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Slippers When I reached the age of reason, how I wished that my feet will slip on a pair of beautiful slippers that was a fad at that time. I have seen many walking joyously and proud to have those pair. My wish was only a wish for we could not afford it. All my mother would say "as long you are not in barefoot its okay". But there are times I don't have to slip on my feet for my mother could not immediately replace the worn-out slippers due to financial reason so, I have to go out in the house for an errand in a nearby store barefooted. To be in that situation is something to be ashamed of, why to be in bare feet while others have something in their feet. Aside from that, it is not easy, the burning heat of asphalt of the road so painful in my delicate skin, something a child could not endure. Sometimes I could step on thorns and have a cracked heels. The foremost is getting parasites out of the soil. That is why most children have bloated stomachs for there are children even they have slippers won't wear it especially the younger ones. Sometimes, I ask myself why we are poor while the others have everything in their grasp. Well provided when it comes to material needs in their bodies. While me, just a pair of slippers is so difficult to obtain. As we grow and went to school, we were already provided with shoes and slippers, and how my mama stretch her meager salary just to be fair with us all siblings, to have each pair of shoes and slippers. The sizes are in 1 inch bigger than the real size of our feet, to give an allowance, a room for growing of our feet, for she calculates that it could still be used for the next year. She made it right for the shoes is still new, never worn because slippers was usually used in going to school. All the school children at that time uses slippers than shoes, for it is easy to slip on and comfy, and during on children's play slippers are of great use. There are many games could be created with slippers. The shoes will be only use during scouting and any special activities in the school or graduation time. When high school begin, is the beginning of awakening. I am now again awake of how poor we are, for the slippers were no longer the trend, it is the shoes. I have shoes but when compared with the others mine is outdated, out of fashion, and being young inferiority is inevitable. I begin to develop an insecurity complex, thus, I'm easily be intimidated by others, losing self confidence and self-esteem. Then I remembered the time, I am asking my mother the beautiful slippers which we cannot afford. Remembering her words "as long as you are not in bare foot it is okay", and I as look around I am not alone, there are many of us on the same situation. So, I am back to reality and tell myself I am here to study not to show what I cannot have, but to take whatever knowledge and wisdom a school could give. The slippers are the reminder, the poking rod on my head to strive in my studies, to be good and must graduate if not in honors but with presentable grades, for it is my ticket to land a good job. In the last semester of my course, my mind was already wandering where to find a job, to whom will I go for help, for I am confident to pass the semester and be able to graduate making my mother proud of me. The rest is history, thank God I have made it, and I am already the one providing my mother her needs be it medicines, slippers, shoes, birthday celebrations, anything that I could show my gratitude for the hard and struggling years of taking care for all of us. Today recalling those days of wanting a beautiful slipper makes me smiled. Having an ipanema, havaianas and grenhda slippers is not the ultimate joy and to be proud of, it is no longer my wants in life. As I mature, I realize that things are just a paraphernalia that the happiness it gives is passing, short live, and not everlasting. The ultimate happiness is, is sharing our blessings, of giving slipper to those who needs most and I have done it, not physically because of time constraint but financially. It is our high school batch project that I love most among the many projects. At this time of pandemic it was put on hold, maybe when our life will be back to normal we will resume. It is a nice feeling to be able to share and help to those who really needs help, the rightful beneficiary.

Security We are now in the age of high technology, in a world that communication is fast. Conferences and conversation in a virtual application, wherein no actual face to face and cleared interaction be done within the confines of your homes or place safe from the harm of virus. Banking would be easy to those who used online banking without the hassles of going out thus making you secured from bad elements that might hold you up along the way. Shopping will be easy through on line without the risk of forgetting or dropping your wallet in supermarkets and avoid the chance of spending beyond your budget. Education will be online to prevent of contamination from virus thus securing the lives of the students and educators. But how secured are we in this technology? Many deposits were hacked by hackers leaving behind helpless depositors. The goods delivered via on line were defected and spoiled. How assured are we that learning through on line is effective as the same with face to face?

