Fear is a normal feeling or response, especially when facing the unknown, or when there is a threat that carries with it a lot of uncertainties. But to remain in fear is not okay. It’s debilitating. It’s paralyzing. Whatever is causing us to fear—a widespread disease, a major career move, migrating to a foreign land,…
The Lenten season has just started and I have been seeing a lot of articles and posts online about how we can spend this season as meaningfully and spiritually renewing as possible. Many people posted on social media about what they will give up during Lent. I did not post anything but I was also…
Photo ctedits: Pixabay (Note: Wala kasi akong matinong shot nitong castle. 🤣) It was a month ago, and yet the feeling of magic hasn’t faded. For my 26th birthday, I decided to go to Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California for the first time ever with my mom and her younger sister. I thought I would…
Kung sarili mo'y iyo nang sinukuan,Paano pa kita matutulungan? Iyong isang Nilalang na hinding hindi ka iiwan,Siya pa itong iyong binitiwan. Ikaw ay pagod na't ayaw nang lumaban,Paano kaya kita mapatatahan? Ang para sa'yo'y hindi ko magagawa,Kaibigan ko,Siya na ang bahala. I could have told that friend of mine a million things I thought she…
2019 is almost over. As much as I want to be excited for 2020, I know that I will soon be making some of the biggest decisions that could be life-changing. Whew! Ang bigat! But to prepare myself, I thought I would like to firmly decide that I will leave behind what the Lord tells…
In most cases, I would usually do everything I can to the best of my abilities to resolve a problem, to achieve the desired outcome, or to accomplish the task at hand on my own or with the help of other people. When I have done all that I could and have exhausted all my…
I always want to be in my best mood at the beginning of every day, especially at the beginning of my work week, because I think, how I feel at the beginning of my Monday could mostly likely set the tone for the rest of the week. Or not. Thank God that more often than…
Whenever my father, my brothers, or I sing, my mother always says, “Ako, mahilig kumanta, pero ‘yong kanta, walang hilig sa’kin.”. She means that she loves to sing but she cannot sing very well. She does it, anyway even though she knows she is almost always out of tune. She doesn’t care. She sings her…
In my job as a Receptionist for a non-profit transportation agency in Los Angeles, I normally encounter customers (mostly by phone and sometimes, in person) who have issues with our service. Although it is not my job to resolve their issues, my responsibility is to direct them to the appropriate department or person who could…
I think, most of us could think of our own ‘What-doesn’t-kill-you-makes-you-stronger’ experience. While this may not always be true, when we think of it, we can recall a moment in our life when the very thing that hurts us was also the same thing that triggered us or prompted us to wake up and become…
