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.

i dont want to be emotional that's why i stopped watching tv bec it has something to do with confronting one's feeling and i dont want to confront mine. sigh- why do i have to be on this situation- i know that these are the result of all my actions- and the only person to be blamed why im here is no one else but me-


im praying that i'll have the wisdom to understand all this and to find solution to everything- im asking for God's guidance-

FRUSTRATING

how can some people cant seem to understand.... it so hard to let them understand that hings aren't the way it used to be- that "ADJUST" is the word- . it's just frustrating that you cannot make them understand that they 're suppossed to be partners- they are supposed to work together. they should undestand what eachoder is going through-- aaargh-

hurting

.. i dont want to think that im actually hurting right now- well im pretending im not- and that sux- yes it does.whenever i meet someone--and see them as someone i will share something special with i always make it a point that i let them know that i hate expectations-who does anyway. because im not good with disappointments.--its just frustrating that u've waited for soemthing to happen and it is within your reach and suddenly BOOOM- its no longer there- like a bubble- bursted after hitting something hard. to be more specific-(i actually dont want to be specific .bec im afraid "he" will learn about this blog acctand be able to read all the stuff in here which was posted before we became "we") anywaay--- i do not have work today until forever- so he is until friday night- so we usually would spend it together. but bec it's my mom's bday tom- we do not have anything planned for the two of us bec ofcourse we want to spend time with my mon on her birthday.so what we did was he asked me to pick him up after work that 12:30 pm, he texted me saying that his team8s asked him if he can have atleast 2 bottles of beer.so i said that's fine with me- so i went with them - i had a great time bec i know all his team8s. we were done by 5pm. He asked what else do i want to do - so i said i want to go see a movie (wanted by angelina jolie.) and then he asked me what else do i have in mind after that i said. i dunno- for me it was like come what may- wherever our feet will lead us. and then he was like "what? you still dont know?-- i've been asking you this since yesterday and you cant still give me an answer?"- i know what is it that he wants to know- he wants to know if we will be spending the night together or what--i honestly do not know yet bec i have to ofcourse let my mom know that i wont be going home -til tomorrow.


my point is--- we do not have to plan everything . spontaneity is a great thing- it wouldnt be like by 12 pm i should be here
by 1pm i should be doing this- and yadda yadda yadda. do you get where this is going?


we ended up not seeing the movie and both pissed. and all we want was to spend time together.

after all the things that had happen I realized one thing -- one major thing... that because of all the hurts i experienced with my past relationship which i thought is my 1st and last relationship. Now i've become a person who i thought was fearless, risk-taker and all out- is now afraid and scared of commitment. Now i understand why for the past months i found myself settling for a " no string attach" relationship- for a no expectation set up-
and i know it isnt good- i know that it isnt healthy, that i know sooner or later i should really start stepping up from that - crappy crap crap---

and now i'm faced with a possibility-
and im not quite sure what to do--
im more into assuming mode right now- but i know deep in my heart that there is something that im just trying to deny- because IM afraid- because i just can't - i wouldnt


que cera cera

what ever will be will be--