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@JenThoughts 1 April 2022

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@JenThoughts 1 April 2022

Long observation, short engagement *Bye March and thank you for being good to us. Hello April, may we filled with abundant blessings this month.* When I was still single, I loved to listen lectures about health and relationship. I also love to read topics about love, courtship and marriage. By listening and reading to it, I can learn something and it serves as my guide as being single. I applied some of them and I find it helpful and effective. One of the topic I like is all about ***Long observation and short engagement.*** This will help you know more about your partner, a girlfriend or a boyfriend or even a lady or a guy you want to court. Long observation, short engagement This action is best to be used or applied by those who are in relationship. I mean to those who have girlfriend or boyfriend. I tried to applied it on myself and on to our relationship. Fortunately, it was helpful to me. But, I never insist that you will apply it, I am just sharing about it. Long observation From the words itself, long means a lot of time to be spent and observation means to look deeply how a person behaves or think about a particular areas in life. What activities that we were able to observe someone? I know you can suggest a lot, but I will just give some. **Visiting their place** **Joining the same activity** **Go to church together** **Problem solving** Visiting their place Yes! Give time to visit their place. If your boyfriend or girlfriend invites you to go to their place, give time to do so. When I was at their place, I observed a lot. I was able to see how he treat and greeted his neighbors. I also observed how he treat his parents and how he shows respect to them. I also noticed how he behaves in their home and how he shows love and concern to his siblings. Joining the same activity Yes! Joining the same activity will give you more time to observe your partner. **Camping**. In our case we have a youth camping and we both join. There I was able to observed how he leads the group, how he helped everyone who is need, how he helped in doing the chores. There I found how responsible he is as a leader and as a part of the team. I also noticed that he knows how to cook. **Hiking**. Through this activities, hiking going to rivers and mountains I can observe his endurance and how he respond on physical activities. You can see if he is fit and healthy or someone who can be tired easily. Go to church together To some and to me, religion does matter. I really want my partner to have the same religion as me, so we could go to church together. In church, I noticed that he is using his talent and abilities for the work of God. I also knew that he gave tithes and offerings which is so important for me as a Christian. Problem Solving It is common to persons who have relationship to share burdens in life. Some would love to open or share about their problems in life, family problem and even financial problem. By listening to this, I was able to see how he reacts and handle towards situation. I can see if he thinks positively, finding solution and will never give up. Having different observations, you will know your girlfriend or boyfriend more. Short Engagement It is better to have short engagement if you are already prepared to get married. Long engagement, though not all, will lead to **fornication**. I am not telling that if you have long engagement, fornication will happen because it will depend on you. It is up to you if you will allow it to happen. Anyway, ***fornication is a sex between two unmarried person.*** We all know that in christian doctrines, sex is a gift for the married person. But, nowadays, fornication seems normal. Authors note: I wrote this to share something and hoping that this article will help or guide our single friends here. Thank you for reading😚 A big thanks for my sponsors who encouraged me to keep on writing.

