9/3/12

Love & Forgiveness

7 shared love by: Ruby at 9:11 AM


How hard it is to love people who have wronged you. To love thy enemies, although I am not regarding them as enemies. I am just sensitive when it comes to people who have wronged me on a certain basis aware or unaware. It's a difficult thing to do when your emotions are surging and all you can think about are the wrong things they have done to you that have hurt, annoyed, angered, offended or irritated you. I think everyone has experienced this at some points in their lives.

But then,

"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." - Luke 6:27-28 -

This is what the Lord commanded. Is He asking us to do the impossible then? Is it so hard to love the unlovable to the point of becoming an impossibility? That you can never learn to forgive? That you can never mend? And that you always keep a grudge, a thorn in your heart? Even God who is above us forgives even to the lowliest among us (Daniel 9:9, 1 John 1:9). So we, too, should learn to forgive and to love. It is very difficult, but it is possible. Because God makes all things possible if you just call out to Him and believe (Matthew 19:26). If you already believe in Him, call out to Him and He will cleanse you and make you do things that you thought you could never do--like forgiving and loving those who have wronged you. If you don't believe in Him and there's hatred, grudge and bitterness in your heart for some people, why don't you try Him? You've got nothing to lose when you do. It's really a matter of choice. And once you have made the right choice, you will soon see how your life will unfold in ways that you can never comprehend. But choosing the right decision is not the end of the tunnel. It doesn't end there. Rather, it's the beginning of a wonderful journey towards eternity.

"But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." - Luke 6:35-36 -

 

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6/28/10

20 Words To The Wise

2 shared love by: Ruby at 6:09 PM


1. GOD wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

2. Dear GOD: I have a problem. Sometimes, it's me.

3. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

4. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.

5. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

6. Do the math. Count your blessings.

7. Faith is the ability not to panic.

8. Laugh everyday, it's like inner jogging.

9. If we worry, we probably didn't pray. If we pray, we probably don't worry.

10. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.

11. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

12. The most important things in our homes are the people.

13. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knots for us.

14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.

15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead. And who knows where he has gone?

16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your precious moments.

17. Nothing is real to you until we experience it, otherwise it's just hearsay.

18. It's all right to sit on our pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.

19. Surviving and living our life successfully requires courage. The goals and dreams we seek require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the turtle--it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.

20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

 

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6/24/10

Just Maybe...

0 shared love by: Ruby at 8:15 PM


We were suppose to meet the wrong before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that GIFT...

Maybe...


It is true that we don't know what we have until we lose it, but...
It is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it ARRIVES...

Maybe...


The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, after all,
You can't go on successfully in life until you let go of your past mistakes, failures and HEARTACHES...

Maybe...


You should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you HAPPY...

Maybe...


The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything...
They just make the most of everything that comes along their WAY...

Maybe...


The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever HAD...

Maybe...


Happiness waits for all those who cry, all those who are hurt, all those who have searched, and all those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of all the people who have touched their LIVES...

Maybe...


You should do something nice for someone every single day, even if it is simply to leave them ALONE...

Maybe...


There are moments in life when you miss someone...
A parent, a spouse, a lover, a friend, a child...
So much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real, so that once they are around you appreciate them MORE...

Maybe...


Giving someone all of your love is never an assurance that they will love you back.
Don't expect love in return.
Just wait for it to grow in their heart, but if it doesn't, be content that it grew in YOURS...

God Bless =)





i just love this beautiful masterpiece...it is my inspiration while writing (copying :D) this...it is soooo soothing to the ears and makes me feel calm and serene :D

 

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1/24/10

This Year...

4 shared love by: Ruby at 5:20 PM

Yey! It's 2010 already! And yep, this is my first post for this year. Christmas, New Year and Sinulog had already passed and I wasn't even able to relay my greetings or post somethin' related to it. I thought I could really update on a regular basis but I dunno. I guess I'm just not motivated enough? Hmm...I dunno...I guess I only write or post when I feel like writing or posting. I don't want to make this an obligation. I feel like the passion for writing would be gone and thus it would become a static routinary job that you have to do for the sake of updating it. Well, I somehow have to have that mindset to give more time in this if I really give importance to this. I guess my heart is not really into it or I get distracted too easily or I'm too lazy or that I'm too hesitant. So many excuses. Tsk. Anyway, life is a never-ending process of learning and growing into something better. Right now, I'm still learning to organize my mind, my time, and money, my life. Hopefully, I can achieve it. =3

So here's a list that I plan to achieve for this year. Actually, I 'borrowed' these words from a planner I bought (out of impulse because it was so fanciful and my sister encouraged me to bought it...heheh). I was hoping the planner would be a start in organizing my life. It's a start I guess. But no assurance.

