For a long time, I underestimated the importance of sleep. Sure, I know that sleep is important for health and happiness and all of that … but it wasn’t until I learned two things that sleep took on a new importance for me: 1. If you don’t get enough sleep, you will fail at changing … Continue reading The Incredible Importance of Sleep
In Sickness and In Suffering
Nobody wants to be sick. Unless one is a hypochondriac. As an adult, getting the flu, fever, colds, migraines or muscle pains can be a very personal kind of suffering. You're sick enough to get your daily activities and normal disposition disrupted but not really sick enough to merit going to the hospital. You have … Continue reading In Sickness and In Suffering
The Rules of Engagement
I’ve seen it in the movies before, the guy kneeling down in front of the girl, the girl crying, the “yes”, the triumphant hug, the piped-in music to welcome a new life together. The weeks leading up to my own proposal, I researched youtube videos. I saw how Zoren proposed to Carmina, and then got … Continue reading The Rules of Engagement
Falling In Love With Yourself
[This is my Valentines post for this year. We are always looking out for love from our partner and from other people. We oftentimes forget a basic truth about love: that it starts with loving yourself, or it doesn't work. - editor] While many of us look for love from a partner and mate, we … Continue reading Falling In Love With Yourself
The Child That Holds Us Back
It took me a long time to figure out why I, and so many others, have difficulties changing habits and making lasting changes in our lives. It all comes down to a little child. And that child lives within each of us. I had a hard time quitting smoking in 2005, because I really didn’t … Continue reading The Child That Holds Us Back
Be a Better Buyer–And A Much Better Person–This New Year!
We live in a world that has become a world of purchase, and acquisition, and one-man upship. Who has the biggest, the many-est, the cutest, the most expensive, has become a symbol of status that confuses us into thinking that how people perceive us is who we are. We can sometimes believe our own hype, … Continue reading Be a Better Buyer–And A Much Better Person–This New Year!
Jealousy and Suffering
Most of us deal with jealousy in some form, and when it comes up, it’s never pretty. It might be jealousy when your girlfriend seems interested in someone else, or when one of your best friends becomes close with someone else, or when your parents give a lot of attention to your sibling, or when … Continue reading Jealousy and Suffering
Home
I grew up in a home where my mother had a devotion to the Sto. Niño. This meant that there was a statue (or two or three) of him in every bedroom, a calendar that highlighted the days of his novena on all our walls, and a small white relic of sorts in all our … Continue reading Home
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