Could “they” have “you”?

 

The Canvas of Society by Joey Velasco in is just within our realms — a painter’s transformative journey through the children’s afflictions, desires, and deliverance from their circumstance that can reach across generations and cultures.

The likes of Nene, Itok,  Imong, Onse, Buknoy, Michael, Joyce, Tinay, Dudoy, Jun at Roselle & Sudan — 12 characters whose cries no one hears, whose scars are already in their being, whose eyes pierce through, whose minds are innocent yet vulnerable to get tempted by the needs unmet, whose character is subject to ridicule … have you ever asked yourself what you can do for them?

“baka may magawa ka pa!” 

The likes of them who have the ardent hope that “They have Jesus” — could be there just within the four corners of the classroom.  How could you give life to them? How could you reach out to that one soul who still wants to be complete despite being shattered? — that every single soul, longing for one who could listen and understand, who could give guidance and counsel?

What is your commitment then — to them, who are expecting to be noticed while you actually gaze at them in those corners of your eyes?

How could you help calm the storms that others have been through?  What could you do to help others’ life not to be wasted?

How much of yourself could you offer to address the needs of those eyes who need not speak?

How much of your time could you share to embrace the situation of those hearts which cannot feel that they are worthy of another’s love and attention?

I know you could be one’s source of hope. This may be the time that while you are challenged to scrutinize your students’ stories to be of significant help, you may as well WORK ON YOUR OWN STORY! For at the bottom of the line, you can never really share what you don’t have.

Let your story be that one which brings inspiration to other’s hopelessness. What you have at hand might just be those five loaves and two fishes — too little as it may seem, but as long as you give God your “Amen”, no amount of yourself will ever be too small. #sunset

 

 

You are More than Enough!

Source: You are More than Enough!

http://wortheet.com/slider-videos/everyone-of-us-must-realize-one-thing-i-am-enough

Sometimes we’ve got to pause for a while and give ourselves the benefit of looking “at our SELF” in the mirror!

Have you tried this? Try watching this video http://wortheet.com/slider-videos/everyone-of-us-must-realize-one-thing-i-am-enough … or even if this video is not or no longer available by the time you read this, GO GRAB THAT CHANCE, LOOK AT YOUR SELF IN THE MIRROR!

What can you say about what you see?

How do you feel about what you see?

What then can you tell TO WHAT YOU SEE?

Not everyone will tell US the appreciation that we want to hear from people around us, specially from the ones we love. It would take a lot of “self mending” to still GO ON living a life of good deeds for others; yet, it would take a lot “paying forward” what God have given us if we could tell ourselves “I AM ENOUGH” while we still grab all the chances to get better each day amidst whatever difficulties.

So, GUYZZZ, LADIES & GENTS, let’s grab telling this to ourselves: “I AM ENOUGH!” and KEEP HOLDING ON, NEVER EVER GIVE UP, there’s more to life than that money-problem, there’s more to life than whatever tough times! God has always been backing us up, we only need to feel it deep within our heart.

How we think about ourselves will make us FIND ALL THE REASON TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

                                                               Sometimes we’ve got to tell this to our “SELF”!

*.* credits to http://wortheet.com/slider-videos/everyone-of-us-must-realize-one-thing-i-am-enough for this video and captured image. Thank you so much for the inspiration.

How can you be an “Affective” Manager?

Education is made accessible!

The right to free Basic Education is being tailored-fit to Filipinos who do not have a chance to attend and finish formal basic education from Grades 1-6 and Years 1-4 due to various distinct reasons through the Alternative Learning System

 Change. Shift.Cure.

Such a great HOPE … supposedly?!?

Every bit of chance, yet waiting for one and all to just grab!

Among the many countries in the world who believe in Survival, the Philippines could indeed stand out with its  different Modes of Education from Non-Formal to Formal Theoretical Orientations. The Current Trends which lay down the many Alternatives and array of choices for various age groups: youth and adults are but blessings that abound elsewhere.

Chances and opportunities are just waiting to liberate us — to make us “level up” from whatever stage or status in life we’re in.

–Yet, how much are we still willing to learn?

— why are there still some who fail to GRIP FOR SURVIVAL?

— why do some, still plead for re-cure while crying over some state of “DEPRIVATION”?

What could have been wrong? … what else remains to be wrong?

What else should we beseech to accomplish the Philippine [Education for All] EFA 2015 National Action Plan entitled “Functionally Literate Filipinos, An Educated Nation.”?

How could FUNCTIONALITY be possible in our nation?  What is your COMMITMENT?

We don’t actually need to be an ALS Coach/Teacher to do something. We should not stop where the semester ended. What purpose or mission do you see then to be an “AFFECTIVE MANAGER in the 21st CENTURY”? 

Why “affective”?

