It is processed in a so called dark room. The film is soaked in chemical, then soon, images appear more beautifully from negative to positive.
May mga pictures na minsan ipinipilit na ibigay sa atin pero minsan tinatanggihan natin kahit na sa totoo lang ay maganda naman ang ipinapakita nito.
Sometimes we want to live our own life and we want people to leave us alone, kasi we are annoyed by those who are there, offering the best that they have exerted their effort to.
We neglect them, we reject their offers, we mis-interpret their intentions until such times when our reactions would put us to a test.
“I don’t need your service!, It doesn’t mean a thing to me!
You do not understand me at all, sayang lang time ko!
‘wag na lang kasi akong pakikialaman!”
These are our usual lines. Without us being aware, we are actually resisting positive efforts which may not make us feel good just like being in that “dark room” — but if only we would allow ourselves to “enjoy the experience of being loved” just like that negative film soaked into chemical, we would soon become that beautifully printed picture ever captured because we responded “in cooperation” with that goal to “bring out the BEST in US”!
From negative to positive … Film Developing is Living Life to the Fullest!
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Feel God’s Message in Today’s Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
That one created an impact!
“Binalak nya lang daw ay simpleng kaininan over CPA (Chicken Pork Adobo) para sa mga “Lola” — pero umulan ng biyaya!!! May mga nag-share ng “time at talent” nila, may mga nag-donate financially; yung adobo nagkaroon ng kapartner na juice, nadagdagan pa ng ice cream (umulan pa nga ng ice cream), at may mga regalong naiabot kina Lola: ilang kahon ng grocery, mga relos, at rosas, at may simpleng pahabol pa!”
We could have resisted “being with her on her special day”. I for one, could have instead preferred accomplishing my “tons of things to do for the day” – pero ang galing ni Lord — He granted what her heart desired for her birthday — with her Mama Weng’s tireless assistance, her family’s support beyond measure, her thoughtful friends, her The Feast Family: brothers & sisters who shared in their special ways & the gorgeous Youths who chose to come “for a good cause” instead of being “tambayers” somewhere else.
It’s been years na din na di ako nakakadalaw sa mga gaya nila kaya sobrang na-miss ko “doing this thing”:
— Ang maging “present” para sa mga taong “piniling lumayo na lang sa kani-kanilang pamilya” dahil “di nila naramdaman na “mahalaga sila”.
— Ang “umupo sa tabi nila” para “hawakan ang kanilang kamay” at para “makinig sa istorya” na babaunin na nila hanggang sa “makita nila si Jesus” na hindi nila alam kung kailan at kung gaano pa katagal sila maghihintay.
— At ang “ipagdasal sila” hawak ang natitirang pag-asa na “baka may iba pang purpose si God sa buhay nila” kahit na ang ilan sa kanila ay “sobrang pagod na” – na ang gusto pala ay: “I already want to LEAVE!” – sa halip na “I still want to LIVE!”
It has been an overwhelming experience beyond gifts – at dahil ‘yon sa simpleng “invitation” ng isang kaibigan na hindi naming nagawang tangghihan!
“Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar,
and give to God what belongs to God.” – Matthew 22:21
All that she wanted was to celebrate her birthday with them: with those 20 “grannies” in that Home for the Elderly & Abandoned.That very simple candle-cake blowing and receiving that singled-out pink flower from a bunch of 20 red roses – yon yong para sa birthday celebrant! At yong “paglapit, pakiki-tawa, pag-akbay, pag-assist at pagpapasaya kina “granny”, we just knew deep within our hearts that we brought Jesus to them when their eyes sparkled with joy and when their palms turned warm — “not wanting to let us go” !
When they “looked at us through the heart, and when they hugged us so tight, we knew that we’ve just made “a difference”! — not only to them, but also to ourselves because we have memorized how it feels to be there to at least fill-in one’s “longing”!
So to this friend, we’re more than thankful to her for discipling to us & for being a channel of opportunity to also be a Jesus to many!
And to you, our dear Feast Family, I know you can also challenge yourselves to be of SERVICE to a “longing” ONE, to listen to a certain SILENCE, and to soon tell YOUR STORY of how you’ve also brought Jesus to ONE PERSON within your reach.
Let’s give it a try within this week: STOP & TALK AWHILE even half-way with ONE! #sunset
Cor Dei_40/GOSPEL REFLECTION for 19 October 2014 by: Gail S. Montero, published in The Feast Bulletin, Central Mall Binan
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How aware are you that: what makes up your “Hierarchy of Needs” reflect the kind of person that you are? — OR — are you ever mindful of the things that you really need? [ GRAB this opportunity to come-up with your PERSONAL HIERARCHY OF NEEDS]
There are some who aren’t! — and so, UNAWARE as they are, they do not notice that their words and actions are already demeaning others’ lives. Getting used to “tittle-tattle”, they become “influential” — to the point of corrupting others’ concept towards another. Good relationships become blemished because “such influence” won over “some innocent souls”. Without them knowing, they are already inducing others to wear that same “BAND-AID” that they are wearing: Avoidance, Idealization & Defense which originated from CHILDHOOD.
Some of us are “wounded child”! — teng
YET, we never want to GROW OLD without being HEALED! — or, even if we justify that we are not wounded, we still need to DEFINE the PERSON THAT WE ARE so that we won’t be “that innocent soul” who could possibly be instigated by tainted tendencies & intentions of those who do not truly care about themselves — in its real sense!
What’s your TYPE: #1 Reformist, #2 The Helper, #3 The Achiever, #4 The Romantic, #5 The Investigator, #6 The Loyal, #7 The Enthusiast, #8 The Challenger or #9 The Mediator.
