The Pirouetting Heart

Our world now is having crisis. I'm not talking about economic crisis here. I'm talking about Love. We are in crisis of love. In reality, people doesn't know how, when, or whom to love. We are intensely in crisis. Love is the most abused word that I ever heard. People say I love you but in reality he or she is half-hearted. There are some who are true to their love but along the way when temptation comes his or her love starts to fade until it will be gone if it is not being patched up.

Why is this so? It's a question of maturity where it comes to love. Our love then should be molded with high spirituality not in religiousity. We are religious or faithful because it is a package to a relationship. This is a weak foundation of love.Our love should be grounded with high spirituality. It should come from above. Discernment is a demand to an authentic love.

How's is your love to your parents? How is your love to your wife, if you have? How is your love to your children, if you have? How is your love to your neighbor?
Let us discernfully think about this. Pray and you'll have a courage to face this deep-rooted, unlovable attitude - not to love whole-heartedly. Pray and you'll be authentic to your love. Pray and you'll be rejoicing with all your heart because you are full of love. You'll be graced from above.

AHAPI's 2nd Medical Mission in Tubigon, Bohol

AHAPI's 2nd Medical Mission happened in Tubigon, Bohol. It was being supported by the Local Government of Tubigon, Bohol and with the Catholic Womens League of Tubigon Chapter. There were 315 constituents who recieved free consultation with our volunteer physician Dr. Estrella Pung Lim and free medicines.

It was a very exhausted day because first, it was a very sunny day and our strength had been consumed by the scorching heat of the Sun. Second, we run to and fro from different area to another, for the purpose of making the flow of the medical mission smooth.

However, we have a consolation. we make people smile. And we are so thankful with that.

Medical Mission in Danao

It is in this little act that they become happy.
It is in our empty hands that we openly reach out to the needy.
It is in our smiles that people find comfort.
It is in our caress that they feel a home.

It is in our sweat that they have joy.
It is in our dream that they dream too.
It is in our undying service that they have hope.
It is in our unity that they find unification in their family.

All of these are our memoirs to remember.
We all die with legacy to tell.

God in the busy market...

Last Saturday, that was February 20, I went to Cebu for the purpose of buying some stuffs for our business. At 9 A.M. in Bohol I hurriedly went to Dao Bus Station, and rode with the bus via Tubigon. It was almost 11:20 A.M. that I arrived in Tubigon Pier. I bought ticket for Cebu. In the boat going to Cebu I had this uneasy feelings that made me uncomfortable. Something in me was lacking. I felt dry. I don't know why. What I did I just setting my eyes to the waves of the sea hoping I can relieved from this feeling of aridity. But those feeling never faded. Thus, I still have discomfort. This made me troubled more. I went to the edge of the boat and tried to savor the breeze of the sea hoping I could be relieved. But the ionic breeze of the sea would not made me comforted and relaxed. For 2 hours sailing on the sea There was nothing happened.

Fortunately, I arrived in Cebu. I hurriedly went to my house and slept for a while hoping I could be healed by this discomfort.

When I woke up I eventually went out and started to buy those stuffs that I need to be brought back to Bohol. I enjoyed myself in roaming around Cebu. But this feeling of aridity would not leave me. It's still haunted me over and over again.

I asked myself why. Why it happened to me? What did I do why I felt like this? Unknowingly, I passed by Sto. Nino Pilgrimage Church in Cebu. I went inside and trying to have this prayerful life.

In silence, I found myself on the bench and have this deep breath as if I was finishing the marathon. But I found myself in deep prayer. Unconciously, I monotonously prayed. I knew at the time I'm in the church but I never experienced in my whole life that I did that kind of act. It wasn't happened to me before. You know what, something happened to me after I prayed. Those heavy burden that I carried always was gone. I felt light like a feather blown by the wind. I felt I was being unclothed by the heavy metal jacket. I was so amazed what have had happened to me. I went out of the church and continue buy those stuffs that I need to bring back to Bohol.

What's my realization then?

I realized that I need God despite of how busy am I. He is the comforter. Biblically, He said, "Come to me those who are wary and I will give you rest..." These words from God generally applied to us if we recognize Him as our comforter and saviour. If He is in us, no matter where we are we can find peace and comfort even if you are in the middle of the marketplace. Take it to me, I experienced it.
My words of wisdom to you my brothers/sisters let us put God first in all things we do and things will flow in peace and harmony.

