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1.    What is popular is not always wise.

2.    It is not bad to focus on a specific thing only, but it is even better to explore different other things.

3.    Nature is what we are part.

4.    Nature is what sustains us life; kill it, and we all shall die.

5.    Virtue is a choice; you don't need to feel like being good in order to do what is good.

6.    Strength is sometimes NOT a bodily capacity but a voluntary choice.

7.    Argue not with the poor minded, it is pointless to stress thyself out upon arguing with them.

8.    Life is basically meaningless; unless we choose it to be meaningful.

9.    Indeed it's true. To fully understand a book is to read it a number of times...

10.  Life is full of complexities. If you use to choose the easier ways, then you will never twig the deepest sense of everything.

11.  Sometimes, courage is what we finally need in order to do something... not readiness... not certainty...

12.  The virtue of courage is what pushes us to do another virtue.

13.  Sometimes, despite of great hesitation, we must have to take courage to forgive and show mercy to the ones we once hated.

14.  Even a little case of irresponsibility can make anyone suffer.

15.  TRUST: One of the most essential and most important virtue of a leader…

16.  AGAPE, as a sacrificial love, calls us to sacrifice EVERYTHING--even our infatuated feelings to choose what is right.

17.  One page you read is one step to your maturity.

18.  Reading is a miraculous thing; just do it yourself and you will see how it will change your life.

19.  Say no to every experiences given to you... Anything you undergo teaches you.

20.  Making an art piece, don't make everything at haste; let something stimulate you at the right time it wills, and inspiration flows then.

21.  Never say in PERIOD. I am just too young, and I still have a long journey to tread, and many things to discover.

22.  Life is complicated by detail, but too simple by process.

23.  Our minds wants to know, learn, and understand. Respect it. Don't be stupid to forgo any opportunities of learning.

24.  Wanna write? Read First. A writer must be a good reader; no good writer does not possess bad reading habits.

25.  Mistake once is wisdom, mistake the same twice is foolishness.

26.  You are the mortal enemy of yourself.

27.  Fail once; is a good opportunity to learn. Fail the same twice, is a threshold to foolishness.

28.  There is no perfect CHURCH. Because a Church is not a herd of the saints, but is a pack of the sinners striving to reunite with God.

29.  Proud man recognizes none of his mistakes... tsk. -_-

30.  Truth hurts, but don't you know that you must be hurt sometimes for the better.

31.  I was born an empty jar to be filled.

32.  Why do power of love equals to the power of God? Because Love is God, and God is love.

33.  If you want true love to exist, start it from yourself.

34.  If you know to yourself that you are too ignorant and thirsts for knowledge. You are a wise man then.

35.  Real intelligent people are not those who could give answers, but those who lack knowledge but searched for it.

36.  Read, read, read, and read. Then see what miracle reading may give. I won't give you what. I want you to find it yourself.

37.  Small things can make a great change. A simple gesture can make great change to anyone. #neverneglectsmallthings

38.  The danger of not knowing our history is the possibility to repeat it.

39.  Once a glass is broken, it is already broken. Apologies and forgiveness can mend it no longer, but so as anger also cannot fix it. Both of them, grudge or forgiveness, cannot return the glass to its original shape. But which would you prefer? To bear anger in your heart and trouble your mind, or to forgive and to give peace to yourself and the world?

40.  He who opens his mouth shuts his mind, and he who shuts his mouth opens his mind.

41.  Why do power of love equals to the power of God? Because Love is God, and God is love.

42.  If u have problems, praying alone won't suffice. It must be blended with action.

43.  Remember, nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa; hindi nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang ngawa.

44.  Ang buhay ay isang sugal, sa bawat salang mo, hindi mo tiyak anong resulta, pero kailangan mo paring tumaya.

45.  Children and youth, never neglect the wisdom of the old ones. They have gone though their life than you have.

46.  Fill thy heart with love, faith, and sound-mindedness rather than fear to protect thee from all evil.

47.  Like a plant which sprouts when you water, mind grows when you learn.

48.  Not every happenings in our lives are the result of our will.

49.  I believe in fate. Bakit? Kasi there are some incidents in our lives that even if we don't will it happens.

50.  May forever. Marami lang talaga ang di alam ang word na "commitment" which is the key ingredient of forever.

51.  We usually fear death. But time will come to our live that we'll say to ourselves: "I'm tired, I already want to rest".

52.  If beauty means the absence of physical imperfections, I'm sure nobody's beautiful.

53.  A man does cry, but a real man does not deluge himself in grief forever.

54.  Don't be full of knowledge and wisdom, be hungry of them instead.

55.  No mature man who does not undergo immaturity. All of them learns from it.

Meditations I

1.      Free yourself from fleshly desires.

Empty yourself with the desires of worldly things.

