Greatness is Dependence

by: M.C. Manaligod Josh was finishing up for a board meeting that will commence in a few minutes. He works for a company that manufactures perfumes and sells them to big distributors in North America and in the majority of Europe. He strongly believed that the company’s sales would exponentially grow when they add ” La Coeur De Lavande ” scent in their product line. He has been preparing for this presentation since the start of the month. Josh knew that this presentation could be his chance for his long awaited promotion in the marketing department. Since Josh started as a sales agent for the prestigious perfume company, he has used his wit, confidence and enthusiasm to contribute to it's overall success. The first years were certainly undulated. He was able to close some deals but more often he was rejected. With the support of his then girlfriend and co-workers, Josh persevered and never lost faith, which led to his great success in the company. He maintained his cr...

Were these words ever spoken to you? Every time I talk to my friends about my personal problems when I was younger, they always tell me those words. “I can relate” That short sentence had always given me comfort when I opened up to them. It’s an assurance that my friends were also experiencing the things I was going through. “My mom got furious about my grades in Algebra. She’s cutting the DSL, can’t go online for a week” “Hey man, I can relate. I flunked in English. My dad confiscated my PS2. Can’t play my Final Fantasy 10 ” I have more grown up problems now but whenever I heard someone who went through the same things I did, I felt comforted. It creates an atmosphere of openness and I would always tell them what I felt and the same goes for them. We would talk about the same problems and we will help each other out. It was practicing accountability. When you’re trying to quit at something like drinking alcohol, you’ll need an accountability partner who’s going thr...

Oh thanks for asking. You might’ve gotten worried about me because I haven’t written about anything for almost a year now. No need to worry, I’m still alive. Actually I’ve been wonderful. Lot’s have happened in my life for the past year. Let me give you an update. 1. I'm now engaged. Oh yes! You know the girl that I write about in most of my blogs? I’m now engaged to her. We are happily planning for our wedding happening in a year. We still need to save up for our dream wedding to push through. I can write tons about how our relationship grew and became more God centered. Surely I will share everything we learned in my upcoming entries. We’ve been through a lot of trials and challenges but God has surely blessed us with more wisdom, love, peace and joy. I did an awesome job proposing to her too! 2. My eldest brother got married He got married and the wedding was amazing. We did this dance for the reception and I discovered that I was completely hopeles...

It's been a while since I last wrote a blog. The loss of my grandpa had a huge impact to a lot of people and as for me, the passion for writing dwindled a bit. While inspirations, ideas and blessings still continue, the actual passion for writing about them got affected when my grandpa went home with the Lord. It's still difficult to accept and we're still praying for comfort as we face this devastating incident.  The holidays were tough for most of us since it's our first time not having grandpa around. He usually wears the santa hat and distribute the gifts on Christmas eve. The season is quite different now, I didn't have the honor to wear the santa hat though. It's important to keep in mind that Christmas is all about the coming of Jesus in our lives. With that mindset, I would say I still had a good holiday with my family and friends.  Once we put Christ in the center of our lives, no matter how things change, peace will still rule in our hearts. I now ...