True Calling

When seasons change, we sometimes expect to keep blooming. We forget that it may be our time to rest. Waiting is uncomfortable, because we don't see anything happening. We want results, and we want it now. But the season of change and waiting bring a blessing - a realization of our true calling.  After I …

The Mundane

               I like boring. I love monotony. To those who know me, they understand that I ride the rhythm of schedule quite well. I am delighted with how things can remain calm and ordinary, day in and day out. I don’t like disruptions. I am bad with change. I can stick with something longer than …

Clock

Sometimes we feel we have so much time in our hands. But reality is, our time is in God's hands. I am a control freak. I panic when I feel that something is not going my way, or at least how I planned it to be. I have recently learned (or should I say, I …

Hope Bearer

                2020 has been a year of uncertainties, questions, struggles, and many challenges. To say that it has affected everyone globally is an understatement. Families and individuals needed to deal with change after change in a time of crisis. As this pandemic has brought changes that caused stress to grown-ups, we can just imagine the …

Opening the Lid of Comparison

               We can only go as far as our lids limit us. Whenever I imagine filling up a jar with water, I realize that it can only hold so much liquid in it, if we were to close the lid. When we put the jar under running water from the faucet, the water keeps on flowing …

Praying Hands, Pouting Lips

People who are close to me often describe me as a prayerful woman. I love praying for friends and loved ones, because I feel blessed whenever I see God answering their prayers and giving them their needs and wants. In my lifetime, I have witnessed numerous miracles that happened. I have seen how praying families …

The Academy of Resiliency

If I will be very honest with myself, I would say that resilience is a character trait that was not really developed that well in me as I was growing up. While my life has not been a bed of roses, I would say that the difficulties I have gone through pales in comparison to …

Until Further Notice

Several days into this community quarantine and we see several stories in social media. The sheer disparity of the privileged and marginalized gets highlighted all the more. This virus, though not visible to the naked eye, reveals many things observable. These past few days have been quite a battle. Many clamor for citizens to stay …

Successes

                Some days you are overwhelmed with how blessed you are. And on other days, you look around and see how far they have gone. Some days you rejoice at small victories. Other days, you wish you had their success stories. Some days you smile at the beauty of the sunrise. Other days, you want …

Of Storms and Clear Skies

                I have always been fascinated by how clear blue skies appear a day after the typhoon has gone. Sometimes I wonder how dark clouds and heavy rains could turn into blue skies and warm sunshine at almost no time at all. I look up and wish that life’s journey can be all sunshine and …