Greatness is Dependence

"Here's pardon for transgressions past, It matters not how black their cast; And, O my soul, with wonder view, For sins to come here's pardon too." This is a repost from Charles Spurgeon

I used to work in a popular coffee shop in Canada. I was working from 10pm to 7am. Can you just imagine how tough that is? While everybody is sleeping, you're awake and making coffee. For some reason I can't understand why people drink coffee at 3am. Isn't sleeping being utilized anymore? Anyway, I had that job for almost 7 months. At my last month I decided to quit since I've been having some health issues. Some piece of advice for you guys, when it's time to sleep, just sleep. Health is NOT to compromise for money.   Here's the story. It was 2:30am in the morning and I was brewing some fresh pots of coffee while suddenly my good friend from church entered the store. The whole time working there, all the customers I had were drunkards and party people. I won't ever expect a good friend from church to enter that store just to say hi.  I was delighted to see him. You know that feeling when you're walking in a mall and you suddenly bump into a go...

I just heard a very sad news today. One of the best teachers and mentors in University of Asia and the Pacific passed away. It was shocking because it all happened in a snap. He was alive and kicking one day and then one morning he just didn't wake up. Family, teachers, co workers, students and friends are  mourning for his lost. He was indeed a great man, one of the most successful person I know. Everything happens for a reason. This one is hard to understand. No one can't fathom why he had to leave. As I pray for him and all the people who mourns for him, God enlightened me. What I'll try to say is an encouragement for this moment. I'm seriously downcast for this news. I'm here in Canada and I can't even visit the funeral. So the best I can do is to pray and to say this. He was a very successful businessman. I think he owns 5 popular fast food chains in the Philippines. He has a name in the industry and he is well known. Students would go to him for help a...

"If you were a washing machine, how will you be happy? “Have you ever thought of that? It's silly but really, if you were a washing machine how will you be happy? The answer is simple. You'd be happy if you wash some clothes. Why? Because that's what you're supposed to do. If you were a washing machine and you tried to make some coffee, you'll end up being stressed out and crazy because that's not what you're designed to do.  So, how will we be happy?  As human beings, we'll be happy if we're being humans. We'll be happy if we're doing what were supposed to do. First of all, what are we supposed to do? What's our purpose? Knowing our purpose is very important because it will direct our lives. If a person chooses having fun as his purpose, then he'll be investing most of his time on partying. If I choose getting rich as my purpose, then I'll spend most of my time earning money or doing business, no matter the cost ma...

Words aren't always required To tell you how I feel Electrifying, awesome, amazing You take my breath away I beg you please Whatever you're doing, never cease I'm falling and falling Now we have a lifetime to spend It was you all along, it finally came I'll always praise our Maker He blessed me with you The woman beyond my dreams

My parent’s love song is “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You” by George Benson. My dad usually plays the song in the car when he drives mama home. My romantic dad hits play as soon mama sits beside him. Smooth moves. “Nothing’s gonna change my love for you” is one of the sweetest love songs ever written. The message is simple yet overwhelming. The song is amazing and if you haven’t heard of it, the chorus goes like this: Nothing's gonna change my love for you You oughta know by now how much I love you One thing you can be sure of I'll never ask for more than your love Nothing's gonna change my love for you You oughta know by now how much I love you The world may change my whole life through But nothing's gonna change my love for you I don’t know about you but if my girl sings me this song I would go “awwwwwww” It’s a remarkable love song. This song was released 1984. Too bad they don’t make music like this anymore. It’s noticeab...

I have decided to write letters to people and things I'm thankful for. I realized life is awesome and it would be a great exercise for us to say thank you for all the wonderful blessings we have! Let's all count our blessings because they will tell us that we have a lot of things in our lives to be happy about. I'm first thankful to God for all these different people and things He blessed me with. Optimism starts not within but with Him :) This is my first letter and this is addressed to the creator of Skype. Dear Mr. Skype, I just want to thank you for being a great blessing. Your invention is wonderful! I think you should know this, I'm in Canada right now and I love being here. I've been here for almost a year and it has been a blast. So many developments have been happening in my life since day one. I came from the Philippines and many loved ones are still there especially my girlfriend, Andrea. Mr. Skype, I'm thankful for your invention because I ...