#thirtyfirst

HAPPY 31ST ANNIVERSARY TO JURASSIC PARK (1993)!!! 🦖

So why not drop the 31 random things I’ve learned in my 31 years of existence? You may or may not agree with these but I guess it's worth sharing. 

1.       Your childhood plays a big part of who you are now

2.       There’s no enemy within. It’s just our belief system.

3.       It’s okay to say NO without feeling guilty

4.       Clear communication resolves every misunderstanding

5.       Don’t seek validation from anyone. Validation should always come from you.

6.       Self-love is not selfish.

7.       Always take care of your health. I know “health is wealth” is such a cliché but not taking care of it will restrict you from achieving your goals.

8.       Stop wasting your time explaining things to close-minded people. They will never get it.

9.       As much as possible, “STAY OUT OF DEBT” – you already know what I mean.

10.    Mental Health is as important as your physical health.

11.    You don’t always need to explain yourself to everyone

12.    We create our own reality. Our thoughts become emotions. Emotions become actions.

13.    You don’t have to be friends with everyone. Keep your circle small.

14.    It is never too late to start something new.

15.    You will not always be people’s cup of tea and that is totally OKAY.

16.    Be brave even if you are not, no can tell the difference.

17.    Give that LOVE to yourself because you deserve it.

18.    Learning is a never-ending process – Keep learning!

19.    Financial Intelligence is something that we should always talk about. I wish I knew all about these things when I was in my early 20’s

20.    Stop comparing your journey with other people. We have our own pace in life.

21.    Sometimes being alone doesn’t mean your lonely.

22.    You can’t control people’s reaction but you can always control on how you react to them

23.    “Money can’t buy happiness” is an incorrect concept about money. Money is what we need to fulfil our dreams and aspirations. Anyone who says “money can’t buy happiness” needs to transfer their money to my account! 😊

24.    Don’t define yourself with the things you possess. Everything we have is just temporary and borrowed. These can be taken away from us anytime.

25.    Don’t take risks, instead TAKE CALCULATED RISKS.

26.    Create your life plan or someone else will.

27.    You do not know what tomorrow may bring so do yourself a favour- always be gentle to yourself and do the things that make you happy as long as you don’t hurt anyone

28.    We all connected to each other. The way we meet people is not an accident. They come into our lives either to be a blessing or a lesson.

29.    Whatever the work is, do it well – not for the boss but for yourself.

30.    Stay present, and continue to be the observer of what is happening inside you – Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

31.    “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; Knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened” – Matthew 7:7-8

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Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Phil 3:3-8a

Brothers and sisters: We are the circumcision, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh, although I myself have grounds for confidence even in the flesh.

If anyone else thinks he can be confident in flesh, all the more can I. Circumcised on the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrew parentage, in observance of the law a Pharisee, in zeal I persecuted the Church, in righteousness based on the law I was blameless.

But whatever gains I had, these I have come to consider a loss because of Christ. More than that, I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

R. (3b) Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord. or: R. Alleluia. Sing to him, sing his praise, proclaim all his wondrous deeds. Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD! R. Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord. or: R. Alleluia. Look to the LORD in his strength; seek to serve him constantly. Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought, his portents, and the judgments he has uttered. R. Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord. or: R. Alleluia. You descendants of Abraham, his servants, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones! He, the LORD, is our God; throughout the earth his judgments prevail. R. Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord. or: R. Alleluia.

Alleluia Mt 11:28

R. Alleluia, alleluia. Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Lk 15:1-10

The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So Jesus addressed this parable to them. “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

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Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Phil 2:12-18

My beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work. Do everything without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you. In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14

R. (1a) The Lord is my light and my salvation. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? R. The Lord is my light and my salvation. One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD and contemplate his temple. R. The Lord is my light and my salvation. I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD. R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Alleluia 1 Pt 4:14

R. Alleluia, alleluia. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of God rests upon you. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Lk 14:25-33

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”

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Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Phil 2:5-11

Brothers and sisters: Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,

Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and, found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 22:26b-27, 28-30ab, 30e, 31-32

R. (26a) I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people. I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him. The lowly shall eat their fill; they who seek the LORD shall praise him: “May your hearts be ever merry!” R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; All the families of the nations shall bow down before him. R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people. For dominion is the LORD’s, and he rules the nations. To him alone shall bow down all who sleep in the earth. R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people. To him my soul shall live; my descendants shall serve him. Let the coming generation be told of the LORD that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born the justice he has shown. R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

Alleluia Mt 11:28

R. Alleluia, alleluia. Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Lk 14:15-24

One of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.” He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’ But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have just married a woman, and therefore I cannot come.’ The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.’ The servant reported, ‘Sir, your orders have been carried out and still there is room.’ The master then ordered the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled. For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'”