Wealth, fame, beauty… they are perishable, and worse, can be destructible to your soul by being anxious of them.

Never attach yourself too much of these things, they are not a part of your body. Even though it seems to make you feel happy and fulfilled, they do bring you pain through anxiety. Anxiety that would destroy your inner peace.

As long as possible, free yourself from over-wanting those things and be humble enough to be one with neighbors.

2.      Why should we always consider others? Because it is a reality that we are not living alone in this world and we have others to be compromised with.

3.      Keep your mind tranquil, keep your soul be still whatever it may cost.

4.      Material desires can give you pain; worldly pleasures destroy you souls. Indulging yourself from it can ruin your inner tranquility. Material things are not part of you, it is delusional to think that they are. Think of it, YOU CAN NEVER BRING THEM TO GRAVE!

5.      Material things are has no value in themselves; it is just our impressions that gives them value.

6.      Anxiety and ambition are not the key to self-fulfillment. For what? For aspiring material wealth? Then, should we have to compromise your inner peace to be anxious of wealth? Sorry but for me, inner tranquility is important than money. It is still better to live in simplicity with peace than in luxury with so much anxiety.

7.      Only in death shall we know: THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE HAVE. Even our beautiful bodies decompose, our intelligent brains rot, our talents would never be used; and our wealth; hilariously but you have to surrender everything to your sons.

8.      I saw my friend before, he was vain, he was narcissistic, and he is anxious to gain power and acceptance. But when it turn out that he was despised by everyone, he must had been anxious as all of his desires were deprived from him. How miserable he had been. Only then did I think, if he had just been humble enough not to be anxious of them, he would never be in pain when this time comes. In that time I realized: I should keep myself lowly and not be in vain, for when the time comes that I would be despised, I would never be in that great pain.

9.      Worldly pleasures, though it may seem to give happiness and fulfillment, can give you pain. Anxiety is its consequence. We must have to deny ourselves from wanting those desires, for they destroy our inner peace and would push us away from doing things according to the ways ordained by God. That is why I advocate self-denial.

10.  (Over) indulgence to desires can entice ones ego to arise. Thus, we must deny ourselves from pleasures that we may be free from the yoke of our ego that would destroy our inner tranquility.

11.  Never destroy your inner peace, for one’s state of mind affects his own thoughts, one’s own thoughts affects his own actions, his own actions affects others’ thoughts and action that, I fear, could possibly affect how they deal other people too.

12.  I do not mean that we should deprive ourselves in order to deny our pleasures. It is not basically bad to possess enough things to have secure and decent life. It is also a part of our nature to have, but I think luxury is excessive. Luxury can also entice us to desire, that is why it can be risky if not given enough prudence and maturity. What I also mean here is MODERATION.

13.  Perfection of virtue is through the formula of MODERATION.

14.  It is not condemnable if a man seeks to improve his economic situation. It is usual for him to seek for security for his life: that he may have enough food to feed his hunger, that he may have safe and comfortable home to visit, and that he may have insured his twilight years. It is actually good for us to be like ants who embarks their foods to prepare for any possible rain. But sometimes, we tend to go beyond that boundary. We tend to forget the basic reason why we are doing all of them, and thus we became anxious for something that is no need to be anxious.

15.  Money is no evil; one's intention is...

16.  Do not be anxious of gaining wealth, it is not bad to improve your economic situations but in the extent that we would be anxious for it that we tend to be egotistical. If God gives you wealth, accept it. Maybe you are entitled for a mission through it.

17.  Nothing is bad to be rich as long as no one is hungry because of you.

18.  I do not also mean to advocate passivity. We should all be active upon seeking improvement to our own self. And if God gives you sign to where would you go, take an active step in fulfilling it.

19.  Even if you do no bad, but if you do nothing (good), you also sin. Evil is merely and purely the absence of good.

20.  Love is the root of all virtue and peace is its fruit.

21.  What is happening in the world around you is actually out of your control. The world has its ways as ordained by the Reason of God. In fact, what you are in full control of is YOUR VERY OWN SELF--your thoughts, your words, your actions, and your will. If the world's ways is gladly with you, it is only a chance, a coincidence perhaps. But if the world goes apart from your ways, be not angry nor be anxious; it would be pointless if you do it and you may lose your inner peace. Rather, just trust God and ask Him how you could drive that fate He destined you (do not ask Him why).

22.  You have your ways…

The world has his ways too…

Sometimes, your ways would go as one, a good chance indeed.

