Looking at the bright side of things is the best way to fight negativity. A lot of people psyche themselves up that things will turn out to be fine which does happen sometimes. However, there are events in our lives that we really cannot control happening. Like raining in a big wedding or a big ocean wave tripped you over while you're wedding picture is taken with ocean as the background. How would you react to it? Would you be happy about it? Or you'll tell yourself "it's okay"? Many times in our adult life that we are caught up in these situations as if we cannot get a hold of ourselves anymore. We bounce back and move on where we last left off.
This week is one of the longest weeks in the calendar for the big wig came to check on us. People started strategizing on how to showcase our site and our numbers. We have our counterpart in the other city and we know that we are better than them. We started cramming to finish a lot of things and running around like chickens without head. There were times when this big square is closed out, jam packed with people meeting about the big wig's coming. When they learned that the eagle has landed, pressure started going up and people were figuratively being strangled to lay golden eggs. This feeling has a downward spiral effect that the front liners felt it as well for they are the ones being placed under the microscope in the way they handle things for our beloved callers.
Last night was the leads’ round table with the big wig and this is my 2nd time to be in a meeting with him. As usual, I was a bit scared of what’s going to happen for there are pressing matters that we need to deal with as of the moment. There are numbers that dipped for days now and we are set at a bad light then a round table is set for us? P-R-E-S-S-U-R-E. I cannot anymore put stress to that word anymore for it is by itself it is. :) As expected, he was super nice and very strategic on how we are to deal with the bad numbers for he has been there wired to his station once in his life. I am very positive that he was very much pleased on how we handled things even if the numbers are going out of hand. He knows that we have already have plans at hand and a follow through on these people will put us back in track.
As the day drew near its end, so as his visit, I can say that we did it! We were able to deliver well and present things successfully. The plan materialized and it was good! It is my honor to be part of the best and the brightest for we were able to brave the storm and get through it even if we know that we need to deal with the debris that the big storm has left us with. I am very positive that the other projected string in the current lines we have will be a success but expect a neck-to-neck battle between us and the one in the other city. God will be with us as we traverse this big sea of challenge. We will step out of faith and believe that it is HE who will make this work and we will be triumphant on it. We believe and we lift up this to you, Oh God, for you are a promise-keeping God and you will grant this one for us.
GOD BLESS US ALL!!!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
[Blog] Life is not perfect.
No matter how much we paint it or the effort we put to make it perfect, these will all be put into waste. It ain't true when your friend nor your parents would say that it is possible but it will make you ponder and wonder why yours isn't for it will never be!
However, we can make the most out of it by enjoying the times you have with you family and knowing our God. He has planned things perfectly for us and if we wait enough for them to happen, we would realize that life has its corners that we missed seeing beautifully esp when we're being pessimistic of life.
I may have missed a lot of things but I know that I can always rebound from it. We may have been down for a while now and we think that nothing positive will happen anymore then it's high time that we set our eyes to our Creator. Set a quiet time to talk to our Almighty God and tell Him stories the way you do with your friend.
My bad because there are a lot of times that I'm taken by the situation and that my quiet time has been compromised several times already because of excuses. Rebound and get back in track is the only way to do it. I am telling this to myself already and I should pick myself up from where I left off. GOD is a loving, forgiving and compassionate God that He will make sure that His children are always in a better place with Him.
I'm excited for another day for it means that I'm going to live a new life full of blessing, grace and mercy from God. I am sharing this to everyone who has the eyes to read, a mind to understand and a heart to feel that we cannot find perfection in this world but God alone is and the sole example of a picture perfect thing that we are eager to look for. He is the beginning and the end. He keeps His promises and fulfills them for us to enjoy the benefit of living in His wings.
Haaaaayyyy.. what a beautiful day! I am looking forward to more of this. I love you, God!
However, we can make the most out of it by enjoying the times you have with you family and knowing our God. He has planned things perfectly for us and if we wait enough for them to happen, we would realize that life has its corners that we missed seeing beautifully esp when we're being pessimistic of life.
