Not all cry should be answered with YES
Date: May 16, 2022
Are you a parent or a guardian? Are you with a child most of the time? If yes, you know how a cry of a child means. They might be needing or wanting something right? But do you know that not all the time that they will cry, we will say yes to them. We will talk about it now.
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A child cry over a toy
Yesterday, we had our Bayanihan in the church but men is the most needed in the work. So, women is in charge to prepare and cook food for our lunch and merienda. Some of our churchmate went here in our new small house to cook for food. One of our churchmate brought her son with her. So, her son is playing silently enjoying my son's toy car. It is okay with my son because he also wants to play with the child.
When we are about to leave to bring the food, the child doesnt want to go out without a toy car. He play with different toys but he likes the most that yellow toy car and wanted to bring it with him.
The child cry loudly and I felt pity on him. I told her mom at first just to bring it and then return it when his son done playing with it. Her mom agreed with me but after a seconds I remember our experience with my son regarding with the same situation. I told her that before I never let my son bring anything from a friend, a neighbor, a churchmate or anyone because I am worried that he may grow thinking that he could get anything through crying. I just let him cry. Then, she decided to get the toy car and leave it while his son is crying even more.
Is it right that I told her about it? It seems that I don't want her son to borrow my son's toy. But for me, I just share how I handle my son regarding that matters.
Our own experience
One day, we visited our God parents (Ninong and ninang sa kasal). They have a grandson who has a lot of toys. We can see toys everywhere. His father is a police man and for sure he could afford to buy a lot of toys for his son. My son who is 2 or 3 years old that time is enjoying his toys with him. To make the long story short, we decided to go home and as expected, a child wants a toy. My son wanted a particular toy and he cried over it. The grandpa said to his grandson to give that toy to my son and never minds about it because he has a lot of toys. His grandson is kind enough and agreed with his grandpa to give that toy to our son. But, I told our God father (ninong) this:
*Ninong, we are glad to know that your grandson is willing to give it to Sam-sam (our son), thank you so much but we cannot accept it. Please don't be mad or please don't think negative about it ayaw lang namin na masanay sya na everytime we will visit a home and he find something interesting to him, iiyak lang sya para makuha nya ang gusto nya. It is not good, right? We will just let him cry, dont worry he will stop crying very soon.*
Our Ninong agreed and understand our side. That is not the only experience we have about it but it happened many times from different houses and we did the same thing.
The result of saying No
As our son grows, he learned to understand that when visiting someone's house he could play freely but make sure to return and leave toys there. He didn't own it, he just borrowed it, so never bring it home.
We are happy that he understands about it now. One day he went to his friend's house and play there. I don't know what is their conversation there but he runs home and told me, *Mama kuya Chaz want to give me a toy, he said that it is damaged (Remote control car but didn't function well now) but it is still good to play. Will I accept it?*
I never thought that he will ask permission from me to accept it or not. I told him that if he will give it to him and he likes it then why not? I asked him what to say if kuya Chaz will give it to him. He said "Thank you" and ran back to his friend's house.
He went home with an additional toy car. Accepting it is far different if we allow to accept a toy when he is still young and cry over it. This time, he never cry over it, but a friend freely give it to him and he is hesitant to accept it and ask my permission.
Closing thoughts
Not all cry should be given. Not all cry should be answered with yes. We can say No if we know that saying No is the right thing to do.
How we train or how we react in the early years of a child will have a big impact when they grow. So, as parents let us help our child become a good child, a good student, a good citizen someday.
***Disclaimer:***
***I am not a perfect mother, we are not a perfect parents nor our son is perfect but I am just sharing this experience hoping to help a parent or a mother like me.***
Thank you for reading. I hope you
learn something.
New place, new blessings
Date: May 15, 2022
Transferring a place to another is not easy. Being in a **new place, new adjustments** is needed. On the other hand, being in a new place also means having new blessings. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/new-place-new-adjustments-03444761
Hello my dear read.cash family and friends. I wasn't able to be here yesterday due to a hectic schedule in our church. We had some meetings and at the same time I took care with my son who has a hard cough yesterday and thankful that he is a bit okay today. *Di na kinaya ng powers ko na makapagsulat pa heheheh*. But anyways, I'm here and trying my best to be able to publish an article this time. I hope you are all well.
Thank you my dear sponsors for being in my block.
If you were able to read my previous article, you already knew that we transferred location or a new place. I have written before the new adjustments I have to take. This time, I will share how blessed and thankful I am to be here in our new small house (payag).
New place, new blessings
Being in here in less than a week makes me feel sad in some areas of life due to the adjustments I need, but in a short period of time, I can also say that I am happy and blessed. Why? Here are some of the reasons:
**No more rental fee**
We moved from an apartment to our payag or new small house. Apartment has a rental fee worth $40 or P2,000.00. I was the caretaker there and the land owner gave us a discount, but still we are paying some amount for the rent. Having this new small house is a blessing for us because though it is just small but we don't need to pay for a rent.
We are now living in a small and simple house yet no more monthly rental fees.
**Church is just a walk away**
From our previous place, we need to ride before we can go to church or we can also walk but it takes long time before we reach our destination. But, in our new place, our church is just a walk away. We are also near in our church mates or brethren.
**Husband workplace is nearer**
Another advantage and blessings to be here in our new place is that my husband's workplace is nearer. In this, we could save some from it.
**Generous neighbor**
I was already shared before that our neighbor seems welcome us well by giving us some fruits and vegetables. In the following days, another neighbor gave us some vegetables too. I can say that I am blessed with kind and generous neighbor.
**My son have new playmates**
My son have playmates before but their houses is far from us. In here, he (Sam-sam my son) has new playmates which live right beside us and they are with the same age.
**Located along the highway**
I am an online seller and load retailer and I have found a new opportunity to make my little business to be active again. Being along in the highway is a good location for any business ideas and so, i found it good.
I think this is for now and I really appreciate you for giving some of your precious time for reading this thoughts of mine.
Closing thoughts
In every situation, there will be always good and bad, happy and sad, advantage and disadvantages, adjustments and blessings, a negative and positive but choose to think about what is good. Be positive, look for the blessings and be thankful for it.
Thank you for reading. See you in
my next article.
New place, new adjustments
Date: May 13, 2022
Yesterday I published an article about our first day experience after transferring here in our new small house. If you want to read it, you may check it out **HERE**. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/transferring-to-a-new-small-house-1st-day-experience-440ce1fd
Today, I will be sharing some of our adjustments here.
Hello my dear virtual friends, how are you? I hope you are all well today.
New place, new adjustments
We are now in our 3rd day here in our new small house. New place, new adjustments. As the day passed by, I have observed new different things which we need to adjust too.
**Colder weather**
When darkness covered the earth, a cold weather will visit very soon. It will urge you to wear jacket and pajama. But me personally, I am not really fond of wearing jacket when sleeping, so I am just wearing pajamas. Our blanket will also save me from the colder weather. But you know what, my son is not really into using blanket since he was a baby but here he sometimes allow me to put a blanket on him. He still have sweat at night but not the same in our apartment before that his shirt will be wet because of sweat.
**Noise from the vehicles**
We are near, very near in the highway. I think the distance of our small house to the road is only 3meters. This is just a Farm to market road but there were also a lot of vehicles passing here. Some were from or going to the nearby purok or Barangay and other were the vehicles from Dole Philippines Inc., the pineapple company. This thing is one that I really need to adjust. I used to live in a quiet place for almost 13 years and here I am living near the highway. Sounds of motorcycles, vehicles and other heavy equipment wont miss to passed by in my hearing. When big vehicles will pass, our small house seems to move too. It seems that there is an after shock of an earthquake lol. I also hate those motorcycle with open pipe, oh why they still exists even the government has campaign to stop it.
**Dusty wind**
Since we are near in the highway, everytime the vehicles will pass, a lot of dust will be carried by the wind and a lot of them are our uninvited guests lol. They will enter in our small house even without permission lol. Oh, when you put something above the table, when you check after a few minutes, you'll find a lot of dust in it. So, it means, I have to wipe dust everyday.
**Low water pressure**
When you have a low water pressure, it means you have a slow water source. This is already what I expected after applying for water connection because the source of water is just we need to T or series from the previous source. So, in one connection from the main source, we are lot of household who are connecting to it. The more demand of water, the more the pressure will be slow. A neighbor also told me that every Sunday, expect to have a very slow or no water connection. We all know that Sunday is the common laundry day, so a lot will use the water. As a solution, I bought two big pail so I can store water before the water will runs out.
**No front yard and back yard**
Since we are near the highway, our front yard is already the road lol. Our back yard is the front yard of our neighbor lol. Oh! I can't have a garden anymore. I can't plant malunggay, alugbati, kamote tops, taro and etc. anymore. I don't know how to live without malunggay. Oh, malunggay is life for me. In our previous apartment, I have 11 malunggay tree there if Im not mistaken. My neighbor as well as the neighbor of my neighbors also benefited those malunggay tree. If I could only bring them here, I really will.
Can you consider this as I am complaining? Hmmm di naman siguro hehehe. I just sharing the adjustment I needed to do. Might be on my next article I will be sharing the advantages or the blessings that we were here.
I want you to meet my wonderful sponsors. You can also check them out.
Thank you so much for reading.
See you on my next article.
You may also read my previous articles:
**May goals** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/may-goals-dd69cd15
**Are you having a good debt or bad de****bt?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/are-you-having-a-good-debt-or-bad-debt-38864364
**Wrong moved, I have sinned** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/wrong-moved-i-have-sinned-b7651989
**Facemask: For protection or just to comply** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/facemask-for-protection-or-just-to-comply-a76859e8
Transferring to a new small house: 1st day experience
Date: May 12, 2022
Have you experienced moving from one place to another? It is tiring, isn't? You have to move everything from one place to another. You have to move yourself out from previous location and then went to the new location together with every things that you have.
Hello my dear virtual friends, I miss you. I also miss Rusty, it seems that he already forget about me. I was absent for two days because we transfer to a new location, we transfer to our new small house or we usually call it as "payag". It made me busy and can't find enough time to write. Though I am not yet finished, I chose to write right now and have some relax for a while from the errands I am doing.
Last Tuesday afternoon we started to bring our things here. The original plan was to transfer just some of the things since we can able to move something out only every afternoon when my husband got home from work. But what we did is far different from our plan lol. We started to bring first some things in the boxes, our bed, the cabinet and almost everything when the heavy rain pours that we weren't able to finish transferring everything.
We had our first dinner here with our neighbor who helped us transfer our things.
Our new neighbor seems welcome us by giving us some fruits and vegetables from their farm. That was a great welcome for me knowing that I have a new generous neighbor. Who would not be thankful and happy for it. I accept it with gladness and thanksgiving.
In the first evening, it's not our plan to sleep on here but we have no choice because the bed and beddings was already here. So, we had our first evening here last Tuesday. It kinda colder here than in our previous shelter. I wasn't able to sleep well might be because my body and mind is still adjusting.
In the morning, I was laughing because as what I have said, not everything was already here. I prepare something to cook because my husband will go to work. To be exact, I prepared some string beans (sitaw) for adobo. When I am about to cook it, I found out that the frying pan wasn't here lol. Where I will cook it? So I used the pan of rice cooker for cooking it, I have no choice. The burner is here but its table was still there. I just used a small table of my son and one stool as a temporary table for the burner. I put the pan and look for the cooking oil, and guess what? It wasn't here lol. The cooking oil, the soy sauce was still there. Fortunately the box of groceries was already here and their is one pouch of cooking oil and soy sauce there. Even with those trials, thankfully I was able to cook.
In the afternoon, the rain pours heavily and the road in front of us is flooding. Because the rain is so heavy, some water came in. So, my son and I give our best to get the water from the floor so it won't enter to our room.
Hello my dear sponsors, I won't stop thanking all of you for being so kind to me. Thank you for your generosity. More bch to come to us and hopefully bch will rise soon.
**Transferring from one place to another is tiring but transferring from an apartment for rent to a small house (payag) for free is making me happy. Thinking of the rental fee every month is more tiring than transferring things, right?**
Hmmm I think that is what I can share today. Im sorry if I only have this for now as a content but if you were able to read it until here, I want to say thank you so much, you are one of a kind.
