WAYS TO WITHER BAD WEATHER
To be positive is not always expecting good weather in summer. Anything can happen under the sun. Therefore, it is to our advantage to be ahead of every possible situation that may emerge along the way. Sunny days do not always have to be without rains and so do rainy days without the sun. Whether sunny or rainy, expect either circumstance can happen.
So it is likewise true in life. There are always different paths to venture. Sometimes the road could be well-paved concrete and others are rugged and bumpy. We need to set off our voyage whether in the high seas or in a shallow waters. Before we can ever begin a life’s journey calls for sufficient preparation and provision. Not only once did we have anticipated some unexpected events to transpire along the way. In short, we did see to it to make some extra hurdle to be far ahead of any contingency that seemed to impede our goal-setting in life. Where the confrontations become intense and difficult the more we must be determined to weather the tide of war. We must be tough and not wishy-washy. We are not here to just exist and be content of living a life of mediocrity. There has to be a variety of achievable solutions to every crisis. Successful men are never intimidated with seemingly gigantic setbacks. They take it as a challenge. People of faith and big dreams and big heart do succeed because they take troubles as stepping stones in reaching their dreams. Instead of shrinking back the more they are blazed with courage to achieve them. They keep on believing. They are very courageous. They are men of faith not fate. They achieve them. They simply wither bad weather.
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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SOMETHING CAN BE DONE BETTER
There is wisdom to implication that might be by way of criticism or plain concern. It may arise in many forms, in a venture, program or any undertaking. The point is that what has been done could have been done better, bigger or simpler. Almost always it seems to be deadly diminution of our competence and expertise. But taken in the right perspective this could become helpful tips that would help us to get things done better, exquisite, spacious, conducive, economical but not cheap. The most beautiful or classy design of anything in a certain period of time would become obsolete some years after. Artists inscribe imprints in the monumental pages of history as they leave anything behind that once gave impact to the life of the people. There is something in the future that is going to be extra imposing because our quests for creative distinction always spawn excellence.
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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LEADERSHIP: EASY SAID THAN DONE
Much has been written about leadership. Every generation breeds new crops of doctrine on leadership. All novel ideas presented would surely pass under some strict analytical scrutiny of the people. They are to be tested and proven to be feasible.
I believe leadership requires a preparation to equip leaders of appropriate skills for a specific job. It takes in many forms: trainings and seminars or other specialized education, etc. Then after possessing adequate training, a leader is now confronted with the vision and mission of a certain undertaking. This is foremost. It is where the purpose comes into play which is transformed into steps to arrive at a certain target. This also requires a lot of efforts, strategies, planning and patience that would help translate goals into a targeted conclusion.
Another important skill is commitment. Tenacity is the province of commitment. Without it, any endeavor would soon collapse. True commitment endures and overcomes all barriers. However, it is strengthened with faith, courage and an unwavering aspiration to press onward no matter what the cost might be. Failures are effortlessly transformed into mere stepping stones to go beyond and discover new frontiers even the most stout-hearted men won’t even dare. Success, at times, is just a step away has not one allowed fear to cower a once indomitable will to hold on and eventually succeed.
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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TO THE SEAWATER
Behold the crystal sea Reflecting distorted images Upon its choppy ways Spinning the tweaking sands Tossing back and forth Creasing the surface of the shore
Some crazy afternoons The sleeping sands awake From lull and slumbering Shifting and billowing Breathing away bubbles That hiss among the winds
Oh, far yonder from me Upon this crystal sea Leaping spirit restlessly Yearning the tides away Hastening the storms to flee Out of the sky and upon the sea
To the seawater I pray That you may be free From toil and tempest each day That there may no more raging sea Haunting cerulean tranquility To the seawater and … me
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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10 SECRETS OF RICH MEN
(Notes are taken from an audio by Al Sembrano on 23 September 2008. Follows are the first two secrets.)
1. THE NEW ME WHO BELIEVES IN ME. I’m a winner. Determined. No surrender. Think positively. Devise solutions to your problems. Continuing fight against impossibilities. Have self-confidence. Life is good. Financial storms are but temporary. Believe a bright future. Pacman (Manny Paquiao) triumphed against all odds. He gave the best fight in a fight. He has self-confidence to triumph. It starts with yourself right now. I believe in myself. Success is never measured by the amount of deposit in the bank but how are you contented with what you already have. What you believe that’s what you will be. Believe in yourself – a new self.