@JenThoughts 31 March 2022

My first and last boyfriend *March 31, 2022 Thursday* *It's another day given by our Creator for us. Its sunny and in a short moment the rain pours.* *Hello dear friends, I'm happy to be you again.* My first boyfriend Can you still remember your first boyfriend? Most probably yes, right? How young are you when you have your first boyfriend? **I am NBSB (No Boyfriend Since Birth) until I met my first and last boyfriend.** I am a serious, quite and and shy person especially on my elementary and high school days. I am the eldest among the 6 children of our parents. My parents especially my mother keep on telling us not to enter any relationship while studying. She said that it can disturb or might hinder us to finish our studies. Those words had been inculcated in my mind. When someone seems courting me during highschool days, Nanay's (mother) word are like songs echoing to my ears. Though I never made a promise to my parents but I was able to have promised to myself. Yes! I said to myself that I won't have a boyfriend until I will graduate to highschool. When I was in college, I did the same promise not to have boyfriend until I could graduate. That time I am dark and chubby. I am boyish too, and I think that is just my way to be friends with boys and they won't think of courting me. There are times na parang may nagpaparamdam but I never mind it or baka guni-guni ko lang din hahaha. Thanks God, I graduated in college without boyfriend, still NBSB and was able to fulfill my promise. **I met a man that happens to be my first boyfriend in an unexpected way. I already share it on my last article** I married the person I hate. **I met him when I was 21 years old, finished my studies and already working.** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/i-married-the-person-i-hate-94d8932a My last boyfriend When I was still single and don't have boyfriend yet, I keep on telling myself that if possible I will only have one boyfriend. It means, I want my first boyfriend to be my last too. He will be my first boyfriend and be my husband. **Will you agree on this? Lucky is a man who is the first love of a woman and lucky is a woman who is the last love of a man.** It takes 2 years for my first and last boyfriend to court me before I said YES because I really want to know him more. I want to know who really he is before allowing him to be part of my life. In that long time of observation, I was able to know him better before he was able to hear the sweetest YES. Observation continue for another almost 2 years before we got married. I thank God for being so good to me and gave me a person though imperfect but has God in his life. Closing thoughts Life is full of choices. We can choose what path we should follow. We can choose to obey or not our promises. When our choices bring us to sorrow, learn to forgive yourself and accept the fact that it was what you want on that particular time. Sabi pa nila, **don't make decisions when you're happy or angry because your emotions will affect your decision. Think many times before you decide.** To all my readers, commenters, subscribers, upvoters and sponsors THANK YOU so much❤️❤️

@JenThoughts 30 March 2022

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@JenThoughts 30 March 2022

I married the person I hate Do you believe in the thought that says **"The more you hate, the more you love."**? Before I never believes on it, because how can you love the person if you are hating him/her. This thoughts remain as my reason until it seems happen to me. I am a quiet and serious type of person who is not fond of silly jokes. I usually became angry or felt annoyed on the jokes that won't fit my personality. When I was still single, I love to be with the people who is older than me, or to the mature people like parents. I love to be with them because I will learn a lot of things from them. Most of the topics is all about life, family and relationship. While if I go with teens and young people most of their topics are crush, boyfriend or girlfriend and I am not into it. When I was working, I usually listen to my workmates who is older than me and already married. I can hear them saying how miserable their life with their husband, I can see them crying in front of me while sharing their story how their husband hurt them. I heard it not once but many times and it was inculcated in my mind and seems I dont want to marry anymore. I remember one time that I said to my mother *na magpapa anak na lang ako* (I just want to be a single mother). But then I asked myself to whom? *Ang pangit din siguro na magpapa anak ka sa lalaking di mo naman mahal,* and I don't want to be a rape victim too. We both laugh in that silly imagination. I met a noisy and silly person One day, we attended a fellowship and their is truck who will fetch participants from one place to another going to the venue. The moment I ride on it and the truck goes on, a group of young men are so noisy and they are headed by a one small guy. Since, I don't want noisy people, I tried to call their attention even I don't know them. I told them, Brod, you're so noisy." That one line brings so much disappointment to that small guy. He said to himself that I am the first person who reprimanded him about it. When we reach the fellowship venue, He said that he smile on me but he said that I am so snobbish for ignoring him. But honestly I never noticed it. Weeks past and I visited the nearest church in my boarding house and I was so surprised to meet him there. I never knew that he is a member of the said church. Since it was the nearest, so I became their regular visitor. I witnessed how noisy this man is but I wonder because most of the member likes how he acts. He is a joker and almost everyone laugh over his jokes. I see how he ate and it seems his mouth is so full that he hardly eat his food and I really hate seeing it. I became more angry to him after knowing that he said that he doesn't like me because i have *"bangkil"* (a pointed tooth and it is located higher than my teeth) *Hinawayon pud diay tawhana.* **Church members keep on telling us na bagay daw kaming dalawa and we both disagree because we are hating each other.** I married the person I hate Two years passed and I was surprised na nanligaw sya sa akin. Off course I never believe it, who would have thought that a person like him who keeps on annoying me will love me. I never said yes to him agad agad because I want to know him more. But as the time goes by, I feel that I have some feelings for him too. So, sinagot ko sya after a year. To make the long story short, we got married after another 2 years. If you have read my previous article, I mentioned there that I want to marry a God-fearing person, older than me and taller than me. I never expected that God gave him to me. Yes, he is a God-fearing person and we have the same beliefs because we have the same religion and we go to church together. He is older than me, but only 6mos but atleast still older than me. He is also taller than me, I am 4'11" and he is 5' lol. That's why i call him small guy. Trivia: I call him PUYAT which means PUTOT (petite) at PAYAT (thin). Until now that we were married, i still call him that way and I still find it cute even others keep on telling me to change how i call him. Some suggested babe, love, sweet heart but we are used to it. It is a way of fighting before but now a way of calling the important person of my life. Ending thoughts Life is really unpredictable. Things will happen not according to our imagination because only God knows everything. Our thoughts is so different from His thoughts and His plans is different from our plans. We only need to ask God's guidance for us to make a right decision and follow His will. Pictures are mine. To all readers, commenters, subscribers, upvoters and above all my sponsors thank you so much.

