The Boracaynon

By Gil delos Santos Not long ago, I was bragged upon of being desperate to ambition certain people's success. I smiled, got amused with the idea inside. They seem universal with success definition. I can claim success too in my own little world especially against those personalities they compare me with. If a man cannot approve certain facts in life, I am curious how God delivers the approval.  Success is mostly associated with wealth and material possessions to the mind of the average. Gina Lopez is the real representation of success in my own definition. It is measured how much impact we contribute to the lives of the people effecting them to become better than how they were in the aspects we intend them to improve. Learn her deeds the same way how you should learn the story of the neighbors whom you criticize. Your goal in life determines your own definition of success. I believe religion preaches universal kindness, not that "WHO" most people ...

By Gil delos Santos I recently added a permanent text on my right arm that spells out "R E C I P R O C A T E" as personal outcry to combat the changing climate in society. Time had taught me to un-believe the efficiency of an old saying -- "Kill them with kindness" in as far as people relationships are concerned. Kindness these days becomes a bridge to the island of abuse...while tough-love is mostly perceived bad by the receiver that usually leads up to cause good-ties breakage. The cure is not retaliation but immediate reciprocity. Be the best to good acts in return but not to be too soft to those who take advantage that hurt feelings. No one deserves a guinea pig treatment for selfishness of others. More over, the thought of "instinct" as the rightful inner voice that saves people from misfortune fades out in my head like an ice melted in time that loses its useful sense. Instinct nowadays becomes a dramatic reason to exaggerate people's st...