IMPORTANT GIFT UNLOCKED

I guess I unlocked an important lesson for my birthday. "Happy" in every birthday is something that we've all been looking for but we're just too busy to notice. We're easily distracted by other things which, in fact, are only temporary.

"Happiness" is something we pursue without any other reason same with love, meaning, hope, resilience, and strength. We just simply want to have all these.

I hope you genuinely find yourself and all these "ends in themselves".

Kaarawan

Ito ang unang beses na may blog post ako sa birthday ko. Simpleng post lang. Haha.

Masaya ba ako kapag birthday ko?

Hindi palagi pero ngayong taon, oo. Marami kasi akong nalaman sa sarili ko, sa mga taong nakapaligid sa akin, at sobrang thankful ako sa mga magaganda at malulungkot na naganap na. Masaya ako kasi naka-survived ako sa jungle na 'to na kung tawagin ay buhay.

Masaya akong kasama ko yung mga mahal ko sa buhay. 💖

May dapat bang ikasaya kapag birthday?

Oo. Siguro nagkakaroon lang ako ng pagkakataon na piliin kong maging masaya. Hindi ko naman kontrolado ang lahat ng pwedeng mangyari pero pwede ko naman piliin na maging peaceful sa kabila ng ingay at gulo.

Matanda ka na! Ew?

Tumatanda na. Hindi naman mapipigilang tumanda, enjoy na lang yung experience saka yung mga pagkakataong pwede kang matuto. Salamat sa mga umaga, araw, at gabing nakakatulog ako ng mahimbing.

Siguro ang birthday wish ko, maging peaceful, mas masaya, at mas fulfilling ang taon na 'to. Sana bigyan ako ng wisdom at lakas na harapin lahat ng challenges. Kung ganyan kaganda yun, susunod na lang yung iba pang blessings.

Wish ko rin na sana yung mga may birthday, matupad yung wishes nila. HAHAHA. Oh, pa-wish back na lang ah. Charot. 😂

Seriously, SANA SWERTEHIN LAHAT NG BABASA PO NITO. Thank you!

TIME IS NOW

I got unexpected motivation from an interviewee today. She said:

"The time is now. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today."

Ayan yung principle niya since she's a cancer survivor for 16 years! She's applying for supervisory promotion. Good luck to her. Deep inside na-inspire ako sa kanya! Sana kayo rin! Kailangan natin ng ganitong motivation ngayon. Waaa. 💖😍

#WakeUpWarrior

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?

...it is life that asks us what meaning we give to our existence. We can respond to life by being responsible. We accept our responsibility when we accept the categorical imperative: "So live as you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now" (Frankl, 1963). Facing each moment with such acute awareness and with such responsibility enables us to find the meaning of life unique to us at this singular moment in our life.

Excerpt from Existential Therapy (Prochaska & Norcross, 2010) 💖
#WakeUpWarrior #Existentialism

Bakit #WakeUpWarrior?

Bakit nga ba #WakeUpWarrior ang hashtag for #BLEPP2018?

Dalawa lang naman ang sagot diyan. Una, ito ay dahil gusto natin na isama ang mga BLEPP warriors nang mga nakaraang taon. Tama, may mga fallen warriors tayo noong 2014, 2015, 2016, at 2017. Ngayong taon, naniniwala ako na ang ilan sa kanila ay naghahanda at nag-iisip rin na rumesbak! Pangalawa, ito ay para sa mga BLEPP warriors rin ng taon at napanghihinaan na ng loob!

Ang #WakeUpWarrior ay para sa lahat ng BLEPP warriors na gustong pumasa sa board examination. ✊Gisingin niyo na yang motivation ninyo! Tara! Resbak na! Laban! 💖

Huwag kalimutan ang hashtag na ito sa mga post ninyo this season! Ipatrend natin hanggang sa twitter! 🙂💪

The Greatest Showman

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I watched the life of PT Barnum entitled "The Greatest Showman" starring Hugh Jackman. I felt sad about his background but I admired his perseverance to continue what's considered "freak show" during his time. It takes courage to do that.

He embraced diversity by accepting different people and let them showcase their talents in his museum. He removed those people from the shadows. He inspired his people to accept what and who they really are.

If there's one take away, here it is:

There's nothing wrong with you. You are exquisite. Embrace your imperfections. ❤

"Are You Afraid of Death?"

