I CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY

Not even the meanest circumstances can make us jealous,
self-pitying, or greedy unless we allow them to.
While we can't control all our experiences,
we can control our responses.
Unless we refuse the responsibility,
we are in charge of our own reactions.

Consider for example:
On the same street we can meet a man with no legs
who is happily serenely going about his business,
and another man who is cursing fate because his shoes are too tight.
We can meet a peaceful, contented old woman
who has known nothing but poverty,
and a well educated, beautifully dressed young woman
who is depressed because she can't afford a new car.
We can meet the drunken alchoholic slumped in a doorway
and his recovering brother or sister laughing
with a group of friends after an AA meeting.

We, all of us, can learn to live above our circumstances
if we're willing to alter our attitudes.

I am the master of my own reactions.
Today, I choose to enjoy the roses in spite of the thorns.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY INDEED

HAPPY birthday !! indeed
Yes another year !!!
MY BIRTHDAY PRAYER !!
Thank you Lord for all the test .. for the strength you gave me to pass those test. for the patience YOU have given me and patience you have given my husband.

thank you for all the lesson YOU've taught US.
Thank you for making this relationship grow and mature day by day.

Thank you for providing for us lord, thank you for making life a lot easier for us.

Thank you for all the people around us. for using them lord to help us. to keep us grounded
thank you for keeping my family safe . For keeping them all healthy.

Thank you for this life Lord .

Thank you for giving us Yza. thank you for always putting that priceless smile on her face lord God .

Thank you for the unconditional love Lord. I may not be a faithful child to you lord but i always felt your love for me Lord God.



Thank you Lord for everything. I feel so blessed that I have you in my life as my Lord and my savior.

again.. its just ME.

what's my simple pleasure? Bianca G. asked.
reading her blog got me to thinking.What are the SIMPLE things that makes me happy.. that makes me smile? For the past months, weeks,days i have not thought about that. I have not appreciated the things that gives me simple joy. All I know having Yza is priceless,but its a great feeling to realize that there are simple things that makes a difference.Im gonna try to make a list of the SIMPLE things that makes me happy, things that I love, that I enjoy doing apart from YZABELLE.

♥ I love it when i had my nails done and when i get to chose the nail polish that i want. Bright yellow, Red, Green, Blue any color but BLACK

♥ I enjoy a good bath. Not necessarily a HOT bath but quality time inside the bathroom. I always say that If possible ill spend as much time taking a shower because thats the only time I give myself.

♥ I love it when I sing in the shower, Because if I do it means I feel good,if I do, it means Im not thinking of anything, It means I dont worry.

♥ I enjoy it if I have an updated cosmopolitan or YES magazine.I love reading while im on the john?! ( need i say more?) and if i get to read something before I go to sleep. I no longer dream of reading a novel at this point because it is way far fetched UNATTAINABLE.
but I would really love to read a good article or short good stories.

♥ I love it when Im looking forward for something like a good movie? a dinner date? lunch date? payday? =)

♥ I enjoy talking to my husband about anything. and I love it when he listens . I mean attentively that he gives a timely response (lol)

♥ I love it when i fall asleep with my husband beside me which is not so very often. I love the way he smells even if he had not taken a bath yet as long as he's not "malagkit" harhar

♥ I enjoy it when my husband generously praise me for a job well done. on anything,small things.If his not picking on my bad habits? or bad behaviors

these are just some of the things that makes me HAPPY, things that I LOVE, things that I ENJOY doing apart from YZABELLE.

and apart from YZABELLE my HUSBAND is my life.They say that my LIFE should not revolve around him but i like the way it is. maybe I get the misconception that I expect him to do the same thing. OFCOURSE not what im asking is make me feel that I belong to his world. That im a part of his world. not outside of it , not that im a different world to him.