Success Surge

If Northeastern part of America is preparing for a storm surge, I am preparing for a so-called Success Surge! I am calling it this way.. not because I want my success to be just a One time, Big time thing but because I want to  show to the people who have been challenging me, that I can do it but of course, not just because I am being challenged but also to fulfill my dreams as well.  Also, it will initially create an impact but in the long run it will just be a usual thing since people would now believe of the dreams they create even though how impossible it may seem at first.

One of the things I would do is create habits that would trigger my success. I believe it is already happening now and that it will never stop from here! I still have a long way to go but all I gotta do is believe, believe, believe. Of course, the most important things are actions and prayers! :)

Exploring and Getting Focused

This blog is supposed to be an area where I express a positive attitude but please allow me just for today to rant about the negatives I am hiding inside:

I guess disappointments are part of life and I just felt I disappointed someone today. I have never felt so worthless and disappointed myself for not being productive. I admit, I really don't feel like working most of the time anymore..Perhaps it really happens to the best of us. Sometimes, although not so often, $#!+ happens as they say..So, I reflected on what went wrong. Probably i was not too focused on it or I am carried away with the fact that I am not happy with the job anymore. Now, I declare to be more focused and if it still wouldn't work, then, maybe..just maybe..I really have to let go..But as they say, the rainbow appears after every rain or storm. In the same way that at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold, I believe I already have found what I'm looking for but for some reason, I just could not feel it yet. Perhaps again..I should explore more... :-)

Back to Service for the Nth Time!

After several attempts to join some GK activities, I finally managed to attend two the past week! The task was to help the volunteer visitors get profiles from the GK Homeowners in the Gawad Kalinga Amazing Village in Tak-an, Budlaan, Cebu City with regard to health. Cebuano volunteers are needed to speak to the homeowners in Cebuano/Visayan dialect and write or translate it in English.

The name of the group is SEALNet group which stands for Southeast Asian Leadership Network.  A group of volunteers from different Universities  like Cambridge University, UCLA, Stanford and others collaborate to implement projects for Southeast Asian countries. For their current project here in the Philippines, they have chosen Cebu particularly Gawad Kalinga Cebu to be the beneficiary of this project which is to grow awareness on hypertension and other chronic diseases. So, they need to profile a part or if possible the entire community to know how far they are aware of the chronic diseases and draft a campaign out of the results from the interview of the families. 

I get to meet them last Tuesday which as they  introduce themselves with the community and probably get a "feel" with the place. I was excited as well because it has been maybe a year since my last visit to the site.   I met again the kids I've served before as well as meet new little angels from the Sibol school. Yesterday was the exciting part because it was interview time! I was assigned alone and so were others who they thought could manage without a Sealnet member so that volunteers could interview more families. For the group discussion, together with some Sealnet members as well as Cebu volunteers and two home owners, we  managed to finish the whole community profile. Yehey! The best part is yet to come since they will be conducting a Medical Mission Fair next week.

I hope I would get to serve again in GK. It is one of my reasons why I am aiming to succeed so I can help more and serve more! :-)

God will Make a Way

Last week, I almost gave up my job over an offer for something that I loved and dreamed of doing. However, the job was only good for two days. A lot was at stake including the salary of my current job which I haven't claimed at that time. I also had booked activities which the scheduled gig falls but I was willing to drop it then. My friend who called me to do the task suggested that I need not give up work first but just call in that I won't make it to report on those days since it's not worth yet to give it up just for a two-day gig.

A week before that, I had a week-long leave from work due to fever so not showing up again for another two days will already lead to necessary disciplinary action or termination. It was a tough decision for me because I am torn between being practical over something that I wanted to do. Again, the practical mind won as I gave away the opportunity. Regrets? Perhaps...yes...but I believe that it might not yet be the right time or maybe it was..I don't know.. if it's really for me..God will always make a way and the universe will conspire as well!

