rAqUeL.aLmOnTe.LloSaS: 06/23/09

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

A LoVe So LOvED...

" i just want to say I LOVE YOU...

i don't know y but i have this feeling that i need to say it~

a compelling motivation to say it now or never."

HOW HAPPY ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?

"Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy, one would know the things that were necessary for one's life." ~ Joanna Field

How happy are you right now? Do you even know? Most of us knew what makes our parents, partners , or everyone we love happy. But when it comes to an awareness about the little, specific things that bring a smile to our faces and contentment to our own hearts, we often come up short.

What is missing from many of our days is a true sense that we are enjoying the lives we are living. It is difficult to experience moments of happiness if we are not aware of what is we genuinely love. We must learn to savor small, authentic moments that bring us contentment. Experiment with a new cookie recipe. Pause for five minutes to pet a purring cat or a wiggling puppy. Simple pleasures waiting to be enjoyed. Simple pleasures often overlooked.

Let us consider our personal preferences and learn how to recognize, then embrace, moments of happiness that are uniquely our own.

The TaBaK FeStiVaL 2009

San Lorenzo National High School Festival Dancers

Tabaco National High School Special Program for the Arts-Dance

Guest Performers from Polangui, Albay with TNHS mentors

Catandungan Festival from Catanduanes Province

Ang Daragang Magayon...

isang alamat ang bumabalot sa hiwaga ng bulkang ito - ang alamat ng daragang magayon.

ang dalagang walang ibang minahal kundi si panganuron na hangga't sa huling sandali ng kanyang buhay ay nagmahal sa kanya - inihain ng dalaga ang kanyang buhay para sa minamahal. unang kinitil ng kamatayan ang buhay ni magayon sa gitna ng isang labanan at sa kanyang kinahimlayan ay isang perpektong triyanggulo ang umusbong - ang bulkan.

sa paniniwalang ito ay si daragang magayon, habambuhay itong binantayan ni panganuron at doon na din siya nawalan ng hininga.

makikita si panganuron sa ulap na bumabalot sa bulkan. isang kahayagan ng kanilang walang hanggang pagmamahal - hanggang sa huling sandali at sa kabilang buhay ay yakap nila ang isat-isa.

BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED

are you a late bloomer? you are never alone. you are never late.

being a late bloomer means that you have the time and the opportunity to revise and revamp if you experiment with life and fall short of your dreams. you can risk more because at this point nobody really expects anything spectacular from you anymore. you can reinvent yourself or give birth to your authentc self as you discover and reclaim your essence.

as i have tried and failed and tried again, I have discovered that if we are to flourish as creative beings, if we are to grow into WHOLENESS, we must bloom where we are planted. right now, you might not have the perfect career, home, or relationship. few of us do. but if you have the gift of today, you've got another chance to re-create your circumstances and make them as perfect as it is possible to do with the resources you have. today, you get another chance to get it right as you can make it. what more could you desire?

"the people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want. and if they can't find them, make them." -George Bernard Shaw