[Blog] I dream the dream...yet again

What was your childhood dream? If you have, do you clearly recall them? Me, I don't until a friend asked me what do I really wanna do in life. For two weeks, I kept on recalling what was my childhood dream. What I realized is that my original dream got drowned in my ambition. You probably may say that dreams and ambitions are the same - no, they are not. In my own opinion, dreams were made from an innocent heart - what you love doing - while ambitions were made because the world dictates stature to exist - fame and wealth.

I did not say that you should not have any ambition in life for having one is totally awesome. This is something that I owe my parents with.They instilled in me the value of education so I can land to a good job to live a good life. Again, there is nothing wrong with that. The trouble with it is, most of the time, we forget what we really want in life because it has been altered due to influences. We conform with the world's standard so the dream has slowly drifted away.

After that brief conversation with Patti, I thought I can shrug it off easily instead, it lingered for two weeks. On the up side, it gave me time to seek God to help me relive my chilhood dream. I said to Him, "I want to sing and be with people." One day after another, things are getting clearer to me. Last Tuesday helped me realize things. After our victory group, Trici asked me if I'd like to watch Tim Cada at The Fort Strip. I went with her and there, I experienced my first time to sing with a band. I told Trici that I was happy that I did it and that it was my first time as well. I may be seen singing in church more than twice a month but that is different from a regular gig.

I felt so elated in doing so and couldn't wipe that smile off my face on my way home. Then something enliven my inner desire. I felt like an old feeling is alive once again. I did not realize it til the next morning - that was my childhood dream. I really want to sing in front of a crowd and I know that it was something I would love doing. Whew! That was a long journey to the past to realize that it was my dream.

Finally, the once a childhood dream is relived by a grown lady. The years may have made me aged but this dream never got old in time. So what's next for me? I presented this to God and will wait for what He wants me to do with my dream. Being still is the best thing I can do for now to keep the dream alive in me while in the season of waiting. Let's just wait and see.

[Blog] Life at its fullest!

We often think why am I here and why am I doing this? Does this have any connection with my degree? Looking at this, I would say that this is the most subtle way of complaining...discontentment...whining...I am no exception to this. I am a graduate and a licensed secondary Math teacher but I only had less than 3 years of teaching experience which I am proud of saying because I worked with the best schools there is in the metro. After that, I transferred to a marketing/research company who does surveys for their clients. Moving forward in July of 2004, a friend introduced me in the BPO industry which then had been my house for the next 7 years. The first 5 years were spent in WCMG in Makati and it was a nice journey for a first timer. I started as a Tier 1 then Tier 2 then Quality Assurance then Team Leader and these opportunities opened doors of success for me.

Fast forward 2011, I am still in Operations and is on my second year in one of the biggest BPOs in the country then one day, I stopped and thought to myself that I was not getting any younger. I started searching for a morning job that pays the same as what I am currently earning but for many, it was kind of a suicide to look for that kind of job as if it's a needle in a haystack but God promised that He will give me anything that I pray for in His Name.

One day, I saw an email from Lina and applied for two companies which I was clueless of their identities. I just took a chance and just prayed that God's will be done. I patiently waited but thought of what would it be like to work in the morning again. Some of my friends are surpised to know that I already talked to 5 people but no results yet. I know that I can be affected by that thought but I just waited quietly til our faithful God gave me the job! Everything that I prayed for in a morning job was given to me and I am just at awe at His faithfulness to me. But that did not stop there for my concern right now is how will I succeed in this new job given the fact that I do not have any single idea of bolts and nuts work but I felt God illuminated in me a realization that He is Greater than anything. I got the confidence from Him that i can always come to Him whenever I would start something because the best lesson I have learned is that total surrender to God is the start of God's reign in our lives.

As I anticipate the end of this long wait, I silently looked back and was so ecstatic to know that God prepared me for this. With those years of experience, He made me go through every single task there was in my previous jobs for He is preparing me for this. I am just so thankful for His presence in my life. He is the Only One who can make things happen in the most unexpected way. He will leave us jaw dropped in awe of His wonderful works in our lives. I believe that the formula in a successful life is:

GOD + Dream + Pray + Faith + Surrender + Believe


Follow this formula and experience life at its fullest!