My Christmas Thoughts

"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveler, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!"

Charles Dickens

Counting back the years, it's going to be nine long years which means nine Christmases that I haven't celebrated with my family. Truly painful. Not that I don't want to, I would love to spend every Christmas with them. But where I am, has a sad fact of cruelty how short our holidays are and when we fail to come back on time at work, salary deductions takes place. 

Sweet Changes

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek"

 

Barack Obama

 

 

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We all have a story. I believe, we all have gone through something that has changed us in a way that we could never go back to who we once were. This kind of change is inevitable, including the things or people around you. Our body, possessions, relationships are all impermanent. Sometimes, even if we have control on little things, what we need to internalize doesn't need to be controlled. This is life.

Bitter-Sweet Realities To Tough Out

"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Put your vision to reality!"

 

Bob Marley

 

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Over the past decade, I have dealt with severe hardships, including pinned debts, the sudden death of my mother, the loss of my good friend due to illness, financial shortages, broken marriage, betrayal, hurtful and insulting words through cyber bullying, failure relationships and as the breadwinner of the family. These experiences were brutal. My children and I were knocked down. Single parenting was tough.

Inner Peace

"The greatest revelation is stillness."

 

Lao-Tzu

 

 

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Of all the gifts in heaven that I always wished for, is PEACE, inside out. December is a season love, peace and harmony. A season of joy, sharing and forgiveness. But I know life has always been challenging, sometimes unpredictable, chaos happen anywhere, anytime. Affected people would always have troubles, pains and feelings of hopelessness.

 

The only thing I can do to help is prayer. I have a strong belief in praying and my faith has held me in tact in times of problems, uncertainties and doubts. When I reached the stage of seeing beyond, what others couldn't see, I call it a gift from God.

Remarkable People Are Sweet People

"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves, they have the first secret of success"

 

Norman Vincent Peale

 

 

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Anyone could be remarkable. What makes a person remarkable? The word remarkable means "notably unusual" or "worthy of notice". A remarkable person then is someone who is unusual, who is worthy of our noticing.  Being "unusual' or "worthy of notice" does not necessarily mean being famous or well-known. Many famous people are not remarkable, and many people who are truly remarkable are not famous.