Do you remember your dreams when you wake up? Are you aware that you are dreaming in your dream? Can you take your idea in reality into your dream? Last night I had a dream. I dreamt I was back in my childhood home. In reality, my bed is against the window behind me. In [...]
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Traveling and visiting different foreign countries is fun and exciting. But what is truly important is not how many pictures we took, what souvenirs we got or the popular tourists spots we saw. What counts are the people we meet, the knowledge we gain and the lessons we learn. And most of the time, they [...]
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Four years ago at this time and around this hour, I find myself in a hospital room. I couldn’t sleep even if I should be tired from waking up very early that day, and taking the flight back to Manila from Taipei; then going straight to the hospital to be with him. They called me [...]
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Many things in life remain a mystery. Sometimes we try so hard to uncover the event we think should or must occur that we get disappointed if it didn’t turn out like we had hoped for. We must never forget that our life here on earth is already etched in fate. That we are merely [...]
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As we experience more days in our lives, we must strive to change into someone better and wiser. This does not necessarily mean an alteration of a grand scale, for we know that it’s impossible to transform into a totally different person. But a small effort to adjust is sometimes all we need to open our eyes to what [...]
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There comes a time in our life when we find ourselves making a choice. Maybe it was a promise we have to fulfill, an obligation we have to finish or simply a decision we lay upon ourselves to accomplish. Not knowing what the future hold is quite terrifying; especially if we are so familiar and [...]
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We’ve heard it all before: Eyes are the windows of the soul. But do we really know what it means? Some people are born with beautiful eyes, not of color or dimension but expressive and captivating; ones that mesmerize all who gaze upon them. However, no matter how enchanting they may be, some lose their [...]
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