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Insomnia and Letting Go

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Insomnia, if not caused by drugs or physical disease, is caused by a problem on letting go.

We can’t let go of our problems. We can’t leave behind our anxieties.  We can’t quiet the noisy chattering of our minds.

Each day, we were meant to begin with a clean slate.  We were meant to have a fresh start, a brand new beginning.  But we can only do that when we are able to empty ourselves, surrender and let go.

Sleep was meant to do that for us.  It was meant to help us.  But now our troubles have risen so high we couldn’t even sleep.

But it’s okey.  You need not force yourself to.

You can try to rest however.  You could try praying.  You could try writing down your concerns on a sheet of paper so you could take them off of your mind for a while.

Breathe.

Listen to music.

Remember your core.

Letting go may not happen overnight, but each step of surrender is indeed a big leap towards healing and peace.

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Feeling Out of Control?

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Have you ever felt at times like you were out of control?  There are only 3 things that can be in control:

 -other people

(when I don’t exercise my powers and I don’t allow God to exercise His in my life)
“I am powerless, I will not exercise control because I cannot exercise it anyway.”

 
-me

(when I exercise my powers)
“I am in charge. Things will happen according to my will.”

 -God

(when I allow God to exercise His powers in mine)

I do the best I can to achieve my desires.
When things don’t turn out exactly according to plan,
I do not lose hope nor let others take away my power.
I surrender to God instead. It will be done in a better way
than I’ve ever expected it.

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Why Do We Grow Old?

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WHY DO WE GROW OLD?

Anti-aging products abound nowadays as though it is a misfortune, even a sin to grow old. Yet what is growing old indeed? Why do we grow old?

Growing old is a natural process, as necessary as birth is. And if we know how to live the life given us, growing old need not be a scary process, nor a dark time. We can grow old gracefully. We can shed our old body shell and surrender to the new, to a fresh new dawn heaven unfolds before us.

What does growing old tell us when we lose our physical strength and beauty?

  • It says that we have gained a new beauty within, far more beautiful than what can be seen by naked eyes.
  • It says we no longer need the strength of our physical bodies to perform the tasks which the spirit has been prepared to do.
  • It says that life goes on and that there is a time to rest as there is a time to learn and to explore.

Let not aging make you afraid. Let it not cover the beauty of life and its natural unfolding.

There is a reason for each season. Embrace it fully. Surrender to the greater good that awaits you – always.

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The NOW of a Meaningful Life

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What is the NOW of a meaningful life?

It is the present that is important. It is the NOW that we have to live. Yet what is this NOW? What does the moment consist of?

We’ve all heard of the importance of setting aside our past regrets, of casting away the anxieties of the future and of focusing our thoughts in the present moment, and in the process, we were made to believe that neither the past nor the future matters. This is not true.

Man’s present moment is made up of experiences and life lessons that made him the way he is. Without it, he is like an innocent child whose eyes reveal nothing, whose laughter does not resound with the deeper meaning in life which he has found.

Man’s present is also made up of hopes for the future, of excitement for the things yet to come. Without it, he strives for nothing and has no direction in his current journey.

A meaningful life is that which is aligned. It certainly isn’t a life trapped in past bitterness or in future fears. Neither is it alienated in a meaningless present whose memory had been erased or whose hopes have all faded away.

Seek then a meaningful life. A life whose memories, hopes and present joys are perfectly woven into a wonderful eternal NOW.

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The Evolution of a Blog and of a Life

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When I first started blogging, I didn’t know how it would greatly influence me. I started out hoping to influence many and in the process, I was the one who had been pruned, and fertilized. I was developed at the same time that my blog evolved.

My first blog, which was with a free host was very simple. But to me, it was a dream come true of having a website of my own. I was very new at blog design and templates and CSS codes that compared to the many other looks my blog achieved, it looked so simple and ordinary, even corny at times when I look back. But even then, it was a big leap for me. And I learned many things from then.

What’s more important however, are not the technical things I’ve learned, though I’ve learned so much in there. What’s significant are the life changing lessons blogging taught me:

  • I’ve learned that sharing is crucial to learning. At first, I was afraid to share my best articles. There was a fear that it might be copied, stolen or plagiarized. But then I realized that there is really no worth to what I’ve written if I cannot share it with others who may benefit from it. So I wrote prayers, inspiring poems and healing articles which I hope to comfort even the most downtrodden people. My first readers were the sick, the hurting, the grieving. I connected with them, through my writings, even if they haven’t even met me in person. Words truly have power, and words must be uttered, written, shared in order for it to bring forth its fruits.

  • I’ve learned that if one truly desires to live in full, one must welcome change and move on. The first theme of my blog was okey, it reached the audience my writing spoke to at that time. But then later on, an old friend gave me a feedback that my blog was a sad blog. I knew it was, for I had the sorrowful in my heart when I wrote most of the articles there. Yet I learned that even sadness has a season, and the people I desired to comfort should not remain in their sadness forever. They must move on, they will move on. I’ve realized that comforting them in their darkest hours was only a part of my prayers for them. The second part is how to reach their joy, how to protect it, how to expand it endlessly as God’s beloved children were meant to experience.

  • I’ve learned that I was hiding myself just like the templates I initially used, which were dark and not so easy to understand. I was deep. But I was not easy to read. I was mysterious, but mystery is nothing if it could not reach the people whose lives you’d really want to touch. You can’t stay in heaven if you want to be of use to earth. You have to go down that dark valley so you can help people living in the darkness find their way up to heaven as well.

  • The time I spent developing my blog was also the time I relearned my life principles. As my blog evolved, I passed through stages of questioning my life principles, setting my core beliefs, strengthening them, and now, of applying them in real life.

  • I’ve learned that there is always room for growth. When I reached writing 300 articles, I thought it was the end, that I couldn’t share or write anything anymore. But I was wrong. As I write today, I have this good feeling – that I’ve only just begun. 🙂

When blogging, you don’t have to think you’re writing for the whole world. Think that you’re writing to one person, and one person is a whole universe of significance which God has given you.