdAy DAD
Today i thank the Lord for the one person who~ is my true friend
~ loves me unconditionally
~ loves me unconditionally
~ loves our son so dearly & affectionately
~ sought our welfare above his own
~ prays for and with me
~ respects my independence
~ constanly gives me affirmations
~ allows me to make mistake
~ understood my idiosyncracies
~ gently moves me when i'm stuck in negative emotions
~ wept with me & felt my family's deep sense of loss
~ serves my mother/siblings/nephews & nieces like his own
May you be blessed even more Dad. Happy Brithday!
Monday, November 10, 2008
oops, sorry again
my sister who visited this blog emailed me & said she could not give comments. sorry, everytime i experiment with the layout of this blog, some things just happen! i have modified my comments setting already. hope you keep coming back and drop your comments next time. thanks for the visit anyway...
Sunday, November 9, 2008
equal to the last drop
while buying my lunch in a carenderia near our office, i noticed two boys giggling with their eyes closely inspecting two glasses filled with orange soda. i realized they were sharing a bottle of soft drink and were obviously making sure their glasses have the same amount.
that also happened to us when we were small. each time we were treated with our all time
favorite soft drink, i can remember all of us siblings would closely watch our glasses as my mother/father poured the drink. and to make sure we got the same amount, we would place our glasses side by side and do visual check. if lucky to be given more, we kept mum. but howls of protest can be heard from those given less. being our models of fairness, my parents would always summon those who got more to fill from their share the glass with less soft drink . it was all fun for me - the inspection/comparison of glasses and the ensuing arguments for fair share. but more importantly it became part of my foundation for understanding and living out honesty , fairness and sharing.
image from http://www.istockphoto.com/
that also happened to us when we were small. each time we were treated with our all time
favorite soft drink, i can remember all of us siblings would closely watch our glasses as my mother/father poured the drink. and to make sure we got the same amount, we would place our glasses side by side and do visual check. if lucky to be given more, we kept mum. but howls of protest can be heard from those given less. being our models of fairness, my parents would always summon those who got more to fill from their share the glass with less soft drink . it was all fun for me - the inspection/comparison of glasses and the ensuing arguments for fair share. but more importantly it became part of my foundation for understanding and living out honesty , fairness and sharing.image from http://www.istockphoto.com/
Thursday, November 6, 2008
start to listen now
"i will listen to you, especially when we disagree"... these are the words of US president-elect Barack Obama to his supporters in Chicago in his acceptance speech on the night of the historic election of the US. his speech was emotionally moving from start to finish. but this particular line keeps echoing in my ears.
truly it's quite easy to listen to someone when you are of the same opinion. but very difficult when your opinions clash. everything else is shut off when someone with disagreeing opinions/ thoughts challenge my own. listening to that person is the last thing i do. i'm moved and challenged with Obama's words. perhaps next time, i can try to be less defensive and listen even when disagreeing with someone.
are you willing to listen to someone whom you have disagreement with?
truly it's quite easy to listen to someone when you are of the same opinion. but very difficult when your opinions clash. everything else is shut off when someone with disagreeing opinions/ thoughts challenge my own. listening to that person is the last thing i do. i'm moved and challenged with Obama's words. perhaps next time, i can try to be less defensive and listen even when disagreeing with someone.
are you willing to listen to someone whom you have disagreement with?
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