Counting My Blessings

It's almost the end of 2004...I say it has really been a wonderful year for me...But, it wasn't an easy year either...I had to face quite a number of challenges and trials, but with His guidance, I managed to get through...All in all,this year was tough....but it was good....I have a lot to be thankful for (despite the fact that I havent been a really good girl..hehehe!)and I've listed the top 20 blessings I got from the Man above..

Top 20 Blessings (Arranged in the order I received them...)

1. Another year of friendship
   (With my old friends...friends from HS, community, bootcamp and college)
2. New job
3. New friends
   (From new job...some of them are Novie, Bogs, Greg, Piw and Mike)
4. Another year for my mom (Jan. 24)
5. Success of JACCS (my very first project at my new job)
6. 24th Wedding Anniversary of my folks
7. 2nd life for my Dad (He had a car accident last May, the car was wrecked.. but his guardian angels kept him safe.. not even a single bruise...)
8. A chance to serve in a different ministry
9. Another year for my Dad (June 11)
10. Another year for my brother (Aug. 26)
11. Success of the NICOS (2nd project) ]
12. New skill (I'm learning Nihongo..hehehe!)
13. An achievement award (from work...)
14. A new pair of eyesight (now, the world looks brighter.. =D )
15. Another year for ME !! (Nov. 6)
16. Muchu (my 6-month old Shitzu fur ball...)
17. Success of SHI-G (3rd project)
18. BONUS!! hehehe!
19. Double victory for our department (Both teams from our department won in the Christmas party presentation..hehehe!)
20. My first anniversary at work (Unbelievable..hehehe!)

There you go...then again...my gifts are not only limited to the ones I listed above...those are just "bonuses".... As I've said, there are so many things that I am grateful for , in the 24 yrs of my existence....my wonderful family....my old friends....good health, and every single day that I am able to breathe and experience this complex yet truly beautiful thing called life...=)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!! =D

Say A Little Prayer

Lord Jesus, I love You...
I know there's nothing
impossible with You...

Amidst all my trials and troubles,
I know You are just right beside me.
Soothing my pain...taking away my fears..
pacifying my toubled heart...

Please grant me the strength and the
faith I need that I may face all these head on.
Please take control of everything,
and never let go of my hand....

If somewhere along my way, the trials
get the best of me, and my patience
begins to drain, please be quick to replenish it.
That I may not do anything harsh to myself nor
to other people...

My Lord and my God, I entrust everything to You
and in the Most Holy Name of Your Son, Jesus Christ,
I claim victory over all this. Amen.

Rant

People impose rules...they oblige other people to comply
with their rules...no excuses....it's just gonna be how things
must be...But what if the same people who set the rules
are the first ones to break them?...what will happen if
the "other people" pointed it out? I'll tell you what will happen...
first, they'll try to defend themselves....making all sorts of
arguments starting from the very relevant to the hello-
where-did-you-get-that-kind of argument...then, once you
have given them a piece of your mind...you'll see them nod in
agreement...you will feel relieved coz the way you see it
they already got your point....HOWEVER! ....the roller-coaster
ride of relevant, irrelevant (and at some point silly..) discussions
and arguments kicks-off again....and the draining cycle of
the gruelling conversation begins to bring out that little monster
in you....and in your mind you start to scream....you get tired of
explaining, of listening to the endless defense...of wasting your precious
energy on pointing out that which needs to be pointed out....
Finally....slowly, it comes to a halt...but just when you think
it's over, they hit you with a last blow....suddenly, everything's
upside-down...you are guilty and they are darn innocent.
You fight back.....and before they can even have you go through
the roller-coaster ride again.....you put a period in the so-called
conversation....then it's over...really over....with you not knowing
if they really got the geist of what has just transpired.....