I am unique. You are unique. There are no two identical petals, no two identical leaves. You can go all over the world and you will never find someone who is exactly like you. Why?
Because God is merciful. Just to have one of you is more than enough. 
And this is why we should never ENVY another. Envy is dumb and stupid. It is self-destructive. Learn to celebrate other’s success.
From an anonymous source comes this beautiful material:
My face in the mirror isn’t wrinkled or drawn.
My house isn’t dirty the cobwebs are gone.
My garden looks lovely and so does my lawn.
I think I might never put my glasses back on.
One of the greatest impediments to progress is denial.
Be truthful at all times and be a disciplined person.
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After she woke up, a woman told her husband, “I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine’s day. What do you think it means?”
“You’ll know tonight.” he said.
That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it – to find a book entitled “The Meaning of Dreams.”
Don’t be a cheapskate. Show love and give love every day
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Dec 022011
I meet thousands of people every week with all the training, keynotes and seminars I give. It is almost impossible for me to remember names and faces. But shaking the hand of the person and repeating their names would help. When people ask me “do you remember me?” My response is “I normally have a photographic memory but am currently low-batt.” A line borrowed from Ziglar.
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Nov 202011
I used to be in the fashion business and it fascinated me.
Though we claim to be a country that is struggling with poverty the Filipino will always be updated as far as the latest fashion is concerned.
We read the latest fashion magazines watch amazed at the world’s prettiest men and women donning their designer clothes in Fashion cable channels and we pick them up.
The amazing thing is to realize that in a very materialistic 21st century world we are in today, rather than fashion imitating life, life is imitating fashion.
Bordering on confusion, human beings behave in very strange ways.
Consider the following:
- We wear Safari clothes and we’ve never been to a jungle.
- We wear Aerobic footwear and we never set foot in an aerobics class.
- We wear a deep sea dive watch and we never get wet.
- Those beautiful and expensive pilot’s watch we buy yet we do not know how to fly a plane.
- We drive a 4 wheel drive truck in the middle of manila traffic.
- We have architectural magazines we don’t read filled with pictures of furniture we don’t like.
- We have financial strategy software installed in a computer we don’t know how to work.
- We have art poster for an exhibit we never went to of an artist we never heard of.
This is called abstract materialism.
One day a young executive got into an accident in his brand new Jaguar after having too many drinks in their office Christmas party.
As he made a turn he missed it and went straight into a tree suffering from a serious crash. It was a wonder he got out of the debris alive but did found one of his arms missing.
People milled around the wreck and heard him saying, “Oh no. Look what happened to my Jaguar. My beautiful Jaguar.”
One of the spectators was amazed and said, “Hey mister. You’re still worried about your car you should be glad to be alive. Don’t you know that you’ve lost an arm?
The executive quickly turned to see that one of his arms was indeed missing. And so he cried out loud saying: “Oh no. My Rolex too. I lost my Rolex too!”
Understand this.
The more you have to live for, the less you need to live on. Those who make acquisition their goal never have enough.
And the worst thing that could happen is to force yourself into a materialistic lifestyle by borrowing money you can’t pay to impress people you don’t like.
The world today is divided into 3 kinds of people:
- The have’s
- The have-not’s
- And the have-not-paid-for-what-they-have’s
Do not fall into this trap.
The science and art of happiness is really simple.
I have heard so many motivational speakers dwell on the same theme but the one who impresses me most is the major contributor to the New Testament the apostle Paul who said, “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”
If you don’t stop looking at the things you don’t have, you will fail to appreciate the things you now have and that is a sure recipe for misery.
Abstract materialism has no place in your life and mine.
Love God serve men work hard, play hard and pray hard.
This is the secret to the fulfilled life.
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Apr 162011
A little girl talked to her grandpa and the conversation goes this way.
“Grandpa,” a young girl asked, “were you in the ark with Noah?”
“Certainly not, my dear,” Grandpa replied in astonishment.
“Then,” the puzzled child continued, “why weren’t you drowned?”
Maybe he seemed older than Noah to her, but seniors may be finally getting respect they rightfully deserve. Hugh Downs reported that when senior adults are properly motivated, their intelligence does not wane.
In fact, the ability to organize thinking may increase as folks age.
Many people in their 50′s, 60′s and even 70′s can go through college with greater efficiency than at 18.
