Inspire & Be Inspired

That should set the tone for the coming year. With less than 2 days to go before we bid adieu to the rather devastating 2011, I'm sure a lot of us are now creating our annual resolutions, rehash of past resolutions, mantra to recite at the start of the year, the lucky colors, hair styles, fashion trends for the coming year, etc.

But one must always keep in mind that without inspiration, there isn't anything much we can look forward to. The world after all is replete with all the nasties and the negativities. One must be made of really strong stuff to survive it.

And one of the things that can help us all to remain strong and vibrant the whole year round come 2012 is to seek inspiration from just about anywhere.

Woke up to the sound of annoying neighbor? NO worries! Tune it out, but first, be grateful you can indeed hear the sound however annoying it may be. That you have the gift of hearing. Then proceed to turn on the radio to your favorite music and voila! there's the first inspiration of the day for you.

Then as you cook your breakfast, savor the smell of bacon frying and you know that it will inspire you to eat it even before the crispy juiciness touches your lips.

That's just for starters. There are many, seemingly trivial and mundane things that we ignore where we can actually glean inspiration from. But one of the best things is to also make sure you work on inspiring others and in doing so improve your mood.

How about a rather amusing SMS to your loved one? Just a few terms of endearment for the love of your life. Inspire him and be inspired yourself.

The opportunities for finding inspiration and for being inspired are limitless. One must now consciously seek it and that should be our theme for 2012..

INSPIRE, BE INSPIRED. in that sense, whatever challenges or trials come our way, we'll never really grow tired. fair enough??

Yuletide Blues

Well, no one is exempted from feeling a bit of the blues during this period. It's not the holiday season really but just the times rolling by as if it doesn't pay us no mind.

Actually rolling is more of a mild word to use in this instance. Fate has been bamboozling us, all guns blazing to see how far we can still go despite the trauma, the pain, all the aches and dizziness that it brings.

One is either reduced to a mass of acquiescing minion, an angst-filled entity or even a reluctant rebel with all that's going on.

It's not just the natural disasters, the man-made wars or financial gloom enveloping all our earthly skies, but something that we can't quite put our finger on.

And they are still not calling it depressing times, there still are plenty of reasons to smile after all but the melancholy spreading almost everywhere. Somehow it pervades the air we breathe that one can almost taste it.

But I dare not venture into the unknown. I'd just categorize it the easiest way I know how and term it like the old-fashioned do - a simple case of the blues. Just in time for the yuletide season.

Still, if it doesn't entirely crush our spirits, we can still say we're okay. So, are we??

Ako ay Tubig

Kung ako ay iyong isang inumin, ako ay tubig. Alak o beer? Hindi ako yan. Oo, maaring gusto mo ito, at andyan ang alak sa araw ng pagsasaya ngunit kapag iyong ininom ito sa oras ng kalungkutan ay lalo ka lang malulungkot. Kape?? Hindi rin ako yan. Oo, ito’y pampagising pero hindi mo ito nanaisin sa anumang oras. Gatas? Pampalusog, mabuti sa katawan siguro pero hindi ako maaring maging isang gatas na bibihirang magustuhan. Softdrinks? Hindi rin. Exciting kung minsan lalo kung may masayang salo-salo pero sa sobrang tamis neto ay malamang hahanap ka pa rin ng pampawala ng iyong umay.

Sa tuwina ay iisa lang ang binabalik-balikan. Ang tubig na iyong hahanapin sa bawat oras kahit gaano na karami ang ibang bagay na nainom, mapa-kape, beer, juice, softdrinks, o gatas, tanging tubig lamang ang tiyak na papawi sa iyong uhaw. Kaya ako ay isang tubig para sa iyo. Simple, walang kulay pero klarong –klaro at tunay na pinakaimportante sa iyong buhay.