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Many heroes fought for it. They shed blood to protect it. They sacrificed their own lives to attain it. In exchange for independence and freedom, these brave men and women gave their last breath so all of us who are living now can enjoy it. Freedom from Social Norms For most of us, we can already say that we live in an independent and freedom loving country. However, some aspects of our culture still restrict us to be different – to be free. For most of us, we choose to chain ourselves from the norms of society. If we go against it, we will risk ourselves from being tagged as either rebellious or outcast.  But to those who survived, probably bruised from the experience, have taught them how to be brave like our national heroes. If you are willing to take the risk of breaking the norms of society, one must be willing to go blind so that you will not see the harshness of the punishments for your deviancy. Also, one must be willing to go deaf so one will not h

I want to say goodbye before I die for I may no longer see the morning sun. I may no longer see the warm rays of the daylight as it touches my face in the crack of dawn. I may no longer hear the song of the birds as they play in the branches of an acacia tree. I may no longer see this tree as it sways when the wind blows on its chest. I will miss the falling autumn leaves while I walked in the mossed pavement of my patch. I will miss the smell of the air after a misty rain. I will miss every raindrop that touches my lips. And I will miss every breath of this life. I will no longer see the moon that shines at night as well as the stars that stare in my eyes. The sweet morning dew in the palm of the leaves and the warm fog that embraces me. Before I die, I want to touch the clouds and follow the end of the rainbow. I want to swim the greatest lakes and the seven seas. I want to listen to the song of a waterfall. I want to hear the tranquility of a tamed river. I want to c

In my previous post entitled “In Search of your Destiny” , I mentioned that it takes only one person, one event, and one decision to help you discover your destiny. But how do we know if destiny is already knocking at our doors?  Destiny is a very broad term for some of us. Sometimes we tend to interchange it with fate. To be technical about it, destiny and fate have different meanings. Though these two words both refer to man’s fortune. Fate is more on the pessimistic side, while destiny is on the positive side.  When we say fate, it usually refers to an unexplained, unpopular, and sometimes tragic events in a person’s life that are beyond his control. Destiny, on the other hand, is what we are supposed to accomplish in this world, it is a deep inner energy that drives a person towards his life’s purpose. A person’s destiny is divinely-planned, even before we are born in this world our role in the “grand master plan” was already determined by the Divine

The greatest events in our lives are those that were unplanned - the uncalculated ones.  Some call it mistakes, misfortunes, or simply fate. But for me, I call them destiny. An apple seed will always grow as apple tree and will never develop to another type of tree.  With or without proper care and nutrition, that seed will grow and will die as apple tree.   Each one of us is destined for something important in this world. Unfortunately, we are not comparable to a seed whose outcome is somehow expected. No mortal would know what we will become in the future, probably some so-called fortune tellers can predict some future events in our lives but the outcome of these events in relation to its impact towards our emotions, morale, and/or inner being will all depend on us. It will depend on how we take it or how we interpret it. It can break or make us. Our reactions to these events will affect the course of our destiny, its either we find it or lose sight of it. In searc

Finding your life's purpose will help you walk through life with greater focus and will give you clarity in your every day life. Having a clear purpose will make it easy for you to breeze though life's stormy waters. For you to find your purpose in this world, you need to find yourself first. Try asking yourself : Why are you here in this world? How do you want to live your life?   Once you can freely answer these questions, you will slowly grasp the meaning of your life and you will sail through it in the direction you want it to go. -Joshua Miguel