Yet in times that your ways would conflict, who do you think is the bigger?

Your ways are the product of your reason,

World’s ways is governed be the reason of the Supreme God, in which you are a dust.

That is why not all your will is destined not to be accomplished, or there are other events that would happen in your life even if you don’t want it.

If yours and the world’s ways collide, fate (world’s ways) is still more powerful to you.

If that comes, never be angry to the world and just trust God lest you’d cause yourself a stress.                                                   

23.  In keeping your mind peaceful, let go of what you cannot control and submit to the ways of the world as ordained by God. Never be anxious nor be angry if the world goes not with you. But if you see that the ways is within your control (means you can do something with it), do what you ought to do lest you would sin.

24.  A friend of mine, formerly a rival, quoted us these words: “Never ask God why, ask God how.” Never question God’s ways; if something happened that is out of what you wish, just ask Him His guidance instead.

25.  Consider suffering as a friend not a foe. Suffering is a friend for it helps you grow. As the saying says: “No pain, no gain.” How would you know strength if you don’t know pain? How would you know patience if you don’t hear arrogance? How would you know courage if you don’t know fear? How you would know chastity if you don’t know urge? How would you know faith if you don’t know uncertainty? And how would you know goodness if you don’t know evil? Suffering can be your teacher, your mentor to virtue.

26.  A shallow river flows with sound and vigorous current, while a deep river is quiet and apparently still that you would not notice that it is quietly flowing.

27.  He who opens his mouth shuts his mind; he who opens his mind shuts his mouth. Wise men do not easily speak for they think first before they speak. Foolish men speak rapaciously that they first use their mouth before their heads. Foolish men also speak voraciously to make them look wise and attentive; but if wise men listen to them, they would just shake their heads. Don’t get it wrong, every sacred text including our bible, every philosophers’ work, and every scientific studies support this dictum.

28.  The more often you speak, the more senseless your words would be. But if you think first, not just an immediate thinking, but a deliberate thinking, an analytical thinking, before you speak, your listeners would lend you their ears with their hearts.

29.  What is GENTLENESS all about?

It is all about “keeping on guard”.

Guarding your thoughts so that you would not make hasty judgements,

Guarding your words so that you would never inflict one’s heart, and

Guarding your actions so that you would not harm others.

30. If the truth is defined as “the one that exists”, then we must listen to it as it is the existing path. Any other ways are just delusions.

MORALITY: Ego vs. Virtue

1.      Why should we all be moral?

It is so that all of us who dwell in one world may live in harmony, peace and soundness. A neighborhood where no one suffers because no one neglects another.

2.      Don’t think morality as “doing whatever you want so long as you cannot harm nor hurt others”. No, include yourself not to be destroyed also.

3.      Morality is never to be a “selective codes of standards”, but a social contract in how each other is to be treated.

4.      Don’t say that you don’t want to follow the antiquated mores of our grandfathers, their moral values are still relevant to harmonious life. Modern liberation has some risks that you may be neglecting.

5.      You are free, yes, you are. But total adherence to the liberation of today without thinking is a form of self-slavery.

6.      Not all the mores of our grandparents are morally relevant so as not all the mores of today’s liberation are morally harmonious. Be careful, sinfulness leads your life to destruction (not necessarily in the afterlife). Just keep on thinking and be critical to the trends of times.

7.      EGO: it is the driving force that drives man apart from VIRTUE--ego’s mortal enemy. Thus, the core key to a virtuous life, other than love, is to forget your ego. To set yourself aside for the benefit of others. To learn to think of your neighbor over yourself as they are the majority and you are alone.

8.      The kernel/core cause of man’s sinfulness is ignorance and self-centeredness. Man’s mortal enemy is his own self. Thus, a key to be virtuous is to set oneself aside, and forget his ego.

9.      Ego is the taproot of man’s malevolence and sinfulness.

10.  Malevolence is a sin because it is like breaking a natural social contract that we are bound to, even before we were born.

11.  If everyone have just known to set their ego aside, especially whenever it is fit, what a peaceful world it may be.

12.  If every man is thinking for themselves, the world would be in chaos.

13.  Unity can be attained if each individuals how to set their individualities aside and submit to the spirit of the group.

14.  Money is not evil; one’s intention is the evil one.

15.  I may be writing for what I wish humanity should be. But each individual is still in-charge of their own destiny in the end.

Courage

1.      Who is a man of courage?

Is he the one who feels no fear? Is he courageous because he feels courage in himself rather than fear?

No, I tell you, not.

There must be no man who feels no fear. Fear is part of us.

But a courageous man is a man who feels fear but chooses to defy it. Must be for a nobler thing to do.

