REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

it is not the first time that i see people getting frustrated, unsatisfied with their accomplishments, what is happening in their career and their day to day life in general. i have a friend who recently purchased a laptop, just after a days of use he was vehemently complaining, and keep saying that he was short changed...

apparently he was expecting more than what the laptop can actually delivered, and that he thought that it was really a bargain considering the brand of the laptop and the price it was being offered. i have to remind him that it is a cut throat competition these days in every facet of the business and the manufacturer tend to come up with product that would be affordable to most of the clientele but of course something has to give...

frustration in my opinion is only a byproduct of expectations that are not achieved.... it is therefore essential that for us to set a realistic expectations in everything we plan and do...

Quotes to live by:
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. - Lin Yutang

SECURITY

a lot of people worries so much about their security, may it be personal, their family and even job security.... with all the things taht are happeing around us... with all teh news taht you hear everyday who wouldn't worry?



come to think of it, why do most people really worry about it??? simply because they only think of themselves, this is a very broad subject and very much debatable; i am not opening any debate but merely expressing my thoughts. life is only worth living in my own humble opinion if there are challenges around us... as i keep telling my friends, the humps and cat eyes in teh road are not ther eto annoy us but simply to remind us taht we are no longer in track... otherwise we will simply fall asleep....



in life as i imagine, this will laways be the case, and people will never get the feeling that they have achieved full level of security....



quotes to live by:

There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity. - General Douglas MacArthur

DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIES

you ask anybody who has been working overseas for more than five years why they opted to stay overseas will certainly give you the same answer. because there are many doubts and uncertainties that they need to face when they return home... for one the economic situation dictates and most of the time influences our decision making. but most of course things has to be weighed in and find the most suitable and beneficial for everybody

i must admit leaving your love ones back home does not make things any easier, there are plenty of factors to be considered, there are many things that you will hear and many heartaches you have to bear.... but at the end of the day its the family welfare that counts the most

quotes to live by:
Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning. - George Eliot

WORRY

my friend called me the other day, he told me that he is in a bit of a bind, he was having some problem with his supervisor... i asked him what is it? he is being asked t do administration work on a new software, a software that he is totally unaware of...

apparently the new software was introduced during the seminar that his supervisor attended and there were a few training modules that was discussed, and they need to evaluate if they can use it, his boss is recommending the software to the company and his boss wants to him check it out...

i told him to tell him the truth and avoid the consequences, his boss attended the seminar about the software and he should worry about it not him... i reminded him that honesty is the best policy and he should take other people's mesh... i hope he heed my advice...

quotes to live by:
Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God, and so there’s no room left for worry thoughts. - Howard Chandler Christy

FEAR

it seems to be a dreadful word... and everybody seem to deny that they do fear something one way or the other... i don't see any reason to fear anything, provided it doesn't make a paranoia within yourself...

for me i fear i lot of things.... one thing that i fear most is not to be able to provide for my family's basic needs... the fear of waking up one day that i am no longer capable of doing what i love to do most, the fear of not being able to fulfil my calling, my purpose...

these fear are the things that keeps me on my feet, the very same things that makes me strive ever harder. to cling to my faith and to do the utmost best... though i heard one famous line before "fear nothing but fear itself" i wish i could do that....

Quotes to live by:
Every day I wake up a little afraid. Only a fool is never afraid. - Ron Meyer

GOALS

people used to ask me how do i manage to say away from my family for so long... working overseas entails long hours of being away from all your loved ones... staying alone in your room after the long and tiring hours at work....

i have a simple answer at all times... and that is "i have goals that i set, and this goals are the one that keeps me striving even harder... i must admit there are times that i ask myself how long do i have to endure... why d i have to undertake all these things, times you have to fight the longing, the homesickness that befall me, but during these most trying times, when time seems to be against me, that is the time i envision my goals and ways how to achieve them...

i know that this is only a short lived undertakings, and keeping my goals in the horizon, and spicing it up with faith and prayers keeps me focused....

Quotes to live by:
The one thing worth living for is to keep one’s soul pure. - Marcus Aurelius

MOTIVATION

they say all of us has a reason for being... and i firmly believe that we are all here for a reason and all of us has purpose for being at where we are at any given time.... i also firmly believe that we are only doing what we are doing for a specific reason... and that reason is what is motivating us to survive our daily chores and activities regardless of how difficult and tiring it mat be...

for some it is their ambitions that motivates them, for some it's their family.... and others like me is for both, simply because my ambition revolves around my family.... and they are what motivates me...

Quote to live by:
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. - Baruch Spinoza