Our car is almost 9 year old and really needs a check up. Just recently, we have been hearing some noises whenever we drive. I hope that it is nothing serious as the holiday season is approaching and there are many family gatherings we need to go to. It would be really difficult to have the car break down right now. Besides, we still don't have enough capital to buy a new one right now.
But it is my wish that we would be able to purchase a new car by next year! Along with new car mats, new seat covers and new gadgets in the car. It would be less of a headache for us if we can get that new car. If the new accessories would be custom made for us, it would even be better! We won't really need too much interior styling. I think I only want personalized car floor mats but that's just about it. Though it would be nice to have the car exteriors enchanced.
Browing through online automotive accesories superstore is keeping me and hubby excited! We are truly praying for this need of ours, since we dont only use it for personal use but also for hubby's visitations.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Counting Your Blessings
I think everyone should read this and think about. I am told it is a true story, but I don't know that for a fact.
A woman on the top of a 54 story building threatened to jump. Whenever the police moved towards her, she screamed and inched closer to the edge. A young preacher passing by saw what was happening and ran up to see if he could be of assistance. When he saw the woman, he noticed that she was not a typical jumper.
The preacher asked the police to let him say a few things to her. Initially she reacted the same way towards him as she had before. Then he said something shocking: "I am so sorry ma'am that your grand-kids don't love you and never show you any attention." To everyone's astonishment she snapped her head up immediately.
"My grand-kids are the best kids around. I love all eight of them and they love me. They are always coming to visit and giving me little gifts. Don't talk bad about them to me!"
The preacher said, "Well, I am sorry you are so poor then, that you have to jump to your death to get away from your debts."
Again she gasped, "How dare you! Look at my nice clothes! I have the world's best husband who buys me nice things and makes me feel beautiful."
The preacher looked confused, asking "Then why were you jumping?"
With a laugh she responded, "I don't remember!" and stepped away from the ledge.
If you are having a day when you feel like nothing is going right or you have nothing in your life, stop and count your blessings. It really does help. Remember that before Mark Ecko hit it big with his clothing line, he was just a normal guy. Before Harrison Ford made it big, he was just a normal guy too.
A woman on the top of a 54 story building threatened to jump. Whenever the police moved towards her, she screamed and inched closer to the edge. A young preacher passing by saw what was happening and ran up to see if he could be of assistance. When he saw the woman, he noticed that she was not a typical jumper.
The preacher asked the police to let him say a few things to her. Initially she reacted the same way towards him as she had before. Then he said something shocking: "I am so sorry ma'am that your grand-kids don't love you and never show you any attention." To everyone's astonishment she snapped her head up immediately.
"My grand-kids are the best kids around. I love all eight of them and they love me. They are always coming to visit and giving me little gifts. Don't talk bad about them to me!"
The preacher said, "Well, I am sorry you are so poor then, that you have to jump to your death to get away from your debts."
Again she gasped, "How dare you! Look at my nice clothes! I have the world's best husband who buys me nice things and makes me feel beautiful."
The preacher looked confused, asking "Then why were you jumping?"
With a laugh she responded, "I don't remember!" and stepped away from the ledge.
If you are having a day when you feel like nothing is going right or you have nothing in your life, stop and count your blessings. It really does help. Remember that before Mark Ecko hit it big with his clothing line, he was just a normal guy. Before Harrison Ford made it big, he was just a normal guy too.
Is Your Child Over Scheduled?
We see them everyday, those parents who are in a whirlwind shuttling their children here and there, to this activity and that activity. Some of them follow finely tuned, down-to-the-minute schedules. Their children seem to be involved in every club, sport and activity, from scouts to debate club to martial arts classes and more. Some of these children may be driven to build credentials for college entrance applications while others may be following peer pressure. Parents may also feel pressured to get their kids into a full spectrum of activities because they don’t want their children to miss any possible opportunities for development and growth. Unfortunately, some children may begin to feel overwhelmed.
Children who are experiencing this activity overload may exhibit some of the following characteristics:
- Lower grades
- Decreased enjoyment of the activities
- Feeling tired or depressed
- Experiencing body aches and/or headache due to either lack of sleep or stress
A full schedule of activities can wear on a child's family and social life. The child may really just want to hang out with dad while he’s selecting his favorite team on sports betting sites or building a project in the garage. And when both parents are shuttling the children to different activities, they may find that the entire family is suffering from activity overload.
You can use the following tips to alleviate over scheduling:
- Use moderation when scheduling activities. You can add more activities when you feel it is appropriate.