Thank you for reading. I hope I can
write again tomorrow. See you.
If you want to read my previous articles, you may choose some out from here:
**Are you having a good debt or bad debt?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/are-you-having-a-good-debt-or-bad-debt-38864364
**When is the best time to pray?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/when-is-the-best-time-to-pray-0e5f1456
**The ACTS of prayer** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/the-acts-of-prayer-403cf9c1
**The more you give the more you recei****ve** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/the-more-you-give-the-more-you-receive-06040946
And a lot more **HERE**. https://read.cash/r/JenThoughts
Queue: Stay or leave
Date: May 09, 2022
I think, everyone have been in queue today. Even pregnants and senior citizen s do have to wait for a while before they can vote. Some is patience enough to stay but others leave. How about you? Did you stay and wait or leave?
Hello read.cash family, virtual friends, writers and readers, how are you? Have you exercised your right to vote? Did you vote? Did you vote wisely?
Today is the day that we exercised our right to vote. We let our voice being heared through our precious votes. From our dear friends in the mountain to the cities, everyone will go to their respective schools, find their clusters and precinct to vote.
I started to write this article at noon time while I am queueing but I can't concentrate because time to time we need to move and transfer from one chair to another. So, I will finish it tonight.
Time to vote
In voting some prefer to go at early morning so they could vote and finish early. Others want to go at noontime and others went on the afternoon because they said that it has a lesser number of people.
Last national election, I choose to vote in the afternoon because I have to do some errands in the morning. While today, I vote at mid day. I reached my precinct and cluster at around 11:30 in the morning. Oh! the queue is so long. Why? Most people in the queue is complaining because it's not like this last election. Today, they combine the 4 precinct in just one classroom or only one cluster that made a great number to vote in a single room resulting to very long queue.
We don't have choice but to bear with it. We are just hoping that it won't rain because for sure the queue will be broken as many people will find shelter. Good thing, it didn't rain. God is good.
After a long queue, we will be able to sit and relax our feet as we enter the waiting area. There were chairs inside but still a number of people is still queueing until we reach the voting room.
While queueing there is a little young bird who flew towards my direction and I was able to hold it for a while. We felt pity on that little bird because it is hungry and it didn't know how to fly yet. I gave some biscuits on it, I don't know if it match to its taste. Might be their nest was damaged by the heavy rain last night.
It took me two and half hour before I was able to receive an ink in my finger. That was a long hours of queueing. I'm done!
Stay or leave
When you need to queue for that long period of time, will you stay or leave? Others stay and others leave.
My brother in law reached the voting area earlier than me but he wasn't able to take breakfast before going there thinking that the voting will be done easily. He didn't expect a very long queue. He felt so hungry and he decided to leave, have breakfast and came back. He finished voting at around 4pm in the afternoon.
Our churchmate, a senior citizen went directly to her voting area knowing that senior citizen should be prioritized but to her surprised the assigned person said that there is no priority. Everyone will go in line. She really wondered and she lost her patience and leave. She came back in the afternoon and fortunately the assigned person prioritized her and let her vote directly. She said that might be the person assigned in the morning is just a reliever and don't know exactly the rules.
Others leave the queue to find some food to eat because they felt so hungry. In my case, I am just lucky enough that I brought with me two biscuits and water and it helps me survived until 2pm without having my lunch.
How about you? How was your voting experience today?
Thank you my wonderful sponsors for choosing my blocks to be filled. Thanks for your generosity and it encourage me to consistent and be more active in here.
Thank you for reading.
If you haven't read my previous articles here are some of them:
**May goals** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/may-goals-dd69cd15
**Are you having a good debt or bad debt?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/are-you-having-a-good-debt-or-bad-debt-38864364
**Wrong moved, I have sinned** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/wrong-moved-i-have-sinned-b7651989
**How it feels to have dinner outside for the first time?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/how-it-feels-to-have-dinner-outside-for-the-first-time-84d7a7f8
**Facemask: for protection or just to comply** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/facemask-for-protection-or-just-to-comply-a76859e8
**Money: a gift, a help or a vite buying** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/money-a-gift-a-help-or-a-vote-buying-9f3f548f
**He is a mother** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/he-is-a-mother-7aa99ccf
See you in my next article.
He is a mother
Date: May 08, 2022
Might be you are wondering why He is a mother. Is it possible that a HE is a mother? Before we will going to answer that question please allow me to greet every MOTHER out there a Happy happy mother's day.
Every second Sunday of the 5th month of the year, we are celebrating Mother's day. This is the day where balloons and cakes being printed with Happy mother's day, I love you, You are special, Thank you and any short messages is in demand. Businesses, online sellers, flowershops and bakers also loves this special day because they will have a lot of customers to attend to. This is one among the many peak days that they wanted.
A mother will be happy recieving those simple gifts from the heart.
This is also the day where children or husband could give a special message to a mother. A message of thanksgiving, an appreciation and sometimes this a special moment to ask forgiveness and be forgiven.
He is a mother
Is it possible that a man can be a mother? To answer it, we will know what is a mother first.
A female parent
A mother is a female parent. This is the very simple definition that defines every woman who has a child is a mother.
I am a mother of my only son, Samuel. How about you, are you a mother of how many kids?
Gave birth
A mother is the one who gave birth to a baby. This is also another definition of a mother. If you already gave birth, then, you are a mother.
But do you know what? There were also a mother who didn't gave birth. There were kids who are lucky and thankful to have them. They are the mothers who didn't gave birth but become a female parent by adapting some orphans.
Caring and protecting
A mother is the one who cared and protect children.
When our grandfather died (brother of our grandmother), we were able to visit their residence. During a couple of days that we were there I noticed something. I noticed my uncle (cousin of my father) giving food to his children, he let them eat and sinusubuan nya yung bunso. I also noticed that he is the one who takes care of them. He is the one who comb the hair of his daughter, he is the one who gave them a bath, he is the one who will ensure that they will have a good sleep. In my mind, wow! uncle is a responsible father.
But one time, my aunt (his cousin) asked him. Oh Louie, bakit ikaw lang ang nag-aalaga sa mga anak mo? Where is there mother? Silence fill the moment for a while and we saw some heartache in my uncle's face. He said, that his wife leave them. We felt so pity unto him as well as to their 3 children.
My aunt offered to adopt his youngest child para di na masyadong mahirapan si Uncle. My aunt who offered it is not yet blessed with a child and she is really serious about it. Most of our relatives agreed and they help my Aunt to convinced him about the adoption.
I was shocked yet proud of our uncle when he said, "Whatever will happen, I will raise my child alone. Even it is difficult, but as long as we are together, I will fight and will take care of them. I will be there InaTay. InaTay is a common term used by Pinoy to address a parent who became both a mother and father. It is Ina (mother) and tatay (father).
So, my uncle became a mother of his children from that time until now. Indeed, **he is a mother.**
Ending thoughts
A mother is not just the one who gave birth, it is not just a female parent but a mother is also the one who takes care of a child.
A father is a mother, a grandparent is a mother, an older sibling is a mother, an uncle or aunt is also a mother and anyone you know who serves as a mother to your life.
Remember them right now, remember how good they are in your life, remember that because of her you were here and you can say THANK YOU and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
To a female parent, to the one who gave birth, to the one who takes care a child happy mother's day.
Thank you also to my wonderful sponsors and to the two new who fill my block @Ellawrites and @Bibijani01 . More BCH to come to all of you.
Thank you for reading. See you
again on my next article.
If you haven't read my previous articles you may check it **HERE**. https://read.cash/r/JenThoughts
Money: A gift, a help or a vote buying?
Date: May 06, 2022
My eyes is aching right now, I think they are saying to let me sleep for a while. I want to but for now, I will write an article first because tomorrow is my restday, a Sabbath rest and I won't be here tonight until tomorrow. I can be back possibly at night and I'm not sure if I can still write another article. So, I won't miss the chance I have now. I will just relax for a while and continue to write.
How are you in there? I hope everyone is doing well.
I have seen a lot of post in noise.cash about ayuda or help and some called this as vote buying. Other considered it as a mere gift from those people who are running for 2022 election.
How about you? What can you say about those packs of rice, noodles, canned goods and money?
Is it a gift?
Is it a help?
Is it a vote buying?
Gift
Money, rice, canned goods and noodles can be someone's gift to someone or group of people. Who wouldn't be happy recieving gifts like that? It's a practical gift isn't it?
My ninong or god father called me yesterday if I am available at 2pm to attend a meeting with the group of running officials. I told him that Sam-sam (my son) is still asleep that time and I will be pity unto him if I will wake him up just to go there. He told me that the running councilor told him that every attendees will receive 400.00 or $4 as a gift. Oh it's quite big, because last day I think I just received 100.00 or $1 from a running Governor. So I told him that I will just update him if I can go.
Around 2:30pm he called again and said come here now. I told him that if it is okay with him, I will just let my husband go there after his work. Fortunately, he said yes and I told my husband about it.
When my husband is home I asked him about the meeting, and they really received that amount.
Is it a gift? As what they said so.
Help or ayuda
I can always hear, let's go and attend a meeting because there is some ayuda there. I opened google and try to translate the word ayuda to English and found out that the word ayuda is a Spanish word and its translation is help. So, this is the reason why I used the word help.
Our neighbor who is a leader told me that she will add my name in the list who can avail the ayuda from the running officials. I told her if it is okay though I will not be voting unto him. She said that we will just received their help because we weren't able to receive some from them during the pandemic.
Today's ayuda or help is for what? Help for pandemic? It is too late. Why they are giving some help nowadays and not when the pandemic strikes where people needed it the most. Most people during lackdowns lost their job and lost their daily source of income. How I wish they are giving these during those days.
But I'm not saying we wouldn't be thankful for that ayuda or help, still we are.
Vote buying
Can a vote be bought? Can they buy your vote? When your vote is considered bought?
Ever since, this is my first time to attend different meetings with what so called gift or help. Might be because I don't have work now and just stay at home. Employees seldom joined this activity because it is obvious that they are in their workplace most of the time.
Personally, I received gift packs with rice, noodles and canned goods. I also received t-shirt with a cash in it, a canned goods with some cash and an envelope with cash.
**Recieving such kind (goods or cash) wouldn't be considered vote buying if you won't let your decision or your choices influenced by those things.**
**It becomes vote buying when you already have choices and changed it just because someone gave you a big amount.**
**On the otherhand, if you already choose them and they gave you some cash then it's a gift.**
Gift packs? Ayuda? help? Cash? or anything? Just received it if you want. If you don't want, then no problem. They will just give it to others who are willing to receive.
Let's vote wisely on May 09, 2022 my dear Filipino friends.
Disclaimer: This is merely my own opinion about this matter. How about yours? I would love to hear your opinion too.
Thank you my dear sponsors. Thank you also to you, I know you will fill my block someday. Thanks in advance. Thank you also @Tomi-Ajax for sponsorship renewal.
Thank you for reading. See you
again in my next article.
If you want to read my previous articles, just click **HERE**. https://read.cash/r/JenThoughts
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Facemask: for protection or just to comply?
Date: May 05, 2022
After lunch, I washed the dishes, let my son sleep and I'm free. I visited my noise.cash and interact with my virtual friends there. I share some FT's and comes here after.
I am thinking what topic to write and as usual I ended nothing. I just keep on reading other articles hoping that I may get some idea to write until I was able to read @Lhes article with the title why am I always wearing a face mask? She shared her reason why she always wear a facemask. https://read.cash/@Lhes/why-am-i-always-wearing-a-face-mask-d0c79b7f
Today, let me ask you. Why you wear facemasks? Is it for protection or just to comply? Or might be you still have any other reasons for wearing it.
Today, let me share to you the 4 common reasons why we wear facemask:
**For protection**
**Just to comply**
**Fashion**
**Hiding Identity**
**For Protection**
The first and foremost reason why we wear facemask is protection.