You can also give some considerations with these 'resolutions' and you can apply it to your life as well. :) ciao!

* This year I will not be afraid of failure.
* This year I will take time to journal important events in my life that I don't want to forget! (ouch! and somehow I always forget O.o)
* This year I will do the unexpected.
* This year I will choose to be HAPPIEST every single day, as if it were the first and last day of my life.
* This year I will travel to Paris! (whoo! How I wish! Hmp.)
* This year I will live life to the fullest.
* This year I will be kinder. (Hmm..not too kind enough to be stepped on by others...tsk2x...)
* This year I will be financially independent! (yep2x! I think I have achieved this already :)
* This year I will be my most awesome self!
* This year I will go out of my comfort zone to help others in need (weee! humanitarian cause..this sounds so good...but the problem is..i don't know where to start...)
* This year I will be a better person financially, emotionally, and physically.
* This year I will be a better woman inside and out!
* This year I will stop running away. (Hopefully...)
* This year I will face my fears with full confidence.
* This year I will keep a more positive outlook.
* This year I will look forward to new changes in my life.
* This year I will spend more time with God.
* This year I will see the beauty of the sunset. (I've always thought the sunset is really beautiful :)
* This year I will be who God wants me to be! (This is my ultimate goal! It cannot be achieved in just one year but through a lifetime)
* This year I will be open to change. (I love change! Life would be so dull without it. But some things should not change though.)

 

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8/30/09

Breaking the Bondage of Depression

0 shared love by: Ruby at 10:08 AM



"From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I." - Psalm 61:1, 2



Most of the time, our problems in life result from our inability to see a way out of bad situations which have gradually taken us captive.

Thinking that nothing can be done results in doing nothing, and this becomes a choice which you make. Want to reverse a bad situation which is depressing you? Then take note of the following guidelines:

1. Realize that depression is a choice which you have made. It's a bad choice which can be reversed. Almost always it is not the result of a situation which only God can change, but the result of your accepting those situations as being unchangeable and permanent.

2. Understand that what happens to you is of concern to God. Depression has a spiritual dimension, and so does your life. There is forgiveness for your failure and hope for your despair. There is a God Who cares about you.

3. Refuse to accept the thought that your depressing circumstances are permanent. Some of the most upbeat, vibrant individuals are people who had every right to feel down and discouraged. They turned their handicap into a stepping-stone which led to victory.

4. As tough as it may be, understand that people will help, but they can't do it for you. You and God have to form a partnership in this whole process of turning your life around. Depending on others instead of depending on God is like letting someone carry you instead of learning to walk. But at the end of our resources, there is God, and you will find that He is enough. As David wrote, "From the end of the earth I will cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I" (Psalm 61:2)



 

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7/28/09

Apologize

1 shared love by: Ruby at 12:23 PM

"Apologizing does not mean that you are wrong and the other one is right...
It simply means that you value the relationship much more than your ego..."





The story goes that some time ago a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became even more upset when the child used the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy. The father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He spoke to her in a harsh manner, "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?"

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full. The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is told that the father kept that gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given a golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

 

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4/16/09

Interesting Lessons

1 shared love by: Ruby at 12:41 PM

#1 THREE WISHES

A sales rep, an administration clerk,and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out.
The Genie says, "I'll give each of you just one wish."

"Me first!Me first!" says the admin clerk. "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world."
Puff! She's gone.

"Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life."
Puff! He's gone.

"OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, "I want those two back in the office after lunch."

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Always let your boss have the first say.

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#2 HIGH UP ABOVE

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him,

"Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"
The eagle answered, "Sure, why not."
So the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

 

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4/9/09

HANDBOOK 2009

0 shared love by: Ruby at 5:36 PM

I just checked out my mail today and I found something interesting^^. It was forwarded to me by my older sis and it's really a handy piece of info that could make one think and reflect about one's life, how it should be spent worthily. Here is the handbook:

HANDBOOK 2009


Health:

1. Drink plenty of water..
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and empathy.
5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2008.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control.. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more..
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right thing!
33.. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy.. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:

40. Please don't hesitate to share this with the people you love.


 This is really quite helpful, although I'm having a hard time following some of it for some reasons especially in the health section. Well anyways, enjoy! ^_^

 

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