- Determine whether the chosen activity or club is age appropriate for your child.
- Use a scheduling system to make sure you feel organized. Make sure everyone in the family has access to the calendar and can plan accordingly.
- Create a family-only day. This is a day when you do something as a family, with no interference from individual activities.
By freeing up the family's schedule, everyone will feel better and less stressed.
Children who are experiencing this activity overload may exhibit some of the following characteristics:
- Lower grades
- Decreased enjoyment of the activities
- Feeling tired or depressed
- Experiencing body aches and/or headache due to either lack of sleep or stress
A full schedule of activities can wear on a child's family and social life. The child may really just want to hang out with dad while he’s selecting his favorite team on sports betting sites or building a project in the garage. And when both parents are shuttling the children to different activities, they may find that the entire family is suffering from activity overload.
You can use the following tips to alleviate over scheduling:
- Use moderation when scheduling activities. You can add more activities when you feel it is appropriate.
- Determine whether the chosen activity or club is age appropriate for your child.
- Use a scheduling system to make sure you feel organized. Make sure everyone in the family has access to the calendar and can plan accordingly.
- Create a family-only day. This is a day when you do something as a family, with no interference from individual activities.
By freeing up the family's schedule, everyone will feel better and less stressed.
Motherhood Quotes
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love. ~Mildred B. Vermont
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. ~Peter De Vries
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh
If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam. ~Lord Langdale (Henry Bickersteth)
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~Abraham Lincoln
Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ~Pearl S. Buck
If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ~Author Unknown
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce
Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ~Golda Meir
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honoré de Balzac
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895
He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick
Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime.
~William Shakespeare
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ~Spanish Proverb
She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along. ~Margaret Culkin Banning
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty
If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ~Milton Berle
Motherhood is priced
Of God, at price no man may dare
To lessen or misunderstand.
~Helen Hunt Jackson
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. ~Aristotle
Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort. ~John Lancaster Spalding
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. ~Meryl Streep
The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
~William Goldsmith Brown
What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever? ~Thomas Wentworth Higginson
My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon
The formative period for building character for eternity is in the nursery. The mother is queen of that realm and sways a scepter more potent than that of kings or priests. ~Author Unknown
Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul
I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights. ~Terri Guillemets
[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. ~Emily Dickinson
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving
Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease. ~Lisa Alther
Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother. ~Beverly Jones
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ~Victor Hugo
Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that suppose to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing. ~Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987
The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
~George Cooper
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. ~Honoré de Balzac
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. ~Washington Irving
A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
My mother is a poem
I'll never be able to write,
though everything I write
is a poem to my mother.
~Sharon Doubiago
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. ~Isadora Duncan
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. ~George Herbert
There's nothing like a mama-hug. ~Terri Guillemets
Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
~Anne Taylor
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ~Erich Fromm
Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother.
~Ann Taylor
Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. ~T. DeWitt Talmage
The precursor of the mirror is the mother's face. ~D.W. Winnicott, Playing and Reality, 1971
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. ~William Makepeace Thackeray
A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships. ~Victoria Secunda
Mother's love grows by giving. ~Charles Lamb
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. ~Peter De Vries
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh
If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam. ~Lord Langdale (Henry Bickersteth)
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~Abraham Lincoln
Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ~Pearl S. Buck
If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ~Author Unknown
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce
Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ~Golda Meir
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honoré de Balzac
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895
He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick
Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime.
~William Shakespeare
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ~Spanish Proverb
She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along. ~Margaret Culkin Banning
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty
If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ~Milton Berle
Motherhood is priced
Of God, at price no man may dare
To lessen or misunderstand.
~Helen Hunt Jackson
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. ~Aristotle
Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort. ~John Lancaster Spalding
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. ~Meryl Streep
The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
~William Goldsmith Brown
What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever? ~Thomas Wentworth Higginson
My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon
The formative period for building character for eternity is in the nursery. The mother is queen of that realm and sways a scepter more potent than that of kings or priests. ~Author Unknown
Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul
I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights. ~Terri Guillemets
[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. ~Emily Dickinson
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving
Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease. ~Lisa Alther
Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother. ~Beverly Jones
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ~Victor Hugo
Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that suppose to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing. ~Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987
The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
~George Cooper
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. ~Honoré de Balzac
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. ~Washington Irving
A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
My mother is a poem
I'll never be able to write,
though everything I write
is a poem to my mother.