@JenThoughts 29 March 2022

Qualities of a person you want to marry Every single ladies and gentlemen have their qualifications or standard in choosing a lifetime partner. When you ask them about it some will answer it seriously while others will answer it just for fun. Tall, dark and handsome Girls, will you agree that most girls will answer I want to have a partner in life who is tall, dark and handsome. But these qualities are merely for physical aspects only. Tall, have white skin, have long straight hair and beautiful In boys, this is the common qualities they are looking in a girl. Will you agree on this boys? I don't know why girls who have a white skin were more attractive to Pinoy boys than those who is *morena*. Smart Both boys and girls likes a smart person who knows almost all about the aspects of life. Emotionally strong Most people likes a person who is strong enough to handle problems, trials and above all temptation. A person who will not easily surrender over things. A person who is optimistic and will think that everything can be done well. God-fearing Most God fearing persons also like to have a God fearing partner in life. A partner who's God is the center of life. A partner who believes in God and follow His teachings. What I have given above is just a few among the many list of the qualities of a person you want to marry. You may share your list in the comment section and share it with us. When you ask me, what are the qualities of a man I am looking for before, I only have 3 lists. **Have a same religion/beliefs like me** **Older than me** **Taller than me** Have a same religion/beliefs like me I am a Christian and I believe in God. I want also a guy who believes in God and follow Jesus example. I put this as the first among the list because spiritual life really matters for me especially when we talk about family. When we have the same religion, it means that we will go to church together, do things for God together and above all have faith in God and make God as the center of our relationship and family soon. Older than me It is so simple right? Yes, older than me is the second quality I am looking for in a guy because I am the eldest and wants someone who is older than me. Looking for an older brother? hahaha not that so. I am just looking a matured person who knows to handle the struggles of life. Taller than me Yes! I like to have a partner in life who is taller than me because my height is only 4'11". I am looking for a tall guy so our kids soon might have his height and not mine hahaha. Do you think I married a person who have those qualities? Hmm might be I can say yes, but less as expected hehehe. **We have our plan, we have our own choices, we have our own standards BUT God has His own plan and He prepared someone for us.** Thank you so much to my first two sponsors. Thank you for trusting me and thank you for encouraging me to write more. To all my readers, commenters, subscribers and upvoters thank you so much. Thanks for reading😊