Before the pandemic hits the world, I am also wearing facemasks to protect myself from dusts. We are living in the countryside back then and we need to travel around 30-40 minutes passing through a rough road before we reached the market. When leaving home we don't need to wear lotion because the dust will just stick more to our skin. We don't need face powder too because a dust is free along the way to make your face, skin and even your clothes becomes white because of dust. So, to protect ourselves from inhaling it we use facemask. A cloth facemask is common to us everytime we travel.
When pandemic hits, we are so afraid to acquire the virus. We prefer to stay at home than to go out. When we go out, we wear facemasks not just one but sometimes two to have more cover and protection for ourselves.
**Just to comply**
When the number of covid cases went down, most mentality thoughts that we can also go down in protecting ourselves. Some people didn't even bothered to wear face mask. They have their own reasons though.
Sometimes we just wear facemask just to comply with the health protocols, just to comply with the rules.
Sometimes we wear facemasks upon entering establishments, supermarkets, malls and any building just to comply the rule: **No facemask, No entry**. But tell me, you did this too, that after you were able to enter, you let your mask down so you can breath comfortably.
**Fashion**
Fashion can be a reason why we wear facemasks. We didn't even noticed it but sometimes it is what we are doing. Sometimes we choose facemask not in the basis of how it can protect us but on how we looks upon wearing it. Hmm might be you are smiling because it might be true.
We choose those colorful, with great, rich or fancy designs facemask just to suit our outfit or personality.
**Hiding Identity**
Hiding identity is the last or the least reason why we wear facemask. I don't know if you can apply this reason but for me I seldom use it to hide my identity.
I have known a couple who is selling vegetables in the market and I found out that their vegetables is quite pricey than others. Though I want to support them but a mother like me who wants to find cheap yet fresh vegetables just to save some I wont opt to buy unto them. So, wearing facemask is a way that I can hide my identity as I passed to them. Am I bad for that?
Sadly, people who did crimes around always wear facemask to hide their identity from their victim, from the witness and even from the CCTV's. But one thing I am sure of, two or more facemask cannot hide their identity from the One above who knows everything.
Ending thoughts
Facemask is useful, we cannot deny from it. But some people were using it for bad purposes.
How about you? What is your reason why you wear facemask?
Thank you for reading. Till next
article, see yah.
If you haven't read my previous article here are some of it:
**May goals** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/may-goals-dd69cd15
**Are you having a good debt or bad debt?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/are-you-having-a-good-debt-or-bad-debt-38864364
**Wrong moved, I have sinned** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/wrong-moved-i-have-sinned-b7651989
**How it feels to have a dinner outside for the first time?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/how-it-feels-to-have-dinner-outside-for-the-first-time-84d7a7f8
How it feels to have dinner outside for the first time?
Date: May 04, 2022
I had a hard time thinking a topic to write today. So, I just read articles for the mean time. I was able to read @Trofi01 's article about The importance of family dinner. After reading it, I decided to share my experience about it. Thanks for this idea, and I will start writing now. https://read.cash/@Trofi01/importance-of-family-dinner-e9e221a6
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Hello my read.cash family. How are you? We have a gloomy afternoon right now. The sky is covered with clouds. I don't know if the rain will drops sooner or later. All I know is, I am here looking for our clothes waiting for it to be dry.
First dinner outside
It was January 03 of this year where my family had our first dinner outside. Yes, I know exactly the date because I checked our photos during that night.
On January 01 we celebrated new year on my husband's place and we went home on January 02. In the afternoon of January 03, we decided to have a quality time even for a short moment. We granted our son's request to go to the Municipal Plaza because he wants to see the Christmas decorations there. We didn't bring him there during Christmas season because we knew that there were lots of people there. Since we are still in the midst of pandemic that time, we are still holds on the saying that protection is better than cure. We still avoid places with lots of people.
Unfortunately, the Christmas lights were off already and only the decorations was still there. Our son didn't see what he is expecting but then he is still happy that we were there.
It was already evening that we are still in the plaza. Our son runs to and fro, climbing the stairs up and down and enjoying seeing some people who is having zumba in the plaza.
We decided to go home and ride in our tricycle but I am puzzled because my husband drive to different direction. I didn't asked until he stopped in front of one of the known garden resto here in our place.
Wondering, I asked him if we will just buy some viand to take home. He just told me to go in and we go directly to the cashier until I realized that we are already ordering some food.
What's the feeling?
I cannot believe it in my eyes. We? having a dinner outside? Oh it's our first time. Our son is already 4 years old that time and still it is our first time to have dinner outside. I don't know what or how to react. I just keep looking at my husband and smiling.
While waiting, we took a picture first and then wash our hands. I can still remember my son who tried the two different hand soap and said "*mama, humoooot" (Mama, ang bango)* (Wait, ano ba ang mabango sa English hahaha).
The food came and we enjoyed eating it. I can still remember that we just ordered rice, bihon guisado, chopsuey and buko halo. That buko halo has its own story too hehehe. Maybe I will be able to share about it here too someday. We thank God for the food and we also thank my husband for bringing us there.
I felt happiness like some wish is being granted. We didn't experience it in our family and hoping to experience it with my own family and I thank God for that moment. Though I am wishing about it, I still understand that we need to prioritize some things thats why we didn't spend money for that kind of dinner. Atleast naka experience ding kumain sa labas hehehe. Kelan kaya ang susunod? hehehe
It might be you can say na ang baba ng kaligayahan ko but it's real. I came from an indigent family and never experienced such things. Oh no! parang iiyak na ako. I think hanggang dito na lang hehehe. Basta I have an unexplainable happiness that time.
Ending thoughts
Simple time with simple food is still a simple quality time with the family. Let your family go out for fun, recreation and even simple dinner atleast once a month or when your budget will allow. Life is short, enjoy and spend some precious time with you family, friends and love ones.
Thank you for reading this one of
my FIRST'S experience. I will be
sharing some here again next time.
**Previous articles:**
**May goals** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/may-goals-dd69cd15
**Are you having a good debt of bad debt?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/are-you-having-a-good-debt-or-bad-debt-38864364
**Wrong moved, I have sinned** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/wrong-moved-i-have-sinned-b7651989
**When is the best time to pray?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/when-is-the-best-time-to-pray-0e5f1456
**The ACTS of prayer** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/the-acts-of-prayer-403cf9c1
Wrong moved, I have sinned
Date: May 03, 2022
Are you brave enough to accept that you did a wrong move? That you made a wrong decision? That you made a wrong choice? Are you willing to confess? Doing it is not easy right? Confession will take a brave human to do it.
Hello my dear virtual friends here in read.cash. How are you? The heavy rain visited us again this noon time until now. I felt a bit worried because I have clothes in the *Sampayan* and I leave home to attend a meeting in the gymnasium where our neighbor invited me to attend. It was a very long queue and it ended up giving of P100.00 ($2). *Okay na yun, pambili na ng ulam hehehe.*
Wrong moved
I don't know if how many of you are familiar with **leefire**, or might be others joined it or others also invested on it.
I was once invited by a friend on this app, but she didn't recommend us to top up or cash in. I tried because it's another way to have atleast some earnings. You will have 19.00/day for mining. But you will have more than that if you will top up atleast 500.00. Me, trying to earn something for the additional materials needed for our small house, I tried to top up. When I reached the minimum cash out, I tried to withdraw to know if it is legit. But, I did a wrong move. I withdraw everything and nothing left that I wasn't able to mine again. So, what I did was, I top up again. I tried to withdraw for the second time and bang! it didn't came. It was a SCAM again. I didn't cry because I know it is my choice, and they said, invest what you can afford to loss but still loss is a loss. Sayang din diba?
After a day that the news spread over the social media, there is another app who is identically similar to leefire. A highschool mate invited me and abruptly I said no. I told her that we already knew that it is a scam but still we are trying to convince others. She just reply with a laugh sticker.
I have sinned
My husband do know that I joined leefire, he said "Wala magbibigay ng 19.00 sayo araw-araw". But one thing he didn't know is that I topped up. Later on when the news spread, he asked me if I topped up, I said Yes. He asked if I was able to withdraw I said yes, but I didn't mention the second topped up. I am still waiting since last week until yesterday but it didn't came.
My conscience is bothering me since last week. It is telling me that I have sinned against my husband for not telling him the truth. The wasted money is not just mine because when you are married, you shared both in almost everything including financial aspects.
There is inside me who is afraid to tell the truth but I cannot sleep well and it seems na nahihiya ako sa asawa ko knowing I have some secret. I asked God the courage to do so and I choose dawn as the right time to confess. Early in the morning, our mind is at peace and it is the right time to talk over serious things.
*Me: While hugging him I said, Papa, naa koy sala sa imu (I have sinned).*
*Husband: Why?*
*Me: Di dumating yung withdrawal ko sa leefire. (My withdrawal on leefire didn't came)*
*Silence fill the peaceful morning for a seconds and he said "Aw saon pa man di nato mabalik" (Accept it because wala na tayong magawa doon)*
Wew! It seems that my heart was freed from many thorns. I can breath and sleep well starting tonight knowing that I have already confess my sin to my husband.
Ending thoughts
Choices? We have a lot of choices made and to be made in our life. Now, you choose it because you think it is right but sooner or later it might become a wrong choice. If it will happen, never regret and blame yourself because in the first place you choose it. Blaming yourself won't bring no good and it won't make things right. Accept it, move on and learn lessons from it.
There is no easy money. Even this wonderful platform needs our effort to write and read before we earn. I told my husband that it will be better that I will focus in noise.cash and read.cash.
Be brave to confess your sins either small or big and be ready to accept the consequences so no one will bother your conscience.
Thank you for reading and I really
hope that you learn something. Hit
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Wew! I almost lost my patience, I almost cry because I write my ending thoughts for three times. I highlighted them and about to click **B** to make it bold but it was gone, and **Cut** ata ang naclick. How i wish there is undo or control + Z in my cellphone.
Previous articles:
**Good debt or bad debt** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/are-you-having-a-good-debt-or-bad-debt-38864364
**May goals** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/may-goals-dd69cd15
And a lot more **HERE** https://read.cash/r/JenThoughts
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Are you having a good debt or bad debt?
May 02, 2022
Is there something we call as good debt? Are you into debt? Is having a debt good? Do you have debt? If yes then were the same.
Hello read.cash writers and readers. How are you? How was your second day of the month? How was your weather there? Early in the morning our weather here is not sunny because the dark clouds cover the sky and the sun as well that's why Mr. sun was not able to give us a morning dose of Vitamin D. But later on the sun shines and I decided to do the laundry. But unfortunately, I am not yet done and the rain drops. I still do finished it so I won't have a pending job to do.
Good debt or bad debt
Do you believe that there is such a good debt? If there is a good debt for sure, there is also a bad debt. How can we distinguish them?
Today's topic was born early this morning because I remember the payslip of my husband. He only had a small net pay because he had a lot of loans. Though I know about it but I was shocked because the deduction is so big giving him a small salary.
To mention he had loans on SSS, PAG-IBIG, and to the employees cooperative.
***Disclaimer: Today's topic is merely my own ideas and opinions and didn't mean to debate or disagree about your own understanding about this topic.***
Good debt
What is a good debt? But before we will talk about it, let's know first what is debt?
Debt is an amount of money you owe or borrowed from a person, a bank, a company or in a cooperative.
Good debt for me is a debt that has a purpose, a purpose that has a better result and a result that has a profit.
Me personally is not fond of having a debt. I will prefer to let someone borrow me something than I will do it to others. As long as I still have an another option, I won't put myself to have problems over debt.
When I got married, I am also happy that my husband is also not into it. For how many years, we didn't have a debt until this year.
As I mentioned earlier, he had loans on three different companies, SSS, PAG-IBIG and to their cooperative.
Before, I keep on saying No to this until I realized that sometimes there is such a good debt.
I considered those three loans as a good debt because on how we used and where we spend it.
**SSS**
We decided to loan money from SSS because we bought a piece of lot in the farm where my husband's aunt is the owner. A piece of land is a good investment, right? My husband planned to plant some coconut trees there so we have some benefits from it in the future.
**PAG-IBIG**
We decided to loan money from PAG-IBIG because we want to have our own electric connection in our small house. After it was approved,we directly applied for electric connection and we already have it last month.