I may have missed a lot of things but I know that I can always rebound from it. We may have been down for a while now and we think that nothing positive will happen anymore then it's high time that we set our eyes to our Creator. Set a quiet time to talk to our Almighty God and tell Him stories the way you do with your friend.
My bad because there are a lot of times that I'm taken by the situation and that my quiet time has been compromised several times already because of excuses. Rebound and get back in track is the only way to do it. I am telling this to myself already and I should pick myself up from where I left off. GOD is a loving, forgiving and compassionate God that He will make sure that His children are always in a better place with Him.
I'm excited for another day for it means that I'm going to live a new life full of blessing, grace and mercy from God. I am sharing this to everyone who has the eyes to read, a mind to understand and a heart to feel that we cannot find perfection in this world but God alone is and the sole example of a picture perfect thing that we are eager to look for. He is the beginning and the end. He keeps His promises and fulfills them for us to enjoy the benefit of living in His wings.
Haaaaayyyy.. what a beautiful day! I am looking forward to more of this. I love you, God!
[Blog] I am wearing a ring
Many people surely will react to this but has it crossed your mind why are we stunned by the thought of it? There are so many types of rings - friendship, engagement, wedding - but all these don't make sense unless we put a tag to it. Right now, I am wearing a simple silver band on my point finger. Does it mean anything at all?
Last Saturday, I borrowed it from Mica and I initially put it on the finger next to the pinkie. How do you call that finger again? Anyhow, I looked at it several times and indeed, the feel was different for I know that is where married people put their wedding band but don't I get the right to put it anywhere? I transferred it from one to another but someone told me it will not change the perception of other people who do not know me that I may really be married so I decided to put it where it is right now.
A ring is just a piece of a round shaped thing that we put on our fingers. Its meaning differs depending on how it looks, who puts it, why put it and where it is placed but nonetheless, it's just a ring. Let us not be conformed by what the society tells it is for we end up being mislead by it. Let us be guided by our GOD who is the ultimate gauge on how we live and interpret life. Let's not live in conformity else, live a life pleasing to our God.
Have a blessed day to all!
Last Saturday, I borrowed it from Mica and I initially put it on the finger next to the pinkie. How do you call that finger again? Anyhow, I looked at it several times and indeed, the feel was different for I know that is where married people put their wedding band but don't I get the right to put it anywhere? I transferred it from one to another but someone told me it will not change the perception of other people who do not know me that I may really be married so I decided to put it where it is right now.
A ring is just a piece of a round shaped thing that we put on our fingers. Its meaning differs depending on how it looks, who puts it, why put it and where it is placed but nonetheless, it's just a ring. Let us not be conformed by what the society tells it is for we end up being mislead by it. Let us be guided by our GOD who is the ultimate gauge on how we live and interpret life. Let's not live in conformity else, live a life pleasing to our God.
Have a blessed day to all!
[Blog] Change is inevitable
People find it a cliché when you say that the only thing that is permanent in this world is CHANGE. As cheesy as it can be but yeah, it is true. There are times when you need to step out of your comfort zone to see what's still out there to find out, explore and discover more for yourself to stretch your horizon. Many people miss on great opportunities because they are just sitting there comfortable with whatever they have for it is what they do for how many years already. As posted by a friend in his FB wall, he quoted the famous Albert Einstein saying "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." I am sure you all will tell me that you still make mistakes. Yeah perhaps because we have not yet perfected the art of doing things right the first time. Not that I am saying that I am perfect, else I shouldn't be here on earth, it's just that there is an addicting feel of being cushioned by the comfort we created for ourselves. YES, we create this invisible comfort zone because we don't want pain or stress in facing big waves.
Change is something staple in the industry I am in. You see people come and go it's like a big room where things move in and around then the next thing you know, they're gone. In the recent events, I have seen how the big ones had been moved around. My station is just in front of the room where changes happened and still are happening. There was this bold woman who joined the bandwagon months ago. This person is an advocate of change. She just fire things away the way she thinks will work for everyone's benefit which include us all. Of course we expect people whine and complain that this and that are not good and that it eats up a lot of their time and the whole nine yards. I am part of that "PEOPLE". I got stressed, I whined, I complained but did not challenge myself to step up. Instead, I fight it by being who I am - a rebel. One day, this lady asked me to step into her square and did all the weather check. I answered all her questions point blank with the thought in my head that I would not care if she will get hurt with the truth I'm about to tell her.