Again, I'd like to thank my friend for trying and I look forward to work with you soon! :)

Bum Week turned Productive Week

Wedding Shower of Rob-Charisse and Aezel-April  

This week was Bum Week because I just usually stay at home for not feeling so well yet I could also say that I had the time of my life because it meant sleep and eat mode only. Actually, it wasn't totally a Bum Week 'coz I still equipped myself with some knowledge through attending yesterday's activities such as Dealer's Assembly in the morning (good thing it was such a late morning activity) and Mutual Funds & Stock Market Seminar. I believe all were investments so it was not a waste of time and money!

A week before that, I also get to meet old friends. My, how time flies! Some have changed and some haven't..not even a bit! But it truly was good to see them again!   Today was just spent doodling on the laptop: writing and surfing! Bum Week turned into a Productive Week after all! Looking forward to this week to be more productive! :-)

Choose to be Happy

Today is probably not one of the best days but despite being gloomy, I choose to get out and get things done! 'Didn't expect getting things done means that I get to smile still! Well, even if how funny a scene or video i read or watch, it still boils down to me whether I choose to laugh or smile over it. Praise God, I smiled and makes my day happier!

Times like these are the times that I could say that Facebook soothes me as I read and watch people's shout outs and posts..usually, it never fails to make me laugh! Yet, it still was my choice so praise God again!

So, the realization for today is Choose to be Happy! :-)

'Til my next blog!

Reminded of Blessings

Just got news that a long-awaited second hand gift was no longer working and that it is impossible to use. "Huh? What happened? What now?" Of course what I felt is inexplicable since I have been waiting for it for such a long time as promised. Have I not read an article on a Blind Father Who Saw Hope from my e-mail, I would have been more cranky until I get to sleep today. Thank God for that story, my heart melted and realized I still have a lot to be thankful even if I would not get what I want for now. It also reminded me of the people I am working with in Gawad Kalinga especially the homeowners and the kids, who with such simple acts of care already makes them happy. Once again, I recalled the countless blessings I have received which would still make me a sane and happy person!

The good news is, instead of that old phone that I longed for, I would still be given a new one though not the same brand anymore. Still, it is a blessing!

As a bonus, I am pasting the article here that inspired me today. Enjoy reading!

A Blind Man Sees Hope 

His father was born completely blind, eking out a living by working as a masseur in Antipolo.

 

His mother died when he was only 5 years old. His elder brother was born a special child. Juhnee (not his real name) spent his entire childhood in an orphanage in Silang, Cavite where the kindhearted nuns of Sisters of Mary provided for his elementary and high school education. After high school, he applied for and was granted scholarship in Civil Engineering in a private college in Laguna. He was so happy. He thought the time had come for him to grow his wings and face life’s battles by himself. The future finally is looking good. He found hope. So he said teary good-byes to the kind sisters. He left the orphanage and rented a tiny bed-space in a house near the college. Then for reasons he himself cannot understand, the college scholarship didn’t push through. But he had already enrolled when he learned the scholarship wasn’t coming anymore. Too late to enroll again in a public school, in any other government-run college. And he was too embarrassed to return to the orphanage. That’s one long, long series of life’s blows nobody deserves. He had sunk so low in the depths of despair that he asked himself if there really is a god of hope. Or any kind of god. But Juhnee’s father, hardened by years of deprivation and sustained by a living faith in God, wasn’t about to give up. Not when his son finally reached college. That’s when the father came across a missionary from Medical Missions Sisters.  The latter immediately referred Juhnee to Pag-asa ng Pamilya Scholarship Foundation, one of the partner organizations  KerygmaFamily supports. That was followed by a meeting among Juhnee, his father and one of our servant leaders. A meeting that resulted in Juhnee rediscovering what hope means. He got another college scholarship. No cancellation this time. He began to dream again. He began to hope again. Juhnee again realized that indeed there is a God. And He is a God of hope. I thank your faithful contributions. Because of you, Juhnee—and all these poor scholars—realize that there is indeed a God of hope.  May your dreams come true, Bo Sanchez PS. To give your monthly donation to KerygmaFamily that supports Pag-asa ng Pamilya and many other partner ministries, click here now. 

 Source: Bo's KFam Report