**Cooperative**
Last month, my husband's aunt decided to sell another part of her farm because she badly needed some amount of money. So since my husband also wants to help his aunt, I agree to his plan to loan some money to his cooperative so he could buy it. To make the long story short, his loan application was approved and he was able to buy it.
Will you agree to me that those are really a good debt?
Another thing I will consider as a good debt is when you apply for a loan so you could start a small business. Also, if you want to buy a materials or equipment so you could earn something.
Bad debt
What is a bad debt? For me, a bad debt is a dept that you used in some nonsense wants. For example:
**Buy a new phone**
You applied for a loan because you want to buy a new phone but you still have a good one. You just want to buy another one because you saw a friend having it or having a new phone and you want to have it also.
I am not telling that buying a new phone is bad but it will depend on the purpose.
**Loan for a big celebration**
We do have special days in our life like birthday and wedding day. I heard some of my friends who loan a big amount just to have a great celebration. I sometimes told them that simple celebration is better that a great celebration but you are full of debt. After the party, you start having an headache because you don't know where to get money to pay for it.
For me, I won't loan some money just to impress my friends and neighbors that I have a great celebration. Simple celebration with family is okay with me.
Ending thoughts
Debt is the last option when we cannot find any other solutions in terms of financial problem. When you borrow something to someone please don't forget to pay for it as promised because you don't know how a person works hard to have that amount of money.
Debt is not bad as long as you used it for a good purpose.
Thank you so much for reading. I
hope you learn something today.
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May goals
Date: May 01, 2022
The month of April is over and we are now in the first day of May. How was your performance in the month of April? Is it satisfying? Did you reach your goals? Have you done what you need to be done? I hope so, you did it well. Congratulations for a job well done.
It's May, we are in the second month of the second quarter of the year. It is the first day of the month. It is a regular holiday here in the Philippines because today is a Labor day.
Workers don't have work today because it is holiday. But in our church, there is no holiday because we had our Bayanihan. We used this opportunity to do some task that we need to be done for the continuation of our renovation. We focused first on our roof and everything will follow. We finished cleaning,cutting and painting of GI sheets and C parlins.
Men, women and even children helped together to get it done. Our men did the cutting of GI sheets. Women did the cleaning of GI sheets. Children,men and women did the painting.
Atlast it was done as the sun sets. We felt tired but our hearts filled with joy for a job well done.
May goals
Last month, since I considered it as my first active month, I wasn't able to make some goals. Last night until tonight I keep on asking myself what should be my goals for this month?
I have the following in mind:
Write atleast 20 articles within one month.
Read atleast 10 articles a day
Be active
Accumulate at least $35
Sponsor 5 writers
Write atleast 20 articles within one month
Writing an article is not easy for me. I am not a writer and I am not good in English. I am trying my best to learn by reading other articles.
Today, I felt tired physically because of what we have done today - the Bayanihan. After doing the chores, I felt so sleepy and my eyes wanted to sleep. I really want to sleep but I told myself to write an article first and publish it tonight. It's the first day of the month and I want to start it right.
For this month, hopefully I can write atleast 20 articles, 5 articles per week.
Oh I really felt sleepy, I hope I can fight this feeling.
Be active
Hopefully I can always find time to be here. Be active on interacting by reading and commenting other posts. Might be I cannot write daily but I hope atleast I can visit read.cash everyday and read some posts.
Read atleast 10 articles a day
Being a housewife and full time mom, I can considered myself busy. I am busy from taking care of my son and doing the household chores. Despite of these, I hope I can read atleast 10 articles.
Hmm is this reachable? I really hope so.
Accumulate atleast $35
Last month I was able to accumulate $30. I was surprised because I never expected to have it. It means in average I have $1 in a day. I just add $5 to challenge myself to be active as I can. $35 please be with me at the end of the month.
Sponsor 5 writers
Having a sponsor makes me happy. It inspires me to write more. So, I also want to be a channel of someone's happiness through sponsorship.
Thank you my dear wonderful sponsors. More bch to come to all of us.
Actually I tried 3 times to be a sponsorbut I failed, the platform said that unable to process due to low memory. What should I do? Do I have to delete some files to have more space? Or it's just I don't have a strong internet connection? I want to sponsor too but it seems that I don't know how. But still I will try again and again until I will know and can sponsor some writers. If you have a piece of advise about this matter, I will be happy to read it from the comment box below.
I think that goals would be enough to encourage me to grind more for this month. I hope I can reach them all. I hope we can reach of **May goals**.
How about you? What was your greatest goal for this month?
Thank you for reading.
Previous articles:
**Why I can't write?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/why-i-cant-write-23a8d968
**When is the best time to pray?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/when-is-the-best-time-to-pray-0e5f1456
**The ACTS of prayer** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/the-acts-of-prayer-403cf9c1
A lot more **HERE** https://read.cash/r/JenThoughts
April, a good welcome back
Date: April 30, 2022
Time flies so fast, it seems that yesterday we just celebrated the new year with our family, friends, relatives and love ones and now it's the last day of April.
April is a good welcome back for me. Yes, you read it right, I leave read.cash for 6 months. I registered here last September 2021.
I know about read.cash from posts in noise.cash and I am curious about it. I've seen a lot of links until I have clicked one. I'm not sure if it is the link of @Eybyoung , just correct me sis if I was wrong. If I am right, allow me to say thank you for being the first instrument that I was able to meet this wonderful platform.
If you can see my profile, I am already 7 months from the day I registered on this platform. I became a member since September 2021, write just 2 articles I think and leave.
Until last week of March, I saw a post of sis @alicecalope if I'm not mistaken about her earnings here in read.cash. I felt inspired again and she motivated me to come back. From that day until now, I am happy and proud to be here though I can't write everyday.
My earnings
When I came back last week of March, I tried to write again and interact more in other writers by reading there articles and give some comments. When @TheRandomRewarder noticed my article and upvoted it I felt so happy and said to myself, at last! Rusty noticed me. Anyway, I don't know before whom you call Rusty until I asked some in noise and she answered me it's the random rewarder. Why we call him or her that name? I still wonder why? But I learned to love that name. It's make me happy everyday.
In the last week of March I earned $5 and I was so happy for it. It encourages me to write more and there's something in me that pushes me to write. I am trying to write everyday or atleast one every other day but sometimes **I can't write.** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/why-i-cant-write-23a8d968
For the month of April, I never expected that I was able to earn and accumulate $30. Oh! this is so big for me because I considered this as my first month in here because this is the moment that I became active.
If I will have the ratio it means I have earned $1 in one day. That's a good beginning, isn't it?
For the month of April, my noise.cash earning is bigger than read.cash. I have $30 from read.cash and $48.5 from noise.cash. So all in all, I have $78.5 from both platforms. This is the biggest earning in noise.cash since September 2021. My earning in the last 4 days of the month in read.cash is blast.
Thank you so much noise.cash and read cash for these amazing platforms. Thank you so much to my first 4 sponsors @Tomi-Ajax , @Talecharm , @Bloghound and @alicecalope . You guys gave me a great motivation to write more and learn to believe in myself because of the trust you have given.
Message for newbies
If you are a newbie and was able to drop by and read this article, all I can say is...
Read first, read the rules and articles. By reading you will also get an idea on how and what to write. Interact by commenting so some writers will know that you were there, reading their articles. Then, write.
Consistency is the key. Don't be like me who registered, write and leave, that was a mistake.
Ending thoughts
In life, there were times that we failed and become discouraged. We stumbled and allow ourselves to stay there, but when someone will be there to help us dont hesitate to accept their hands and get up. Start realizing the mistakes, learn a lesson from it, start to have a new beginning and make the best for a better future.
Thank you so much for reading.
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Why I can't write?
April 29, 2022
There are days that I wasn't able to write. Sometimes I really want to but circumstances won't allow. Sometimes I can say that another day is wasted or another chance to share is being missed.
Hello my dear writers and readers, how are you? Here I am again giving my best to write an article for today. I hope you are writing yours too.
Hello also to my wonderful sponsors who in silence keeps on inspiring me to write. Thank you for filling my blocks.
There are some reason why I wasn't able to write an article in a day and much worst a couple of days. Let me share the reasons with you.
Lack of time
First reason is lack of time. Yes, we really need time, enough time to write a single article. Personally, I need 1 hour upto 1 and half hour and sometimes almost 2 hours before I was able to come up an article and publish it.
Being a house wife and full time mom, most of my time evolve in taking care of our son, a 4 year old boy. Doing some house chores also need enough time to finish all of them.
I usually write an article in the afternoon around 1pm to 3pm when I am done with the house chores and my son is asleep. If I cannot write in the afternoon, I am doing it in the late evening when my husband and son already asleep.
We really need time, right? How much time do you spend in writing an article?
Lack of topic
Second reason is lack of topic. There were times that I have the time to write but I my mind cannot think of a topic to write. There were times that I am looking outside, looking a far because my mind is thinking for a topic, *natutulala na lang bigla* lol.
Am I the only one having a hard time to think and find a topic to write? Or you also experience it? Or only newbie is having difficulties about this?
As time goes by, as I am reading different articles, I found out that some writers were writing their experiences, sharing their life stories, others were answering a question and answer and also answering what they called writing prompt. Hopefully, these ideas will help me to find or think a particular topic to write.
Unexpected things need to be done
Sometimes having some unexpected things to be done is the other reason why I can't write. Your mind already scheduled that you will write in a particular hour of the day but then there were things that someone asked you do this or that. Sometimes you need to go somewhere, you need to buy something or you need to do these and that.
Sometimes my son wakes up crying and I need to attend to. Sometimes he requests *na kaluton iyang likod*, oh my english is running out lol ano ba English nyan? Sometimes I need to lie down, tap his butt until he can go back to sleep. Sometimes, my time to write runs out because at 3PM another things is need to be done. My husband will be coming home from work and I need to cook or prepare some merienda and later on time to prepare for dinner or my son will be awake and I can't write anymore.
Visitors came
Having an unexpected visitors is also a reason that sometimes I can't write. When a visitor came, like you siblings, your sister or brother in law, your niece and nephews, your churchmate and even your neighbor you really need to attend to them. It will be disrespectful if you won't face and entertain them, right? So if you are writing, you can stop and entertain them.
Eyes were hurting
Having an aching eyes will stop you from writing or will let you decide not to face the laptop, PC or your mobile phone. There are times especially on my first upto second week on being active here, I think my eyes became so stressed, it's aching and sometimes I can feel that the below eyelid is moving uncontrollable. Have you experienced it? Having this scenario will push me to stop and relax my eyes.
Laziness
There were times that we were so lazy not only in writing but almost in everything. Lazy to do the house chores and sometimes being lazy too even in taking care of ourselves. Do you feel like these too? I have this kind of feeling usually before the onset of my monthly visitor. Others call it as part of the PMS or Pre Menstrual Symdrome.
Not feeling well
Lastly, if I am not feeling well, I can't write. Off course we need to rest and relax. I don't need to force myself to write if I am not feeling well. I don't know about yours if you can still handle. It happened also when I am having a dysmenorrhea, oh it's so hurt. I almost cry sometimes and keep lying on the bed.
Ending thoughts
There are lots of reason why we were not able to write, it's okay, that's life. What's important is we are not wasting our time. We are using it to write according to our availability and if time won't allow, it's okay. If we are still given a chance to live another day, it means another time another chance to write. No worries.
How about yours? What are the common reasons why you can't write?
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A merry heart
April 28, 2022
***A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. - Proverbs 17:22***
I think today or should I say in just half day, I have taken one of the best natural medicine in time - **a merry heart**.
I never expected that I will be writing an article about my current experience, a fresh experience just this morning. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time I would write a day happenings.
I am planning to write different article today but I have a merry heart and I want to share to you why. I was able to share some at noise.cash but after posting it, another blessing came.
I have a merry heart right now and I felt so blessed.
Blessed with the gift of life
I am thankful that God gives me another day and He wakes me up on time early this morning. I am the one who will call my team mates on the Team Harana to wake them up and remind them that we will serenade one of our churchmate because it is his birthday. I was able to call them up and met on the celebrant's house.