~Sharon Doubiago
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. ~Isadora Duncan
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. ~George Herbert
There's nothing like a mama-hug. ~Terri Guillemets
Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
~Anne Taylor
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ~Erich Fromm
Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother.
~Ann Taylor
Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. ~T. DeWitt Talmage
The precursor of the mirror is the mother's face. ~D.W. Winnicott, Playing and Reality, 1971
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. ~William Makepeace Thackeray
A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships. ~Victoria Secunda
Mother's love grows by giving. ~Charles Lamb
A Mikimoto Necklace for Stuffing the Stockings
Many people around the world are getting ready for Christmas. You may even find that you are almost done with your shopping! One thing that you might realize, though, is that you have forgotten about the stockings. Getting stocking stuffers is something that most people put off until the last minute simply because it is not top on the priority list.
So, when trying to come up with stocking stuffers, what are some things that you can get? For women, some jewelry makes a great stocking stuffer. Pick up a Mikimoto necklace or earrings for a stocking stuffer that will have her eyes shining. For a man, you can also get jewelry—just make sure that the man in question actually wears jewelry.
Other options could include candy. In fact, traditionally the stockings are mostly filled with candy. Coming up with some great candy ideas can be fun. Put in a few gourmet candies to make the chocolate lover in your home even more excited. Many families put a piece of fruit in the stocking as well, such as an apple or an orange.
Any small gifts that you can come up with can make for a great stocking stuffer. If you want to surprise a loved one with their "big" present not being under the tree, if it is small enough you can put it in their stocking. A good example of this would be if you got them a new smart phone, or possibly even a video game (depending on the size of the stocking, of course!).
Finishing off the final few touches of your Christmas shopping gives many people a sense of accomplishment, especially if this shopping is finished well in advance of Christmas day.
So, when trying to come up with stocking stuffers, what are some things that you can get? For women, some jewelry makes a great stocking stuffer. Pick up a Mikimoto necklace or earrings for a stocking stuffer that will have her eyes shining. For a man, you can also get jewelry—just make sure that the man in question actually wears jewelry.
Other options could include candy. In fact, traditionally the stockings are mostly filled with candy. Coming up with some great candy ideas can be fun. Put in a few gourmet candies to make the chocolate lover in your home even more excited. Many families put a piece of fruit in the stocking as well, such as an apple or an orange.
Any small gifts that you can come up with can make for a great stocking stuffer. If you want to surprise a loved one with their "big" present not being under the tree, if it is small enough you can put it in their stocking. A good example of this would be if you got them a new smart phone, or possibly even a video game (depending on the size of the stocking, of course!).
Finishing off the final few touches of your Christmas shopping gives many people a sense of accomplishment, especially if this shopping is finished well in advance of Christmas day.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Dealing with Financial Emergencies
Are you prepared for a financial emergency? What would you do in case something happened and you needed money right away that you simply didn’t have? Perhaps the transmission in your car dies, or a child or pet gets sick and needs to be taken to see a vet or doctor. These types of financial issues can happen to pretty much anyone these days. You do not want to end up being caught unaware because a financial emergency falls into your lap and you do not know what to do about it.
You shouldn’t panic, because you have options. If you have things that you don’t need any more, you could consider selling them online or perhaps at a garage sale. You could also take some valuables to a pawn shop and see what they could give you for them. Another option might be to take out payday loans. If you know someone that could lend you the money that might work as well, but over all of these there is another option and that is to simply have the money. Having the money beforehand will allow you to deal with a financial emergency swiftly and easily, which is the best way to handle such an emergency.
But how? You are broke right? Not if you plan. If you take a very small amount of your earnings from every check, it will actually add up fast. You could put the money in an interest-baring savings account. If you have auto deposit, you may actually be able to set this up to happen automatically. In other words, there is a variety of options available to you for you to set up a rainy day savings fund. You've run out of excuses, so start saving today so that you can deal with financial emergencies before they happen rather than right after they fall unexpectedly into your lap.
You shouldn’t panic, because you have options. If you have things that you don’t need any more, you could consider selling them online or perhaps at a garage sale. You could also take some valuables to a pawn shop and see what they could give you for them. Another option might be to take out payday loans. If you know someone that could lend you the money that might work as well, but over all of these there is another option and that is to simply have the money. Having the money beforehand will allow you to deal with a financial emergency swiftly and easily, which is the best way to handle such an emergency.
But how? You are broke right? Not if you plan. If you take a very small amount of your earnings from every check, it will actually add up fast. You could put the money in an interest-baring savings account. If you have auto deposit, you may actually be able to set this up to happen automatically. In other words, there is a variety of options available to you for you to set up a rainy day savings fund. You've run out of excuses, so start saving today so that you can deal with financial emergencies before they happen rather than right after they fall unexpectedly into your lap.
