This is the most powerful word that should guide your life everyday.

When the pain of the past haunts you or when the fear of the future comes to you, shake them off, close your eyes and say: “NOW.”

It’s almost like a forceful mantra that brings you back to reality, the only real thing there is — the present moment.

The past is gone, the future is yet to happen and you don’t hold them in your hands. Dwelling or focusing on what has happened or what is yet to happen just wastes the possibility of the present moment.

The only thing you can ever hold in your hands is the present moment.

The only thing you can ever do is make something happen now.

Whenever the tough times hit or when you find yourself in a challenging situation, keep in mind the three choices that you have (and this means, you always have a choice in everything):

- get out of the situation
- change the situation
- or accept the situation for what it is.

Realize that the main cause of your pain is resistance to what is.

Remember that when you fight life, you always end up losing.

Of course, it’s always easier to be in pain, to cry and feel sorry for yourself for all the things that happened in the past.

It’s even easier to get engrossed in dreams of things that you want to happen in some far – off time you are not sure when.

Either way, you are trapped and nothing changes.

It maybe hard to change a situation and even harder to get out of it.

It feels like change takes so much effort than dwelling or dreaming.

More than that, it demands that you get out of your comfort zone, maybe even dare you to do something you’ve never done before or face the possibility of getting hurt.

It may also feel like the hardest thing to do would have to be to accept.

You may think that accepting, in a way, feels like surrender or defeat.

And your ego never likes to be defeated.

It always has to be right. It always has to win.

But when you decide to accept all the things that had happened in your life and you surrendered to what is happening now, you realize that you have not lost. You have won over your pain.

With acceptance, you gained peace.

You became at peace with yourself.

With acceptance, you gained understanding.

You began to see your life situation in another perspective.

With acceptance, you gained faith.

You believe that everything is as it should be.

Everyday, try to focus yourself in the now, change the things you can change and accept those that you can’t.

Tempting as it is, try not to dream of some remote fulfillment in the future. Remind yourself that there’s no point in being happy someday.

Instead choose to be happy today.

Yes, happiness is a choice.

When you look for happiness now, when you gratefully accept every moment, you’ll see life for what it truly is…

A present.

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When you’ve been through so much pain, you reach a point when you just want to stop hurting.

And start living again.

When that moment comes, you feel free to start over.

You become wiser.

Stronger.

You learn to forgive others.

More than that, you learn to forgive yourself.

In the end you realize, life is much too precious…

to waste

…dwelling in the past,

…nurturing pain,

…keeping grudges,

…and harboring anger.

Instead you make that choice to spend your days…

…valuing the present moment

…striving for healing

…letting go

…and loving.

In the end, you know that no matter what other people may say or think…

what matters is you know your self-worth.

In the end, you discover who your real friends are.

The ones who truly know, understand, accept and love you for all that you are.

In the end, you re-learn to value your family.

The ones who truly love you… unconditionally.

In the end, you appreciate once again the gift of endless laughter, warm hugs and sloppy kisses that only your little ones can give.

The ones whom you can sacrifice for just so they can live.

In the end, you feel the true meaning of love…

and you know the one whom you give it to.

The one who gives his heart and soul to you.

When life gives you a second chance to find your way…

you take a step toward that path and brush all your fears away.

In the end, you begin to understand that life may not be perfect…

but it could be wonderful and so much more…

because now you know… what and who you are living for.

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My heart is broken into a million little pieces.

I don’t know if I will ever be whole again.

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There is one vital thing you need to accept about me:

I AM A FREE SPIRIT.

And I will always be.

I am like water in your hands.

The moment you start to close your fists around me, I slip away.

I cannot change for anyone because this is the way I am.

I live freely.

I love freely.

And that is how I will always be.

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Humans cling to security, stability and familiarity.

They want to take risks but they never really take it.

They can’t and they won’t because they are afraid of being thrown out of their comfort zone, shaking things up and venturing into the unknown.

They are afraid to be hurt.

So they suffer in quiet desperation always wanting for something to happen.

But never doing anything so that it will.

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What was I waiting for?

A flash of inspiration.

The perfect words to illustrate my thoughts.

The time that never came.

Something that my soul friend A told me last night jolted me.

No matter how long my sentences would get or how few my words would be, I just need to let go,

Release.

And that would be enough.

Two words that would best describe me now:

TWILIGHT CRAZY.

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It’s the first day of the last month of the year and I’m going to blog.

I’m trying to set aside all thoughts of work because I want to relax today. I am taking a break because I need it and I deserve it.

I am going to just sit back, put my feet up and type away at my laptop. I’m going to pretend I’m sitting on the shore of a peaceful beach with a chocolate cake and a chocolate milkshake by my side table.

Next to my birthday month, December is my favorite time of the year. Most people are happy in December and there’s always lots of money and gifts going around.

December is also Kernan’s birthday month and our second wedding month. Wow, can you believe how time seems to whoosh by in the blink of an eye?

I am thankful that we are ending the year in a high note. We’ve met some pretty rough times in the beginning of the year but in the end, everything works out just fine.

I always choose to focus on our blessings.

I love my regular job. Although I’m not really crazy about the bundy clock and time adjustments, I love what I’m doing. I just remember that my regular job is what allows me to have holidays like the one I’m enjoying now. Plus, getting to wear office clothes is kinda cool too.

I’m also thankful that I discovered another way to fulfill one of my most important dreams.

I have got the knowledge, I just have to deal with the hard part which is applying what I’ve learned.

I’ve been sitting on the fence for so long, always waiting for perfection or an easy way out.

But I am resolving that I’m going to do it now. I know what I can accomplish will definitely be life-changing not just for me but for the ones I love the most.

December is a good month and I’ll make the most of it.

2009 seems only a breath away.

I know I’m going to make it my year.

What are your thoughts in December?

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Sometimes when I don’t understand why some people do the things they do, I just try to remember this line I read in a book:

They wouldn’t do it had they known better.

When someone does the unthinkable, it simply means he wasn’t thinking at the moment. He didn’t know better. And don’t we all have those moments?

It’s just sad when I learned from my soul friend that she was betrayed by someone we both respected.

The person who taught us about the principles of credibility and accuracy was the same one who violated them.

Maybe some people thought it was nothing serious and may even think what was done was right.

But I think, when someone’s job became at risk because of what you did, you better take it seriously.

Take it very seriously.

Especially when you’re the one who was wrong.

—

I got your back, girl.

I’m always here.

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One thing I learned during the past years is to appreciate myself.

I’ve always taken a healthy pride in my own work and I work hard whether others appreciate me or not.

I’ve always thought that it didn’t matter so much if others praised me just as long as I am confident in myself.

But sometimes, when you’ve worked so hard, you cant help but yearn for at least some support.

Just a little something to keep you motivated when your own supply of self-affirmation runs out.

Awhile ago, I got so disappointed because I felt like my efforts were not valued at all.

But then I realized that even if I had no control over how other people act, I have a choice on how I would react.

I could wallow all I want.

Or I could simply move on.

So I chose to move on.

I will still work as hard as I always do.

And at the end of the day, I will still tell myself, “Thank you!”

I know, tomorrow will be a better day.

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