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May 2, 2012 By 5 Comments

Keep with your  vows. With faith, it’s all worth it!

And believe in this promise – whoever God has joined together, no one – nothing can ever separate them!

 

By Buena Laoang

And yes- eight’s happiness!

I am glad and almost can’t contain my thanks to God especially, because of the beautiful events He creates in our life. The story of Vaks’ and mine’s marriage would sum up that eight years and still together, it actually is a miracle!

Because of great and apparent personality differences, it is only by God’s love for us that we have remained faithful to our vows- after all the stories beyond one’s imagination: Buena going away with all her birth certificates and all; Vaks almost literally damaged a door that remained closed; Buena escaping to the mountains; Vaks escaping to another region… and so on the love story goes, BUT IT REMAINED A LOVE STORY, after all.

The power of love indeed! And it’s the power of God’s love.

We offer endless gratitude to my in-laws and friends and instrumental people who have stood by us and helped us get through. You are all angels in disguise!

 

Editor’s Note: Buenaflor Laoang-Rosete contributes weekly on AMSDaily. You can visit her blog at Barefoot Life Reflections to read more about inspiring stories.

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Take the Opportunity: Listen to Someone

March 26, 2012 By 33 Comments
 
 

 Photo of Frederick Claflin

By Stuart Young

 

This is about being there. Not offering advice. Not pointing out
someone’s mistakes or trying to find a solution for them.
This is simply about listening. We all want to be heard, but how many
times do we feel judged or made to feel foolish. We may have been
foolish but we don’t want our noses rubbed in it, right?

 

And this is not about pandering to some moaner. We all know them,
they’re never happy unless they’re complaining about something or
someone. Avoid those people today and find someone that really needs
to be listened to. It may be a work colleague, it may be a friend or
family member – it may even be the person on the next table at the
coffee shop.

 

When you listen to someone properly you give them your full attention,
you are fully present and it makes them feel valued and important. So
turn your mobile off and try and find a time and a place where you
won’t be disturbed (that’s the tricky part!).

 

When you’ve fully listened to them you’ll appreciate it more when
someone really listens to you.

 

Editor’s Note: Stuart Young writes his thoughts on How To Change Your Life One Day At A Time. He aims to provide a “set of 365 practical little guides which WILL change your life if you commit to implementing as many as possible.” He is also completing his book about changing your life one day at a time. You can check his thoughts here.

 

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Take the Opportunity: Daydream

March 12, 2012 By 24 Comments

Photo of Shem-shem Pablo

By Stuart Young

Take the opportunity today to
just daydream a little.
You’ll be glad you did. :)

Some people call it meditation, some call it being still, I call it
daydreaming. When you take the time to do nothing your mind can
wander. It can happen while you’re doing something mundane, that
doesn’t need your full attention – washing the car for instance. It
can happen while you walk in the woods or the park, as one foot falls
in front of the other you find your mind drifting to past events or
future dreams.

 
This is a creative process. One of my goals for the coming year is to
spend 15 minutes a day just daydreaming. The idea for this book came
from sitting in my kitchen with a cup of tea and one of our dogs at my
feet. My other half was out walking our other dog, there was no radio
or TV on – it was silent and my mind just drifted.

 
Try it, it might not bring any fruit the first time but that doesn’t
matter. The very process of daydreaming is reward enough.

 

Happy dreaming! :)

 

 

Editor’s Note: Stuart Young writes his thoughts on How To Change Your Life One Day At A Time. He aims to provide a “set of 365 practical little guides which WILL change your life if you commit to implementing as many as possible.” He is also completing his book about changing your life one day at a time. You can check his thoughts here.

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Tuesdays with Ronald: Reflect

March 6, 2012 By 13 Comments
 Photo of Randy Legaspi

Hello Everyone!
 
Starting a new segment this month called REFLECT. For my Tuesday Contributions I will asking you one question. We will reflect on all these questions in April. Think deeply about this question, as the reflection in April may be very important to you! So on to the question!
 

Think back in your life, what was one of your dreams?

 

Editor’s Note:  Go over and take a look at Lifessteppingstone.com! where Ronald writes his thoughts. You’ll be glad you did!

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Take The Opportunity: Say Thanks Today

February 27, 2012 By 21 Comments

Photo of Shem-shem Pablo

By Stuart Young

This is the simplest thing in the world to do – and sometimes the
hardest. We all have occasions where saying thanks to someone really
sticks in our side.

Sometimes we might even decide not to say it at
all. But saying thanks under those conditions can really make a
difference, not only to the person you’re saying it too but to you
too.

When you can say thanks, and mean it sincerely, you are on the
path to building a bridge with that person. That relationship could
end up growing stronger or at least more bearable.
You can even say thanks to the universe for being just alive!
On the easy side – saying thanks to someone who has just held the door
open for you or moved aside to let you through can brighten their day.
That thanks will wind its way through the day passing from one person
to the next and the next.

Be the one that starts that process off and then enjoy the thought of where it might end up.

You never know, your easy thanks in the morning could end up being someone else’s difficult
thanks at the end of the day.

 

Editor’s Note: Stuart Young writes his thoughts on How To Change Your Life One Day At A Time. He aims to provide a “set of 365 practical little guides which WILL change your life if you commit to implementing as many as possible.” He is also completing his book about changing your life one day at a time. You can check his thoughts here.

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