Lemurian Cogitations
Optimize Your Day With Optimism
One time I was in the bank doing some transactions and the teller asked me “How are you today, Sir?” I replied, “Great!” and the teller looked at me and seemed pleasantly surprised at my answer. She said, “Normally, other people would just say ‘fine’ or ‘I’m good’ but I’m glad to hear you reply ‘Great!’”
I told her that I believe that should be the consistent way to answer the query because indeed every day is a great day to be alive. We just have to count the blessings we receive each day and we can’t help but be optimistic in seeing that our blessings will always outweigh our difficulties.
I even went on to tell her that if you happen to be on the receiving end and someone answers you with “Great! And how about you?” the standard answer should then be a resounding “Great, too! Never been better!”
Growing Old … Gracefully
| Note: This article was originally written in 2009. The grandchild that I was anticipating at the time is now on her 3rd year and I now have a second "apo". -- Boogie |
The title for this article occured to me while my wife Queenie and I were shopping at our regular supermarket. As was our custom, while she went about checking her list and we zigzagged through the different shelves and product lanes, I was pushing our cart and keeping tab of the running total. I enjoyed the mental exercise and even during times when we had a calculator, I would prefer to run the totals through my head as a form of cerebral calisthenics.
The Papaya is a Star Fruit
The popular papaya has been called by many names but I think the one that gives it the best honor is its title as "fruit of the angels". Christopher Columbus, who is referred to in history as the first European to reach America in 1492, is said to have given this monicker to the much-loved fruit. Aside from being called this by Columbus, the papaya has many great qualities that I believe makes it qualified to be a star fruit.
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Our Growing Family
This morning as I was placing a sticker at the rear windshield of our car I realized how truly blessed we are to have a growing family. I remember how Queenie and I started in 1984 when we got married. When we joined Couples for Christ in 1990, we only had two children then, AJ and Teng, aged 5 and 2.
Later on our two other children came, Janni and Chinggay. In our desire to attend our CFC activities, we would tag them along in our prayer meetings, teachings, prayer assemblies, and even out of town weekend retreats. Even when we started to serve the community, we would bring along our kids at times when there was no one we could leave them with. When we first served at a marriage enrichment retreat in Antipolo in 1993, we brought along our kids, all three of them at the time. And when Chinggay came in 1994, subsequent faraway mission trips saw them with us, in Bataan and Cagayan way up north.
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