How do you keep a journal that empowers you? After so many years of reading, doing and guiding people in personal growth exercises, my journaling methods evolved organically to include some of the most effective ones. Whenever I’m feeling down, I know I can now quickly change my state by breaking out my journal and following these [...]
Continue reading...29. October 2007
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, the holiday that has its origin in the Puritan’s tradition of giving thanks for a good harvest. The Puritans weren’t the first in this regard. Many religious and societal traditions are based in the concept of gratitude. What all these traditions may or may not have known is that [...]
Continue reading...14. February 2006
As I wrap up my 7 Days of Gratitude challenge, I’m grateful for one more thing; thanks Paiboon, for your ‘My Treasure Box‘ post, explaining just what I wanted to accomplish by doing this! I came across the idea of magical moments some time ago. We all have magical moments in our lives, that’s undoubtable. The [...]
Continue reading...14. February 2006
Today I met up with an old schoolmate of mine, we’ve known each other for nearly 9 years now and he’s one of the best friends I have. We went to the Esplanade roof-top, a cultural building just besides the river. And as we both laid there on the wooden floor, just lazing and gazing up [...]
Continue reading...13. February 2006
Oops…apologies again for being late! Been out late again Yesterday was an interesting day. I got to make a new friend recently and last night we went out for the first time. It was a new opportunity to make a friend and I’m really grateful for that, especially since one of my goals this [...]
Continue reading...12. February 2006
I apologize for being 2 hours, 40 minutes behind on the 5th day of gratitude…I’ve been out til late It was my friend Gabriel’s birthday earlier this week, and I met him today for some coffee and to pass him his birthday gift (one of my favorite books; Veronika Decides to Die). We had [...]
Continue reading...10. February 2006
Today is my brother’s birthday, and since I was staying at home, I got to watch my home lovingly prepare a wonderful dinner and cake for him. I really love my mom. She works so hard to take care of everything in the house so that the rest of us can do what we do. I don’t [...]
Continue reading...9. February 2006
This 7 Days of Gratitude is going places I never imagined. I’m typing this as it just happened, a few minutes ago. I was on my way home from the neighbourhood gym when I saw a downed motorcycle at the traffic light. I saw a few people rush over to help and so did I, and [...]
Continue reading...8. February 2006
Today has been amazing. As I was having lunch I bumped into a good friend of mine who happened to be in the area, totally unexpected and out of the blue! It was a good chance meeting, and we had lunch together with his colleague, and afterwards they taught me how to buy the lottery, which [...]
Continue reading...8. February 2006
On the 7 Days of Gratitude Challenge, I wonder if I could cheat a little and start yesterday, because I had such a wonderful day. My friends and I were meeting at the beach for a nice group dinner, but a couple decided to meet earlier for a seaside jog. I’m not that keen into running, [...]
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31. October 2007
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