“Pinoy Tayo, Hindi Pusong Bato!”

God’s Silent Message: MK 10:2-16  

                                                                                        Perfect Imperfections!

Sa pamilyang pinoy daw, dito tayo natututong magmahal.

Dito natin nakikita kung ano tayo bilang isang tao.

Dito … kung saan, kahit na magkakaiba tayo ng mga ayaw at gusto,

napagha-halo-halo natin ang isa’t isa para magkaroon ng “TAYO”…

at dahil merong “tayo”, rak-enrol to the world ang pakiramdam kasi dito natin nararanasan na kahit na ano pang bagyong problema ang dumadating sa bawat Pamilyang Pinoy, ‘yong impact natin sa isa’t isa, di basta-bastang nabubura, di basta-basta kinakayang iwanan at tinatalikuran na lang …

… kasi tayo lang siguro sa buong mundo ang naniniwalang dahil sa “OTWOL” pwedeng magkatotoo na “may forever” sa Pinas *charness, hehehe *teleserye On The Wings Of Love*

Masaya na sana … pero may ganitong tanong ang mga Pariseo sa ating Gospel for Today, at ang SWS, may nakakabahalang resulta ng survey:

“Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”

(CNN Philippines) — The Philippines is the only country in the world that does not allow divorce. However, a recent poll by Social Weather Stations (SWS) shows that in the fourth quarter of 2014, more than half of Filipinos (60%) supported its legalization.

The survey generally found that 62% of men & 57% of women all over the Philippines are in favor of divorce. [credits to http://cnnphilippines.com/]

Nakakalungkot na ang dating bilang ng mga Filipino na naniwala sa divorce ay lalo pang nadadagdagan sa paglipas ng panahon.

Pero dahil Pinoy at nasa The Feast tayo, AASA tayo na may PAG-ASA — na ‘yong natitirang 38-43% na nagpapahalaga sa Pagka-pamilya ay dadaming muli. Sana, KASAMA TAYO sa mga ayaw lang mangarap kundi gustong manindigan na “walang bibitaw” sa pagiging “tayo” dahil may mga anak na nagtitiwala na lalaki silang may “magulang” na tutularan nila kung paano makinig bilang isang bata.

Amen, I say to you,

whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child

 … will not enter it.”

*published in The Feast Bulletin, Issue #38, 4 October 2015. 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Light of Jesus Family. The Feast TGIF Series: “Thank God I’m Filipino

Moms, @ the end of the day!

Moms hope to “be there” always!

Not all days will be here forever.

Moms need to maximize loving, maximize giving, maximize “just being there”!

… even if sometimes, what you got’ta give isn’t what they exactly need. 

Last monday, i allotted time with our “budding architect”.  we lunched-out in an “eat all you can” restaurant and ‘glad that she calls it “her term-starter”!

Just the other night, i rushed driving out in the midst of hard pouring rain to be there outside of our village just before our “blooming journalist” goes down from a jeepney without umbrella after attending a worship service in Alabang.

And just this morning, i had to rush to the school of our “bunso” just to hand her the Journal which she had hard-time answering yesterday and her Assignment Notebook which will document her “what has been” in school and the tasks that should keep her ON-TRACK: way to TRAIN HER on Study Devotion, Commitment & Sense of Responsibility.

Some situations are not perfectly cooperative — but because you wanted to be a good Mom, you’ll just have to coarse through — however ways!

Oh, if only kids would realize how much they should understand “what turns their Mom ON or OFF”! — that because you wanted to sustain good moods, Moms may react on certain things at certain times, but they’ll have to be back on-track right away! Bipolarity challenged?! — quite certainly so!  

Hmmmm …. nevertheless, at the end of the day, Moms may be so tired that they may no longer get to watch a bed-time movie with their kids’Dad while he’s waiting to capture a sleep — but because she was able to hurdle all-day-long, the joy is there, deep within her heart! — and she hopes, she was able to give what her kids exactly needed — while she prays, her husband will understand that as his wife lays down beside him, he would turn to her for the caring that she needs to give her the energy to survive another fulfilled day for their family — that night after. 🙂

God Sent us “Two by Two”!

Our paths had to meet for reasons we may not understand; and then  “Two by Two” — AS PARTNERS, God sent us TO FULFIL A MISSION and @ that, we need some alignments & compromise!

Gone should be the days when we “do things on our own, for our own”!

Gone should be the days when all that we consider is our own feelings and disregard what & how others would feel because we assert the “SELF” that we are. Normal as it usually is, along the journey, we’re bringing with us our BACK PACKS: fully loaded with reasons why we think, act & talk the way we do — some are our strengths; and some are our weaknesses which both make us Beautiful, endowed with the image and likeness of God.