Inspiration Out of the Blue
We all have flashes of inspiration. Maybe you all of a sudden get the perfect image of how to redo the decorating in your home while playing online casino games. Or maybe that donation project that has been rolling around in your head suddenly pops together while you are out shopping. No matter what the inspiration, or what you are doing when it comes, it is generally something that should be acted on.
Even if you don't have time immediately to act on your inspiration, don't let it get away. Take some time to write down what came to you. Don't try too hard to figure out where the thoughts came from. In most cases you won't find a link. In fact, it could just be your subconscious jumping up and yelling "HELLO!" while you found your conscious mind previously occupied.
There are many forms of inspiration. In fact, almost any thought can be called inspiration. If you are a writer or artist, you may find that there are times when nothing is coming, and then all of a sudden it feels like a dam has broken. If you are trying to come up with details for a new project for work, you may find that it comes to you in an inconvenient time. That's the thing about inspiration: In many cases, it is not something that can be willed into existence. It will happen when and how it happens, and there is nothing that you can do to change that.
Inspiration in different cultures has been called many different things. It used to be that the muses were the goddesses of inspiration. Today, we consider these thoughts to be "light bulbs" that go off. No matter how you want to look at it, inspiration is what gets the mind going and the projects flowing.
Even if you don't have time immediately to act on your inspiration, don't let it get away. Take some time to write down what came to you. Don't try too hard to figure out where the thoughts came from. In most cases you won't find a link. In fact, it could just be your subconscious jumping up and yelling "HELLO!" while you found your conscious mind previously occupied.
There are many forms of inspiration. In fact, almost any thought can be called inspiration. If you are a writer or artist, you may find that there are times when nothing is coming, and then all of a sudden it feels like a dam has broken. If you are trying to come up with details for a new project for work, you may find that it comes to you in an inconvenient time. That's the thing about inspiration: In many cases, it is not something that can be willed into existence. It will happen when and how it happens, and there is nothing that you can do to change that.
Inspiration in different cultures has been called many different things. It used to be that the muses were the goddesses of inspiration. Today, we consider these thoughts to be "light bulbs" that go off. No matter how you want to look at it, inspiration is what gets the mind going and the projects flowing.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Gentle Hands Art Auction!
If you are an art enthusiast or you just want to help out and share your blessings this Christmas season... why don't you buy some art from the art auction and get to help Gentle Hands? Gentle Hands, located in the heart of Metro Manila, Philippines, is a child & youth welfare agency on the front lines of rescue & rehabilitation of medical, social and educational needs of at-risk children & youth. They are working towards transforming communities through the love of Jesus and family-centred care.
The proceeds of the art auction will go to the building expansion of Gentle Hands. It will house many more children, have classrooms and nursery space, along with administrative rooms for the increasing size of the orphanage located in Metro Manila, Philippines.
You can now preview the art gallery until November 27, 2010. The actual online auction will take place on November 28-30, 2010.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Inspirational Quotes
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W.B. Yeats
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Pamela Vaull Starr
All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.
T.E. Lawrence
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key.
Lyrics from Already Gone, peformed by the Eagles for their 1974 On the Border album
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W.B. Yeats
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Pamela Vaull Starr
All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.
T.E. Lawrence
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key.
Lyrics from Already Gone, peformed by the Eagles for their 1974 On the Border album
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough not to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
William Faulkner
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Patrick Henry
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Lanston Hughes
You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.
Henry D. Thoreau
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.
Marcia Wieder
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Henry David Thoreau
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.
Hamilton Wright Mabie
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery
A skillful man reads his dreams for self-knowledge, yet not the details but the quality.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our waking hours form the text of our lives, our dreams, the commentary.
Anonymous
Hope is the dream of the waking man.
French Proverb
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.
William Shakepeare
W.B. Yeats
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Pamela Vaull Starr
All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.
T.E. Lawrence
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key.
Lyrics from Already Gone, peformed by the Eagles for their 1974 On the Border album
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W.B. Yeats
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Pamela Vaull Starr
All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.
T.E. Lawrence
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key.
Lyrics from Already Gone, peformed by the Eagles for their 1974 On the Border album
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough not to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
William Faulkner
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Patrick Henry
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Lanston Hughes
You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.
Henry D. Thoreau
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.