Adults over 70 years of age have contributed richly and in varied ways.
- Emmanuel Kant wrote his finest philosophical works at age 74.
- Verdi at 80 produced “Falstaff” and at 85, “Ave Maria.”
- Goethe was 80 when he completed “Faust.”
- Tennyson was 80 when he wrote “Crossing the Bar.”
- Michelangelo completed his greatest work at 87.
- At 90, Justice Holmes was still writing brilliant American Supreme Court opinions.
And then there’s George Dawson.
George learned to read at age 98. (He was forced to quit school when he was a small child in order to help support his family.)
“I got tired of writing my name with an ‘X,’” he said.
Four years later, at age 102, he wrote his autobiography, LIFE IS SO GOOD, published by Random House.
Dreams are renewable. They need not expire like an over-due library book.
No matter our age, we can breathe new life into old dreams. I believe that the best age is the age you are, but something even better awaits just ahead for those with the courage to dream and to act.
Are you renewing your dreams?
Feeling old?
Age is something that doesn’t matter unless you are cheese.
it’s not how old you are, but how you are old.
The late General Douglas MacArthur wrote something very profound about aging on his 75th birthday:
In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young. When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only are you grown old.
A survey was taken recently of people who are over 95. The people were asked one question. It was an open-ended question they could answer any way they wished.
The question was: If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently?
Among all the different answers, these three answers came back most frequently:
1. If I could live my life over again, I would reflect more.
2. I would risk more.
3. I would do more things that would live on after I’m dead.
Lilia my wife whom I fondly call the Ilocana agree that as we grow old, we will make it a resolve not to be cynical, critical and skeptical or else we’ll make life hell for our in-laws. But we well be encouraging, inspiring and loving and really…really…really learn to grow old gracefully.
And why’s that?
Because He who is with us in our youth will be with us in our golden years and He never changes.
Isa 46:4 says:
4Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
And this is why:
We don’t want to grow old because we don’t want regret to take over the place of dreams.
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Sep 202009
Where do young people get their news these days? The Internet. What about research, where do they go? Do they go to libraries? Are you kidding? They go to Wikipedia and it’s all in the Internet.
There was a time when doing business means leaving your brochures with the prospect but today, they ask you: “Where is your web site so I can take a look at the products you are selling?” I feel uneasy every time I leave the house and forget to bring my cell phone with me. Today it’s the same familiar feeling I have in my guts every time I go somewhere and cannot find any WI-FI or Access to the Internet. Popular speaker Dr. Dennis Waitley says: “If you are not on-line, then you will be on the food line.” And somehow this is true. But is the Internet taking over our life? Has the Internet moved us away from quality living? Well….let’s see. Addicts and junkies say, “I am not addicted…I could quit anytime.” I hear the same words coming from people whose laptop are connected to the Net all the time. “I am not addicted to the Internet, I can quit anytime.”
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Mar 232009
I laughed so hard when I came across this material as they are (supposedly) things people actually said in court. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did. Enjoy!
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to the deposition notice I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
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Nov 052008
Manny is almost 29 years old, his friends have already gotten married, and Manny just dates and dates.
Finally a friend asks him, “What’s the matter, are you looking for the perfect woman? Are you that particular? Can’t you find anyone who suits you?”
“No,” Manny replies. “I meet many nice girls, but as soon as I bring them home to meet my parents, my Mother doesn’t like them. So I keep on looking!”
“Listen,” his friend suggests, “Why don’t you find a girl who’s just like your dear ole Mother?”
Many weeks go by and again Manny and his friend get together. “So Manny. Did you find the perfect girl yet. One that’s just like your Mother?”
Manny shrugs his shoulders, “Yes I found one just like Mom. My mother loved her, they became fast friends.”
So do I owe you a Mazel Tov? “Are you and this girl engaged, yet?”
“I’m afraid not, my Father can’t stand her!”
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Oct 102008
A man walking along the road saw an Indian lying with his ear to the ground. He went over and listened. The Indian said, “Large wheels, Ford pickup truck, green color, man driving with large police dog next to him, Colorado license plate and traveling about 75 miles per hour.”
The man was astounded. “You mean you can tell all that just by listening with your ear to the ground?” he asked.
“Ear to the ground, nothing,” said the Indian. “That truck just ran over me.”