2. BE CONTENTED OF BEING NOT CONTENTED. Don’t be contented to be in middle class. Aspire to be rich living in Alabang. Then aspire to be a super class:
1. Henry Sy, Sr., owner of the Shoemart and Mall of Asia
2. Ayalas of Makati, Cebu, Laguna and international
3. Gokongwei, class Robinson malls, banking, air lines, etc.
They continue to work because they are not contented (in a positive manner.) Start with a determined and positive attitude. Never stop. Increase the number of your sells. Never be contented in your present position. Aspire and achieve more. Continue to study: master’s degree or Ph. D. Volunteer your idea, goal, ways and means, systems that would benefit the company you are working with and you will be considered later by the company. If unemployed, never be content to stay at home. Be productive always. Try and try again and just swallow your pride. Dante, a computer science data base specialist, accepted the work in his uncle’s restaurant as a manager. Eight months later, he met a regular customer who needed a data specialist to manage his computer company. Seek ways and means to be more productive. Visit your competitors. Be productive 2-way ahead of them. Bring your business to the world. Get employees. Seek other businesses through the Internet, book and magazines. Attend trainings, seminars, conventions. Never allow yourself to be left behind. Think franchising. Borrow money from the bank to finance your company.
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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IRONIC?
Since I transferred my residence here in Quezon City, I now miss my favorite badminton games. Unlike before when I was still at Antipolo City, every day I used to play 10 games at the least. Now I notice that at times my joints would get inflamed and hurting. But it is also during this time that I am so penniless that I am impelled to walk from Don Antonio to Forest Side Villa at Visayas Avenue. Few times doing this thing, I realize that my joints are no longer swelling and aching. Isn’t that sometimes being broke could turn out to be a blessing for walking burned some deadly uric flakes deposit in my joints?
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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REPTILIAN GENE?
Was Cain a serpent seed? Were he and his brother Abel twins? Can you prove it beyond reasonable doubt? Anyone please?
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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THREE LESSONS FROM THE ANTS
THREE LESSONS FROM THE ANTS 06 September 2008
My curiosity awed me to think how in the world a man, known to be the wisest ever to live in our planet, exhorts the imprudent to take lesson from the ants. Although the size of their brain is only 1/40,000th with that of the humans, ant brains are largest amongst insects.
Ants exhibit engineering feats in the construction of their colony and in the air-conditioning system and even in food preservation. Ants possess a herculean strength and exceptional agility. They are capable of transporting heavy objects twenty times their size. Their mouth is so powerful to be able to carry enormous object like a man carrying a grand piano by his mouth and could run as fast as a racehorse.
Lesson I: Ants are industrious. They gather their food during the day and even work overtime in the night until all the food is stored. Although ants act by instinct, they operate as if they are thinking winter while still in summer.
Lesson II: Although they have no ruler or king, they manage to work in harmony. Their efforts are founded on the principle for common good of all in the colony. Ants are in perfect unity.
Lesson III: Ants are fearless. Their courage is indomitable. Challenge them and they will fight to the end.
I see. The slothful should now take these lessons from the ants or else?
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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Birth Pangs
BIRTH PANGS 14 AUGUST 2008
It’s a cry inside. It has wings no longer content to just flap a distance. It has to soar above the horizon and beyond frontiers. And each time its wings flutter up against the wind a threshold is dawning and another child is born. Yes, it seeks to find some nestling arms to cuddle up these wild wanderings.
And yet, it is not just some wings trying get free from the shackles of untold ignorance but a living being that can only be nourished with the food of freedom. That’s why along this timorous storm and wounded self, a fresh breath of dawning is in the offing. There is a blinding Sun just way beyond the dark clouds. And if ever there is a cry, it is no longer a cry shrieking in pain but of a kicking child fashioned to be free and a master of God’s creation!
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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Building Broken Lives?
By Bert Palen
Many causative events deformed many faces of our existence. Some may be a disfigured image of God wrought surreptitiously in various ways than one. Others destroy our thoughts by grabbing our human reason and sanity to be not who we really are here for. Some turns out to be unfounded fears that haunt our peace until we become so distorted beyond repairs.
God actually founded us. He put us there bricks upon another. We are His building-blocks fitted together to His house. We support each other. We carry each other’s burden. Those below us raise us up and we do the same for those above us. We are our brother’s keepers. Our sole mission is building lives, virtues, courage, integrity, honor and love. Yes, love that binds us building blocks, the living bricks that made up of us. Building is not repairing what have been rubbles; it is nurturing a principle of excellence within the framework of living lives.
Increasing in Him,
bertpalen
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