How To Improve One's Life Journey?

           Our life is considered as a journey. And no matter how easy or difficult the way is yet we need to improve in trekking this life journey. Remember always that when we realise that we are not alone on this journey, it is then that this becomes a meaningful and memorable to us. 

          At first we all know that this journey is a multifaceted one thus it involves different aspects of personal development, growth and fulfillment. To help us grow in this journey let us take a look on these steps so that we will attain a positive growth on this. First it is good for us to have establish certain goals in areas of life such as career, health, personal development and relationships.

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           Let us also try to acquire more learning through the different opportunities given to us every single day. Possible ways to enhance this would be to engage in continuous reading, pursuing further education, taking courses and even attending workjshops. 
Self reflection also is another way to develop ourselevs in this journey. By doing so, we will widen our self knowledge and better equip ourselves with both positive and negative qualities that we have.

           And by maintaining healthy habits, this will result to a positive physical and mental well being and this can be done by engaging in activities such as regular exercise, balanced nutrition, sufficient sleep, stress management techniques like meditation or mindfullness.
Finally, to grow in this life journey, we need to practice effective time management and this can be done by learning to prioritise our tasks, knowing our boundaries, learning how to delegate things, and most especially by avoiding procrastination. 
 

          Thus with these few steps, I am positive that we can then be very alive and inspired to continue our journey day by day. 

Make A Difference

     As a member of a community ( no matter what is it whether a family, or a social group, or an exclusive working group ...etc ) we all have the responsibility to contribute to help it reach its full potential. In a way, there is always that challenge for us to make a difference in our life. 

     We are gifted with so many talents/ capabilities/ abilities/ skills and others that facilitating any of them will enable us to be counted positively in our group. For example, in the smallest unit of our society which is our family, we are always being look up by our children so it is for us to be true to such challenge. But alas....no stress on this one....we only need to continue being ourselves and fulfil our respective role whether as a father or as a mother. 

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     Being a positive contributor to the growth of others is but a very big contribution already to our social group. And we could also learn vice versa from others even with our kids since as young as they are, they could also be teaching us many traits in life such as innocence and being natural. So life must go on and we again just need to play our respective role in our society or family and that's it. Life then becomes a very special place to live for you and me. 

What is the Significance of Black Saturday To Us?

     Black Saturday- what is the significance of this day? For the Roman Catholic Church and other denominations, this is the day that Jesus descended to the realm of the dead so as to save humankind from total damnation due to sin. This is the climax of all His sufferings within the last few days. And to think that He is the Son of God yet He sacrificed Himself just to save us. 

     Personally I regularly spend this day trying to reflect what have I done in the past days, weeks, months and even years of my life. How did I witness to all the examples of Jesus? Did I become a concrete model for others especially to those people close to me on how to be a good Christian?

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     As human as we are, it is our tendency to deviate from what is good. So many times in our life that we tend to forget how to be a good follower of Jesus Christ.  In the midst of all these lapses, there is no excuse for us but rather, it should boil down to an awareness of such limitation as well as to possess that earnest desire to CHANGE ourselves for the better.

     Life is such a complicated gift yet it is also a very precious one. And I would say that time is of the essence for us -- indeed we should be able to pause from our busyness and try to reflect on how are we now in our relationship with Jesus and His Heavenly Father. If we are on the right track on this, then this would also be demonstrated through our relationships with loved ones, with relatives, with friends, with society and with nature. Hence this day Black Saturday is a special day for us to recognise Jesus' examples of lying down His life to save us and to do our own share on this challenge of being a good Christian.   

Practicing Genuine Gratitude

     In our recent gathering in the community, we all had the chance of sharing with one another what currently is our struggle on areas such as practicing genuine gratitude, and being present on the here and now moment. Today I would like to share with you my sentiments on gratitude as well as on what I have heard from my fellow members of the community.

    Somehow it is a common experience that being grateful is neglected or forgotten on several instances in our everyday life. This happens due to many reasons like being so preoccupied with things, or being not at home with expressing one's gratitude, or just the simple reality of being ungrateful. 

    Personally I would say that this is our choice whether we will be grateful or not to everything that happens to us everyday. Moreover I observe that we become ungrateful when we are discontented of our own selves or that instead of recognising our own giftedness, we rather choose to focus on what others have and consequently, we start to become envious (rather than being grateful) on them.

                                                                               

     

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    Thus it is a calling for us that in our day to day life, we may become grateful to everything that comes to us. We keep in mind that this LIFE is but a borrowed one and soon or later, we will return it to its rightful owner and we can give back the kindness by taking care of it. 

PS: Thanks to our community led by our active leader Bro. Jose and to the rest of the team: Bro. Reddy, Bro. Arnold, Bro. Danny and to Bro. Boying whom we missed on this session. Shoutout to all of you Brothers. 

What is Your Goal in Life?

       Goals- what exactly is it that motivates you to get up every morning? Is it to become rich? Is it to become famous? Is it to travel to various places in the world? Is it to be able to help others most notably those in need like the poor and the helpless? Whatever your goal in life, be ready to work on it.

        As I observe in my own life and that of others, we tend to set up numerous goals especially during the first days of the year (New Year's resolutions) and somehow, along the way we tend to delay- we tend to forget about them. 

        I believe that along with our goals, there should also be a point of inspiration for all of us that can make us consistent in our

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daily activities so as to achieve our goals. As we go on each day, trials may come our way but bear in mind that they are there to make us polish everything so that achieving our goal could be much sweeter around. 

        Think about your goals and consistently be ready to work hard so that you will attain them soon or later in your life. Never waste your energy crying over a spilled milk- complaining about those unattained goals but rather, stay focus on what lies ahead of you. 

The Trait of Generosity

       Being unselfish is one of those positive traits in life that we must continuously practice and share with others especially with the young generation. The recent times is a very challenging for all parents. With the emergence of today's modern technologies,  there is a need  for them to display to their kids the trait of generosity for them to learn what is it all about. 

          When they start to explore the world of modern gadgets and begin to use them like ipod, cell phone, tablet etc. the risk of them developing less the idea of being generous is inevitable. It is but common nowadays that wherever you go, kids as young as 1 year old and up start to explore already these gadgets. 

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And when they learn to manipulate them, the more time that they need to play with them. Consequently they gradually create their own virtual world thus denying themselves the opportunity to cherish playing time with other kids like them.

          Therefore, the challenge now to bring them to the normal world wherein they can and able to share their time with their peers is clear. The adults like the parents need to monitor this reality making it sure that time spent by kids on modern gadgets is balanced with their time for interaction with the world. And this task has to be a priority for them if they dream of having kids who grow in harmony and who learn how to balance their time.

                                                

Getting Strength from Each Other

          Belonging to a community is a treasured gift for me. It is but awesome to think that our community is made up of people coming from different backgrounds. No one among us choose this community ( as far as I know) yet every get together that we have is considered a special event.

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          Personally, the times that we come together allows me to gather more strength on myself and grow also through the experiences and struggles of others.

         We know we have priorities in our life and I constantly appreciate the effort of each family to spend time to join the gathering. And the sharing of prayers like petitions and thanksgiving makes us feel to be one. Each family has its own needs like schedules, activities and others and still we are able to share our time for the community.

          With this experience, the journey called life becomes easier and interesting. Life is  ought to be shared with others. It is a precious gift and we should be generous in sharing this with others.