Marcia Wieder
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Henry David Thoreau
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.
Hamilton Wright Mabie
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery
A skillful man reads his dreams for self-knowledge, yet not the details but the quality.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our waking hours form the text of our lives, our dreams, the commentary.
Anonymous
Hope is the dream of the waking man.
French Proverb
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.
William Shakepeare
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Then Sings My Soul Saturdays: Hosanna
This song is by Paul Baloche!
You are the God who saves us...
Worthy of all our praises!
Worthy of all our praises!
Friday, November 19, 2010
New Products to Watch Out For!
I am not really very good when it comes to interior designing but I love beddings. I love looking at the different designs and choices that are available at BedBathStore. I checked out the new bedding by Pem America and I really loved the floral purple and white comforter set. It is a queen comforter set made with hypo-allergenic materials. The purple, lavender and white are perfect mixes for our room. It would add the much needed brightness to accentuate our room.
Another piece of furniture that I am really interested in is sofa sets. The new products by Fun Furnishings are so neat! They provide different colors which kids or teenagers would really like and be a match to their rooms. Beanbags are also available and I have been a fan of bean bags since I think they can be used for multi-purposes and can fit practically anywhere!
To add color and decoration to a house, one needs pillows and the new products by Taylor & Company are just in time for the coming Christmas season! I don’t really decorate our house much aside from the Christmas tree and a few decors but I love the red Christmas pillows. They add excitement to the house and bring the needed cheer of the season! These pillows are made of wool so you wouldn’t need to worry that they won’t last just one year!
Another piece of furniture that I am really interested in is sofa sets. The new products by Fun Furnishings are so neat! They provide different colors which kids or teenagers would really like and be a match to their rooms. Beanbags are also available and I have been a fan of bean bags since I think they can be used for multi-purposes and can fit practically anywhere!
To add color and decoration to a house, one needs pillows and the new products by Taylor & Company are just in time for the coming Christmas season! I don’t really decorate our house much aside from the Christmas tree and a few decors but I love the red Christmas pillows. They add excitement to the house and bring the needed cheer of the season! These pillows are made of wool so you wouldn’t need to worry that they won’t last just one year!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
You Are Inspirational, Ms.Kara David
It has been a long while since I last wrote about inspirational people who went out of their way to help and bring inspiration to others. I have decided to start "You Are Inspirational" again. This time, I will try to feature people and their projects which can bring inspiration and even help others to start their own inspirational projects too.
Our guest for today is ms. Kara David. She studied Broadcast Communication at the University of the Philippines (1990-1994). She then pursued a career in journalism at GMA Channel 7, the Philippines’ foremost TV network. Kara has since then been a field reporter for the daily news while also doubling up as an investigative journalist / documentarist for I-Witness and as host for OFW Diaries. (taken from http://www.karapatria.com)
Project Malasakit (Compassion) is a scholarship project founded by Ms. Kara Patria David in 2002. Despite the growing cynicism in the country, Project Malasakit believes that Filipinos are naturally compassionate. The Filipinos just need a credible, concrete vehicle to channel their“malasakit”. It is their mission to bridge the gap between Filipinos who want to help and Filipino children who need to be helped.
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Question: What made you start with project malasakit?
Kara: because of the nature of my job, i am always sent to different areas in the philippines. marami sa mga lugar na ito ay mga remote communities, sa mga malalayong sulok ng ating bansa, sa tuktok ng mga bundok, sa mga lugar kung saan walang kuryente at kalsada, mga lugar na di pa nararating ng karamihan. ive always believed that everything happens for a reason -- hindi tayo dadalhin ng Panginoon sa isang lugar kung wala siyang misyon para sa atin doon. dati, akala ko my only mission was to do documentaries, videotape people's poverty and report them as truthfully as i can. pero once you are exposed to the poverty of the countryside, once the cameras have stopped rolling, once the director has shouted "cut! pack up!"... the pain in your heart remains. parang di ko magawang iwan ang mga tao. dinadala ko hanggang pagbaba ng bundok ang pain, ang bigat ng kanilang hirap.
compassion is the capacity to feel other people's pain, enough to move one to action. compassion "malasakit" is different from sympathy or "awa" -- ang awa kasi nananatili lang sa puso, pero nakakalimutan din sa kalaunan. ang malasakit -- pakiramdam mo nasasaktan ka rin, thus moving you into action. this is the reason why i started project malasakit. i knew that God wanted me to do something more -- to use the media as a vehicle of compassion. maging tulay ng mga taong gustong tumulong at mga taong dapat tulungan.
at hindi mahal magpa-aral ng bata -- it takes only 1,000 pesos per month to sponsor a child. what is 1,000 pesos? a pair of jeans? a movie and dinner date? a pair of shoes? maliit na halaga pero malayo ang mararating sa buhay ng isang bata.
