Faith, Hope, and Love When I was in elementary, one of my teachers gave me a spiritual booklet about love. There, I've known what the Bible says about Love. I memorized I Corinthians 13 verses 1-13. At the last verse is this: *"And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."* Yes, for sure, love is the greatest. But it still makes me wonder, why do these three remain. What do we call them? Are they virtues or characters? Sure, they are,…
Leave of Absence When I graduated in 2009, I was one of those fortunate enough to land a job right after my graduation. It was not my dream job, but it was okay to start my "working adult" journey. I stayed there for 2 years without knowing what would happen to me. When I got the opportunity to become a teacher, I grabbed it, and the rest, they say, is history. I've been employed in the institution for a total of 10 years last June. I had little idea of how it is like to…
Why worry? I am a worrier. I tend to worry about the future, about what might happen, about my career and life choices, about my future family, about my finances, almost about everything. I always worry about tomorrow that sometimes I neglect to be in the moment. I realized that I am really a worrier because when I submitted my application to the scholarship program, I worry about the consequences of it - having to give up my full-time job because it will not be favorable to…
How do you respond to "I love you."? How do you respond when your life partner tells you "I love you."? I have here four most common responses: **A. I love you, too.** **B. I love you more.** **C. Thank you.** **D. I love you, always.** In this article, I will discuss what these replies mean only based on my knowledge. Disclaimer: I am not telling you that how I interpret these replies means the same to your other half. But, I'm still sharing it anyway. **A. I love you,…
________ is equal to an "I love you". The last article I wrote was about how to respond to an I love you... There, I've discussed 4 common responses most people utter when someone tells them that they love them. Here, I will try to put myself on the side of the one who utters the word, or more than the utterance - how a person shows love in many different ways. Here's a list of how people tell that they love you even without them telling. "How's your day?" is equal to an "I…
Doubt your doubts. If there's one word that would encapsulate what describes my life right now is the word doubt. Sure, I've been talking about faith, hope, and love... but I am also diving into a sense of uncertainty. Does this mean that I have no faith? No, not at all. Here's why: I've mentioned before that I am a worrier and an over-thinker. I tend to think about the possible consequences of whatever decision I will be making. I would like to see myself as a…
Why it pays to wait... At the brink of technology nowadays, people tend to be impatient. Why? Because we want our questions to be answered by Google right away. When we want to send a message to a loved one who is living in another part of the country or in another country, we can just get out phones, connect to the internet, and voila! make a call or even a video call. When the connection's lagging, we tend to get angry. Am I right? To give you an overview, I will try to…
Loving the Unlovable Would you agree if I tell you that it's easy to love someone if you know that he/she loves you in return? I think of us would agree that it's easy as ABC or 123, it's like breathing in and out, it's normal, it's natural... there's nothing too difficult in doing it. But have you ever thought of the kind of love that is defined as the greatest? If loving someone who loves us in return is too easy to do, will we be given credit for doing it? Sure, yeah. But…
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