Blessed with the gift of time to exercise
We don't have a tricycle or motorcycle to ride going to the celebrant's house so we decided to hike. We walked early in the morning and the fogs is there. Oh, I haven't take same pictures of it because I never taught that I will be writing this article. I will not waste the chance that my mind really wanted to write this right now.
I am thankful that we were able to have some walking exercise early in the morning. My 4 year old son is also with me. He is the youngest among the Team Harana of our church.
Blessed to hear God's word
Everytime we serenade, it wouldn't be complete without making a short program. I already explained it on my article **Have you experienced being serenaded?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/have-you-experienced-being-serenaded-0b67f3b4
During the program, not only the celebrant will be blessed with God's word but every person who will listen to the message and I am one of them.
The one who gave the message reminded us that God is the owner of life. He is also our shelter when the storms of life will come into our life. He will cover us with His mighty wings as like the hen protect her chicks.
Blessed to eat some foods
Food is always available every serenading time. Even it is simple or rich foods but food is always there. We were able to eat arozcaldo, pancit and bread that made our stomach full.
The celebrant also gave us a young jackfruit. It is good to cook it for viand.
Blessed to have time to chitchat with friends
Having a free time to chitchat with friends will help you relax for a while. It will enable you to forget some problems of life and just focus on the time spent with friends. Talking and laughing is a good bonding while enjoying some foods that being served.
Blessed to have a generous neighbor
I was not able to cook viand for breakfast because we go out early to serenade but God is so good. Our neighbor brought us one mug of banana and carrots smoothie plus fish (paksiw). Instantly, we have a viand for breakfast.
This neighbor also invited us to go to her friend because it is her birthday.
Blessed to pray for someone
Our neighbor invited me to the birthday of her friend because she wants me to pray for that friend. Prayer is also one of the best gift we could offer to someone especially to the celebrant.
**Simple things is a blessing. It will make us blessed everyday. We only need to appreciate simple things and be grateful for it. If we recognize it as a blessings, our heart will be filled with joy and always remember that a merry heart doeth good like a medicine. So be happy and enjoy life.**
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**When is the best time to pray?** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/when-is-the-best-time-to-pray-0e5f1456
**The ACTS of prayer** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/the-acts-of-prayer-403cf9c1
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The ACTS of prayer
April 27, 2022
Noisers were now happy because noise.cash is back. We can post, comment and interact with our virtual friends again. Sis @Ruffa you're now alive again?
Anyway, how are you readers and writers? The weather here right now is quite cold, it seems that the rain is coming.
ACTS of Prayer
Yesterday, I posted an article When is the best time to pray. Today, I will be sharing to you the ACTS of prayer. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/when-is-the-best-time-to-pray-0e5f1456
I know that all of us knows how to pray, right? We offer a short prayer or sometimes a long prayer. Whatever it is, the important thing is that at least we are praying.
Today, I will share to you some tips what is the content of our prayer.
Adoration
Adoration is the A in ACTS of prayer. When we pray, we also praise our God, our Creator, our Savior. Even Jesus give us an example on how to pray in Matthew 6:9-13. Here is the example how to give adoration to our Father.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. - Matthew 6:9-10
In praying, we also acknowledge Him that He is the owner of everything and worthy to be praised.
Confession
Confession is the C in ACTS of prayer. On this part, we are telling God that we have sinned in actions, in thoughts or in words. Confessing our sins is one of the most important part of being a believer. We acknowledge that we are human being, that we are sinners and we need to ask forgiveness from God. No one can forgive us in our sins except Him.
Jesus prayer gives also this example.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. - Matthew 6:12
Tell you sins to God, ask forgiveness and He is willing and ready to forgive us.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the T in the ACTS of prayer. In praying, we also give thanks to God. This is the moment that we give thanks for everything, for the gift of life, for the gift of job, for our business, for our harvest, for our earning and even giving thanks for the problems, trials or challenges that comes in our life.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. - 1 Thessalonians 5:18
We should give thanks not only in the good things that we received but even in the the things that we considered bad. Yes, we should say it is the things that we considered bad because for God it is still good. He just wanted us learn and let us remember that everything happens for a reason. We may not understand why it happened for that particular moment but sooner or later we will know its purpose.
Supplication
Supplication is the S in the ACTS of prayer. Supplication is asking God for everything we need and even our wants. We are asking His help, His guidance, His protection, His blessings, His power and even the forgiveness of our sins. This is the most common prayer we did, we always ask and ask and sometimes we even forget to give thanks.
Jesus also asked something from God.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. - Matthew 6:11,13
Everyday,we pray for good health, we pray for peace, we pray for happiness, we pray for prosperity and so many more to mention.
Closing thoughts
The ACTS of prayer will help us to remember what we need to pray for. But every sincere prayer you utter to God is precious and He is happy to listen to it. Don't forget to pray everyday.
Thank you for reading and may you
learn something today.
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**Teamwork makes the dream work** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/teamwork-makes-the-dream-works-940a4c77
**How to have a strong family** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/how-to-have-a-strong-family-4d64741d
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When is the best time to pray?
April 26, 2022
Hello my dear read.cash family. How are you? I was inactive for four days because I'm busy with somethings and I need enough and quiet time to be able to write an article. I don't if you need that quiet time too but for me I really do. I have to concentrate when I am writing an article. Usually I write at afternoon when my son is asleep or at night when my husband and my son were asleep too.
Anyway, I know that many of us here were also a member of noise.cash. We cannot post even in comments. I opened it earlier and the last post is 4 hours ago. It means that it is not only me having this problem but I think all of us. I am just hoping that noise.cash is having some updates and it will be okay very soon. Let's just hope for the best in noise.cash.
When is the best time to pray?
Have you ever tried to ask this to yourself or to someone? When is really the best time to pray?
What is prayer?
For sure we have a different definition of prayer. But for me..
**Prayer is a way of communicating to your God. A way of talking to Him, giving your adoration, confessing your sins, giving thanks and asking some help.**
When to pray?
Our parents thought us to pray not only by words but also by their actions and examples. I can say that our parents especially our mother is prayerful. She never forget to remind us to pray always. When we usually offer even a short prayer?
**Before eating**
A simple prayer like, ***"God bless this food, Amen."*** is the most shortest and easiest way of prayer that our mother taught us. As a child, she taught us this very short prayer. I can say that it is the first prayer I've learned. On the otherhand, I also taught my son to do so but have a little difference. My son's prayer before eating is like this ***"Father in heaven, thank you for the food. In Jesus name I pray, Amen."***
**Before taking a bath**
Yes, you read it right. I noticed that my mother is praying for us before she will take us a bath. She is asking God to protect us from any sickness that comes from the water . She is also praying that may our sickness will be carried away by the water. I did the same with my son.
**Before sleep**
This is also important. Praying before going to sleep is like thanking God for keeping us safe throughout the day and asking God again to protect us as we are sleeping.
In this moment of prayer, we can also talk to God as a friend or as our Father. There are times that we cannot open up our heartaches, our burden to a friend or even to our parents but we can open up to Him. He will be there, He will listen. We can ask His help in every problems, trials and temptation that we are going through.
**After sleep**
Prayer when we wake up is thanking God for watching over us throughout the day and asking His guidance, blessing and protection for the day. We can ask His help to give us strength, patience and perseverance that we need for the day. We could us Him to give our daily needs
**When leaving home**
This practiced was really taught to us by our parents in action. When we leave home, our parents will pray for us first. They are asking God to protect us until we reach our destination.
**Before doing something**
We can also pray before doing something. I can still remember my student life, I do pray before studying that may God will give me knowledge and wisdom that I may easily understand what I am studying and may it instill in my mind until the examination or quiz day. Before exam, I do pray too hoping that I can answer the questions.
You noticed that before having a meeting, a seminar, an activity we do pray because we believe that God is there watching over us and want to give us a better result.
I know there are many times that we prayed. Let us practice to pray always.
When is the best time to pray?
I once heard a story about a young man and his grandfather.
*Young man: Grandpa, when is the best time to pray?*
*Grandfather: The best time to pray is on the time or day before you die.*
*Young man: But, grandpa, we don't know exactly when we die.*
*Grandfather: Yes, that's true, that's why we really need to pray everyday.*
Closing thought
Prayer is our way of talking to God about everything. Prayer is a way to ask God for the protection that we need every second of our life. Yes, grandpa in that story is right. We really don't know when we die, and that is the reason why we need to pray everyday.
**Pray without ceasing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says.**
Thank you for reading. I hope you
learn something today.
**Previous articles**
**More than a cake and candles to blow** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/more-than-a-cake-and-candles-to-blow-812beb10
**The more you give, the more you receive** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/the-more-you-give-the-more-you-receive-06040946
**Keep you eyes on God** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/keep-your-eyes-on-god-fb7b4c9e
More than a cake and candles to blow
Date: April 21, 2022
It's another day, it's another gift of life. How are you dear readers and writers here in read.cash? I hope you are doing well.
We are so blessed and thankful to be able to wake up this morning. Our life has been extended for another year or another day. Not everyone was given a chance to live another day, because someone already have their last and wasn't able to wake up today. So, every waking up, never forget to thanks God for the gift of life.
We have a neighbor who is having a dialysis 3 times a week. Their is a tricycle driver who picks her up and deliver her to the hospital. But one day, she felt so sad. Why? Because his driver wasn't came up and he knew that the driver has died. She was so shocked because the driver is still young and everyone doesn't expect it to happen. He just sleep and wasn't able to wake up in the morning. Life is so short.
On the other hand, today someone I knew, a churchmate, celebrated his 76th birthday.
I and my son together with the Team Harana of our church woke up early to serenade him.
If you was able to read my article about "Have you experienced being serenaded?" you will know what is the flow of the program. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/have-you-experienced-being-serenaded-0b67f3b4
During Birthdays, it is so common to have food, cakes and candles to blow, balloons and other gifts. But do you know that there is something ***more than the cake and candles to blow***?
Yes, there is. Delicious food, cakes and gifts will make the celebrant happy but well wishes, messages and prayers will make it something more special. This is one among the reason why we serenaded the birthday celebrant.
I became more emotional than the celebrant
I was given the opportunity to give a message to the celebrant. But before my part, a group will give a special song. While they were singing, my heart bits fast, my tears are falling and can't stop it that moment. I wanted to cry out loud but off course I am trying to control it.
I remember my father who died 2 months ago. He died at hindi man lang ako nakapag serenade sa kanya. That makes me cry. I felt like I haven't done something that will make him more happy during his birthday. Yes, our presence was there, the food is there, but as what I've said, giving some messages for him will make it more special.
I just ask apology to the team as well as the celebrant and his family for being emotional but still was able to give a short message.
Messages that will make the birthday more special
I gave some messages from the Bible to remind and to uplift not just the celebrant but for all who is listening.
There are lots of Bible verses to give for the celebrant but I will just share some. I will leave to you to read the Bible text in the Bible.
James 1:17. This remind us that every good and perfect gift is from above. Our life, our strength, our health, our wealth is not ours but of God. He is the source of all good.
Galatians 6:9. This bible verse tells us to continue in doing good because someday we will reap what we sow. Do good to others and they will be good to you. Give and you will receive. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/the-more-you-give-the-more-you-receive-06040946
Jeremiah 29:11. This verse will encourage us to lean unto God and trust His ways because He has a plan for us, to prosper us and give us hope and a future. Whatever trials, problems and challenges that will come along our way, always remember that everything happens for a reason. God has a purpose in everything. We may not understand it at the moment, but sooner or later God will show his purpose and you will be able to thank Him for it. Always keep your eyes to God. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/keep-your-eyes-on-god-fb7b4c9e
Psalms 91:16. This is a verse that tells us that God is the giver of long and fullfiling life. He is the owner of our life. He is the source of life.
1 Thessalonians 5:17. This reminds us to pray always. When we are sad, pray. When we are happy, pray. When we are worried, pray. When we confused and don't know what to do, pray. Surrender everything to God in prayer.
Is it your birthday? Those messages above is my birthday message for you. May you will be able to read it in your Bible.
Is someone close to you, a parent, a sibling, a friend, a spouse,a girlfriend or boyfriend having a birthday today? Give them a message from the Bible and a message that comes from your heart and surely it will make their day more extra special. Those messages will be more than any gift that we could give. More than a cake and candles to blow.
