Hope for the flowers

Hope for the flowers is a book by Trina Paulus. A story that children will love and adults could definitely learn from.  Its story started from a striped caterpillar hatched out of an egg on a leaf. After consuming all of the leaf where he was born, Stripe decided to explore his surroundings. From here he discovered a pile of other caterpillars moving onto a pillar of caterpillars. Stripe decided to follow the pile which he found to be moving towards the top. Everybody was pushing onto anybody, pushing themselves onto the top hurt others because they stepped onto their heads, shoulders etc. It was way too painful to reach for the top, at this point Stripe suddenly saw a yellow caterpillar who was being violently pushed by the other caterpillars.Stripe and yellow at that instant felt the connection between them and decided to go down the pillar and lived together. Kissing, hugging and eating the whole time together and enjoying each others company. And lo, one day Stripe realized that there might be something more to life than doing these things with Yellow. Hence, Stripe decided to leave Yellow behind to accomplished his unfinished business of reaching for the top of the pillar. This time he promised to himself that he will never be distracted again. While pushing himself onto the pillar, suddenly there was this Yellow insect flying around him and trying to gesture something onto him. Stripe considered this as plain distraction and so continued to push himself up the pillar. Just below the top of the pillar he heard some caterpillars exclaimed that there was actually nothing at the top of the pillar. Stripe did not lose his enthusiasm but considered this as more of a challenge.Upon reaching for the top, Stripe was surprised to see that indeed nothing was at the top. He even discovered that there are hundreds of Caterpillar pillar around similar to what they have now. Stripe got frustrated and decided to go down the pillar. At the foot of the pillar, Stripe saw this flying insect again as it gestures something onto him. Nothing matters now anyway especially that Yellow was no longer with him. And so, Stripe follow what was being shown unto him by that yellow flying insect. He wove and wove this sticky substance around his body until he was completely covered. For a while Stripe was nowhere in sight until one day, lo and behold, Stripe pushed himself out of his pupa and out came a beautiful stripe butterfly. Stripe have metamorphosed into a butterfly and that gave him fulfillment and the meaning that he have searched for. I hope this story for little kids have awakened your mind of the life that we should have lived...a life of the real fulfillment and the real essence of happiness....Insights please!

hope for the flowers

Hope for the flowers is a book by Trina Paulus. A story that children will love and adults could definitely learn from.  Its story started from a striped caterpillar hatched out of an egg on a leaf. After consuming all of the leaf where he was born, Stripe decided to explore his surroundings. From here he discovered a pile of other caterpillars moving onto a pillar of caterpillars. Stripe decided to follow the pile which he found to be moving towards the top. Everybody was pushing onto anybody, pushing themselves onto the top hurt others because they stepped onto their heads, shoulders etc. It was way too painful to reach for the top, at this point Stripe suddenly saw a yellow caterpillar who was being violently pushed by the other caterpillars.Stripe and yellow at that instant felt the connection between them and decided to go down the pillar and lived together. Kissing, hugging and eating the whole time together and enjoying each others company. And lo, one day Stripe realized that there might be something more to life than doing these things with Yellow. Hence, Stripe decided to leave Yellow behind to accomplished his unfinished business of reaching for the top of the pillar. This time he promised to himself that he will never be distracted again. While pushing himself onto the pillar, suddenly there was this Yellow insect flying around him and trying to gesture something onto him. Stripe considered this as plain distraction and so continued to push himself up the pillar. Just below the top of the pillar he heard some caterpillars exclaimed that there was actually nothing at the top of the pillar. Stripe did not lose his enthusiasm but considered this as more of a challenge.Upon reaching for the top, Stripe was surprised to see that indeed nothing was at the top. He even discovered that there are hundreds of Caterpillar pillar around similar to what they have now. Stripe got frustrated and decided to go down the pillar. At the foot of the pillar, Stripe saw this flying insect again as it gestures something onto him. Nothing matters now anyway especially that Yellow was no longer with him. And so, Stripe follow what was being shown unto him by that yellow flying insect. He wove and wove this sticky substance around his body until he was completely covered. For a while Stripe was nowhere in sight until one day, lo and behold, Stripe pushed himself out of his pupa and out came a beautiful stripe butterfly. Stripe have metamorphosed into a butterfly and that gave hiw fulfillment and the meaning that he have searched for. I hope this story for little kids have awakened your mind of the life that we should have lived...a life of the real fulfillment and the real essence of happiness....Insights please!