She asked bold questions so I answered her boldly as well. She's brave to ask these for I think she knows that I speak truthfully, fearfully. Just like what my friend once told me so what if she tweets with celebs, they are still human so I fired away with my answers. There was one portion in our Q&A that made that day a memorable one. She asked me how I find her doing and changing a lot of things. I thought to myself this is the moment to tell her what my heart feels about her leadership. So I said all my apprehensions, hesitations and my dislikes about her leadership but you know what, it fired back at me. She made me realize that those are the same apprehensions, hesitations and dislikes about me and probably about others as well. I forgot that she's also human who feels and senses about these things. That Q&A day made me think deeper and I told myself to shape up and change. There is the word again - CHANGE. The 10-minute conversation I had with her was very insightful for me as a leader that in order for us to move, we need to change and try different things other than what we normally and usually do; that to become a better leader, you need to push yourself out of your shell. One day we all realized that she moved out so there was change again. Months down the road I look back, she really made a lot of changes and I want to give her credit for whatever liberation I feel right now. A tap at the back for you.
Change is such a huge thing to face. We lose the cushion then we see ourselves bleeding from the pain. This picture is hard to look at but we forget that we bleed because we fight it and never want to try a new approach. At times we even lose our faith in everything including God for you have been in the battle alone by your own self. We forget that we still have our Almighty Creator to comfort us when we are in pain. As He said in Psalm 55:22 "Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken." Another one is in Matthew 11: 28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Rodney Howard Browne amplified it as "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]” He also said in 1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." WHOA! Those were just powerful verses that assure us that even if change is inevitable, we have our God to comfort us. He should be the cushion from all the pain that we experience due to these changes. Let's be brave to face life's challenges with God by our side. He will comfort us all the time for He promised us so.
GOD BLESS US ALL!
Change is something staple in the industry I am in. You see people come and go it's like a big room where things move in and around then the next thing you know, they're gone. In the recent events, I have seen how the big ones had been moved around. My station is just in front of the room where changes happened and still are happening. There was this bold woman who joined the bandwagon months ago. This person is an advocate of change. She just fire things away the way she thinks will work for everyone's benefit which include us all. Of course we expect people whine and complain that this and that are not good and that it eats up a lot of their time and the whole nine yards. I am part of that "PEOPLE". I got stressed, I whined, I complained but did not challenge myself to step up. Instead, I fight it by being who I am - a rebel. One day, this lady asked me to step into her square and did all the weather check. I answered all her questions point blank with the thought in my head that I would not care if she will get hurt with the truth I'm about to tell her.
She asked bold questions so I answered her boldly as well. She's brave to ask these for I think she knows that I speak truthfully, fearfully. Just like what my friend once told me so what if she tweets with celebs, they are still human so I fired away with my answers. There was one portion in our Q&A that made that day a memorable one. She asked me how I find her doing and changing a lot of things. I thought to myself this is the moment to tell her what my heart feels about her leadership. So I said all my apprehensions, hesitations and my dislikes about her leadership but you know what, it fired back at me. She made me realize that those are the same apprehensions, hesitations and dislikes about me and probably about others as well. I forgot that she's also human who feels and senses about these things. That Q&A day made me think deeper and I told myself to shape up and change. There is the word again - CHANGE. The 10-minute conversation I had with her was very insightful for me as a leader that in order for us to move, we need to change and try different things other than what we normally and usually do; that to become a better leader, you need to push yourself out of your shell. One day we all realized that she moved out so there was change again. Months down the road I look back, she really made a lot of changes and I want to give her credit for whatever liberation I feel right now. A tap at the back for you.
Change is such a huge thing to face. We lose the cushion then we see ourselves bleeding from the pain. This picture is hard to look at but we forget that we bleed because we fight it and never want to try a new approach. At times we even lose our faith in everything including God for you have been in the battle alone by your own self. We forget that we still have our Almighty Creator to comfort us when we are in pain. As He said in Psalm 55:22 "Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken." Another one is in Matthew 11: 28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Rodney Howard Browne amplified it as "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]” He also said in 1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." WHOA! Those were just powerful verses that assure us that even if change is inevitable, we have our God to comfort us. He should be the cushion from all the pain that we experience due to these changes. Let's be brave to face life's challenges with God by our side. He will comfort us all the time for He promised us so.