@JenThoughts 28 March 2022

Secrets to be happy Happiness is a choice. Will you believe it? Choosing to be happy depends on you, depends on how you think and how you react. Sometimes most of us depends our happiness on our money,on our job, on our business, on our children, on our spouse, on our family, on our friends or to anyone that can contribute happiness. But how about if all of them are missing? Can you still find happiness? I want to share to you some secrets on how to be happy: 1. Love yourself First and foremost loving ourself is the most important thing to be happy. If you don't love yourself and just left it to others you cannot be happy as always. Love others to be happy but love yourself more to be more happier. **Love yourself more than others.** 2. Put your past to rest Sometimes we keep on thinking about our sad past. It will keep us on crying. It will keep us on hurting ourselves again and again. It will keep us hate other person and sometimes we could say bad words towards other. This will give us pain not just mentally but also physically because our body will be affected what our mind thinks. **You cannot change what had happened in the past but you can always start a new and better beginning. Don't focus on your past, but look forward to the future.** **3. Recognize** that you are unique Yes! we are unique. Even twins don't have the same finger prints, don't have the same attitude, don't have the same face and don't have the same thinking. So, recognize that you are unique and accept who you are. 4. Identify your strength As I mentioned above, you are unique and you have your own strengths. Don't compare yourself to others so you won't end up having a self pity. Try to identify your strength. List it down if possible and you will found out that you have enough strengths to be happy. **Look and work with your strength instead of being sad over your weaknesses.** 5. Think positively Being optimistic will make you happy too. Why? Because thinking positively will give you good vibes, will make you happy even just thinking that you can do something. **Always say to yourself "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength"** 6. Be contented and thankful Be contented on what you have and have a thankful heart. List all your blessings from smallest to biggest, from simpliest to greatest and you will find out how blessed you are and start to thank God for having it. Being contented on what you have will make you happy. 7. Remember that God loves you In times that you think no one loves you, always remember that God loves you more than anyone else. God says in Jeremiah 31:3 *"I have love you with an everlasting love"* Thank you for reading and I hope you will be more happy.

@JenThoughts 25 March 2022

Having a BABY in the right time Are you married? Do you have a baby already? Are you asking and praying for a baby in a long time? Let's see how God works to those couple who don't have a baby yet. Most couple wants and asking God for a baby in the early stage of marriage. They want to have it a months after the wedding. To those women who married late, having a baby very soon is a need and at the same time a want. Baby is so precious, baby is something that every husband and wife is waiting for. A baby will make the life of a couple complete. Without a baby, there seems an emptiness in every home. Without it a couple will remain as husband and wife until a baby came and they became a **FAMILY**. My own experience I married at the age of 27 and expecting to have a baby soon. Month passed but I am not pregnant yet. Another months until year, still i never get pregnant. We humbly asked God through prayer to give us a baby because we are not getting younger anymore. We pray and pray and keep on praying. Waiting.. While waiting for the answer of God in granting our request, we decided to get a motorcycle through installment. We are paying for it within 2 years. While paying for the monthly obligation for the motorcycle, my husband told me that he wants to have a sidecar, so that we will have a tricycle. I agree with his plan and we look for someone who are making side cars. If im not mistaken in just a month our sidecar was out and with God's help we had our tricycle. After one year and 3 months of waiting, finally I got pregnant. That time I less expected it because for a long time i never got pregnant. I was delayed 3 days that time and I told my sister in law. She felt so excited and told me to have a PT (Pregnancy Test). We are in the church that time, and when we went home I told my husband about it. He cannot understand his feeling. He felt so excited and seems can't believe it. He asked me many times if Im sure that my period was delayed already. His imagination is starting to roam around. He keeps on smiling. Until, I bought some PT and fortunately it was **POSITIVE** . I almost shout or cry in that moment. Waking my husband up and let him see the result, its **POSITIVE** and he became speechless for a short period of time, then he is smiling and smiling. It's hard to describe how his fave looks like that time. All I can say is he is happy. He is saying that "*Yes, papa najud ko".* Yes, he will be a father soon. Before I gave birth through CS, we already had our tricycle. Indeed God is so good. He knows everything. He know our future. He is so good to give us tricycle first before giving us a baby. He knows that we need some extra income for our baby's milk and diaper and our tricycle is a big help. God gave us the baby in the right time. He prepared everything before He sent us a precious angel. *For those couple who don't have baby yet, don't lose hope. Just learn to trust God because He knows everything. Trust His timing because He is answering our prayers in the right time. He knows whats best for us today, tomorrow and in the future. For sure He has a better plan for you. Keep the faith and keep on believing.* Thank you for reading and I hope you won't lose hope in waiting for something that you are praying for. Thank you so much to all readers, subscribers, upvoter, commenter and specially to the Random Rewarder.

