* REFLECTIONS 02-03-13

Will you one day look back on today and wonder 

why you were so afraid to take action? 

Will you look back one day and not be able to understand 

why you let so many of life's trivial, minor inconveniences

 get you down and hold you back in such a major way?

Or will you look back on this day and be forever thankful

 for the way you spent it and the value you created by 

making full use of the time available? 

Will you look back fondly and see this day as a positive turning point 

that launched you toward fulfillment of your most treasured dreams.

Today can eventually become a source of regret or it can 

become a source of continuing value. 

The way it goes depends entirely on how you live the moments 

and hours that are yours right now in this day.

Time is the raw material for success and achievement, 

and time is what you have this very day. 

The time you need to achieve the life of 

your dreams is coming to you even now.

No matter what has come before or in what circumstances you find yourself, 

there is one thing you can always do. You can make the very most of whatever you have, 

of wherever you find yourself, of the time that is available for you to use. 

Do that today, tomorrow, the next day and the next, 

and you'll have very little to regret and much for which to be grateful.

 

The world uses physical and material measures 

to judge a person's worth.
Yet, 

the true measure 

of those we love and respect
is not counted by looks or possessions.
It is a combination 

of the quirky and the kind
and the uncommon way 

they do and say things
that make them unique 

and dear to us.

~ Unknown

We must be steady 

enough in ourselves, 

to be open

and to let the winds of life 

blow through us, 

to be our breath, 

our inspiration; 

to breathe with them, 

mobile and soft 

in the limberness of our bodies, 

in our agility,

our ability, 

as it were, 

to dance, 

and yet to stand upright.

~ T.S. Eliot

Those who are lifting 

the world upward 

and onward 

are those who 

encourage more 

than criticize.

 –Elizabeth Harrison, educator (1849-1927) 

Keep your face 

always towards the

sunshine - 

and shadows 

will fall behind you.

        ~Walt Whitman   

Dream your dream.
Follow your heart.
Imagine.
Listen to the wind.
Drink sunsets.
Be free.
Let the wonder never cease.
Believe.
Wish on EVERY star.
Create adventure.
Be kind.

~ Debbie Coulter

An honest heart is an open heart. 

If we are dishonest in any way 

with ourselves or with others, 

it means we are in hiding. 

There is a wall, 

a barrier behind 

which we conceal something of ourselves. 

Subtle tension will be our companion, 

and while 

most of us learn to live with it, 

it drains our energy 

and tightens our muscles. 

On the other hand

 don't be too honest with others - 

feel their pulse - 

sometimes 

others are not ready to hear 

what's in your heart. 

But know that when you are honest 

you will experience a level 

of inner relaxation 

that you had forgotten 

was even possible.

The Lord God Planted a Garden

THE Lord God planted a garden 

In the first white days of the world, 

And He set there an angel warden

 In a garment of light enfurled.

So near to the peace of Heaven, 

That the hawk might nest with the wren, 

For there in the cool of the even 

God walked with the first of men.

And I dream that these garden closes 

With their shade and their sun-flecked sod 

And their lilies and bowers of roses, 

Were laid by the hand of God.

The kiss of the sun for pardon, 

The song of the birds for mirth, – 

 One is nearer God's heart in a garden

 Than anywhere else on earth.

-ARROZ CALDO-

-GINATAN HALO HALO-

-PANCIT MALABON-

-PANCIT GUISADO-

-SOTANGHON GUISADO-