Mission accomplished or failed?

I have a question for everyone, "what if you are not going to wake up tomorrow morning? " sounds morbid right? Sorry, but all of us were not guaranteed a 'tomorrow'.
Before we lay our back on bed, think if we had already satisfactorily accomplished the mission. Before we close our eyes to sleep, think if we are done with the reconciliation with anyone. Have you already said, "I love you to your loved ones?

Remember, it was just a borrowed life.

Surely we'll rue the day we wasted, when we hear the words, "I gave you many mornings to make up for the wrong deed of yesterday, of yester-years; but you did not make good use of it. Instead, you had rather added tons to your already tons of iniquities and transgressions."

We also don't like the words, "it's too late" to echoe in our ears.

And like some business-minded capitalist always say, "non-negotiable". :D

>>>>make an inventory, do a check and balance<<<
(oops! not properties/assets)

Taming our tongue

Our tongue practically weighs nothing... Anatomically speaking, it is aprox. about 15gms in weight. But why is it that most of us could hardly hold it? How come that we find it difficult to carry our tongue?

Sometimes our mind can be so cunning. it has its own way to trick our tongue.

One reason why SOME people can't hold their tongue is because, people love to talk more than to listen. we are a man of words. we love to talk and talk. all we wanted is to be heared. there is the uncontrollable drive in us to be recognized. we wanted to monopolize all the issues to gain higher reputation.

Our tongue became the tool for destruction. we can't hold our tongue for a moment because the moment we held it, we feel that we are deprived with power and freedom. We feel inferior, everytime we close our mouth. And right after we locked our lips, we feel that we are a captive of silence. If we hold our tongue for a moment, we feel that we are down and helpless because we were used to exalt ourselves with our tongue.

Our reckless tongue now has become the ultimate tool to show our true self to others. we use our tongue to lift our personal being... Some of us wanted to be popular by talking. Talking became our unhealthy habit.

So there also goes the reason why we are always in trouble. why we always feel sad. why we always seemed to have lived in misery..

all of these troubles happened and will continue to happen unless we learn to hold our tongue.

Lets endeavor to hold it even for just one minute. even for just a day.. we never learned the importance of reflecting before talking. Bottomline is meditating first before talking... I believe that if our mind gets tired, our tongue also gets tired.

Funny thing is that we have the ability to control and tame our tongue, but then, it seems that it is the tongue that manipulates us.

To be eloquent and prolific in everything one must first value silence and deep contemplation... And most of all, one must seek His Divine wisdom and good counsel..

Journal Entry #08




©RAKG

THE BEAUTY OF CALAMITY

(REFLECTIONS NO. 7 OF Romeo Ariston King G. Gatan)

Have you ever heard about the calamity of blessings? It sounds absurd, right?
Who hates flood? Do you like it when there is a storm? What about earthquake? In my own personal experience, I don’t want to subject myself and experience anything like that. There are times when we were caught off guard by these inevitable natural phenomena. We always pray and hope for a fine weather. No one of us would like to experience any calamity disastrous to life and property.

But, what if the Omnipotent One floods your life with heavenly blessings? What if the Omniscient One sends you a storm of spiritual wealth? He lets you experience a blizzard of joy. Don't you want to be shaken by peace and unity with high intensity? A strong magnitude of love rocking up your family life? Your volcano of forgiveness erupts, then a tsunami of healing wash out your pains, sweeps away your wounds. Don’t you also want to experience a great famine of pride? And how about a drought of greed? What about seasons of love? Surely, we all want to experience them.

Friend, in every adversity in life, God is with us. We may face the most difficult times in our live; still, we will never feel defeated because God is our refuge. God is our Protector. No storms can sink our boat. In every ordeal man is struggling to face, God is there to give us encouragement and strength to subdue it. God never sleeps. He is always awake, on guard in every moment of our lives. And God will not allow us to carry crosses which we cannot carry.

Blaming God for every trial or difficulty in life does nothing good for us. It is not our right to question and persecute God amidst every problem in life. In suffering, we share His agonies; in sickness we appreciate His wisdom; in pain, we realize it pales in comparison to his own
 Natural disasters remind us that we're not in control of everything. Through these calamities, people would value the power of God and that He exists, gathering as one family to help one another. In this way, generosity and compassion would once again abound everywhere.

On the other hand, we should not wait for a calamity, sickness or death to be re-united with family member. Let everyday be a day full of love. Help turn every sorrow into an inspiration, sadness into a joy. Seize the calamity of blessings every day.