May our day be filled with Peace and Love.

God bless us all.

Good Attitude of Tiger Woods.

Tiger Woods' official website: "While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between him and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him. He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends, and that's what he's going to discuss."

In this kind of act that he showed to us it's a way of reconciling and making sorry of what he had done. we all know that he is the model and people idolizing him but being a model could not be equated into a holy man.
He also fails to recognize that he is human. But what he had done is not merely too late. There is always a space for him to be new again and renewed again.His statement above would somehow an expression of reconciling himself to his wife and to the people who always look up him as a model.

from TMZ.COM

Good Attitude of Tiger Woods.

Tiger Woods' official website: "While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between him and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him. He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends, and that's what he's going to discuss." In this kind of act that he showed to us it's a way of reconciling and making sorry of what he had done. we all know that he is the model and people idolizing him but being a model could not be equated into a holy man. he also fails to recognize that he is human. but what he had done is not merely too late. there is always a space for him to be new again or renewed again. his statement above would somehow an expression of reconciling himself to his wife and to the people who always look up him as a model.

Positive Attitude.

This is not a mathematical one but it's somehow there is a need of basic math to solve the mystery behind success.

Hold on to your chair and watch.

A small truth to make life 100%
If
AB…YZ
is equal to
1,2…26
LOVE
L+O+V+E
12+15+22+5 = 54%

LUCK
L+U+C+K
12+21+3+11 = 47%

(Don't most of us think is the most important???)

HARDWORK
H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

KNOWLEDGE
K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
Then what makes 100%
is it MONEY?...No!!!
M+O+N+E+Y
13+15+14+5+25 = 72%

LEADERSHIP?....No!!!
L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P
12+5+1+4+5+18+19+8+9+16 = 96%

ATTITUDE
A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

It is our ATTITUDE towards life and work that makes our Life 100%!!!

Positive Attitude: Which is ahead?

Hi Reader--

We all know how it goes--life seems to work in a way we least expect it to be and most of the time it fails our expectation no matter how intelligent we are. When we fail, most of us are always up to common feelings such as hatred, sadness, anxiety, regret, and dismay among others--all of which are negative emotions.

But think about it this way. Did any of those reaction to failure actually bring us closer to the achievement of our dreams or goals? Or, it just took you away from the good life that you desire?

Reader, the fact is, negative emotions can only tempt you to act and react negatively that bring about negative and undesirable results. Most often than not, this is why we fail further.

Emotions are so powerful that they can make up a dream, transform relationships, build a great family, attract more money. But that's only if your feeling positive emotions. Can you imagine a person who's always angry? I'd bet he has only a few in his bank or in his pocket. I'd bet that he only have a few friends. I'd bet he's not doing well in his career.

Positive emotion if repeated from time to time generates positive vibration that makes you attract positive events and circumstances on your life. When you have this, you're actually in an upward spiral way to succeed.

It was a couple of years ago when my emotion almost put me to death. That's the time when everything else including my financial and relational life were all tearing apart. I was broke and unhappy. But the public perception was I was fine and happy.

Thinking that I've nothing more to do and that there's only one resort for me not to see myself in the mirror, I almost killed myself.

Emotions work in two folds: It can either bring you closer or away from what you really want. If you give in to negative feelings, you'll end up getting negative instances in your life. On the other hand, you can get what you desire if you can maintain that positive feelings in you.

Positive opportunities are for positive people with positive attitude towards life.

Reader, are you on top of your emotion? You know the answer because the answer is in you!

taken from the unanimous articles.

fun and laughter.

In this world of ours, we are being bombarded with different issues about politics, wars, drugs and so on and so forth. These issues somehow clouded our mind to find peace. We think that the world is full of chaos. Despite of these dilemma we have still time to laugh and enjoy our spare time in making ourselves meaningful. Many goes to movie houses just to relax; some goes to park for refreshment; few goes to party or disco just to get rid the stress. But the cybermind people so to speak, browse to internet and find a blog that could make them laugh and enjoy. One thing that I recommend is this "www.palamuot.blogspot.com". It has a hilarious laughter and fun to read. See it yourself.

The longest travel on Earth...

