A Time To Be Grateful

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It's always time to be grateful...but there should always be a time to reflect about it, say it, express it, and think about it.

This time is the second month of the last quarter of the this year 2012. Time flies and life is swiftly moving on, and I hope not into the oblivion. We should not be regretful of the past, since it cannot be changed at all, but it is important to think about the marvelous things that happened and be grateful of it. On the other hand, it is essential to look at the past events in our life and learn from the the tiny details of errors or mistakes that we all have done. As the saying goes, "No one is perfect," but, hopefully, this saying will not be an excuse to commit deliberate mistakes in the future time that lies ahead.

What a wonderful world we live in! All bare necessities of life are available for our expense. It is just a matter of shaping and looking for them. Thank you for the work I have. This makes me establish more self-competence, self-confidence and self-worth. Thank you for the advance technologies. Brilliant brains of highly gifted people make modern life easy as compared before. A click if a button sends message across the globe. A metal-flying big birds, I mean airplanes, make me see and explore the world and appreciate more the beauty of this Earth. Thanks for the people I love. Thanks for my parents who imparted to me the Christian values, specially my mother. Her words, her messages in her writings are wonderful thoughts and truths to live by, even during this age of my life. Thanks for my siblings and nephew for being part of my life. Thanks for my students who provide me an opportunities to become more patient as a person. Thanks for my sport, of course, swimming, which relaxes me  after long hours at work. Thanks for my colleagues at work,  acquaintances and friends in places I spend a fraction of my day regularly. 

A very special thanks to the King Jesus Christ, who provides me all my needs and for being his son, which makes me "rich" because I am the son of  the Almighty King. Thank you for everything, my Lord and my God.

A time to be grateful.


             

     At home...9.25.12 .....  So quiet, lovin' it! Shhhhhh

S-M-I-L-E-S

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S-M-I-L-E-S

by: iSwim

S-Sense of Humor

M-Maturity

I-Instinct

L-Loving 

E-Eclectic

S-Secret of Joyful Living

Smiles brighten each day. Take life easy and worry-free, and not hard and full of worries! Worrying means self-uncertainty, signs of lack of self-confidence, and in a Christian point of view, lack of trust and faith in God. 

In addition, it takes few face muscles to smile than to fraught. As a result, less energy is spent when you smile and it takes extra ATP's when you fraught.  

               

                                  

                     Photo taken in Nine Miles, Jamaica Nov. 2011

It's A WOW!

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It's a WOW!

It's a "Work Of Wonder!"

How many things, events, situations, and other instances in our life when we said, "Wow!" Those are moments of grateful feelings! Aren't they? Every good thing that happens to us always bring a great feeling. Needless to say, as a Christian, it's the Lord God who make all those things to happen in accordance to His will, and, of course,  in a timely manner. "All things work together for good to those who love the Lord." (The Bible). 

On the other hand, there are times that we are challenged and it seems that situations are not working the way we expect, in other words, not in favor of us. These "unfavorable" situations test our faith in God. To Christians whose faith has a "sure foundation," they will remain immovable and not rumbled by storms, in addition, their faith is even more strengthened. These could be even the times when Christians whose faith has a sure foundation take these unfavorable situations calmly and not worry about it, instead,  they give it to the Lord and let Him take care of it.  Worrying shows faithlessness, and these things or situations what we are worrying about may not even happen. Why worry? Let Him do His Works Of Wonders! 

Life is a day by day event. It is a day by day WOW! The next day should be viewed as day better than today and yesterday is nothing but a past. Do not be regretful from what happened in the past, since it cannot be changed at all. Move on and face the NOW and think WOW! 

                                        Relax

Effortless Swimming

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Some essential in swimming effortlessly:

1. Swimming effortlessly is like a fish swimming gracefully.

2. You don't fight with the water but you go with the water.

3. It has less water splash which makes the water look pacific.

4. Breathing is normal and not hyperventilating.

5. No over gliding but good timing.

6. Head neutral position when breathing.

T-R-A-V-E-L

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travel

by: iSwim

leaving your own shell

is a must when you travel

changing your lens 

is essential to understand others

erasing ethnocentric tendencies

makes you appreciate others

remember when you travel

you experience cultural differences...

if you like do not like other cultures,

then you stay home

if you do not like other languages,

then you stay home

if you do not like other customs,

then you stay home

if you do not like other traditions,

then you stay home

if you do not like other people,

then you should stay home

if you do not like mosquito bites,

then you MUST NOT leave your home

travel

              In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 2012

Life Is Life A Leaf

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Life Is Like A Leaf
by: iSwim



Life is like a leaf.
It starts as a plumule inside a seed.
Growth starts as water is provided.
It continue to develop as care is demanded.

Leaf turns green,
as photosynthesis begins.
Green color intensifies,
as light and water magnify.


Life is like a green leaf,
that is shining green in the tree.
Life will reach a lime light,
and it is when we are shining bright.


As time flies, a leaf dries.
As time flies, our life ages.
All we have, all we've done,
will expire and will be gone.
What will linger, what will remain,
are the unforgettable legacies that we maintain.

Fly By

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Fly By

by: iSwim

I hardly feel the wait 'cause time flies.

All moments move on just by a fly by.

Moving on, breezing through, not getting freeze.

This day to next day is as quick as sneeze.

The start just commenced and the end is just a mile.

What is this all about how time flies by?

Just recently been to Brazil last November.

Now I am going to Madagascar this November.

In between November and November,

I've been to Bermuda, Jamaica, India,

Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Miles and miles of ocean distance in between,

but I hardly feel the wait for the next destine

'cause time is swiftly moving and a fly by!

iSwim09.01.12