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Moving ON...

One of the hardest things for any person, man or woman, is letting go of a relationship that's not meant to be. We are often attached to the illusion that this person is "the One" for us, and that if we don't have him or her, we'll never find somebody new. Holding on to disappointment, hurt, blame, anger, resentment, and bitterness, we convince ourselves that "all men are jerks" or "all women are bitches." If you've just got out of a relationship and are harbouring a lot of resentment against your partner or against the opposite sex, now is NOT the time to start dating again. Your anger and bitterness will poison even the most loving relationship. When we hang on to baggage from past relationships, we end up projecting our pain on to others in our lives - our families, children and, eventually, our new partners. Our emotional baggage is usually rooted in our relationships with our own parents, or in bad relationships we've had in the past. We have to lighten our load and heal our pain before we can love again. Some of the practices you need to cultivate in order to heal yourself are: · Radical Personal Responsibility: Take responsibility for the role you played in your relationship, either by taking inappropriate action, not acting altogether or expecting too much. Stop blaming your partner. Own your feelings, so you can change them. · Self-Awareness: Are there patterns that keep repeating in your relationships? Do you have a tendency to get into relationships with abusive people, or become abusive yourself? Become mindful of your reactions to people and situations. Learn to identify your patterns, and the unhealthy beliefs that are causing them. · Acceptance: Accept yourself and your partner the way you are. Accept the fact that the relationship was not meant to be, that it didn't work because it was not your highest and best. · Forgiveness: Learn to forgive yourself for all the damage that your anger and pain may have caused, and forgive others for being human and acting out their own anger and pain. · Gratitude: Be grateful that you're out of a bad relationship, so you can be with someone better suited to your needs. Be grateful for all the lessons you've learned from your partner. · Compassion: Learn to look at all people as human beings dealing with their own pain. Spend some time seeing the world through their eyes and you'll become less judgmental. · Detachment: Learn to let go of unhealthy attachments to people, things and situations. · Independence: Stop expecting other people to give you the love and acceptance you should be giving yourself. Learn to meet your own needs, let go of expectations, and enter a healthy, inter-dependent relationship. · Optimism: Optimism is not essential, but it makes life so much easier. An optimistic outlook, positive attitude and belief that everything happens for the best, can help you bounce back from your loss. Have faith that the best is yet to come. It takes a lot of tears, hard work, and introspection to break the chains of the past. But it's worth every moment! The feeling of freedom and contentment that you experience is just awesome. Getting rid of your anger and hurt will help you stop blaming others for your pain, and allowed you to see your former partner as they really are - a wonderful, sensitive human being with the capacity to love, to care, and to hurt just as deeply as you. It will allow you to love life again, to see the beauty in every experience, to be non-judgmental and open to new relationships. No time spent in a relationship is ever wasted. Ever experience is a lesson and only when you learn the lesson will you progress to the next level. So stop beating yourself up over all the years you "wasted" with that "loser." If it didn't work, it was probably not meant to be. You can't force someone to love you, just as you can't force commitment or marriage. These are stages that should happen naturally, when it feels right for both people. Contrary to popular opinion (and sad love songs) love is not meant to hurt. If you're in pain, what you're experiencing is not love, but attachment or codependence. Too often we fall in love, not with our partner, but with the IDEA of being in love. It's best to let go of a relationship that's causing too much pain. Instead of wallowing in the past and writing your own sad love song, do your inner work, get rid of the anger and disappointment and get on with your life. Let go of your partner with love, so you can move past your hurt and learn to love again. Copyright © Priya Florence Shah Priya Florence Shah manages

