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.

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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. 

A Community United In Prayer and Fun

          Being in a community is one gift that we can always treasured in life. Absolutely no one could ever survive on earth just by his lonesome.

That's exactly why we are called as social individuals since we are expected to interact with others. 

         And true to its word, our Couples for Christ household community is one support group which is constantly essential for all members. We are called to prayer and to offer thanksgiving for everything that we unceasingly receive from Him Above. 

           Our household community through our ever active leaders, couple Bro Sam and Sis Bong, is always active in all its commitments as a group. And all members believe that it is the commitment of each one to devote time for prayer in the group and to interact with each other that binds all members together. 

         The summit of every gathering is the worship  and it is coupled with other worthwhile activities such as camping and fun run plus the regular household gathering. Through these enumerated activities, we further develop our closeness with one another as well as to strengthen our relationship with God. 

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United as One Family

          Last August 19, 2017 Saturday, Couples For Christ (CFC) Melbourne,  Australia celebrated its 26th anniversary at Saint Brigid Catholic Church. The day's celebration was filled with laughters and screams as each one witnessed the various presentations from the CFC units: West, North, South etc. 

          The YFC group was very generous to share their talents through their various presentations like the band playing and dances.

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There was also the much applauded lip sync battle of the different CFC Units. Our unit, CFC North Unit, was successful in sharing our God given talents through our Grease dance presentation- thanks to the support of our Unit Leaders, Bro. Walter and Bro. Gary as well as to our household leader- Bro. Sam and Sis Bong.

          Prayers and worship were also shared thus making this event centered on our belief that everything which happened within those 26 years of existence were guided by the graces of our Most Loving Father. Hence all these manifestations are but just right to be returned to Him through this get together of CFC brothers and sisters all throughout Melbourne. 

          Much gratefulness also to the elders of CFC Melbourne who unceasingly devoted their extra mile, time and resources so that CFC will continue to flourish and grow in this part of the globe.

The Need to Belong

          One of man's basic needs is the need to belong to a community whether it is a social group, an athletic group, a religious community, a spiritual group and others. No one could ever live and survive on this world just by his lonesome. In one way or the other, the need for companionship and belongingness is but a very essential one among man's hierarchy of needs.

          Thus, it is weighs a lot that at an early stage, a child is nurtured and guided on how to interact with his peers. So many resources like books, video materials, recordings are available everywhere to augment man's understanding about this task. However, in reality, this is easily said than done. There has to be a consistent accompaniment on the child so that his needs can be realised and attended. 

        No one can substitute physical presence with mere possessions like money, treasures, gadgets etc. Somehow this is the challenge that is being thrown to all adults whether one is a parent or non parent. In spite of all life's busy routines, there has to be  a place for proper guidance to sufficiently answer the needs of those young people in the community.  

Real Friends are Worth Keeping

          How many friends whom you can really consider as real ones? If we will think about it, some of those friends are not really "real". Real friends are those whom you can rely in whatever situation one is in. He is there in times of joy and times of tears. 

          Thus you should be thankful if you can find one. Having them in our life adds flavour to it and let us find ways to keep them inside our hearts. Life's journey could be very tricky at times and in those trying times,

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we need people who can share their time and energy with us. This is always a gift --to have somebody who can listen to you no matter what it takes. 

          Journeying in life is exciting and easy when we have real friends around us. Hence we also allow others to enjoy and treasure our friendships. After all, we are made to help each other in all times.