Relationships matter! It could never be true that “lone nomads” never yearned to have somebody by their side! We may not be aware, but let’s be more ALERT of such “pretences” — for more often than not, we may just be too proud to make amends but the truth of the matter is that: we’re actually in unspeakable need of acceptance and concern and approval and praises and commendations and the likes — all of which would actually give us that sense of belongingness and worth as a person. Well, this is normal & there’s nothing to be ashamed of — BUT, we may tend to become egocentric if we would yearn to receive these favours “at the expense of”, or “in disregard of” the other’s equal needs like ours.

Family is the most important relationship we should STRIVE TO WORK FOR!

Sometimes, a Husband may not understand why his wife would get mad at him when out of his anger, he already forgot to be considerate in his actuations toward their kids. In the same way, Kids may not be able to fully grasp or may resist the many things their parents want them to understand.  Sometimes too, parents may not perceive the intended meaning of where their kids are coming from with the reactions that they give.  MANY TIMES AMIDST ALL THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS, “a Wife and a Mother at the same time” could only absorb and tolerate and manage that much.  Without everybody being sensible enough, some hearts could STRIVE TO MEND  — but yearning for an answer: how would we ever BREAKTHROUGH?

“Two by two” HE MADE US “PARTNERS”! — but why You and why Me? — Only God knows!

It could never be anybody’s fault why it had to be us!

So TWO-GETHER, we should never be each other’s opponent!

Then He made us PARENTS!

It will never be easy! — it actually never is!

Individually, we both have our own PASTS. our own USED-TO-BEs. our own good and bad EXPERIENCES which explain “THE WHO THAT WE ARE TODAY!”

We may justify that HABITS & ATTITUDES throughout those years have already been something we can never do without. — But the thing is, while Jesus is sending us off at PRESENT TIME, He doesn’t want us to bring anything — not anything from our past — except A PIECE OF STICK: OUR FAITH — GOD’S ASSURANCE that He would be with us every step of the way.

God wants our YOKE to be easy as we deal “hearts-on” to the Mission that He wants us to accomplish in OUR PRESENT LIFETIME — for it’s not only us whom He declared “partners” — but the “two of us” as His partners!

HOPEFULLY, may we see eye to eye &  feel heart to heart with Him  in all HUMILITY for us to willingly GROW IN-LOVE: THE KEY that would make EACH HOME one of the DOORS OF GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE!

Use those Rocks!

Pls Read God’s Silent Message: John 20:19-31

We were once Lost…

Have you been @ your rock bottom lately?

Have you committed some mistakes despite the many warnings na binigay sayo to save you from further pain? And has that been the reason why you keep on finding some other ways para sa iba ka maghanap ng comfort; — or has that been your reason for you to be aloof of the one who kept on giving you some guidance & reminders, yet you doubted?

Hmmm…wag ka na ma-conscious! Kasi, you might just have forgotten na ‘yong iniiwasan mo para mag-comfort sayo — that “someone” conquered death just to be alive for you; and would always be there to give you that hug even if you don’t say: “just what i need”!

Wag ka na mag-alala … kahit na at first you don’t completely listen, and kahit na ilang paulit-ulit na inakala mong hindi ka naiintindihan kaya you’ve been withdrawing yourself from fellowship and even from the truth, — that “someone” have already forgiven you and has been wanting to comfort you and help you up from your rock bottom!

On occasion, we tend to be Didymus: a twin character / a Thomas

– we love, yet we seclude ourselves from the freedom of the truth;

we believe, yet we doubt!

But you know what, from time to time, we have to humbly accept that what brings us to the rock bottom of our life – is that fact na “madalas kesa minsan, we keep on challenging God’s presence in our life!”

Thomas: “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

Minsan, ang dami nang marks/signs na ipinakita sa atin ni God, pero tayo, we opt to stay in our mats kasi naging “comfort zone” na natin ‘yong nasasaktan tayo; at iniisip nating mag-persevere kahit na sa maling paraan – kesa paniwalaan natin si God sa mga plans nya for us! Minsan pa nga, we already inflict more pain to God kasi we are allowing some insults to His image IN US — each time we tolerate the opponent to rule over our decisions and actuations.

Dear friend, we have our freewill to lift our own-self from our rock-bottom! We can discern God’s voice “kung saan at ano” ang dapat nating i-persevere in our everyday life! We should also decide WHAT TO QUIT kasi if we won’t, we are surely dragging our life to a much deeper “bottom”!

“Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”–Jesus

If at first, it’s difficult to believe what’s in-stored for us, let us strive to work on our miracle for “complete trust” in GOD so that later on, as Bro Bo Sanchez challenged us during our successful KLR, we can eventually be A MIRACLE TO OTHERS – kaya sige na, ‘wag na magdalawang isip: QUIT that pain and BOUNCE! Inspired by our recollection, we don’t deserve to stay at our “low life” – use those rocks instead and GET PROMOTED in life! #sunset @InspiringInfluence.com

Educational Planning in the 21st Century, last blast.

