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Toys, Books and School supplies.

knocking at your doors and hearts, I need toys, books, school supplies for children living in a far-flung area and poor communities in the Philippines. I am part of an organization called Jesse M. Robredo Movement (JMRM), which was named after a good, dignified, pro-humanity and was a politician. He died in 2012 due to plane crash. A great loss to all Filipinos. If any chance that you want to know more about our organization or you are interested to donate, please do not hesitate to message me here.

my water baptism as a born again christian.

Again and again time flies so fast! People should be more wise in spending their time.

‘’Be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God.’‘ Philippians 4:6

Social media, we can get a lot from it, starting from those necessary and important information to those unnecessary and totally irrelevant news updates. Just name it! Social media has it! Now, let's get our facts straight: Social media is now the new media. It is very effective, powerful and the fastest way to communicate. It is the generation's new platform to convey a message to the world. I mean look how amazing social media works--in just a split of seconds when you hit that button that says "post" everyone is already informed of your status (like what you are doing and where you are going) and you can get feedback or reactions instantly and not only that you can get reactions from people across the globe!!!(for example when you post something on Instagram). Amazing right? Bravo! We are all connected like never before!! Moreover, not only that it has a significant impact on how we communicate today but also it made a great change in the world of business like making opportunities more accessible and available. A great way to get our businesses promoted even without much money involved and also an easier way to reach potential clients! The business just got better! Hooray! Thanks to social media indeed. However, on a more serious note though, did you know that there were studies that revealed that social media greatly affect how we perceive ourselves like it is becoming the measurement of our confidence and our self-esteem. Yes, up to that extent social media has greatly changed us. Moreover, True enough to say as well that in as much as we can get lots of positive things in our social media, we can also get lots of negative things from it (almost trashy) that affect us whether we are conscious about it or not.Now what is my point of writing this? Well, I was thinking that this could be a great reminder for you and me whose using social media very often--thinking, are we adding up to make it positive or negative venue of communication? Are we at least a reliable source in our social media? Are we using it to promote humanity and peace in our society? As mentioned, social media is the new media now and thus this entails being responsible. Because you and I are wide users of social media, we are accountable to every post we are posting (whether in facebook, instagram, tweeter, tumblr, and other blog sites). Don't get me wrong freedom of expression is well understood here and it is not really the issue but how Responsible Media users we are. Of course, we can always freely express ourselves but to be responsible every time makes a difference . Let us challenge ourselves and let's be a good source of information and energy in social media where everyone is within reach/.

Be productive as possible. Use your time well especially the time that you have right now. You see, not everyone has the privilege to do just what they want as free as a bird. Not everyone has the time to spend it leisurely. So do the things you love and learn the things you want to learn not tomorrow, not the next day but now. Step up your game. Don't waste your precious time. You love writing right? So write everyday! Never stop writing until you can confidently share it to the rest of the world. Get up and fix your blog. Get up and get those photographs taken. Get up and get busy. Get up and use your time well.

Keep moving forward even though your destination seems a bit unclear for now. Just keep going until everything is crystal clear. Trust your journey. Trust God.

God, you are the creator of all creations. The one who divided the light from darkness. You created wonderful things in this world----the sun, the moon and the stars. You are truly a great and an amazing God. You deserve all the praises and glories. Your love is the greatest of all Lord, you have saved us from our sins by sending your son Jesus Christ to redeem us. We are forever grateful. Thank you father for loving us despite of our unworthiness to be loved. Lord, you know the desires of our hearts. We are all longing for your presence and warmth. We are seeking for you everyday. The world is such a busy place Lord and we are always too busy making a living but know that our heart's truly desire is You and nothing else. Guide us always. Amen.

Is it important to find your perfect fit? My answer would be YES! Let me just say a little bit about myself before anything else. I consider myself as a free-spirited person. I like being independent. I remember how I would define freedom and I will quote myself: "freedom is not being tied up to anything." I am not a conformist--following things because of its popularity is not my thing (yeah call me kill joy!).  I would rather choose to be alone with my ideas and beliefs than to just join the rest of the world. This was me having too many rules of what I should follow and what I should not and the list were long (yikes right!). But you know the more we mature and gain wisdom as we grow old makes everything changed. And thank God because what I have learned and discovered recently are indeed good changes. I realized that we cannot survive being alone in this world. Being a loner is not cool. We got to open our minds and simply listen even to those we do not want to hear, simply because it will surely make us better if we learn to see or hear other perspective. It will make our world balanced. So there you go. Anyway, so what do I really mean by saying perfect fit? Well, perfect fit for me means a place or a community where you feel you really belong to. It is where everything that you believe in, your philosophies in life especially your faith just connect you to everyone who shares the same values as you. Not making you feel isolated but makes you want to share yourself. So what is it like to find your perfect fit? It is like you found your true if not your deepest self. It is like you found the rightful place for you and everything there coincides with the desires of your heart. That is what it is like for me especially. I found my perfect fit and I am really happy. My journey is just starting and I am not worried about what comes next. Just enjoying the ride right now. So whether you are in a quest of finding your own perfect fit or just figuring things out. I am praying that everything goes well. God bless our journey.

Is it money? A life full of success and achievement? Or a life that is as simple as enjoying your cup of coffee in a late afternoon. No rush, less reality (that's more like it for most of us right?). More often than not, this question is most likely to show up especially when our day to day busy life suddenly stops. When we face our own moments of silence. Well, we may have a different answer to this question, but I guess this is really important to ask ourselves. It is like deciding how do we want to spend the rest of our lives. Well, remember, we are free to choose whatever path to take. Let's just use this freedom well and pray more as we figure what to do really. Life is good despite all the confusion.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., "Over the Teacups," 1891

Cover of the song One Sweet Love by Sara Bareilles

- Christina Rossetti