I wasn't able to post for long due to my hectic schedule. Now that I have time to update, I wanted to post something with sense.

First, I wanna shout out loud how happy I was when my Ate Foyan went home here in the Philippines! It was really a great surprise though now she is in Singapore again. By the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ate Foyan!

I want to share my great breakfast this morning as inspired by the book Breakfast with God. Here it is:


Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over. -Luke 6:38

Much of our day is spent in getting. We get up in the morning in order to get a good breakfast before we get a ride to work. We get in gear and get the job done so we can get a paycheck that will pay for a getaway on the weekend so we might get rest to get a jump on the coming week!

The Gospel challenges us to become people who are more concerned about giving than getting. Giving sounds noble, and we instinctively know it's the "right thing to do," but in practice, giving is difficult. Genuine giving involves concern for others, and ultimately it requires the demolition of pride and self-centeredness. Giving is a sacrifice, letting go of at least part of that which we believe to be "ours."

The great mystery is that in giving, we get. What we get may not be what we had originally intended to get. Yet those who are generous in their giving repeatedly say: what they get in return is always far more valuable and meaningful than what they gave or what they had originally intended to get.

Norman Vincent Peale once said:

"The man who lives for himself is a failure. Even if he gains much wealth, position, or power, he is still a failure. The man who lives for others has achieved true success. A rich man who consecrates his wealth and his position to the good of humanity is a success. A poor man who gives of his service and his sympathy to others has achieved true success, even though material prosperity or outward honors never come to him."

Find a way to give something to someone in need today, whether of your money, time, talent, effort, service tears, laughter, ideas, or possessions. Give freely and generously, not motivated by a payback. The payback will come, but let its arrival be a joyful surprise in your day!


GOD BLESS everyone!

Currently feeling: peaceful

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