Tito Red greets you a happy new year
If there is something I would tell a person who remains uncertain of his future, I’ll go recite him this list I pilfered from my private journal. I think we all went through life’s roller coaster ride, with some of us turning white as paper, shrieking and vomiting in the middle. The only consolation is we can always choose to come out of it better or remain bitter.
1. God is faithful.
Of course, what is there to know? Even if you’re drunk you know that already. Everyone who professes to have faith recites that so well to the point it cheapens the sentence, or the word “faith”, already. But for those who went through the fires of life and came out unscathed, this mind-boggling truth would hold the solid ground not even the worst earthquake can move. Every year that passed since the countless times I sat outside the chapel in PUP savoring the meaning of Jeremiah 29:11 a decade ago spoke only of one thing – God saw to it that every promise was fulfilled.
2. When someone slams the door on you, break through the window.
I welcomed 2008 with an empty bank account and a career that met its death sentence in the latter part of 2007. I have never been that scared losing grip of my own life and reluctantly handed over the reins to an invisible God. Looking back now, what I thought was the end of my story was actually just a beginning of a new chapter. So far so good.
3. It’s better to give than to receive.
There really is some grain of truth in it. Earlier this year, I read a book by Pastor Ed Lapiz called “Siksik, Liglig, at Umaapaw” (pressed down, shaken together and running over) that spoke heavily on God’s challenge to every believer – tithing (Malachi 3:10)- and the promise of His reward. The book brought wealth management into proper perspective. God owns everything and assigns men as stewards of His vast property.
4. There is no place like home.
I have learned to really appreciate each day I live and move in this overpopulated polluted city I call my home. London, like all other cities outside the Philippines, was a fling.
5. Don’t burn bridges if you can’t even build one.
Help came from people I least expected during the time I was at the end of my wits. No matter how far or how long you’ve been gone, keep in touch with people you’ve made friends with. Life is too short to be spent in making enemies.
6. Count your blessings.
Only those grumpy miserable people don’t.
7. Learn something new.
This year, I learned to monetize my website, design a website, work around WordPress, do SEO, facilitate a workshop, play PSP and grill chicken properly. Twilight the movie is not exactly a disaster, the director was.
8. Blessed not are the poor.
How can you call a person blessed if he has no food to eat and no money to spend? God continues to work up to this day, busy minding erring humans. So why shouldn’t you? Go work, find one or if you’ve got what it takes to have a small business franchise, do it rather than procrastinate.
Happy new year to all.
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Great post!
Setting new goals for this year will hopefully make 2009 more productive than 2008, but don’t let yourself be too caught up and forget about the little things that also matter.
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