@JenThoughts 24 March 2022

Remind yourself to drink water Water is very essential to our life. Everything that has life needs water. Human, animals and even plants needs water. Water is odorless and tasteless but we have to drink it either we like it or not. If plants like flowers and trees will die without water, how much more we humans? I don't drink a lot of water Personally, I have a struggle of drinking atleast 8 glasses of water a day. Will you believe that I can only drink atleast 2 glasses a day back then? I am working in an air conditioned office before and so I won't feel thirsty thats why I cannot drink water. I can drink it after eating my breakfast, lunch and dinner but I can hardly drink atleast one glass in one time. I am taking a lot of soup or i am drinking a lot of juices are one among my reasons too so i don't need a lot of water. But it was wrong because there is no substitute for water. I started to drink more water The moment I got pregnant, I started to drink more water. My OB, my friends, my parents and above all my husband is keep on telling me the importance of water. He said that i have to drink more water if not for me then atleast for our baby. So from then, I decided to drink more water. But sometimes I forget it that i needed something to remind myself. How to remind and help yourself to drink more water Nowadays, I am happy that I can drink 6 to 8 glasses of water in a day. I used these three reminders to help me in reaching this goal. Provide 1 or 2 liters water bottle Drink every hour Drink water every after peeing Provide 1 or 2 liters water bottle Water bottle is a big help for me because I can see the progress on how much water I take. If you have 1 liter water bottle then you have to consume two liters. It is my goal to consume the first liter of water until noon time or after lunch and another liter from afternoon until evening. 1 liter is about 5 glasses, so if you can consume 2 liters it means you have drink 10 glasses of water. I have found online a kind of water bottle that has message on it. You will be inspired on drinking a lot of water while reading its messages. You can have it from any online store. Since I am a housewife and full time mom now and just staying at home, I still have my water bottle to monitor my water intake. Drink water every hour It seems funny but you can have an alarm every hour to remind you to drink another glass of water. Basically I never have an alarm every hour but since I am facing at the clock, I can check it and easily grab my water bottle who is just beside me. No need to wait that we feel thirsty before drinking water. Drink water every after peeing This one is also a great reminder and best way to help you drink more water. Everytime you pee, means we need another water to replace it. So, grab your water bottle again and drink. These 3 ways really helps me to remind myself to drink more water. I am happy that i can drink more now compared before. Are you having difficulty to reach this goal? Try this now. Do you have no problem about this? Please share some of your idea or ways how to attain it. Thank you for reading. I hope you learn something 😉.

@JenThoughts 23 March 2022

How to love a baby in the womb: A parents love Is it possible to show love for the baby while they are still in the womb? Yes it is. I have here some among the many ways, let's know what are those ways. Eat healthy foods Fruits and vegetables are the basic sources of a healthy foods. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables daily to impart essential vitamins and minerals for your baby. Off course a mother could do this for her baby. Eating different fruits alternately in a day is very good not just for the mother but also for the baby. Father or husband, please provide fresh fruits and vegetables for your pregnant wife. Both your wife and your baby needs it. Don't drink wine or strong drink Don't drink wine nor strong drink is an instruction not only from an OB, nor from your parents, nor from a friend but also this instructions came from the Bible. This instruction was also given to Manoah and his wife by the angel of God. You can read it in the book of Judges chapter 13 specifically on verse 14 that the angel of the Lord gave an instruction to the pregnant wife of Manoah telling her/them not to drink wine or strong drink. Basically we all know that strong drinks is not good for our health how much more for the baby. So, love your babies by following this instruction. Drinking fresh juices from fruits and vegetables is the best option. Don't smoke Smoking is dangerous to our health as what the common description of smoking told us. So mother, don't smoke. Father don't smoke near to your wife so she cannot have a second hand smoking that will also affect your baby. Have a good character It was said that like mother like daughter or son, and like father like son or daughter. Parents character especially the mother's character while bearing a baby will eventually affect the baby's character. Will you believe it? For example, if I as a mother easily cry over simple things while pregnant, there is a big tendency that a baby will easy to cry too. If it is not in the infant period then it might be in the childhood or even adulthood stage. Have exercise Exercise is also needed by a pregnant woman. Exercise is a big help not only for the mother but also for the health of the baby inside her womb. A simple walking early in the morning is a great way of exercise. Drink plenty of water Pregnant women needs a lot more of water. Water is very needed by her baby too. So, mommies and going to be mommies soon don't forget to drink plenty of water everyday. Be close to nature We need a good place to relax not just our tired body but most especially our mind. Find some place that fresh air is available to breath. Inhale... exhale.. Find time to let sunshine kiss your skin every morning. Rest Some husbands doesn't allow their wife to be employed during pregnancy because they want their wife to relax and have some rest. But others also opt to have a light work to be done. Pregnant mother needs rest and need enough sleep. Self control Self control is needed in all aspects of life as well as in pregnancy. Need to control yourself in some heavy activities, self control for eating unhealthy foods and even healthy foods. Those things are just my idea, my own list to take care and love our babies while they are still in the womb. Do you want to add some? Feel free to comment it down below. Thank you for my subscribers, upvoters, commenters and readers. I hope you learn something. God bless😊