Question: How did you start it?
Kara: it started in 2001 with one scholar named myra demillo of mindoro -- her story is on my website (how we started). myra is the subject of my very 1st documentary -- gamugamo sa dilim about remote communities that have not seen light -- meaning electricity. myra has now graduated from college and is now sending her two sisters to school.
Question : How can other people help you achieve project malasakit's goals?
Kara: there are many ways to help project malasakit:
you may sponsor a child (1,000 pesos per month -- or less if you dont have that much; others naman give us a lump sum amount) -- you may donate via paypal accessible thru my website; via bank BPI katipunan Project Malasakit Inc. savings acct 3083-7033-92; we will also soon launch our text donate campaign
you may volunteer in our outreach programs which we do every two months, help in repacking goods, or help in distributing them to the communities
you may donate school supplies, rice, slippers, etc to the communities we help
my email is karapatria@gmail.com or my assistants cheeneerola@gmail.com and jjeeiiaahh@yahoo.com
Question : Can you share a message of inspiration to others who would like to start
their own socio-civic groups to help the community?
Kara: hindi mo kailangan maging mayaman para tumulong; hindi mo kailangan maging malaking tao para makapagdulot ng pagbabago; hindi mo kailangan maging martir para tumugon sa mga hinaing -- kailangan mo lang buksan ang iyong puso sa malasakit. share your blessings, share your time.
much is expected to whom much is given (luke 12:48).
let us change the world, one child at a time.
Thank you for sharing your story with us, Kara and for being an inspiration. As for everyone who is reading this, let us do our part. We are all inspirational in our own way.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Who Inspires You?
If you are wondering where have I been? I hardly have been updating this site for the past weeks. I have been thinking of doing something new with Inspirational Insights... I want to feature people who have been giving inspiration to others whatever field they may be in. If you know of any one who fits this category or if you have a personal favorite who inspires you, do leave me a comment and your email address.
Aside from this, I have been quite busy with homeschooling my kids. It has been an exciting journey and of course, I have been reading other homeschooling blogs for more ideas too.
Anyway, hopefully, I can launch my bi-weekly project soon here at Inspirational Insights... and I hope you can be part of it!
Aside from this, I have been quite busy with homeschooling my kids. It has been an exciting journey and of course, I have been reading other homeschooling blogs for more ideas too.
Anyway, hopefully, I can launch my bi-weekly project soon here at Inspirational Insights... and I hope you can be part of it!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
WFW - Proverbs 4:27
It was just last Sunday that I learned that swerving actually means missing the mark. It has the same meaning as sin. It was a very timely reminder that we are not to leave the path that God has for us. We should persevere to stay on the right path, by God's grace.
Check out Internet Cafe Devotions for more WFW!
Monday, November 1, 2010
5 Simple Things
If you are like me, your day can be cluttered. Being a homeschooling stay at home mom with 2 kids below 7 years old with lots of chores waiting to be completed in the house, your typical day usually is chaotic. With all the laundry that has piled up, clutter and toys all over the house, meals needing to be prepared, kids waiting to be helped, the list can be endless. My days can really drain me and it seems that life is just moving along.
After reading 5 Simple Things, it seems like I was given a guide how to declutter my life. Organize my day and make it more productive. It allowed me to do a lot of reflection on my daily activities. Make sure that I am doing what really matters.
5 Simple Things challenges the reader to thank, do, reach out, believe and love. I was challenged to the following for the next 30 days.
List down 5 things to be thankful for, 4 things to be accomplished for the day, 3 people to reach out to in order to build relationships with, 2 things to strengthen your faith and 1 random act of kindness.
As I did the challenges, I was surprised to note that I became more thankful for little things and I also became conscious of how I use my time. I also became more optimistic since I was able to finish more goals daily, whether big or small. Even if I don't usually go out to meet with people, I am glad that I am more intentional in building relationships with others so that I can bless and encourage them. Reading the Bible and praying to God are the 2 definite ways that strengthen my faith. Praying for others and being sensitive to other's needs are some ways that we can show random acts of kindness.
So if you want to get pass the clutter and complexity of life, take the 5 Simple Things challenge now.
2010 Giving Thanks Challenge
Why not make it a habit?
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