Theory and Praxis
You might wonder why I bring this topic into this blog. Actually, I can’t keep the ideas in my mind I have to share it to the people who open and read my blog. No matter what’s in their mind I just have to be opened to the people. Who knows if somebody will have the same experience with me. I try to explain now my idea about THEORY and PRAXIS based on my lived experience. If you have comment please you have the right to do so.
There is always be a deep abyss between theory and praxis. But before we go deeper to my thesis we need to define first the terminology. Theory is a hypothetical. It is in a cognitive level of human understanding. It is an understanding from above. Praxis is referring to workability of hypothesis. It refers to the lived experience of human being. It is an understanding from below, understanding based on experience.
What have been mentioned above was purely academe. There should have been a steeping of the feet on the ground so that we may understand what is theory and praxis per se. In a layman’s words, many of us have always a high regard to their level of thinking which we permanently dwell on. We forget that we are living in the world with full of abundant reality. We tend to solve mystery in the level of our hypothetical mind most especially the mystery about life, the mystery of the unsolved problem, the questionable existence of good and evil, the crisis that we ever face nowadays, and so on and so forth. That particular intention is noble and plausible but the reality is different. it is not based purely in the state of mind, it is not theory alone neither praxis alone. It comprises of both theory and praxis. There would be balanced programming between theory and praxis. Theory and praxis are both two wings of a bird in which one is not enough but the need of two wings would lead to the right destination. Both theory and praxis must coordinate each other so that a better result may come out.
Theory should be embodied by praxis, so as praxis with theory. So that a fair, balance and just decision may correctly come out. This is true to our real life. In every circumstances we have to think it first, weight it, see the advantages and disadvantages based on the lived experience.
When I was in my college, I have this principle in life that said, “whatever conceive in my mind its possible.” In my apostolate in the community I met a lot of people; and together with these people were the experiences that somehow questioned my principle. There was one time a man went near and asked his help . He had a problem with his son. His son was a drug addict. I thought it was so easy to handle this as long as it was not yet extreme, means a mad man or insane. And that son of him wasn’t extreme. With so much background and experiences with this kind of circumstances, I never hesitated and went to the son hoping that I could calmed him. I started to talk and pacified him. I thought I can handle this case but I wasn’t. With the time I spent to him, the more he got cruel and mad. He had a tendency of throwing stone to the people whom he’d met. I was almost hit by a stone that had been thrown to me. In this instance, I realized that whatever the circumstances were you have a precaution first before indulging to the problem; safety first before doing it. My presumption attitude was putting myself into danger. Thank God it never happened to me.

Gone to soon....

He’s a cute little creature, though an “askal’ breed.
He’s a new addition of living entity into my “ahapi abode”…
He’s the youngest, the funniest, wackiest.
He has many names:
‘Kagaw” or germs, because sometimes he’s naughty
My friend Micky call him Nico
And the rest of his a hapi brothers call him “Tungcoy”, Butt I’d rather call him: Avatar, the grandiest of ‘em all.
Maybe because he’s loveable,
he is a baby and a darling in our little home.
He’s our debonair doggie-doggie…

Huh, a cougar night in our life suddenly happen!
Avatar left his body.
A passenger jeep rolled over our lovely creature’s body.
We are saddened and felt the pain deep in our soul.
Tears flowing from Avatar’s foster human father.
Deep within our hearts, we all mourn by his untimely passing.
He leave this planet while young.
We all missed his physical presence!

Now, his soul, I’m sure goes to the rainbow bridge,
A place just beside the heaven.
There, he’s made whole and strong again.
There, he’s happy but surely he is missing us too.
He’s gone too soon…
In my realization, he’s just a barrowed stuff toy.
The universe had been kind enough
To send Avatar into our life for us to show
the intricacies of our love.
His short stint with us was such a wonderful opportunity
That made us realize: that we all exit into this physical body!
Like Avatar, we leave this planet in a way we least expect.
There, in the spiritual world is an endless happiness.

Harebol!

by: Raul O Cardon, N.T.S

my beautiful life to tell...

