Joy

Happy Monday! Ok, not particulary a happy one for sports fans, I admit. I had a conversation with a friend last night about how the malls and streets were not as crowded yesterday. I said it must have been because people were afraid of getting infected by the virus we are all fearing would come to our shores. Consequently , it could also be because people are still out there organizing outreach programs for Taal evacuees. Today Kobe Bryant, a legend in his own right - also a recent visitor of the Philippines inspiring many, perished in a helicopter mishap. It is honestly unsettling to know that on all occassions above, no amount of preparation can make us more or less able to cope. Natural calamities, fatal illness, death - can take us by surprise. Nonetheless, these circumstances also urge us to take a closer look at the perspectives we apply in life. 1. Control - hah! What a joke. We prepare. We do not control. 2. Accumulation - we work to create, to be useful, to bri

Happy Monday! Yeah, got it. I myself have been receiving not very good news in the past 24 hours. Sick relatives, volcanoes erupting, cancelled flights, earthquake, etc. "The best way out is through." - Robert Frost There are just days and circumstances that we 1. Figure out 2. Experience 3. Fight through 4. Survive Life is such that we have to live it. All of it. The ups and downs and the challenges in between. As long as we are bent to get through things, we would always be given the hope and means to feed that hope one way or the other. The other day, i was recalling my ordeal with psoriasis many years ago with a friend and he asked if I got depressed. I vividly recall that I was not, simply because I was consciously keeping my head above water, keeping my hope afloat. This is not to say that I did well. This is just to say that as long as we paddle through, aware of the possibility of better days to come, it will come. This week just started, buddies. Let

Happy Monday! " At seventeen I'm waiting for my life to actually begin. I'm afraid I'll wake up tomorrow eighty years old and I WILL STILL BE WAITING." - Frank Warren I find that waiting to be ready to do anything is an unnecessary use of time. It is either we can do things, or we can't. Its either things are meant to happen, or not. It is either you'd get the goal or you won't. When do we know the verdict? That point where you stand still laboring on making a decision to begin is not where we would know which of the two possibilities would happen. Stepping forward, trying to make things work, changing things, aiming at a goal - this is where magic happens. This is when you'd know. Remember how things quickly change when you start acting on what has been brewing on your mind? Things become clearer. Heck, thing even become possible! It is not a matter of getting ready. It is a matter of daring, of courage, of intention. Disrupt