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@JenThoughts 22 March 2022

How to show love to his children : A father's love Loving in different ways Every father has a different ways of showing his love towards his children. It can be in words or actions. Let us see and discover some of these ways. Saying I love you Some fathers were vocal and comfortable in saying or telling i love you to their children. These words commonly heard or said at night when going to sleep accompanied with good night. Example: Good night my (son, my daughter, my prince, my princess, my baby, and etc.), I love you. Also it can be said when leaving home accompanied with good bye. Love shows through actions Some father prefer to show his love through actions or deeds. Some are not into words but in actions. 1. Provide their basic needs Providing their basic needs like food, shelter and clothing is one act of love. Love can be felt at home when these needs were met. Giving them enough and healthy food is one of the best way of showing love. Bringing some simple"pasalubong" like candies, biscuits, fruits or their favorite food will make them happy and thanks you for it. Giving them comfortable place to live and beautiful clothing will make them happy too. 2. Sending them to school Every child has the right to attain education and every father should give this opportunity to his children. It was said that wealth is a best gift but when you give your child an adequate education is more than enough. Education is the wealth than no one could steal it, so your children must have this one. 3. Discipline Disciplining a child is a love that will last a lifetime. When a child is being disciplined at the early stage of life they will grow as a good and responsible person in the future. 4. Hugs and kisses In a simple hugs and kisses, a father's love can be shown. Giving them hugs and kisses before leaving the house and when got home from work is a moment they will remember and waiting for each day. This can be done also before going to sleep and upon waking up. Child will love this actions of love but i know that fathers also benefits from these. For most of the father, their children's hug is like a pain and stress reliever for them. Am i right? I can hear some father saying: " Even I'm so tired, it seems that it was gone when i see my child smiling at me and hugging me and kissing me." That's the power of childrens hug. 5. Quality time Quality time is almost forgotten by many but we must remember that a single hour spent or given to our children is so precious and priceless. Most children are waiting, looking and wanting for this. Quality time is a precious time spent for someone especially to our children. Here are some activities you may do to have some simple yet meaningful time with your children. Pray together. Aside from the bonding you have, you are teaching him that prayer is essential in one's life. Eat together Play together. You may go with them in the children's playground or in the park. Walk, jog and run together Study with your children Read bedtime stories for your children Go to church together Have some picnic Go to the beach And many more to be added in the list 6. Love their mother Yes, you read it right. Loving and caring their mother is another way of showing your love to your children. The best thing a father could do to his children is to love their mother. Show your love to your spouse and your children will know that you love them too. 7. Introduce them to God Last thing in my list is to introduce your children to God, our Savior and our Creator. Tell them how good our God is and He is a friend of everyone that they can talk to Him through prayer. This list is just some among the many ways how a father could show his love towards his children. You may add and share some in the comments below. Thank you for reading and i hope you learn something 😊 Article #5 How to show love to his children: A father's love