“Everyone is a unique blend…what do you think would help you determine what is yours?”
And that “GOLDEN RULE: BE TRUE TO YOUR “SELF”!” — how would it BENEFIT you then?
Have you ever noticed that you are at times impulsive or are you aware that sometimes you are “unpredictable”?
Well if not, and if you really don’t mind about it, let me tell you now that it’s not something you just have to shrug your shoulders about!
Ancient Greek medicine believed that the above-mentioned “inclinations” could be considered as possible “illness” due to an imbalance in the four types of body fluids: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm.
It should be A CHALLENGE FOR US to SELF-REGULATE those body fluids and find the “right blending”.
A person’s PERSONALITY can be characterized by ONE HUMOR – thus the so called TEMPERAMENT which is medically defined as our HABITUAL INCLINATIONS or our mode of EMOTIONAL RESPONSES.
We didn’t understand this when we were still young – that’s why, many of us are not aware that OUR FAILURE OR WEAKNESS TO MODIFY our TEMPERAMENTS are actually the RISKS that we are continually creating to hinder building HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS. – why? – because “that very moment when we THROW an IMPULSE, could cause A DOMINO EFFECT”!
“That SHOUTING that you did to a CHILD could create an IMPACT which could be a dangerous part that would make up her Personality!” — at least one of the COMMON DANGERS which we are not so aware of.
http://centerforparentingeducation.org/ states: “Temperament is the part of the Unique Child that refers to the fact that all children are born into this world with their own individualized blueprints for reacting to the world around them. Based on a thirty-year study begun in 1956, temperament explains why some children are very easy-going while others tend to be more challenging for parents. Sometimes you hear these challenging children being called “difficult” or spirited; this is often because they have temperamental traits that make them more demanding to parent.
We may be that one “demanding child” back then or maybe until now; BUT HEY, we are no longer kids at this point!
PONDER on the “triggering concepts” in the following slides and BEGIN MAKING THE DIFFERENCE!
Watch your Temper!
Note to my “bright & gorgeous students”: you may just choose a minimum of three [3] questions/concepts to PONDER-ON — those which you can relate the most 🙂
What if one day you will no longer remember, have you ever wondered what your loved ones would “see in your heart”?
The things that we do now, events that we plan about, gestures & acts of concern, appreciation & gratitude that we’ve always intended to give at this point in time … any of these might be “what they will see “in there” — good news is, WE CAN START TRAINING OURSELVES “RIGHT NOW” while we’re not sure UNTIL WHEN we could.
We don’t have forever! If things could be “possible at hand”, why not MAKE IT HAPPEN while you can still enjoy EACH OTHER’S MEMORY?
IF we CAN PLAN to be with others for quite some time for enjoyment, why not ALSO PLAN TO BE WITH THE PERSONS WHO COULD BE THERE WITH US FOR A LIFETIME?
Let us not wait for the time when the person who have done things for us, can no longer do and enjoy “a lot with us” because we kept on saying “there will be time for that…!”
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Feel God’s Message in Today’s Gospel: John 3:13-17
What about some “self-talk” at this point?
Galit ka kasi nagtatampo ka? … since when? At bakit ka naman po nagtampo? – “tampo lang” ba or “galit na” kasi nagtagal na?
How many times did you have such kind of feeling? UNTIL WHEN do you plan to hold on to that “grudge” within you?
‘yong totoo … how many times na ‘yong sama ng loob mo, inalagaan mo …Pero what about ‘yong sakit ng damdamin na na-create mo sa iba dahil di mo sila napakinggan dyan sa puso mo?
Sabi mo “GUSTO MO NA MAGING MASAYA!”??? Eh what did you do? What part did you take? — MAKE-UP? or BREAK-UP?
“Lord, sana they will understand me!” – OR – “Lord, sana I will understand them!” – alin dito ang prayer mo?
Ang maintindihan tayo, at ang tayo ang umintindi; ‘yong magpatawad tayo, at tayo ‘yong humingi ng tawad kasi nagpakumbaba tayo – this, supposedly will HEAL WHATEVER PAIN! – pero ‘still difficult if one or the other does not want to go down to the level of reconciliation dahil mas binigyan ng focus ang sariling paniniwala: “self-inflicted pains”!
What hinders the PAIN from healing is because “WE KEEP ON KEEPING THE TRUTH”. We don’t tell stories to each other; we don’t listen to each other’s hurts; we find it korny lifting one another’s spirit & we are not there for another’s triumphs – because we’d rather be with somebody else. We make ourselves “strangers” from one another INSIDE OUR FAMILY – and the remnants, as well as unsettled issues in the past have its way of “haunting us”!
Happiness is A DECISION! One can never be … if we keep on demanding things to be perfectly at our favor.
If we want to be happy, we’ve also got to give our amount of understanding to the imperfect person from whom we expect that much!
With the “lifting of the Cross” to put Jesus to death in our commemoration of today’s Gospel, God hopes to make us realize na minsan, hindi na ang mga pagkukulang ng kung sino man sa pamilya ang dapat nating titigan.
If we can only open our heart to the pureness of intention, we would realize that those agony & “sacrifices” na pinagdaanan ng mga taong nagmamahal sa atin should be “more than enough” to give us “HEALING RELATIONSHIPS”.
Parents’ sacrifices could have been enough!
‘yong sabi nating “GUSTO NATING MAGING MASAYA”… sana hindi natin iasa sa iba kung paano — kasi TAYO ANG DAPAT MAG-WORK OUT NITO SA SARILI NATIN!
What we prefer doing shows how much we love. God gave His only begotten Son just to prove to us that LOVE is beyond the material things which we mostly prefer to get – a miracle that we can perform to HEAL OUR PAIN! #sunset
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