These are four steps to accomplishment:

Plan succesfully

Prepare prayerfully

Proceed positively

Pursue persistently

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is matter of choice."

Chopsticks for Chinese

Have you ever asked yourself why Chinese people use chopsticks for their food? Indeed, they have been doing this for about 2,500 years now. Traditionally, Chinese use chopsticks because of the way their food is prepared. It is being cut into small pieces so that it can be cooked quickly. Why? To save fuel, thus cutting it's cost.

Chinese people use chopsticks like tongs, picking up pieces of food and quickly tossing them into the mouth. They call it "kwaitze" which means "quick ones." They refer to "chop" as "quick", and this is where they derived the popular term "chopsticks." Through chopsticks, they can relay a message to their host. Placing them across the top of the bowl conveys a message that they wish to leave the table.

It may seem difficult to use chopsticks, but why not give it a try? Learning to use it can be fun, and it might teach us to live and work swiftly and productively, like Chinese people do!

True Savior

It feels great whenever we are blessed with people whom we thought would be our savior -- savior from painful experiences, savior from life's chaos. But it hurts more when you find out that this so-called savior would be that very person who would make you drown all the more, the one who would pull you down instead of lifting you up.

I, for one, is a person who had been through a lot of turbulence. We seek comfort from material things, or from people who give us false hopes and promises and make us believe that life is much better with them. But what we always miss out is seeking solace from the real Savior, our God. There's no much better life than living a life with a God, a life with faith and humility. We must let go of these false beliefs, that we can find peace and happiness with material things, as well as people who would only lead us to a more troublesome life and bring us all the way down. It is much more consoling to believe that our God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, for nothing is impossible to them that believe in Him.

"In matters of style, swim with the current;
in matters of principles, stand like a rock."


Thomas Jefferson

The Ultimate Goal

Does a long distance relationship really do not work out, or does it depend on the couple how they want their relationship to end?
It is but true that you give a lot of time, effort, and emotional investment to attain and maintain a strong and healthy relationship. We do everything not to break it apart because we dream to have a successful and happy family. We believe that there is more security and assurance if, as a couple, we stay together, close and intact.
However, there are some couple who choose to be a thousand miles away from each other, to be able to provide the needs of their future family. They believe that it is one way of uplifting their financial status, which is also an important aspect in building their would-be family and raising their kids. But is it really worth the sacrifice? Does it really do good for the couple and for the family they are trying to establish? Or will it only lead the relationship to end up a broken one? Indeed, it would either make or break the relationship. Many would say that it would only bring the couple to look for somebody else because of that longing for love and affection. They say that communication alone is not enough because the physicality of a love one is also an important factor to be considered.
But I strongly believe that a genuine and steadfast relationship entails an enormous sacrifice. It doesn't only revolve in togetherness, physical affection, and feelings of love, but most importantly,it should rely on faith...faith on God and faith on each other. We have a goal -- to build a successful and happy family. Why don't we stick to that goal instead of allowing our fears to get in the way. It may seem unbearable at first, but as we get to realize what that big sacrifice is all for, the more it should draw us closer to our goal. Just like a puzzle, or a rubik's cube, you may have already built eighty percent of it, but sometimes there is a need to rearrange it and sacrifice a portion of that eighty percent to be able to fix the unresolved portion and make it to one hundred percent. I remember what a friend of mine used to tell me, 'we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.'

The best thing to give to:
... your enemy is forgiveness
... an opponent, tolerance
... friend, your heart

T.M. Balfour