*Happy birthday celebrants.*
Thank you so much for reading. I
hope you learn something.
The more you give the more you receive
Date: April 19, 2022
Hello writers and readers, how are you? We have a sunny and hot afternoon right here. It seems that I want something cold to eat or drink. An ice cream? How i wish. A halo halo, please give me some. A buko salad? Oh! I'm craving. Hmm I think I stop my imagination and start writing about this topic that came up in my mind.
Giving is an action that I think everyone can do. Everyone is able to give in different aspects, in different forms, in different quality, in different quantity. Giving is not measured in quantity but in quality.
Someone could give a lot but for him it is just a little. On the other hand, someone could give a little but for him it is almost his everything.
Giving is not only in the form of money but also in the form of goods and services. You can give some money, food, things, knowledge and even your time and efforts.
**In giving you don't lose anything instead you gain something.**
Do you believe it? That in giving you don't lose anything but instead you gain something. For me, I do believe it.
What you gain when giving?
Satisfaction
Joy
Blessings
Satisfaction
Have you noticed that everytime you give, you felt the feeling of satisfaction. You are satisfied that in that particular day or time you were able to help someone who is in need.
Joy
Joy is a feeling of having great happiness. You will be happy seeing someone who is happy in receiving some gifts. You will be happy knowing that someone learns something from you. You will be happy that you were able to give a part of your time listening to someone who is down.
Having joy in our hearts for doing something is immeasurable and cannot be bought by any silver nor gold.
Blessing
In giving, you are surely be blessed. God is the only source of every blessings. He can shower blessings that there is no room enough to receive it. He is the one who gave people with riches, health, knowledge and wisdom. In doing so, He also expects us to be His channel of blessings to others. He is happy and willing to bless people who knows how to bless others too.
**God loves the cheerful giver.**
In giving, God will also bless you through people that surround you.
The more you give the more you receive
Do you believe this? The more you give the more you receive. Though, when giving you are not expecting any return but God works in a mysterious ways. Again, God will bless those people who knows how to share his blessings to others.
I remember a lot that when I gave, unexpectedly I also received.
I gave one lemon to our neighbor who is sick and have cough. After an hour, she gave a gift to my son, a water bottle. My son is so happy about it.
I offer some herbal coffee to our neighbor that might could help her because she is suffering from dysmenorrhea. She offer to list my name to recieve some blessings from the government.
My son gave some mangoes to our churchmate, after a week we also received a lot of avocados.
I gave some clothes (clothes of my son na hindi na magkasya) to my brother in law for his son. Unexpectedly, within a month my son received shoes from our churchmate and clothes from our God mother (ninang).
We offer a free ride in our tricycle to a family who go to church. The mother knows how to sew. I let her sew some pillow case and pay for her efforts but she refuse to receive it.
We gave some cooked vegetables to our roommates and they gave some biscuits for our son. Sometimes, they also bring pasalubong for our son.
Closing thoughts
Count your blessings and you'll find out that you were blessed as you blessed others. Sometimes, we didn't noticed it but ***the more we give the more we receive.***
**Learn to give as much as you can. In giving you will be satisfied, happy and blessed.**
For sure upon reading, you are realizing that yes, it's true that the more you give the more you receive. I am happy to read some of your great experience in giving on the comment box below.
Thanks for reading😊
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**How to have a strong family** https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/how-to-have-a-strong-family-4d64741d
Teamwork makes the dream works
April 17, 2022
Hello dear readers and writers. It's full moon but I cannot see the moon. The sky is filled with dark clouds and it rained recently.
What is teamwork?
Teamwork is a work done by people who work together as a team to do something. Teamwork is a work done to achieve one goal or purpose. On the other hand, team is a group of people who work together.
Do you believe that teamwork does not only apply to the people? It can also be applied to animals and even nature. Below I will give atleast 3 groups as a team.
Greater and lesser light as a team
As I am writing, this one pops up in my mind. I realized that even the greater light, which is the sun and the lesser light which is the moon is been always a team together with the stars. The sun, moon and stars is a group of God's creations with one goal - to give light. The sun will give light during the day and the moon and stars to give light and beauty during the evening.
Family as a team
Our family is also a team who has dreams. A parent wants a better life for their children in the future, providing their daily needs and sending them to school to gain education that will help them prepare for the future. A daughter or son who wants to give a comfortable life for their parents.
This goal cannot be attained without teamwork. They need to help each other and support each other to attain these goals. Parents will help and encourage their children to go on and pursue their goal. Children needs parental guidance in every aspects of life. They also need to cooperate with their parents to reach their goal. They need each other, to achieve one purpose or goal in life.
Without teamwork, a goal cannot be reached.
Writers and readers as a team
Yes! read.cash teaches us about the power of teamwork. Everyone here has a goal, has purpose, has a reason why you write and why you register in this wonderful platform.
Just like for example in my case. I first register here for a purpose of earning, that I will be able to earn even a little amount. But unfortunately it didn't work, why? because having that single purpose didn't give me a great inspiration to write and it leads me to be inactive.
I am happy that my virtual friends in noise.cash keeps on encouraging me to go on here on read.cash. Special thanks to @alicecalope for inspiring me to stay.
**At the moment I decided to be active again, my goal was changed. Earning is not just the goal, but learning from reading and sharing through writing adds up and it became a great help.**
**Learning, sharing at the same time earning is impossible without teamwork.**
I cannot learn something on here without reading. There is no article to be read if you guys don't write, right? I won't be able to share my thoughts, my experiences, my learnings, my lessons in life even I write them down if no one can read it. Thank you so much for this amazing platform.
Your articles help me to learn, and on the other side, I was able to share some thoughts because you read.
A thought here in read.cash is not shared until reading is being done. So, thank you so much readers, I am hoping that I have shared some wonderful thoughts everytime I write.
Earning is also impossible without teamwork. You won't be able to earn if you're alone here. Without writers, without readers and without the @TheRandomRewarder earning is so impossible.
Teamwork will make our dream works. Write to share, read to learn and be active and be consistent to earn. Go read.cash team. Mabuhay!
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Keep your eyes on God
April 16, 2022
Hello my dear readers, how are you? I wasn't able to publish an article for two days because I'm a bit busy on holidays and can't concentrate to write.
Last Thursday we had some things to be done on our little house or we just call it *"payag or kubo"*. My husband do some finishing on the wall on the bedroom. Then, yesterday, we had our *bayanihan* in the church. We or should I say the men remove a portions of GI sheets at the roof and replace it with a new one.
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Story of Peter
Do you know the story of Peter, Jesus disciple who was able to walk in the water? If yes, that's great that you know it or atleast familiar of it. If no, I will leave the name of the book in the Bible, its chapter and verses for you to read if you have your Bible with you or in your house. You may read the whole story in Matthew chapter 14 verses 22-32.
But for those who don't have a Bible, allow me to give a simple summary.
While the disciples was on the ship, they saw someone walking on the sea. They were afraid and Jesus said to them do not be afraid, its me.
Then Peter said, if it was you let me walk in the water going to you.
Then Jesus said, come out of the ship and walk.
Peter do as Jesus told him and really walk in the water going to Jesus, but when he noticed the air, he was afraid and begin to sink and said, Jesus please save me.
Jesus stretch His hands and save Peter from sinking.
Keep your eyes on God
In our spiritual life, sometimes we were like Peter, we get distracted by the circumstances around. We get fearful in the waves of life. We easily get discouraged when the trials, problems and challenges came in our life. Sometimes we were questioning God why it is happening to us. Then we start sinking, our faith beclouded, until such time will come and we lose our faith in God. We lose hope in everything.
I found this quote, **"If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. But if you look at Jesus Christ, you'll be at rest."**
Just keep your eyes on God. When you have a heavy burden, surrender it to him. When you are given some choices, ask God to guide you in your decisions. When you have a big problem, tell him and ask His help. When you are in the midst of trials and temptations, pray that you can overcome it. When it seems you are sinking, just call God and ask Him to save you. He will be willing to stretch out and give you a helping hand.
Whatever you are going through this time, always remember that there is someone up there who loves you more than anyone else. He is a friend you can talk too. He is a father you can ask on something you need and above all He is a God who knows everything about you. He knows what you are thinking and He knows what is in your heart.
Keep your eyes on God, believe in Him and trust His ways.
I hope that you will be blessed by this article. Thanks for reading.
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Mommy, please let me https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/mommy-please-let-me-ebf06140
Till next article, see you there.
Why teenage pregnancy is so rampant nowadays?
I was able to read an article written by @LeticiaFelize entitled She's 13 and pregnant, and this give me an idea on what topic to write today. Teenage pregnancy is so rampant nowadays. Their story can be heared in the news, can be read here in read.cash, in newspapers, in social media and can be seen on television and unfortunately might be happening inside or within our family. https://read.cash/@LeticiaFelize/shes-13-and-pregnant-6a8a77b9
Every story have different causes and effects. Every teenager have different reasons why it happened.
If we would listen to them, we will find out what factors brought them to teenage pregnancy.
Today, I will give some factors why teenage pregnancy is so rampant nowadays. You can add some of it in the comment secrion below. But, I would like to tell you that these list was came from my own observation, my own thoughts and doesn't intend to judge or hurt anyone. This article will serve as an eye opener or will be a lesson to someone.
Factors why teenage pregnancy is so rampant nowadays
Influence of media
Peer pressure
Lack or less knowledge of what will be the outcome of premarital sex
Lack or less parental guidance
Disobedience to parents
No intimate connection with God
Influence of media
Media has a big role in the society nowadays. It is a common medium of information where most of the people are engage with. It is also a source of entertainment.
Have you noticed what are the common theme among movies or videos that most teenager watched? Petting or engaging in amorous embracing, kissing and carressing as well as premarital sex is so open, seems normal and usually being shown to every viewer.
This is the reason why parental guidance is very needed while watching these kinds of videos and movies.
Everything that our teenager seen will make them curious and some will end up trying it.
Peer pressure
Friends have a vital role in teenagers life. They tend to love or like their friends more than their parents. Sometimes they have a lot more time with friends than with family.
If their friends are having premarital sex, there is a tendency that it will push them to do so.
Choosing a good friend might save you from a misery.
Lack or less knowledge of what will be the outcome of premarital sex
Sex is a gift for married people. Sex outside marriage is called fornication and it is a sin against the law of God.
Most teenagers is unaware that conception might follow after sex. They might know about it but never think what will be its consequences, what will be the outcome of their actions.
Lack or less parental guidance
Parental guidance is very important among teenagers. This is the stage where young woman is so vulnerable in getting pregnant. There feelings is stronger than their thinking. *"Kung sa bisaya pa, ang gugma ga uros-uros aning panahona".* They tend to follow what they feel and not on what their mind can tell.
Parents, most specially mothers, our guidance is very needed especially when our daughter have their monthly period already. Having a monthly period will make them prone to pregnancy.
Broken family, a parent who is not in the side of their children in this stage is also a big factor.
Disobedience to parents
We can say that parental guidance is present, parents keep on guiding their daughter, they keep on telling them what is right and what is wrong. Parents never failed to tell them to choose good friends, parents keep on telling them not to have boyfriend in the early years, parents told them not to engage in drinking liquor, parents told them not to engage in premarital sex. Parents never failed to do their part on educating and guiding their daughter but still it happened, why? it is because of disobeying their parents.
My dear young ones, if you're here and reading this article of mine, please do remember this instruction from our God. ***"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -Exodus 20:12"***
Every disobedience we made, we will be facing its consequences sooner or later.
No intimate relationship with God
If we love God, we will obey His commandments. If our mind filled with the instructions of God and our heart filled with His love then there is no reason that we cannot obey Him.
If we don't have intimate relationship with Him, we tend to do opposite in His will.
**If you are a mother or a parent facing this situation, please help your daughter. We cannot change the past but we can help build there future better.**
**If you are a daughter facing this problem, please don't hesitate to tell it to someone you trust, your parents, your mother or any guardian. Your life doesn't end there, but face the consequences and start a new beginning.**
Thank you for reading. 😊
Mommy, please let me
It's another day given to us by our Creator, a new day to be here, to be with you, read some articles and learn, and lastly to write one.