@JenThoughts 20 March 2022

8 Secrets to have a healthy life Nutrition Nutrition is a very broad topic. It covers a lot but let us just discuss some. Nutrition is very needed and is essential to our health. Food is the basic source of nutrition, so, make sure to have a balance diet. My grade school reminds about the food pyramid that our body needs some carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals and some fats. Go, grow and glow foods will also one of the best guide for us. Go foods will give us energy like rice, bread and root crops. Grow food is also needed like meat, fish, beans and other foods rich in protein. Glow foods is available in fruits and vegetables. Exercise Exercise is also needed. We need to have an exercise daily to make our body function well. Do you know that brisk walking and gardening is one of the best exercise? If not yet, now you know. Give time to walk each day and cultivate your own garden. You can have some exercise and the same time you will be harvesting your own fruits and vegetables in due time. Water Drink at least 8 to 10 glasses a day. I know some of us can hardly reach this goal but I know you can do it. Try to provide a 2 liter water bottle and make your self a reminder to drink atleast every hour. You will be amazed that at the end of the day you can consume it. The need of water will also depend on our activities. If you sweat a lot and you are expose to heat, you need to drink more. Sunlight Yes, sunlight is needed too. We can get enough vitamin D from sunlight. Expose yourself especially your back to sunlight early in the morning not at noon time. Temperance Temperance in all things is needed. It was said that "lahat ng subra ay hindi maganda". So, learn to control yourselves. Air Air is so essential because without it we will die. We needed fresh and clean air to breath. Trees will give us oxygen so let us plant and take good care of our trees. Fresh air will help us to relax. Rest Our body needs rest and we don't have to work 24/7. Sleeping is one way to rest. Sleep atleast 8 hours. It's a challenge to all of us. In one week there is one day given for us to have some rest and we will be able to restore energy to be used in the following week. Give yourself a rest, he really needs it. If you are tired, don't quit, just take some rest. Trust God Lastly, trust God. He is our Creator and our Saviour. He knows everything about us. He knows our future. Don't forget to pray and ask God's help and guidance. Remember, that with God nothing will be impossible, just trust Him. Thank you for reading. I hope you learn something from it. Article #4 8 Secrets to have a healthy life

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@JenThoughts 18 March 2022

How to have a Strong Family? Take time each day for a family worship Are you familiar with a family worship? Family worship is you with your family gathered together and read the Bible. It can be a single verse, a whole chapter or a story in the Bible. It can be also reading a devotional book. Also, it includes singing songs to worship our creator and lastly is praying. Pray for each other and surrender everything to God. This practice will strengthen the relationship within the family and to our creator and Saviour. Talk with and pray for your children Talking to your children is another way to strengthen your family. Give time to talk to them each day. Ask how was their day? Are they okay? How was their school, their work or in short be friends with them. Get their confidence to tell you what they felt. Pray for them. Praying with them is very essential too. Mention their names while you are praying that they may know that you really cared for them. Affirm and value your children Learn to appreciate every single accomplishment of your children. Learn to thank them for their helping hands. Encourage them everytime they will lost hope or lost confident in theirselves. Parents are the first person to lift them up in trying times of their lives. Plan special times together Plan an activity where the whole family could participate. Have some picnic and involve everyone in preparing foods and things. It can also be an outreach program where the family will join in some group of volunteers to give some food or gifts to the people especially children. Also, you may go to church together. These kinds of activity will be one of the most cherish moments in their life. Moments with family is precious and will be remembered throughout time. Be the change you wish to see Follow what i said but dont follow what i do is not a good idea to have a strong family. How can i say so? for example you are telling you children to go to church but you are not going to. You are telling them to follow what you said but you dont want to follow what you are doing. BE AN EXAMPLE. Family is meant to encourage and not to discouraged. Family is the first fan of every member. Learn also to forgive and learn to ask forgiveness if you have done something wrong. Making a space by not talking to someone is not good. Learn to reach out and speak over things in a right way. Be your brothers keeper Never stop praying for them. Always think that you are one. When one succeed, everyone will be happy. When the other failed the family will be sad too. Keep our eyes set on eternal reality Inform, remind every member that their is God who is the owner of everything and Jesus will be coming soon again and bring His children to His kingdom. Spiritual life of every member is very important. Let the faith of the family be burning. Thank you for reading and Im sorry because I am not that good in English. Practice makes perfect so writing here hopefully will help me in terms of my English grammar and sentence construction. This is my 3rd article.

