Life after Death

Life after death may be a great question each of us asks. Well, a while ago in my HUM2 class I was enlightened with an idea given by our instructor. It was not a literal explanation but rather an analogy. By this I mean he compared death to sorrows, hopelessness and problems; he referred life to hope and happiness.

That idea eased the burdens that I am carrying because right now as I am trying to furnish this post I am preoccupied with certain things that bothers me. Life on earth is like the life of a phoenix, after having lived certain years of a healthy life he faces a challenge that weakens him, thus causing him to die. He turns into ash, but on a certain time he rises again carrying with him new strengths and new tactics to help him survive in this cruel world.

We all know that life is full of challenges. We can never avoid it, it is inevitable. The only option we have is to face it in an optimistic way in a sense that we consider some points that things does not always go our way. Sometimes we tend to feel hopeless when in fact hope is just around the corner. You know it is easier to give pieces of adbice as to how one should live life, but I myself needs one. But the only thing I do to make my life worthwhile is that I always pray to God for me to be enlightened in my daily struggles in life. Hopefully all of us should have the gift of peace of mind so we can make the world a better place to live. There is a speaker who once said that we must acquaint thyself with God. True indeed we would be nothing without God.

I know that problems may cause us to be weary but remember, there is no such thing as hopelessness it is only a notion. The truth is we are always endowed with hope all we have to do is live with that hope so that we can rise like a phoenix. Do the things we must and attain success. As it is said successful persons are those with bruised knees.

The Unforgettable Battle

If there's a date I can consider unforgettable that would be November 4, 2009. Due to the very tough challenge life has laid to me, and that is I WAS ROBBED.

I was walking alone in the streets of Polomolok after going to the internet cafe with some of my friends. I opted to roam around for a while because I know I will be bored if I will be home that early. Then, I met three guys whom I thought could be good friends. We were talking as if we knew each other. While we were talking, the other guy stood up and wrap his hands around my neck, I started to feel nervous, until they declared hold up. I was in shock. I could hardly utter any word, and it didn't occur to me that the event was real. I had not find the time to shout for help, for a certain weapon (that I could hardly identify) was being pointed to me. I got so scared that I felt like a puppet obeying each and every command they give. They took my cellphone, my USB flash drive and my wallet with two hundred pesos. I was really afraid, what if they will be taking the most precious thing that I have, my life. Luckily they didn't, well if they did I my have not posted this article. I still would like to thank God for that.

Despite the thing that had happen to me, I pity those people. Because they committed a crime and hold up me for a very low amount. I said to my self they're so pitiful. They made a sin not worth suffering. I do not wish them ill, but I pray that one day life will be able to teach them the lesson they must learn.

Patience

"Patience is a virtue" as it is said.

Well, true indeed. I am an advocate of this principle, basically because I do believe that in this life things are hard and never easy. Come to think of it, if things were that easy do you think all of us will prosper? I doubt.

The moment I decided to live with my aunt and her family I told myself that this will not be as easy as it looks like, especially knowing the fact that she (my aunt) is strict. Well what can I do, I got nothing to send me to school. The first few months of my stay was indeed a challenge which I think I could not surpass. I get to wash dishes, clean the house and look after my cousins. These chores are so hard for me during the first time. I am not used to this kind of living. But luckily I have adjusted already.

Back then, I always get what I want with just a snap but fate was not that good for me and my family, we lost everything. That was the chapter of my life which I enjoyed and I regret some part of it. But what else is new? Life is comprised of a never ending UPs and DOWNs. Now I am facing the new chapter of my life bringing with me the principle "patience is a virtue".

If there is one great thing I can impart o people it would not be the knowledge that I have acquired in the for walls of the classroom but rather the experience I had that taught me to strive and be patient. If in my previous years in this world, I had lived life in a I will call instant life, I now regret it. With the lesson I got from that snap life I will live life the way it should be. A life lived for others and a life facing challenges with patience. With this chapter of my unusual life I now know that patience takes a person to places and helps break the horizon.

Be patient and life will be smooth...,

Building Good Human Relationship

10 Commandments of Human Relations

1. Speak to people.
   There is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting.
   
   

2. Smile at people.
   It takes 72 muscles to frown, only 14 to smile.
   
   

3. Call people by name.
   The sweetest music to anyone's ears is the sound of his own name.
   
   

4. Be friendly and helpful.
   If you want friends, you must be one.
   
   

5. Be cordial.
   Speak and act as if everything you do is a joy to you.
   
   

6. Be genuinely interested in people.
   You can like almost everybody if you try.
   
   

7. Be generous with praise...
   and cautious with criticisms.
   
   

8. Be considerate with the feelings of others.
   There are usually three sides to a controversy: Yours, the other fellow's and the right side.
   