The vows we utter is not just for the sake of fulfilling the ceremony but it is our bond, to hold on it times of conflicts and misunderstanding.

I love you, it is not of what you are but what I am when I'm with you.

When still young man easily fall for outside beauty but when become matured now looking for an inner beauty.

I observed women of today marry not out of love but for security.

The world is round, a stick is long, a knife is sharp and love is heart.

The world is round, a stick is long, a knife is sharp and love is heart.

Point/Earnings I have read many short post complaining on freezing points or earnings. But others were delighted of increased points/earnings. With me I wonder where I belong. My points is not high but understandable because I have not done much in this platform. Yesterday and today I have not publish an article for my mind stuck. With regards to my earnings it is not fix. It increases and decreases in every minute. As I have observe the earnings goes with the value of bitcoin cash. If the value decreases and so with our earnings in dollars. I thought when that earnings posted in our wall it is as ease, only be affected of any inflation when being redeem and tranferred to our wallet. I am not that well verse in this method of cryto currency, the terms used, how it run, so many questions in my mind, so confusing. You know I am born in the old days to capture the new trend is slow in motion. But I am trying to learn and adapt of what is today. Good morning.

True love never fades even in old age. Love still sparkle in winkled skin, in gray hair and trembling hands. Stories of yesterday is endless, rewinding and continueing.

Why let go the love when later on regret of letting go. Hold on to your love, fight for it and die for it than to be in a bucket of tears.

Laughter is the best medicine to erase the tension, anxieties and other ill feelings and emotions that could put you down. But how could you laugh when your emotions is preoccupied of all the tensions, anxieties and ill feelings?

When you are fat they say you are like a pig and when a pig is fat they say that is a pig. Why do people is too harsh in comparing a man to an animal but an animal could never be compared to a man?

Do you agree with the saying that the pen is mightier than the sword?

Love is sharing, caring and understanding. If there is no one who cares, who shares and understand then there was no love on the first place.

Here in our place wearing a mask and a face shield is a must and I appreciate the cooperation of all the people. It just shows that people are law abiding and value their life. My salute to all of you.

Who wants to know visayan language just ask and I am willing to translate the word. I remember someone wants it sorry I just forget who it was. Don't hesitate to post your questions I am just waiting.

Health Protocols Protocols were formulated for the good of the people. It is prescribing a strict adherence to correct health standards specially today's pandemic. There are no protocols that are hazardous or disastrous. But, why then many are not abiding health protocols when in fact we are aware of how many were affected with the virus, many perish and how our economy collapse leading to hunger. We have lost so many lives especially the doctors whom we rely our health and life. Protocols of wearing mask and face shields are not heavy objects to wear, stay home is not difficult to follow since you are in your home just to stay but, why we can still see many are roaming around with no reasonable purpose and with no mask and face shield. The data given everyday of latest report on the progress of fresh cases and deaths did not scare them. If ask why not stay at home, they replied that it is better to go out than to die in hunger, the answer for those who are working. But, there are others went out because they are bored, they felt uneasy to be confined in the four walls of their home, so unreasonable. Why not just be patient for it is for their own good. Health protocols must be followed for us to survive and for the government to move on and recover our economy.