@JenThoughts 6 February 2022

Two Heads Are Better Than One Do you believe in this sentence? Me, personally believe it. This is one of the reason why a team succeed and why husband and wives binded as one. These times we are making or having a renovation of our little house or we commonly call it as "payag". After work, my husband are working for it but usually he fetch us in our rented room and we go there together. But one afternoon i wonder why he didn't go home to fetch us, so we just go there, me and my son. As we arrived there, my husband told me that he had a mistake in installing the door to the door jamb and good thing the neighbor visited there and noticed the mistake and instructed him what to do to make it right. In short, he need to remove and install it again. So, I told him that if we were there (me and my son) might be i noticed it too and stop you or corrected you from what you are doing. Bakit kasi di mo kami dinaanan, sabi ko sa kanya. Then he told me this, I would love to work here alone because you are so noisy.*"Mao mas gusto nako magtrabaho diri nga ako lang isa kay saba kaayo ka"***.** It made me speechless and seems my heart stops beating. I wanted to cry but I tried to control myself. If i only knew, dina lang sana ako pumunta doon. **TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.** When you can't see the mistakes, others will. If you can't think of a solution, others will. Your partner might know what you don't know. It will help you not to waste your time, effort, energy and even money. As i shared this to women on the church they also shared theirs. Di pala ako nag-iisa. We discussed that usually men stands their own principle and seems it will lower their pride if a wife corrects them. It seems that they don't want to be corrected, they don't want us to nag them about things. They never know that we just wanted to help them. We will never complain about something if we find it right too. How about you? Do you experienced that someone told you that your presence is annoying? That your correction or help is not accepted? Its a heart breaking right? Hopefully we will stand to the principle that TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. We need each others support, we need some help, we need some corrections, we need someone's ideas. If we will accept this, our knowledge will grow. Let us be open for correction because it will help us grow as a person. Regards, JenThoughts Article #2 February 06, 2022 Thank you for reading. I hope you learn something. God bless everyone.

@JenThoughts 7 November 2021

Language of love One lunch time I was able to listen a discussion on the radio. They are talking about the language of love. I was curious about it and was interested listen. I listen very well and have notes what had been discussed. I just want to share this to you as my very FIRST ARTICLE. I don't have enough idea how to do this here but I hope I am doing it right. I will share to you the 5 languages of love. When we say language, we use it as a way of communicating, right? So, do love needs communication. First, WORD OF APPRECIATION. All of us I think need this kind of language. We need to be appreciated by someone we love, by our parents, by our siblings or any people around us. I love you, you look so beautiful, you look so handsome, you're doing great and many to mention are some of the words of appreciation. But upon saying this make it sure it comes from the heart and you really mean it. If your husband or wife utter a word of appreciation time to time it means that he/she feels being loved when appreciated. So learn to appreciate him/her. Second, QUALITY TIME . For me this is one I really need. Quality time is a time that is being spent together as husband and wife, group of friends or as a whole family. A family who jog/walk together is having a quality time. A friends who do picnic is having a quality time. Travel, hiking, playing ball games, indoor and outdoor games, word games are also a form of quality time. Simple time together as long as you have given special time for a particular person is considered as a quality time. This is very important to the family. Most kids in these time really wants this kind because most parents are so busy and sometimes they don't have enough time for the kids. Third, PHYSICAL LANGUAGE. It is said that action speaks louder than words. In this type a particular person shows his love by actions. Hugging, kissing is a form of showing love to someone. On friends, a simple tapping on the shoulder is also a form of care. Fourth, ACT OF SERVICE. This language is more focused on serving your loved ones. To husband you can show your love by cooking early in the morning and prepare his lunch bag. You can also offer a massage on the evening. To wives, husband can show his love by helping her wife on doing house chores like doing the laundry, washing the dishes and even helping in taking care of the baby/kids. Cooking for food, combing one's hair and helping in different ways is a way of showing love through the act of service. Lastly, RECEIVING OF GIFTS. There are people who loves giving gifts and for sure they will love too receive one too. Some shows their love by giving their special gifts to their special someone. Childrens are commonly feels love from their parents if they have given some gifts. That was the five language of love. I hope you enjoy reading and learn something from my very first article. I really hope to write some more soon. God bless everyone. Love, JenThoughts💞

@JenThoughts 6 October 2021

Good day everyone! I am new here! I am not really good in English. I would like to ask where I can write a Tagalog English post or article. Thank you so much.