On Falling, Getting Up and Moving Forward

Good Morning! Parang may hugot ang title? Oo Mommies meron!

I was doing my treadmill last night while listening to my playlist in my iphone when I accidentally pulled my headset which made the iphone dropped on the treadmill. Me, being the amateur me, I ran after my cellphone without pressing the emergency button. E di tumalembong ang ganda ko.

Dahil maganda ako, naglapitan ang mga trainor. Joke! Lumapit sila sa akin out of concern. One asked if I was ok. I said yes, pakihanap na lang cellphone ko please. Nung nahanap sabi ko thanks, then went riding the treadmill once again as if nothing happened. I didn't feel any shame whatsoever di ko alam kung kapalmuks lang talaga ako o manhid ako.

When I was telling the story to my hubby he laughed so hard and asked where was I situated and I said in front. "E di lahat nakita ka?" Oo, so? Sasabihin ko, ako lang ba ang tumalembong sa treadmill? Pano pag sinabi nila oo? E di ako na! Ako na ang magandang kauna-unahang tumalembong sa treadmill. Lolz. Sabi ni hubby, di ba may CCTV camera dun? Siguro paulit ulit ka nilang pinanunood. Walang hiya gusto talaga akong mapahiya.

Thinking about it, nakakahiya nga ano? But then, these people may laugh, but  they will also forget about it later. Maalala pa ba nila ako? But I stood my ground. Hindi ako nagpatinag sa hiya because my session is not yet over. I had to finish my remaining 15 minutes running time.

Dapat ganun tayo in real life diba? Problems like money, family, love life, friends, work may bring us down, but these should not keep us from rising up again. When we fail, let us not be afraid to try once more. Again and again and again until we finally achieved what we were striving for.

I am a CPA. I did not take the board exams once. It was more than twice. I had to take a refreshers' course to be able to take the board  again. I took the board after the refreshers' course and I was conditional. I had to retake two subjects just for me to get my license na. Imagine how many times I cried whenever I don't see my name on the list of passers. Imagine how many nights I had to stay late just to practice solving problems. Imagine how many cups of coffee I had to drink just to stay awake while reading my materials. I did not let these failures hinder my dream of becoming a certified public accountant. I had other classmates who took the board, failed then lost interest in trying again. I didn't.  I cried hard, but then after, my motivation to pass only intensified. And then the right time came as what the Lord promised. I finally passed the exams 12 years ago.

During job interviews, I am not ashamed to say that I am not a one-take-board-exam-passer. Why? Because I want to to tell them that it is not important how many times I took the board, what's important is that I passed and what made me passed is that attitude of not giving up.

Looking back to the ordeal I went through, hindi siya biro. Those failures drained me mentally, psychologically, emotionally and financially. I reached the point when I wanted to let go and just give up. But giving up doesn't prove anything. I put my faith in Him and trusted Him when my right time will be. And He didn't fail me. 

Anyways, bakit ba tayo napunta sa istorya ng buhay ko, e treadmill ang pinaguusapan natin. Pero may connect naman diba, kahit papano?

O eto, ganito itsura ko habang tumalembong ang ganda ko, pero hindi ako yan ha. Imagine-in niyo na lang na ako yan para tumawa muna kayo.

                                                  Courtesy of  Protein Fart You tube channel

Basta, when you fail don't be scared to try once again. When you make a mistake, laughing at yourself makes it easier for you to correct it. 

Magandang huwebes sa inyo mga peeps!

We Let Go then We Feel Happy

What to let go to achieve happiness? 

1. Expectations

2. Privileges

3. Comparison

4. Anger

5. Hurt

I was talking with somebody very close to me last night, and I can really feel the anger and hurt she was feeling.  She was angry because she was hurt. She was hurt because she expected something. She expected something, because she thought it was her privilege to expect because she did a favor for that person. Then she compared that person to another person who I believe is fictional in character but real in person.

Do what you think is right then don't expect anything in return. Don't expect a favor to be returned, don't expect them to say thank you, don't expect them to praise you. Just thank the Lord that you were able to help. Period.

Things may not go the way you expect it but in the end, how you deal with it will always be your choice . Choose to be understanding instead of being angry. Choose to let go instead of dwelling in the past. Choose to be grateful instead of feeling jealous. 

Choose to be happy because it is no one else's responsibility but YOURS.

Happiness is a choice.....and the choice is YOURS! 

Happy Tuesday! Let go of bad vibes. Ignore. Let go. Move forward.

Be Grateful For Each Blessing...

Credits to Brainy Quote

It's wonderful to be aware of each little blessing that we receive everyday. A grateful heart is a humble heart, knowing that all these are just borrowed from God and can be taken back in an instance. It is not ours to keep, but instead to share. And if we do not know how to be thankful for these simple things, then we do not acknowledge how generous our God is.

San galing ang hugot?

Bigayan ng incentives, and may ears hurt whenever I hear, malaki din naman deduction nang tax jan e. Goodness, why can't that person be just thankful that we have this above average bonus that the Board approves to give us every freaking May? Why can't that person be thankful that our company performs well every year, that it can afford to payout bonuses to us employees?

Anung gusto mo dayain ko tax? Malaki bonus mo, malamang malaki din tax mo! Logic diba? Our company is not a big company, but we give out bonuses and incentives at par with multinational companies and sometimes more than pa nga.

That being said, sana matuto kang magpa salamat sa mga natatanggap mo. You know, the more you complain, the more that you will feel you are lacking something in your life. Learn to appreciate simple things, and you will feel you have more than enough.

Tama na muna ito, at nang marelease ko na bonus namin. Yehey! 

Again for the nth time, I thank you Lord for making me an instrument and giving me another opportunity to share my blessings to those who really need this. Amen.