The Paper Tower Challenge.

FINAL EXAM for EDM 505

2nd Semester 2014-2015

Basic Education in the Philippines has been experiencing REFORMS over some period of time — from “Governance for Development” in 1991  until this very recent “Enhanced Basic Education Act” of 2013.

Having finished a course in Educational Planning & Fiscal Management & utilizing some “significant terms” and concepts learned throughout the Semester,

1.   What can you say about the track of  amendments presented in this source: http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/education/45117-asean-2015-philippine-basic-education/table below as to its:

     1.1  Planning

     1.2  Implementation; and

     1.3  Evaluation?

BASIC EDUCATION REFORMS

BEFORE 2012	2012-2013
Trifocalization of Education in the Philippines (by the Education Committee in 1991)	Republic Act 10157: Kindergarten Education Act
Republic Act 9155: Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001 (renaming the Department of Education, Culture and Sports as the Department of Education)	Executive Order No. 83, s. 2012: Institutionalization of the Philippine Qualifications Framework
	Republic Act 10410: Early Years Act (EYA) of 2013
	Republic Act 10533: Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013

2. A “21st Century Educator” should ________________ …. [please expound your answer]

Congratulations for “finishing strong”!

“We cannot teach anybody anything … we can only make them think! — then they learn what their heart will never forget!”

I hope I’ve Inspired Influence. — Ma’am Gail 🙂

credits to:

http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/education/45117-asean-2015-philippine-basic-education

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2015/03/07/senator-groups-call-suspension-k-12-program-396160

What is Your “Piece of Peace”?

#Master of Arts in Educational Management 
#Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education

Can we not strive for this?

You are beautiful! You are unique! YOU are YOU!

YET, you might have forgotten to ASERT YOURSELF because you might have had so little confidence in your self.

Over some period of time, there might have been some incidences of feeling neglected and it gave you enough justification  to shy away from the world, from other people; shy away from yourself until you’ve just been contented hoping to just blend into the background.

Could you ever imagine when was “that time” you begun feeling worthless?

When was it that you started changing yourself, hoping to just impress the thoughts of others?

Without you realizing, you are actually harming yourself because you’re hoping to improve … when in fact, you’re doubting your very self because you no longer feel that confident to VOICE OUT amidst those times when your thoughts and actions have just been rejected & by-passed. In effect, it gave you the only choice to just close your eyes and shrug your shoulders because you allowed yourself to feel helpless.

You no longer feel great just the way you are because you’ve already forgotten WHO YOU REALLY ARE!

You believed it when people say you’re not worthy; you stopped giving yourself the chance to gain credits despite the many striving times you’ve exerted. You’ve pressured yourself too much because you’ve allowed those chaotic, abrupt-changing systems to disturb your “simple piece of peace”.

You were supposedly to work giving out your BEST for God’s glory in an imperfect world; yet, you keep on justifying that you are “not perfect” — that is why, you’re also justifying “not being able to give your BEST” in every little thing that you do because of what you believe in.

“You can never be perfect?” What does it say about your “self esteem”?

Could you imagine what will happen to “that thing called Tadhana” if everyone of us would take care of this kind of mindset? Destiny — as a predetermined course of events may be conceived as a predetermined future.  What lies in the future would always depend upon WHAT WE DO TODAY!

Many of us would tend to complain about several “turn out of situations which doesn’t give us any choice!” — that is why we keep on “piercing our heart” with that arrow which we keep on pointing to other direction other than our own SELF!

If there should be some "PIECE OF PEACE" that we should bring to our future not only as a teacher but as a Child of God, 
what do you think would that be?

Try visiting these links for progression:

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Teacher

http://www.principals.org/Content.aspx?topic=61219

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/09/11/03mindset_ep.h33.html

If you only have 15 Dots …

How many times would you lift your pens up in connecting your available DOTS?

#Curriculum Making for Early Childhood Education

In "crafting", there are no mistakes; 
it is your own unique creation!

If you only have 15 dots, how would you connect each, to come up with something that would TELL WHAT YOU WANT?

What would each dot represent and how could it align with your Philosophy, Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives?

Those Significant DOTS …

Yes, in crafting, there are no mistakes … but considering that when you “craft” in Curriculum-Making the  UNIQUE development of each CHILD” should be our “apple of the eye”, an educator’s COMMITMENT should then really matter the most.

TIMES may be tough and there may be VAGUE SPACES between dots YET, EVEN THE LIFTING OF OUR PENS would talk about our ADVOCACY while we DRAW OUR LINES so carefully so that our unique creativity will "not mark a mistake" in every child's life. 

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