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Everyday Stories, Lived

Life

  • Things don’t always continue

    From this week’s Sunday service, I have learned about two kinds of contentment. One is being complacent about how things will remain the same. The other is a kind of contentment that depends on the Lord our God. I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem’s darkest corners to punish those who sit complacent in their Read more

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  • Keep moving forward

    Is it possible to long for things that never happened but could have? I think it is. And making it a habit is a sure way to make you unhappy in the now. Making you feel miserable about the choices you should have chosen but didn’t. Yes. You’ll never know what Path A could have Read more

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  • I never thought growing up could be this humbling

    I can remember people from childhood who easily look upon peers that seem to be of lower financial status than they are. That’s the kind of environment I grew up in here in the Philippines. Probably, I will never forget how they look at you, sneer at your clothes, and snide at you when they Read more

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  • Success, failure, and living life

    “The difference between success and failure–between a life of fulfillment and a life of frustration–is how well you manage the challenge and making meaning in your life.” — Life is in the Transitions We used to think that life is black and white, such that there is either success or failure, fulfillment or frustration, and Read more

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  • The invisible deadline

    “We’re all comparing ourselves to an ideal that no longer exists and beating ourselves up for not achieving it.” — Life is in the Transitions At some point, you’ve been in the same situation, one way or another. Worse is when you are born into a generation that suggests a linear life. That after successfully Read more

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  • Worried about the future?

    When I was a kid, I always look forward to celebrating my birthday. Who doesn’t? Right? When I was four, I think of being five. When I was nineteen, I think of being twenty. And now, I feel I am already 30. It’s as if my life is on a countdown while counting up. Perhaps, Read more

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  • Some people age yet …

    We used to think that age dictates where we should be in life. We’ve been taught with a worldview that at a certain age, we should already be this or that. And can you remember when you were a kid when adults ask you questions like, “What do you want to be when you grow Read more

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