Hi! I’m Russ M. Bayno. I’m the eldest son of Rolando Uy Bayno and Teresita Macarat Bayno. Second to me is my brother Rowel who is now presently working in Qatar. Third of the sibling is Rosalie who is now presently residing at the house of my parents in Cebu City, our ancestral house. Fourth sibling is my white and handsome man, Rico who is now working as a computer artist and renderer in somewhere in Singapore. The last sibling but not the least is our beautiful youngest Rosela who is hopefully planning to go to abroad just to get out from box where she is in.
Fortunately, the story would not center to their life but for me. To have a short background of my life, I finished my Bachelor of Science in Information and Computer Science (BSICS) in University of Cebu. It was a tough years for me. I experienced sleeping outside my house just to finish the programming thing. I even slept in the computer center where I’m working for as part-timer data encoder, typist, programmer, and so on and so forth. Why I did that, there were two reasons: first, that’s the only to extend my laboratory time. Second, that’s the only playing ground where I can practice what I have learned in school. It was a great opportunity for me. It was there that I learned a lot. I sentimentally said to myself, “I’m ready to work to a computer firm where competition is high and I can do it.” But something changed, the blew of the wind went to its opposite direction. I didn’t know why, It ‘s just a three-hundred-sixty shift of paradigm of interest. I woke up in the morning that I wore the white garment, “sotana” as they called it. I was indeed inside the seminary. I became a missionary, Augustinian Missionary (OAD). There I have my philosophical studies [St. Peter Seminary – Butuan City] and theology [Seminario Major De San Carlos – Cebu City]. I stayed in the seminary for almost 11 years. Unfortunately, I left the seminary for the reason that I fall. I could not hold myself but l started to like “Eve”. What is in “Eve” that I could not resist? What is in “Eve” that I could not hold my breath? These questions are still puzzled me until now. Can you tell me what is it? Do you have any idea in your mind now of what is it? Tell me! What happened to me then was a nightmare. I could not believe that I did that, and leaving my brothers in the community. I stayed in my home with no itinerary outside. I just stayed inside my house. That happened for almost three months. Why? Because I felt awkward and not used to be in the world and not used to be with the crowd. After three months I started to get out my house and encourage myself to talk with the people around me and I did.
Presently, I sojourned in Bohol where I volunteer myself in the Non-Government Organization (NGO). Its name is Alliance for Health Aid Program, Inc. [AHAPI]. I’m the Operations Manager of this NGO. We always conduct Medical Mission to different places or towns in Bohol. Our mission is to reach out those lowly and less fortunate [particularly the indigents, and Senior Citizens] and give them free consultation with our volunteer physician and medicines. This mission of ours started last August 18, 2008. [see our website: www.ahapibohol.wordpress.com]. Graciously, we conducted 15 medical missions in 15 towns. This is the thing we are so thankful for. If you are here, you could be one of our partners in this endeavor. But God has a plan for you. We don’t know when and where He will put you.
I’m now working with my small business, this Super Natural Bio-Oil. If you want to know more of this try to see our free-sponsoring website: www.supernaturalhealthsense.webs.com
Until here! See you next post of mind. Haribol!

Bamboo Grass

Bamboo About this sound listen are a group of perennial evergreen (except for certain temperate species) plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family.

In bamboo, wheat and other grasses, the internodal regions of the plant stem are hollow, but the vascular bundles, as seen in cross section, are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement. Secondary, dicotyledonous woody xylem is absent. The absence of secondary growth, wood, causes the stems of monocots, even of palms and large bamboos, to be columnar rather than tapering.[1]

Bamboos are also the fastest growing woody plants in the world.[citation needed] They are capable of growing up to 60 centimeters (24 in.) or more per day due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. However, this astounding growth rate is highly dependent on local soil and climatic conditions. Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in East Asia and South East Asia where they are used extensively in everyday life as building materials, as a food source and as a highly versatile raw product.

There are more than 70 genera divided into about 1,500 species. They are found in diverse climates, from cold mountains to hot tropical regions. They occur across East Asia, from 50°N latitude in Sakhalin[citation needed] through to Northern Australia, and west to India and the Himalayas. They also occur in sub-Saharan Africa, and in the Americas from the Mid-Atlantic United States[4] south to Argentina and Chile, reaching their southernmost point anywhere, at 47°S latitude. Continental Europe is not known to have any native species of bamboo.

What is really the significance of this bamboo grass in the life of the Filipinos? If you observe this bamboo when wind comes it rhythmically dance with it and it is enjoyable to see. When wind blows harder it seems it will break but it's not. It just dancing with the wind. Filipinos are like this. When the wind of problems strike to their life they cannot be easily be broken. They continue to fight. If you look to their face they always wear a smile even how big is the problem. That's the good thing of the Filipinos. This is something to be proud of.