Money Money is part of our daily existence. Our life depends on money, we could not live without money. Everything has to be bought but there are things that money can't buy. Money can buy bed but it can't buy sleep. Even how beautifully carved a bed, how bouncy and soft the matress is but the eyes are wide awake because the brain is not at rest of so much pondering, deep in thought solving the everyday struggles in life, the strategies in order to survive the hardships of everyday living. Those are like a stick poking on its eyelids refraining its eyes to close, to have a sound sleep. The only alternative is sleeping pills in which money can buy but the sleep it gives is not natural, making a person to be drug dependent. The real sleep of a man is when his mind is free from anything that can distract him. A mind that is at rest, problem free and thoughtless. Money can buy food but it can't buy satisfaction. With money man could buy delicious foods, indulge with it until to a man's satisfaction and fullness. But the satisfaction is just temporary, for the food undergoes to a certain process in the body, goes to the large intestine then eliminated by way of waste of the body. Then, back again in the beginning eating everthing that money could buy the real satisfaction of hunger was not obtained. For satisfaction of a man is not food. It just gives the wants of the stomach but did not give the full satisfaction of a person's three parts which is the mind, body and soul. Money can buy all your wants but it cannot buy happiness. Whatever a man wants in life he could have it with money, the signature bags, clothes, jewelries and other embellishment in the body, that enhance the whole persona. It gives happiness, an aura of transformation, a feeling of great gratification, but short live. The happiness is temporary not everlasting. The happiness will gone when all those wants bought fades, became outdated and no longer admired for it was almost seen and became a sore in the eyes. The real happiness of a man cannot be bought because it came from the heart, a contented heart. A heart whose not choosy or picky, but contented and satisfied whatevet lay down. Money can buy jokes but cannot buy a heartily laughter. Anyone could hire a magicians, the best joker, the great clown to make the crowd laugh, move the crowd into a boisterous laughter. How instant the laughter, is the same instant it stops when the hired joker and clown will walk away after being paid leaving the crowd again in the state of loneliness. For the laughter they have is temporary it does not live in the heart, since those were artificial laughter from an artificial act of the clown and joker. A great and heartily laughter when we are with our family and friends bonding togethet, sharing and listening simple stories and events, where everyone were attentive and enjoy each others company, joking and teasing lovingly. Money can buy a house but cannot buy a home. Anyone could buy a house if he has a money but it cannot be called a home. An empty house will never be called a home. A house must be filled with parents and children to be called a home. But a home could never be bought, for a family could not be bought in the market. It has to be found and built by two individuals. And most of all money can't buy love. A love could not be found in vending machine and be bought. It will just come into your heart. It is feeling that no one could dictate to feel such emotions. A bought love is not everlasting, it will fly and escape if find a way. A true love is given freely and eternal. Will live with or without money, will stand with the test of time, will sacrifice and hold on whatever storms tbat comes on the way. Money is essential on our daily lives but not all can be bought with money. We must weigh things first before taking into actions because money has its pros and cons.

We will only know the value of a thing when it is lost. Each thing even how little and each one of us has a value and we are priceless.

Good morning to all. Yesterday I was really blessed by God. I won the tournament for beginners. Being a champion is a great accomplishment for me even it is not a professional game with a small amount of prize. It doesn't matter to me what matter most is the the time and effort of practicing had paid off. Thank you God.

Mystery of Life We were born through our parents and our parents were born because of their parents and the parents were here because the parents' parents. A never ending chain of parents that goes back to the life of Adam and Eve base on the bible. As you read in the bible Adam and Eve have two sons Cain and Abel. Abel was killed by his brother Cain and left his parents. At the time Cain left them Eve bore another child name Seth. When Cain went back to his family he has already a wife. Who is the wife then, when at the time Cain left his dwelling, his sister Seth was with their parents. The main characters of the story in the bible are Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel and Seth. They were the first family in the world created by God. Is there any creation outside the garden of Eden which was omitted by the writer?

Question is a quest for truth and truth will never be a truth without question of its truthfulness.

Vendetta is revenge while bendeta is holy water.

Let me say I love you even if you don't love me for my love is pure and true.

If you compare yourself to the less fortunate your heart will be full of gladness and so thankful of God's love and outpouring blessings.

Submission To surrender oneself requires a virtue of humility, being compliant or a down to earth person. An arrogant one will never submit to someone he feels under his level or not his level. A law was created as a guide for men to live in peace, harmony and equality but still there are those who are not submissive to the law, stubborn, even use their power to evade the law, just to show that everything is possible with power. If only men are submissive to the law our world would be a peaceful place to live. Submission is not a sign of weakness but rather a sign of humbleness. It takes a great effort to be humble and to attain it, is a great achievement.

Love is the greatest conqueror of all time and the greatest conqueror of all mankind was conquered by love.

When they say "I love you" say "thank you." We must be thankful that somebody loves us even if sometimes we are not deserving to be loved.

There is no reason you can't love, use your heart not your mind.