GOD BLESS US ALL!
[Blog] GOD tamed my heart
Many times in our lives when we just want to do a lot of things and oftentimes, this happens during our teen years. Not with me. I had this episode not so long ago when I am not in my teen years anymore. I am the type of a person who does everything that pleases me. I rebel with whatever and whenever there are changes around me and I fight it til I breakdown. I remember one time when my previous boss told us that there will be changes in the way things are audited. Of course, me being rebellious and a non-fan of change, I just did not mind what she said. I fought it as if it’s a never ending battle every time but I always end up doing it anyway. Saturday is the deadline and Monday is the reports day where all the shenanigans and the nitty gritty side of my job happen. Since I don't want it, I do it on the reports day but my BFF told me to choose my battles. Take this task. I can never win the fight for it was a directive from the bosses. After so many sigh I aired out, they still won over my stubborn self for they are the bosses. The battle my friend was saying is the battle I felt fighting to all the time.
Taking years after that, one morning, it came to a point that God intervened in my life. Literally, I felt like the lost sheep whom He searched in the fields and when He found me, He put me on His shoulders then brought me home with Him. Back then I was like, "God must have big and sturdy back and shoulders for He was able to carry me around His neck without breaking it!" hehe.. Kidding aside, I really felt that. I was a lost sheep and when I was found, God gave me a better place to stay in - His shoulders - as if telling me that I am safe with Him as the song of Rivermaya goes "You'll be safe here.". The night after I went under the knife was the most important night of my life - my turning point. It was the night when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Just this weekend, someone approached and asked me how did I become a Christian and I answered, "I am a product of unending prayer of my friends." Then there were flashback of my previous life. Tears fell and thugs came from everywhere.
I had so many heart aches and heart breaks in life and the reason why I fight things before it's because that's the only way I know I can win things over. Unfortunately, I never did win any of it til I find myself worn out. Before, I thought being a Christian is a "jologs' kind of thing but it isn't. I admire my BFF for she is a good example of a disciplined Christian and I thought to myself that if I become a Christian, my life will be as boring as hers but I never had a boring step in my walk with Christ. Christ taught me a lot of things and these are the things I only learn from school - from the books - but never put that into practice so never that He had an effect in my life. Patience, Humility, Compassion, Love, Respect and a lot more did he teach me and up to now is still teaching me but the very first step to take is not to copy any of these then you'll experience Christ . It is in the act of surrender that is a sign of denial of one's self and letting God control our lives. It gives us such a liberating feel that gives us a worry-free feeling that you know someone got your back.
When I realized this, I suddenly feel the stillness inside me that I never thought of feeling at all in this lifetime. I thought that it will never happen and that people like my BFF are the ones who deserve this feeling but God is faithful and a loving God. He wants ALL of His children to experience such wonderful things in life - only the BEST - and ALL means including ME. With all these things given to you, would you still rebel and fight things hard? NO MORE. You should not anymore. You will learn how to respect your boss and his decisions for you know that God gave him that position to serve his purpose as a manager then follow him. You will learn how to care for your workmate then this shows compassion to them and then love comes after it. You will learn how to respect your parents for this pleases God and has been His command to honor them. My heart was tamed by God and there is nothing in this world that I would risk the kind of relationship I have with Him with something that is temporary and conditional. There's nothing I can compare a tamed heart with anything but a heart with God at the very center of it continuously improving the very me from what used to be a rebel.
For it is written in Matthew 17:20 -- "He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Nothing is really impossible with God. I had little faith but God changed me and my rebel heart. I know God has a purpose in me and he started by taming my heart so I can serve my purpose well. So let God control you and wonderful things will happen.