   

9. Be eager to lend a helping hand.
   Often it is appreciated more than you know.
   
   

10. Add to this:
    a good sense of humor, a huge dose of patience and a dash of humility. This combination will open many doors and the rewards will be enormous.

This are just commandments, I am an advocate of this one. But I firmly believe in the essence of being true to oneself. It would be better if we live with these commandments but I think there would be no better way of making friends or building relationship to others but being ourselves.

Last Minute Rush

"Oh it can wait" this is the common line of FILIPINOS every time they are ought to do things. This is the aspect which negates the FILIPINO culture. Like having oneself registered, the government has had the COMELEC available for registration sometime in the previous years, but many of us did not respond to that call instead we take an act ON the deadline. I for one registered my self ON the deadline for reasons that are enough for me to do it. During the process I just waited, because I said to myself I got no one to blame but me. Along the way an old woman complained why is the line not moving and what took the process so long. Then the officer in charge simply said "that's what we get when we register or do things on the last minute".

This situation manifests the kind of thinking most Filipinos have. Unlike any other culture, we tend to do things during the last minute. I can't really explain why, but the point is this attitude will not bring us to a better horizons. As it is said "don't wait for tomorrow, what you can do for today". Unfortunately, this quote lies only in our heads, but not running across our minds nor circulates in our hearts. I know we have our own reasons why we are doing this but please bear in mind that if we are to do things this way, we must be patient to deal with it.

Like in my case, I want to do many things but a notion in mind hinders this purpose in which it is the idea of the so-called come what may. Like in doing my report I already have GREAT plans as to how I will conduct it but on the process of doing it I tend to think "WELL THE DEADLINE IS FAR, WHAT'S THE HURRY!". The consequence of that, I have not realized what I planned. Very devastating isn't it? "I got all the time in the world, but I did not do something to realize my plan, what a shame!".

I guess this habit (mañana) is a result of the bahala na concept. We Filipinos (well not all, fewer than many I guess) are so ambitious but not so good in doing things for it to be realized. We have great plans and very innovative mind, but again it just stays in our mind and never transmitted to actions. This is very shameful, right? Some of us are willing to do amazing things for others but not for ourselves, we tend to exert more effort to do greater things for others and less efforts for ourseleves, which is not suppoised to be the case.

Bottomline, do things right away!

What Makes Life Beautiful?

What Makes Life Beautiful?

I have posted a poll for me to know the answer to this question, because if I answer it myself then of course I'd stick to my own idea. And based on the poll, life itself is the one that makes it beautiful.

Well, I do agree on it. It's like saying that you love a person just the way he/she is. We must appreciate life the way it is created by God and we must not look up at things which would violate the rule of creation.

As what I have often emphasized, love life! Life is beautiful! There is no question to that. Its existence may be considered the greatest mystery known to man, but due to its presence we enjoy life. Of course, how can we enjoy it if we don't have it.

This post may be the shortest one but the point of this essay is to remind that life is beautiful despite the odds.

The Best Depression Treatment

The Best Depression Treatment

Depression is not new to us. Each one of us has experienced it or is experiencing it. It is classified as clinical depression and often results to personality disorders

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Clinical depression s a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_depressive_disorder). In other words, this is merely a state of mind, in a sense that it results from being moody to having low self esteem. As a consequence personality disorder steps in. Personality disorders, formerly referred to as character disorders, are a class of personality types which deviate from the contemporary expectations of a society (.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_disorder). Meaning, this kind of disorder is being judge depending on the society’s norms and organization. One may be considered as deviating from the society when he can not contribute to the perpetuity of the so-called status quo.

If there’s an illness there’s a cure. As a suggestion I would like to revise the phrase “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away” to “a smile a day keeps the depression away”. I know it may be an amateur suggestion but that’s the simplest thing I can suggest to be treated from depression. It is in smiling that you are responding to the challenges brought by life in an optimistic point of view. One must bear in mind that puzzles are made to enhance critical minds in providing creative solutions and not for the reason everyone thinks – a burden. Depression is inevitable in nature and is just a corner away. But mind you, depression is just a state of mind. No person will get depressed unless he permits to be. The main treatment here is to take life easy but serious and do not expect that much. After all we are brought here not only to enjoy the wellness of life but also to tackle it’s bitter portion. Live life with a smile and let depression die.