When you have kids surely you can relate on this topic.
**Children are curious about things. They wanted to experiment and they want to imitate what we are doing.**
In everyday living, there are lot of things you are doing in and out of your house. Everyday, our child is watching. They are observing everything we do. Every act is being recorded in their mind.
Have you noticed that everytime we are doing something, our children is there wanted to help. We usually hear them saying **Mommy, please let me.** We feel being annoyed by them and sometimes we will be angry towards them.
Let them help
We wanted to finish what we are doing and don't want some distraction from them. But sometimes we forget the fact that our children is growing. They need to know about the basics of life. They need to learn to do things alone. They need to be taught how to be independent someday and they need us to teach them how to survive life in the future.
Mommies, daddies, let us allow our children to learn by doing something.
**Let them help. Let them try. Let them play and learn.**
Doing house chores may be difficult to our little children, but sometimes we didn't realize that these things is **FUN** for them. Yes, you read it right. I don't know if you noticed that, but I did.
**When I am doing some household chores, my son will tell me, Mama please let me. Honestly, I felt being annoyed before. But the moment I let him do it, I saw how happy he is in doing it. He finds it fun and enjoyable.**
When I am sweeping the floor, he will keep on telling me, Mama please let me try. Mama, please I will do it.
When I am cleaning the floor, he will find his own rags and will do what I am doing. Having this kind of activity, they thought they are just playing but in a silent way, we are teaching them. We are also having a mother and son bonding, a quality time to be cherished.
They will be happy in doing so. For them, it is like they are playing. See? they are playing and at the same time they are learning. We are also helping them to develop a habit in doing the household chores. We are also teaching them to be helpful in everything.
They are just practicing. They are not perfect so don't expect too much on what they are doing. We also need patience on teaching them the steps and helping them to do it.
Let us also allow them to learn the wonders of God's creation. Allow them to help us in the garden, allow them to plant and take care of it. They will be amazed seeing the plants grow day by day. They will be excited in watering it daily, removing some weeds and above all they will be happy picking some harvest on it.
**Mommy, let me help. Mommy, let me try to do that. Here are some list where our children could help us:**
Washing the dishes. Sometimes he will play with the dishwashing paste and water. Supervision is needed.
Mopping the floor. Watch them do this because the floor may become slippery.
Sweeping the floor
Sweeping the front yard
Arrange and keep the bed
Removing some dust in every things
Cleaning the table
Putting some plates and spoons
Wash the laundry. I just let him put the clothes in the washing machine and let the hanger be prepared.
Help prepare the vegetables (malunggay and other leafy vegetables). I haven't let him slice the vegetables for now because it is still unsafe to do it in his age.
Fold the clothes even if it is not perfect atleast they are enjoying doing it with me. Sometimes I let him remove the hanger.
Help in the garden. He is happy removing some weeds in the garden and in the front yard.
Watering the plants
Help in cooking/baking. He really wants to mix something I cooked. He is the one who beats/scrambled the egg.
There are lots of activity that our children could help. They just need our help and guidance in doing so.
Ending thoughts
Parents, the Bible wants to remind us about this. *"Train up a child in the way he should go,and when he is old he will not depart from it". - Proverbs 22:6*
Training our child should start at home as early as possible. It is easy to teach them when they're still young and their mind is so open about it. Children's mind is like a blank USB, and day by day the data will be stored upon it. Let's be careful on what we say and do because everything is right in the eyes of our children.
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I received $100
Hello everyone, how was your weather there? Here in the Philippines, it was said that the first typhoon for this year will landfall today. It's name is Agaton. For now, I can still see the sunshine but the dark clouds above seems to have an assembly, they are starting to gather together and planning to pour out a rain. The wind blows heavily bringing the leaves back and forth in motion.
Though I'm happy because most of the clothes I washed earlier were now dry and ready to be folded.
Today, I will going to share to you that I have received $100 (5k) yesterday.
If you have read my last article about The most painful text and call you have known that my father was died recently. After his death the family decided to sell the cow that we have, a mother cow and her calf, because our mother will have a hard time in taking care the animals. https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/the-most-painful-text-and-call-0791258d
Actually it's not easy to decide to sell it because that cow stays with us for many years. We have a lot of memories with it. But, we have to decide and think what is better for our mother.
Our father when he is still alive, he wanted to sell both tje cow and the calf for $1400 (70k) but or mother was just able to sell it at $1000 because the cow is so thin and the buyer can't afford the given price. The cow became so thin when my father got sick and became a dialysis patient. He can never take care of it just like how he took care of it when he don't have sickness yet.
So, we agree on the buyer and bought it for $1000.
Each siblings received $100
I never expected that I have some share in the amount received from the cow and her calf. Our mother texted me that she will going to send $100 to me through my younger brother. I told her not to bother about me, just keep the money or used it in her needs but she insisted and told me that she will give each of us $100. I am the eldest and i have 1 younger sister and 4 younger brother. In short we are 6 siblings.
Our mother really want to share the money with us because she said it is not her own but we, all of us in the family owns it.
Moments with Diw-diw
Diw-diw is the name of our cow, the mother cow. Her name was from the name of our grandmother in the mother side, Idiw. Our grandma gave one carabao to our mother as her share from her mother too. Since, we cannot use the carabao, we decided to barter it with cow and then diw-diw came and be part of our family.
As an eldest, I am one among 6 siblings who were able to take care of diw-diw since she were young. I am with her, looking at her while she is eating some grasses in the pineapple plantation roads.
Rain or shine I need to feed him until she grows and have her own calf. Sometimes I am talking to her when I have some problems, when I am down and sometimes I am crying in front of her. Diw-diw becomes a friend and a part of our family. She gave us many calf and we were able to sell those. She helped us financially because the money from her calf was used to support us in our needs.
I also remember, that when my brother needs laptop while he is studying, our father decided to sell her calf.
We thank God for giving us Diw-diw.
What to do with it?
When you were me? what will you do with $100? Will you buy some bch to hodl? Will you go out and have some dinner with your family? Will you buy something you want? or you will buy something you need?
I am thankful that our mother is generous enough to her children that she share some money to it.
I am thinking what to do with it. I haven't decided yet what to buy with it but one thing for sure is that I will use it to buy some thing that I need. I want to buy a thing so it will serve as a remembrance. I am thinking to buy a cellphone for me, then my cellphone will be given to my husband or I will add it to my savings to buy a refrigerator.
For now, I will just keep it and still I needed some amount to be added so I could buy what I need.
Thank you so much Nanay (mother).
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8 Secrets to have a healthy life https://read.cash/@JenThoughts/8-secrets-to-have-a-healthy-life-e51ea907
The most painful text and call
Hello friends, it's been two days that I haven't posted an article. I can hardly think a topic to write. Might be this is the most common struggle faced by the beginners in writing. I really hope so that someday I will be used into writing.
It's raining last day, it's raining yesterday, it's raining last night, how about today? I hope so it won't because we will be having a *bayanihan* in our church today. We really need the sunshine to do the task easily. Hopefully the sky won't cry today.
I was able to write this morning because I had a dream. I dreamed just this early in the morning about my father who died last February 08. I don't know what to feel. I just noticed something warm in my cheeks. I just noticed that my tears is falling. Everything, flashed back.
Our last met
It's Monday evening (February 07) when I last visited my father. He just got home from a swab test. He is a hemo dialysis patient and he is having a dialysis twice a week, Tuesday and Friday. That time he acquired the common sickness of the people that month, having a fever, cold and cough. As a health protocol, you won't be entertained in the hospital without a swab test result. He needed a negative result for him to undergo dialysis the next morning.
So, no choice, they had a swab test and luckily its negative. That monday, I went home because my younger sister texted me that our father is breathing hardly because of his cough. I went home as fast as I can and I found him there sitting on the chair trying to stop his cough because he can feel some pain everytime he coughs. I never think that it was our last met.
I let him eat for the last time
I also found out that my father is not eating rice anymore. He just drink milk and a little bread as his lunch. My mother wasn't there because she waited for the swab result. So, i cook some porridge so he can easily swallow it. I cook some soup and put it in the porridge and makes it more easy to swallow. I let him eat and to my surprise he eat as fast as he can. Might be he is so hungry. I am happy that he eat a lot. I never think that it was the last time that i was able to let him eat.
Our last talk
I asked him what he really feels. He said that he can hardly breathe specially when he coughs. His back and his stomach is aching very hard when he coughs.
During our last visit he has a fever at pinahilot namin sya. Fortunately he became better after that. His fever and cough was lost. Then I ask him why he had a cough again. He told me that while having some early exercise along the pineapple plantation, he saw our cow there and tried to transfer it from a place to another so it could eat a lot of grass. The problem is he carried a big stone to be used in locking the stick of the cow so he can go far. So, might be *nabinat sya*.
In our last talk, I told him not to do things that can harm him because he will be the one to suffer later. It seems that i reprimanded him. I told him to get well soon. I never expected that it was our last talk.
Early in the morning, my mother brought him to the hospital because it is his schedule for hemo dialysis. My mother also told the doctor *na ipapa admit si tatay* because he is hardly breathing. The doctor said that they need to observe it if it will be gone after dialysis. It is common to dialysis patient to breathe hardly specially when their session is coming.
Unfortunately, the dialysis was done but he is still breathing hardly. So his doctor decided *na iadmit na si tatay.*
In the afternoon, we went there to visit him and at the same time bring some food for them but sadly we were not able to come in. Only one attendant is allowed inside and no visitors allowed. We felt sad but no choice and just give the food to our mother.
The most painful text and call
During the evening when we already asleep, the unexpected call woke me up. It's my brother, crying.. *te, wala na si tatay*😭😭😭. Please go to the hospital, kawawa si nanay doon. He also called our brother and I can hear us crying over the phone.
We met and went to the hospital directly. We wanted to run and hug our mother but we can't. Only one person is allowed to enter there. We just waited at the morgue until our mother, my brother and our father was there. We cried a lot 😭😭😭😭.
I was able to read the text message of our mother so late that says:
*Mga anak wala na si tatay ninyo. Patay na sya.*
This is the most painful text I received throughout my life.
I think this is for now. Thank you for reading my story. At least, I was able to release some pain through writing.
Follow what I say BUT don't follow what I do
I know you have heard about this phrase many times. Have you tried saying this phrase to someone? Have you tried to ask why we need to follow what they say, but not what they do?
In life, there are many circumstances that we are following someone. It might be what they said or might be what they do. They are our model or our example.
***Note: This is just what I have observed not just in the community but others were also observed within the family.***
***I don't have the intention to hurt but I want us to see beyond the realities of life.***
On this article, I would like to site some examples about our title.
Don't smoke
I can always hear a father saying this to his children: "My dear children, never ever try to smoke because smoking is dangerous to your health." Have you heard it too? Are you familiar with it?
I am proud to those Dad who keep on reminding this to their children, because we all know that Cigarette smoking is really dangerous to one's health. But, I am sad to those Dad who keep on commanding their children to buy cigarettes for them. Others will tell their children to lit it for them.
Most Dad, even moms were smoking in front of their children yet telling not to follow it. **Follow what I say, but don't follow what I do.**
No cellphone while eating
In my son, I tried to make a rule that no cellphone while eating. This rule is being thought to our 4-year old son. I don't want to see him watching videos while eating.
There were times that his father will allow it because they are watching together. Yes, sometimes he allows our son to watch videos while eating. He reason up "Hayaan mo lang para kakain." Then, I told him that we have our rule and he also needs to follow it.
To parents, the husband and wife should have the same rules to follow for their children. It is not good that while the other is imposing it, the other is disobeying it.
So, as a mother, I tried to follow my own rules. I never hold or use my cellphone while eating unless I am done or there is text or call that needs to be answered.
Eat vegetables
We parents really wants our children to eat vegetables. I can sometimes hear, "Son, eat more vegetables because it will make you smarter, taller and handsome." There are many ways to encourage them to eat.
My husband, as well as some of his siblings were not eating okra or ladies finger. They are trying to teach their children to eat some, but the question is, are they making themselves as an example?