It can be that he chooses to defy his fear because he also has another FEAR… A fear of losing what is good, noble and upright.

2.      Courage doesn’t mean feeling no fear; it means defying one’s fear.

3.      Courage is a force that moves us to do what is virtuous, upright and just (despite of fear). Yet, it is not an emotional impulse that we may, perhaps, wish to think; it is a rational choice, a voluntary will that we make so that it would be emulated to our souls.

4.      Courage’s mortal enemy is fear. But remember that fear is a passion that can be defied by courage which is a reason.

5.      The virtue of courage does not mean a will to fight alone. We must also think, and sometimes, learn to retreat from the battle for us to think of a better strategy. Such is what gave the Mongols an advantage before. They don’t just fight and die for glory, they also know when to retreat to reinforce themselves, and advance whenever it fits already.

6.      Why do we fear? Because there is uncertainty. It is innate to us, and it is really who we are (let’s not frown for it). But a simple choice of defiance can move you to do whatever you ought to do, take risk, and discover something new. Fear is not completely bad, but too much indulgence with it can hinder you of something.

Emptiness (Zero) and Education

1. I was born an empty jar to be filled.

2. We are born as ZERO
Totally ignorant…
Totally vulnerable…
Totally weak…
Totally nothing…
That is what we came from, what we were as infants.
All our knowledge, all our strengths, all our wisdom, all our steadfastness, everything that we are filled, we attained them all through learning. That is why EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL BREAD for our lives.

3. We are born as nothing; as ZERO.
Yet conceived in a world full of everything.
Hence, we must fill ourselves of learning,
By so, we may know how to drive life.
EDUCATION IS A KEY TO LIFE.

4. I am born empty, I go. I encountered many, I'm filled.

5. Ever wonder why man is never perfect?

He may be knowledgeable yet not all knowledge is in his possession...
He may be wise yet he may fail sometimes...
He may be strong yet he still has weak points...

It is because he was born as nothing... he was from ZERO.
All of his knowledge, wisdom, skills, aptitudes, strength, etc., are all attained through learning, a process in which we all undergo from birth to death, yet still consider that he could not welcome all the knowledge of the world due to his limited presence.

Vocation

1. Vocation...

What a precious gift from Above

A burden? Totally NO, although it also means work.

Vocation is what the Almighty designs you to be

It is your life direction, IT IS WHAT DEFINES YOUR LIFE.

A special grace where the Almighty entrusts you to do.

2. Never say: “I have no intention (or plans) to be holy”.

It is YOUR VOCATION; our UNIVERSAL VOCATION.

There may 3 vocations that do exist:

• Marriage

• Religious life (Priesthood)

• Single Blessedness

But all of these leads to one ultimate and universal determination: HOLINESS.

Submission to God's Will

1. Be like a fallen leaf from a tree.
        Empty yourself,
        Lighten yourself,
        And let the Holy Air blows you to wherever He wills you to be.

2. You have your will, Yes...
        God has His will, Yes...
        Yet in the end, it is still YOUR CHOICE
        If it is His will or yours to follow...

         But let me tell this to you, brother...
         God's will is infallible
         However foolish it may sound to you,
         Just try to have faith...
         And see how WISE His will is...

3. Be like Mother Mary,
        She did not understand what the angel spoke to her
        She did not totally understand God’s will to her
        Yet, she still submitted to the Will out of her faith.
        Like a child, she wholeheartedly put her trust to her Parent having acknowledged that her Father won’t fail her.
        Consequences may fearsome and risky for her…
        But she still chose to have a steadfast faith to the Lord,
        Faith that eventually saved her…
        Faith that eventually saved the world…
        Truly a model of our faith!

4. What is faith but all about but a voluntary submission of oneself and will. A willing surrender of       one’s will even if his reason tells another. Faith is a defiance of fear; it is doing things and trusting God despite of the fears we bear in our hearts. Fear is innate and usual to us, but we can defy it by faith.

Just like Mother Mary,
At the time the angel spoke to her of the great will of God to her,
She may have feared for her life, yet she still choses to defy her fears and put a steadfast faith in God. A faith that saved her and the world…
Truly a model of faith. Let’s be like our Mother!

5. How to know what and which is the Will of Spirit in us?
Simply be sensible enough to the signs of nature and happenings around you and within you. God owns the nature, God owns everything, thus He has the power to move everyone to lead you to His path.

6. Ever bewildered what is the Will of God in us?
        Remember this simple word: “LOVE”

        LOVE is the keyword… remember this…

        For this is what God wants us to do: To love him above all, and to love our brothers as we love           ourselves. The ultimate will of God.