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Granting Wishes

By Gil delos Santos Life in a simple form surrounded by beaches is great...it's like living a semi-retired life in the island. Until this pandemic came into the scene real hard - offering thoughts to miss the spectacles of the high life, the city, the world travels, financial freedom, the champagnes, and all. Ironically, a realization set-in that we sometimes need to be a bit careful with what we wish for.  Wishes are product of keen focus put into action plus the conspiring universal energy, I thought. I remember wishing to see less Chinese and less Koreans in Boracay to give our old European patrons a chance. After that, the 6-months closure happened. Now, the pandemic. I should be careful with wishes. In another world, it was the height of a beautiful career abroad when summoned by a situation to whether choose to come home to grant an aging mother's wish by leaving a sparkling profession behind...or be a selfish money driven son by not responding. That point was a stage w...

Purpose Driven

The peace and tranquil the four corners of home offer is a moment that hasn't surfaced for a while. Now as the "quiet" time becomes my best friend, I can't help but be thankful for becoming so busy for the past times of my life...because it gives me the opportunity to appreciate freedom - now that I am by myself looking back and visualizing ahead. We always hear people say: "Everything happens for a reason".  Today, being able to experience highs, lows; and highlights of life, I could personally say that it is the individual's personal decision that dictates his own journey and destiny. Nothing is behind who prepares to make or break one's life. That "reason" the saying refers to is the subconscious choice the person is making in his everyday. There is no supreme being responsible for our own fortune or misfortune but us, ourselves. If there is a supreme being looking after us, It is only the One giving us light when we come across a da...