One time we cooked vegetables with okra in it. My son really loves it. He tried to let us eat it also, *sinubuan nya kami.*
I ate it with a yummy expression but his dad is finding alibi not to eat, but my son insisted. My husband cut it into half and told my son to eat the other half. He was force to eat the other half lol.
Sometimes we keep on encouraging them to do something *pero tayo mismo di natin ginagawa.*
Those were just three among many instances that we keep on telling our children to do, or not to do it, but we are not a good example but instead we are the one who is not doing it.
Ending thoughts
In life, we wanted to be as good as possible. We want to be a good parents, we want to be a good model to our children, but there are circumstances that we were blinded and teaching them through our actions in the opposite way.
All of us is struggling about it. We are struggling to do what is right, we are trying to do what we are saying but there are times that we, ourselves, disobey it.
Let's pray and ask God's guidance that we will be able to do what is right and become a good model to the next generations.
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Have you experienced being serenaded?
Hello everyone. It's summer here in the Philippines but since last week we experienced heavy rain falls. As of this time, it is still raining.
To my friends who were there in noise.cash I posted early in the morning that we are going somewhere for serenading. I don't know if all of you were familiar about. I don't know if you experienced to go with the serenading team or you experienced being serenaded.
Today I will share to you about it.
What is serenading?
Before anything else, I just want you to know that I will define it according to what we are doing. **Serenading** is an activity where a group of people who gathered together to a place of a birthday celebrant during the dawn and sung a series of songs outside the house accompanied with guitars.
The group will be singing until the celebrant will open the door,come out and invites the group to come in.
In our case we call our group as **Team Harana** or the serenading team.
What to do before serenading?
First and foremost, we identify the birthday celebrants of the month. We have a list of birthdays to know when we are going for serenading.
Next, we will point out a meet up place and time. Time should be as early as possible. Dawn is the best time. It was the group goal if possible to start singing when the celebrant is still sleeping and let the beautiful songs wakes him/her up.
After gathering, we will go straight to the celebrant's house and the singers will sing a series of songs.
What to do during serenading?
As i mentioned above, after singing the series of songs, the celebrant will go out and let the group come in.
When we are set inside, we will be having a short program. The program consists the following:
**Opening song.** A person or the group offers one song.
**Opening prayer.** A prayer to open the program.
**Special song.** Another person or the group will offer another song.
**Message**. This is one of the most important part of the program where a speaker will give a message. A message is usually came from the Bible. A Bible text that will remind how blessed everyone specially the celebrant to celebrate another year in life. A Bible text that will remind to be thankful for the gift of life. A Bible text that will encourage the listener to hold on and enjoy life with God, to have faith and trust in Him. A message will vary depending on the speaker.
**Wishes and prayers.** Everyone or might be a selected persons will give their well wishes and prayers for the celebrant. It will start from the group and the last to give their wishes and prayers are the family members.
I love the last part because here i can hear the messages from the family member. Sometimes I am teary eyed on this part as i will be touched in hearing the messages of a children to their parents, a parents to their children, a wife to her husband and vice versa. Sometimes *kinikilig* when hearing a message from a boyfriend to his girlfriend and vice versa.
**Response.** The celebrant will give his/her response. Usually a word of thanks and appreciation for the efforts given by the group or team.
**Closing song.** To sing a song to close the program.
**Closing prayer.** To offer a prayer for the celebrant and his/her family and to thank God for the success of the activity.
What will happen after serenading?
Most of the time, the food is being served. *Oh kainan na!* No more diet again lol. Food is not required though but most of the celebrant prepare or buy some food to offer for the serenading team.
Have you experienced being serenaded?
Me? yes! I experienced a lot of times and i really used to it. It seems that my birthday is incomplete without it. I love to hear them saying their wishes, their prayers and their messages in front of me. I can see their facial expressions, i can see how serious they were to give their messages for me.
When the pandemic strikes the world, our serenading was stopped and it makes us sad. You cannot even celebrate your birthday with the other family members who were far from you place. They can't visit and celebrate with you due to lockdowns.
If you weren't experienced it yet, you must try and experience a special feeling of happiness.
I think, that's all for today. I hope you enjoy reading and learn something.
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people that my block is not empty.
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When was human created?
*Good afternoon friends, how was your weather? It's a hot afternoon here in my location.*
*Today, I will be writing something information from the Bible. I know many of you known about this but I still want to inform others who don't or remind others who already forgot it.*
Before we jump in into the title, I would like to ask some questions.
**Who created you?** Some will directly answer, off course my mom and dad. Yes, thats a practical answer. Others will answer that God created us, that's my answer too.
**Where did you came from?** You might answer from the my mother's womb. Some will answer that I came from a monkey. Oh! will you believe that we came from the monkey? Or will you allow someone to call you that you came from the monkeys? I think no. But unfortunately, the books or lesson in my elementary or i think high school days teaches that we came from a monkey. Anyway, there's a lot of theory about that. Its up to you if you believe it.
I am a Christian and I believe in the Bible. I also believe that God created us. So, when was human created?
Do you know that God prepared everything before creating us?
To those mother or parents having their baby, I think most of us prepared everything that our baby needs before giving birth. From clothes, to caps, to socks, to gloves, to cotton, alcohol, diaper and so many to mention. We wanted everything ready before the baby's arrival.
Our God, our Father in Heaven, our Creator provided and prepared everything for human before making us. Do you believe it?
If yes, what are those things He created first before human? Do you know that God created everything in just 6 days?
1. Day and night
On the first day, God created day and night. We are enjoying it right now. We have days and nights. We can work at day and sleep at night. But the busy earth makes the night as day for others are working at night.
2. Firmament
On the second day, God created firmament or Heaven. We also have it where we enjoy seeing the clouds, seeing the blue sky, and seeing the birds fly.
3. Dry Land and Seas
On the third day, God created the earth or the dry land and seas. He put grasses, herb yielding seeds and fruit trees on it. Grasses and trees were made not just for humans but also for birds and animals. God gave us fruit trees to enjoy their fruits to eat.
He also gave us the deep blue seas. He created this for us to swim, to unwind to relax and off course an environment for the fishes to live.
4. Lights in the firmament
On the fourth day, He created lights in the firmament. He created sun as the great light to rule the day. Moon is also created as the lesser light to rule the night and stars to be twinkling at night.
The sun, moon and stars were created to give light to the world. Can you imagine our life without these lights?
5. Moving creatures
On the fifth day, God created the moving creatures. He created the birds flying in the firmament and the fishes swimming on the bodies of water. They are like us entertainer to us. They become our pet and fish becomes our food.
God said to them, be fruitful and multiply. That's the reason why we saw birds a lot. While writing this, i saw four birds outside and I hear them singing tweet, tweet, tweet.
6. Animals and human
Lastly, on the sixth day, God created the animals and human. He filled the land with different animals before creating human.
When was the human created? God created human in the sixth day of the creation week. He created us after He created everything we need.
How thankful you are to be created by our God? No words can express how thankful I am to live and witness the wonders of His love.
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Hand washing
*Hello dear readers and writers, how was your day? I'm sure most of you are having their day off or rest day today. A day with family or friends to enjoy together.*
Hand washing
I think I dont need to define what is hand washing because I know that we already know it. But might be you could ask why I write an article with a title like this. Last week my son's activity or module talked about *How do I make myself clean?*
Hand washing is one of its focus. Students need to perform the proper hand washing. Do we already knew it? For sure yes, but sometimes we can forget to remind or inform our children to do so when needed.
After having that module and activity, there are times that my son do remind me to wash my hands first especially when we are about to eat. That's a good start. Children reminding their parents or siblings to wash hands is a sign that they will do it to themselves too.
We all know that proper hand washing involves in wetting our hands, put some soap, scrubbing or rubbing it many times (Others will sing a happy birthday song before its done) then rinsing it with clean water and dry it with air dryer or dry clean cloth.
When to wash hands
During this time of crisis, this time of pandemic, washing our hands has become a routine made almost everytime we have a transaction. Washing hands has become so much important than before. If washing our hands cannot be done, then we have to use sanitizer or alcohol to disinfect our hands.
When to wash hands? I will list some activities that washing our hands is so important. This activities applies both for children and adult.
**Before and after eating**
**After using the toilet**
**When you are sick or visited a sick person**
**After handling animals**
**After playing outside (for kids)**
**When spending time with babies**
**Before and after eating**
Washing our hands is very needed before eating. This is one way of making our hands clean before holding some thing or food.
Sometimes I became angry with my son because he keeps on cleaning his hands by rubbing it to his shirt while eating. When I ask him why he did it,because my hand is dirty or wet. Then, i told him to wash it after eating
**After using the toilet**
Washing hands after using the toilet is also is a must. Toilet is a place where we commonly release the dirt from our body through urinating and having poop, so, don't forget to wash your hands after doing it.
**When you are sick or visited a sick person**
When you are sick or visited a sick person make it also a habit to wash your hands so you make yourselves and others safe from passing or acquiring the virus or bacteria. This is very common when the pandemic strikes and even until these days.
**After handling animals**
Nowadays, most people love to take care animals as their pet like cats and most commonly dogs. Even children wants to have their own pet. They even let their pets sleep with them on their rooms.
Let us also remind ourselves to wash our hands after handling them. Might be some of their hair is in our hands. So, washing hands will be a good practice.
**After playing outside**
Kids do love playing outside. Playing basketball, riding a bike, riding a scooter, playing their toys with the sand and si many more to mention. Some parents are playing with their kids too. Parents, always remind your kids to wash hands after playing and off course wash your hands too.
**When spending time with babies**
Washing hands before spending time with babies is an instruction not just of kids but for every member of the family who loves to kiss, to touch and to talk to the baby most of the time.
**Washing hands is now an essential part of our daily living. Make it a habit to wash your hands.**
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Rest day
Hello noise friends, how are you? I am inactive for a day because I had my rest day.
Do you have a rest day too? Do you need a rest day? or do you want a rest day?
Rest day is necessary
If you are employed, their should be atleast one day rest in a week. It's an employees' right, right? Do you have your rest day? Or your company didn't allow you to rest? Or might be you are still working because you have to finished some backlogs, or might be just want to earn an additional one day and a 30% salary.
I am employed for 8 years before I become a housewife and a full time mom. When I was still working, I really take my rest day. When Friday comes, I really happy and excited that the day will end because tomorrow will be my rest day. Do you feel that kind of feeling too? That we are so excited to have our rest day.
House wife and full time mom
Most house wife and full time moms dont have rest day as we commonly says. We are in the house taking care of the baby and the kids, cooking, cleaning the house, washing the dishes and doing the laundry. To add also, we are using our little free time in hustling to have some income like blogging or engaging in online selling. Sometimes we wanted to sleep but we choose to be in noise.cash or read.cash so we can earn some and we will have our own earnings to save, to buy some needed things or to contribute in our finances.
Deep inside we really want to have some rest, and rest is really necessary. Our body is not a robot, we could feel tired and weary.
**Let's give our self a day of rest.**
Saturday is my rest day
I am inactive both in read.cash and noise.cash every Friday afternoon until Saturday because I am having my rest day. Saturday is a day of rest for me.
**Rest Physically**
Every Friday evening until Saturday, I am so happy because I will have my rest day. It doesn't mean that I won't cook or wash the dishes, because I still do. But what I am looking forward into it?
**I can sleep early.** Yes! I can sleep early because I never open my data, I never use my cellphone unless it is needed for text and call.
**I can let my eyes rest.** Since I never use my cellphone, this is also a time of rest for my eyes.
**I wont do the laundry.** I am doing the laundry any day of the week except Saturday.
**Rest day from work, when employed.** When I was employed before, I also choose Saturday as my rest day and fortunately the company allows and accepted my request.
Restore Spiritually
I am not having an ordinary rest day because I am having a Sabbath rest. If our creator rested, then we, the creation should rest too. We knew that God didn't become weary in creating the world for 6 days but He set as an example for us that we really need to have a rest.
I am also spending my rest day to enrich my soul by listening to God's word and singing praises for Him (even though I am not good in singing and out of tone).
Ending thoughts
I am enjoying my rest day and thankful that God gave us a day of rest. I am blessed to have rested on Sabbath day.
May you enjoy your rest day too.
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