Interestingly, someone asked me from the audience, "Are you afraid of death?" This question is unrelated to the topic but I understood him because he didn't know the answer to his question. I replied with no hesitation, "No."

I love existentialism so I replied to him in a way I understood this lens and the way I approached my own life. I am no afraid of death. Actually, this is something to discuss early in life to reflect on your purpose and to cherish your moment with those people you love. It is something to conquer early on to embrace your shadow. It is accepting the fact that all things in the material realm are ephemeral and vulnerable for destruction at any moment...it is an acceptance of the fact that all of us will be gone soon. The bad news is we have no idea where and when death will take you away but the good news is you always have a time to ponder on life and to cherish every day.

Accepting death is being conscientious with your actions towards others and reflecting on yourself.

I am forever grateful for the life I have and for all the journey life have given me. I am more than willing to explore more paths and to realize whatever potentials that I have never discovered before.

GRIT

I'm counting the days and posting here in my page not to scare you but for you to realize that working out your plan is something that you do EVERY DAY. It's small improvements and progress every day, it's rehearsal of your talks every time you are invited, it's about trying not to repeat the same mistakes again, and it's unending improvement of yourself EVERY DAY...✊

So will you count your days from now on? ❤

Panibagong Lente

"What the f*ck, erasure means wrong?"

"Ano ba yan! Magkahawig yung piso sa limang piso!"

"Simple lang ang buhay! Huwag niyo na kasing pahirapan!"

Madalas tayo na magreklamo sa mga bagay na kung minsan hindi naman natin kayang baguhin. Madalas rin na mas inuuna nating tingnan yung hindi maganda kaysa sa maganda.

Uy, hindi ko sinasabing ang galing ko sa judgment. Marami rin akong pagkakamali at ilang mga biases na sinusubukan ko pa ring tanggalin. Iyan rin yung bagay na sinusubukan kong isantabi kasabay ng pagtikom ng bibig tapos pinipilit na magsuot ng panibagong lente mula sa ibang tao para mas maunawaan ko kung ano ba yung punto niya. Karaniwan, pumapalya ako pero sa ilang subok na pakikinig mas nauunawaan ko.

Ano bang mali sa erasure means wrong? Nakuha ko rin yung punto na bakit kailangan pang maliin yung mga sagot eh wala namang taong perpekto sa totoong buhay...na dapat pagbigyan ang iba na itama ang mali nila kaya dapat hayaan silang magbura. Kuha ko iyan. Palagay ko naman ang punto ng ilang mga guro tungkol diyan ay matutong mag-isip talaga ang mga estudyante at maging maingat sa pagbibigay ng sagot. Sa totoong buhay, wala rin naman tayong erasures di ba? Ang mga nagawa na ay magiging bahagi na ng nakaraan. May pagkakataon kang maitama ito pero sa ibang pagsusulit na saka dahil nalaman mong nagkamali ka tulad rin ng matututunan mo sa pagsusulit mo.

Sa bagong disenyo naman ng pera, baka kaya magkahawig yung piso at limang piso para suriin muna natin bago natin ibigay dahil ano man ang halaga nyan, hindi yan basta-basta binibigay. Piso man o limang piso yan, parehas pa rin silang mahalaga, parehas silang may pakinabang at dapat mo silang pahalagahan na parang tao, di ba. Lahat tayo magkakaiba. Lahat tayo may kanya-kanyang katangian. May iba nasa alta de sosyedad pero may iba nasa ibaba ng estado ngunit hindi ibig sabihin na hindi sila mahalaga. Parehas silang tao at parehas silang may halaga. Magkaiba ngunit may pagkakatulad.

Sa isang banda, may katotohan naman na simple lang naman ang buhay kung gagamitin mo ang ibang lente pero naisip ba natin na sadyang komplikado naman talaga ang lahat? I mean, kaya nga may mga disiplina tayong inaaral kasi natural na talaga sa mundo na komplikado siya. Mga bagay talaga ito na kahit komplikado dapat na maunawaan. Palagay ko mas nagiging komplikado ang isang bagay kapag hindi natin tinatanggap na ang buhay ay komplikado. Kung sinusubukan nating gawing lubusang simple ang lahat, mayroon tayong makakaligtaan at baka ito pa ang pagmumulan ng hindi pagkakaintindihan. Kung natural na simple ang lahat bakit pa kailangan nating mag-usap?

Hindi mo naman kailangan sagutin iyan pero gusto ko lang ibahagi 'to.