Taking years after that, one morning, it came to a point that God intervened in my life. Literally, I felt like the lost sheep whom He searched in the fields and when He found me, He put me on His shoulders then brought me home with Him. Back then I was like, "God must have big and sturdy back and shoulders for He was able to carry me around His neck without breaking it!" hehe.. Kidding aside, I really felt that. I was a lost sheep and when I was found, God gave me a better place to stay in - His shoulders - as if telling me that I am safe with Him as the song of Rivermaya goes "You'll be safe here.". The night after I went under the knife was the most important night of my life - my turning point. It was the night when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Just this weekend, someone approached and asked me how did I become a Christian and I answered, "I am a product of unending prayer of my friends." Then there were flashback of my previous life. Tears fell and thugs came from everywhere.
I had so many heart aches and heart breaks in life and the reason why I fight things before it's because that's the only way I know I can win things over. Unfortunately, I never did win any of it til I find myself worn out. Before, I thought being a Christian is a "jologs' kind of thing but it isn't. I admire my BFF for she is a good example of a disciplined Christian and I thought to myself that if I become a Christian, my life will be as boring as hers but I never had a boring step in my walk with Christ. Christ taught me a lot of things and these are the things I only learn from school - from the books - but never put that into practice so never that He had an effect in my life. Patience, Humility, Compassion, Love, Respect and a lot more did he teach me and up to now is still teaching me but the very first step to take is not to copy any of these then you'll experience Christ . It is in the act of surrender that is a sign of denial of one's self and letting God control our lives. It gives us such a liberating feel that gives us a worry-free feeling that you know someone got your back.
When I realized this, I suddenly feel the stillness inside me that I never thought of feeling at all in this lifetime. I thought that it will never happen and that people like my BFF are the ones who deserve this feeling but God is faithful and a loving God. He wants ALL of His children to experience such wonderful things in life - only the BEST - and ALL means including ME. With all these things given to you, would you still rebel and fight things hard? NO MORE. You should not anymore. You will learn how to respect your boss and his decisions for you know that God gave him that position to serve his purpose as a manager then follow him. You will learn how to care for your workmate then this shows compassion to them and then love comes after it. You will learn how to respect your parents for this pleases God and has been His command to honor them. My heart was tamed by God and there is nothing in this world that I would risk the kind of relationship I have with Him with something that is temporary and conditional. There's nothing I can compare a tamed heart with anything but a heart with God at the very center of it continuously improving the very me from what used to be a rebel.
For it is written in Matthew 17:20 -- "He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Nothing is really impossible with God. I had little faith but God changed me and my rebel heart. I know God has a purpose in me and he started by taming my heart so I can serve my purpose well. So let God control you and wonderful things will happen.
Monday, December 15, 2008
On our way to Bicolandia
It's all set! Phil, Gin and I are going to Bicol for Anny's wedding!
It's gonna be one hell of a ride for we are riding a bus for 10 solid hours heading to Bicol. We initially planned it on Dec 27 then head back to Manila on the 30th but since we find the trip "bitin", we decided to move it on the 26th.
It will be my first time to be in a bus for that long and my first time to see the wonders of Bicolandia. I am so looking forward to see the Mayong volcano, their beaches and the Geothermal plants. One of my agents, Arnel, is visiting his family durign that period so he will be our tour guide in going through the streets of Legaspi and other places there is in there.
I'm sure it will be one tiring experience for us all but since it's very important to our dear friend, Anny, it's all worth the trip.
PS:
Please watch out for the upcoming pix we will have on that trip. CIAO!
Twilight : The Unusual Love story untold
Last weekend, I got the chance to go out with Mahal ko and we were able to see the much talked about movie of the season --- TWILIGHT. I thought it was just one of those usual blood sucking vampire stories there is but to my surprise, it was more than what I expected it to be.
I love everything about the movie - the script, the characters, their acting and basically, EVERYTHING. I never felt that it will be over soon until the end. You will never want to skip any part of it. Everything there is in the film are very important. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. The storyline may not be as good as Benjamin Button's story but it was very entertaining. And that's the reason why we go to movies -- to be entertained.
I have nothing to say at all but it was one hell of a must see. I bet you'll never sleep on it and that you will not have any nightmares after seeing it even if you go on the shcedule for the day.
A must see!!!
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