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Angelo Reyes dead @ 65

MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE 4) Former Armed Forces Chief and Defense Secretary Angelo Tomas Reyes on Tuesday morning committed suicide by shooting himself in front of the grave of his mother at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City. He was 65. De Leon said that Reyes's son Jett called him up to inform him of the incident. Reyes, who earlier suffered a mild stroke before the congressional investigations on the alleged AFP financial irregularities, said he could not take anymore the smear campaign against his name and his family. "Not my family," he said. Reyes, who loved his mother very much when she was still alive, earlier told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in an interview that he would never do anything that would besmirch the name of "my good mother." In a press conference aired on radio and television, Health Secretary Enrique Ona confirmed Reyes has died from gunshot wound to the heart. He said Reyes was proclaimed dead on arrival at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City. Ona said the doctors tried to resuscitate Reyes who was brought to the hospital at 7:30 a.m. from Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City where he visited the grave of his mother. Ona refused to say what caused the gunshot wounds and could not determine the kind of gun used, saying all these were under investigation. He "was brought here to the emergency room, wala nang pulso at di na humihinga. Nilagyan ng tubo at nag-resuscitation, swero, binigyan ng gamot. But after 45 minutes, which means that at 8:32 a.m., talagang wala na (without pulse and not breathing. He was tubated and resuscitated, put on IV. But after 45 minutes, which means that at 8:32 a.m., he's really gone)." He had a gunshot wound to the heart and an external wound to the back. However, doctors cannot determine yet if the bullet wound was self-inflicted. Ona said that an autopsy of the body of the retired general will be conducted to determine if he had committed suicide. A bullet wound on the left side of the chest near the heart was the cause of death. "Malamang may tama sa puso (The heart was probably hit)," Ona told reporters. In a separate press briefing, Dr. Fernando Lopez, a spokesman for the Quirino Memorial Medical Center, said Reyes was brought to their hospital at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. Reyes had no blood pressure, heart beat, and respiratory rate, his pupils were dilated, he was not breathing and had cold, clammy skin, Lopez said. A gunshot wound, with entry point at the 5th intercostal space on the left side of the chest and with one centimeter in diameter was seen. The exit wound was on the left side of the back, also 1 centimeter in diamater. Reyes, a graduate of Philippine Military Academy Class '66, was AFP chief under President Joseph Estrada, and secretary of defense, interior and local government, and energy during the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from 2001 to 2003. He graduated as the class valedictorian in high school and was among the top ten graduates of the PMA. He went on to obtain two masteral degrees, namely: Masters in Business Administration from Asian Institute of Management in 1973 and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1991. He also took up International Defense Management Course in Monterey, California in 1983. In 1987, he graduated No. 1 in Trust Operations Management Course conducted by the Trust Institutes Foundation of the Philippines at the Ateneo Business School which eventually earned him a scholarship to the Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Katherine Evangelista, INQUIRER.net; Nancy Carvajal, PDI; Radyo Inquirer

existential vacuum

Sometimes I really wonder  how and why we work so hard and carry all the burden of surviving this earthly life,  when in a flick of the finger we suddenly would have to start breathing our last.   Through whatever manner, this earthly life has to end, still it is the finality of everything. Though in our heads there is still much to do and much to work on, your day to expire has come.   This last few weeks have made me realized how time really flies so quick, and people you know and you don't exactly know forcibly were made to bid their last goodbye.   Sadly, it is the truth, that life is not forever, but the life that you can create , the legacy that you can leave behind is precisely what can stay forever...in the lives of the many that you have inspired.

existential vacuum

Sometimes I really wonder  how and why we work so hard and carry all the burden of surviving this earthly life,  when in a flick of the finger we suddenly would have to start breathing our last.   In whatever matter this earthly life has to end, still it is the finality of everything. Though in our heads there is still much to do and much to work on, your day to expire has come.   This last few weeks have made me realized how time really flies so quick, and people you know and you don't exactly know forcibly were made to bid their last goodbye.   Sadly, it is the truth, that life is not forever, but the life that you can create , the legacy that you can leave behind is precisely what can stay forever...in the lives of the many that you have inspired.