Everyone has their own personality, attitude, talents, and other more. It is what makes them who they are. It is the one that gives each of us an individuality. It is what defines you as you. It can also be the reason why you are always loved by others. I am not good at giving advice but I do try, but I am mostly good at listening to other people. Listening to what they want to say. Listening to what they have been through.
Ever since in elementary, I have been always listening to my classmates, specially my best friends. They tell me what they feel of things. During group conversations, I'm not sure if my classmates now notice it, but I don't really speak that much during those times. I just like to listen a lot, pointing my eye to the one who is speaking. Some people need a shoulder to lean on and they are open. I'm just happy that it's okay for some people that they have someone to talk to. It makes me feel important. It makes me feel that I am needed and that I can actually do good for some people. Sometimes, I give them advice and sometimes I don't. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't but I am happy since even though they don't work, the same person I listened to was thankful since he or she was happy that someone was there for them.
Sometimes, it hurts a little since we will feel apart later on but it's okay since I'm happy that I was of use to them even for a little while. Maybe that's one of my specialties. Feeling okay even in the worst circumstances, by being positive of things. I don't expect them to return the favor since I'm already happy that they chose me to listen to their feelings, their problems. Besides, I sometimes can handle myself without asking for others. I'm so good at being secret, my close ones, those who can easily notice my problems, can't find out what's wrong. I am able to work out some problems on my own.
Maybe another ability I have is to separate my feelings for different people and different occasions. For example, I'm a little bit annoyed at the person because of personal issues but I change during times we have to work together. This might come out as plastic, but for me it is not. It is merely trying to put the anger in the right place and right time, and trying to forget what that guy or girl has done. Another example is that for example, I am mad at a person, I don't let the feelings affect the people surrounding him or her. I can easily turn my frown all the way around.
As you see, I have my own share of "skills" too and I'm sure other people too. God made us all different. Our imperfections make us perfect. The weakness of others may be the strengths of the other. That is one reason why we are always best as a team. We fall but someone else supports us and if they fall, we support them. This is why we always need each other to feel alive, to know why we are here, to know who we are.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
A Letter • To God, For My Parents
Dear God,
God, here is my prayer. You are the one who guides us through our everyday lives. You make sure that we are unharmed and stronger each day. I would like to be sorry for all of the things I've done. For all of the pain I have caused to my love ones. I'm sure that it wasn't my intention to do those hurtful things. Please keep on guiding us no matter what happens. Please give everyone what each other needs I would also like to thank You for the blessings that you have given to me, my friends, my family, and everyone in this world but I'm specially thankful for giving me the most amazing parents ever.
My parents have been really supporting me all these years. They have raised me well and I would want to be just like them when I grow old. I am also a little bit proud that I haven't said swear words. There were close times but I was able to change the words into other words They have accepted me for what I am. Especially when I started liking Lady Gaga. I know that Lady Gaga has a bad image for other people and I see other parents forcing their children to not like Lady Gaga but they supported me. They even watched with me Lady Gaga's iTunes Festival. They didn't get mad when my sister bought me a Lady Gaga album. I am a little bit spoiled. I always ask them to buy me this and that and most oftentimes they do because they want me to be happy but when they do say no, it's okay for me since I know that they had already bought me a lot of stuff. Those gadgets and gizmos that I'm not even able to use anymore, instead of making me use them, they try to use them so that they would not be wasted. It really makes me happy that they don't get angry. No matter what my grades are, they will be "It's fine, we know that you did your best." I remember this one time that I made very gross valentine cards for them. They were really happy about it and I'm happy that they didn't throw it away because it was sure disgusting. It was my bad handwriting plus my ugly creativity. They let me nurture my talent. My talent in instruments and other more.
God, thank You for giving the best combination of parents. My mom and dad are the perfect team. It's like perfect taste of sweet and sour. My dad usually gives us the happiness each night. He makes his face weird just for us to be happy. My mom is usually the one who manages the family. She knows what and what is not to do. They have shared their childhood and love moments that make me and my sisters chuckle each time. They have listened to each of my problems and they always tried their best to solve it. I don't say or show anything but they do know that I have a problem and they sometimes force me to tell what my problem is, and if I'm being stubborn, they just make jokes just to make me forget that problem.
So God, I really thank You for answering my prayers but I think it's time You answer their prayers. Give them what they deserve. Give them the love and care equal to the love and care they have given to me. I know You will. Give them happiness. Give them what they desire, whether it be for them, for us, for our relatives, or for anyone. God, You have given to us more than enough but please, give them what they deserve. We are the fortunate few to have this kind of family. So please, help also those in need, give to all of us Your everlasting light.
God, here is my prayer. You are the one who guides us through our everyday lives. You make sure that we are unharmed and stronger each day. I would like to be sorry for all of the things I've done. For all of the pain I have caused to my love ones. I'm sure that it wasn't my intention to do those hurtful things. Please keep on guiding us no matter what happens. Please give everyone what each other needs I would also like to thank You for the blessings that you have given to me, my friends, my family, and everyone in this world but I'm specially thankful for giving me the most amazing parents ever.
My parents have been really supporting me all these years. They have raised me well and I would want to be just like them when I grow old. I am also a little bit proud that I haven't said swear words. There were close times but I was able to change the words into other words They have accepted me for what I am. Especially when I started liking Lady Gaga. I know that Lady Gaga has a bad image for other people and I see other parents forcing their children to not like Lady Gaga but they supported me. They even watched with me Lady Gaga's iTunes Festival. They didn't get mad when my sister bought me a Lady Gaga album. I am a little bit spoiled. I always ask them to buy me this and that and most oftentimes they do because they want me to be happy but when they do say no, it's okay for me since I know that they had already bought me a lot of stuff. Those gadgets and gizmos that I'm not even able to use anymore, instead of making me use them, they try to use them so that they would not be wasted. It really makes me happy that they don't get angry. No matter what my grades are, they will be "It's fine, we know that you did your best." I remember this one time that I made very gross valentine cards for them. They were really happy about it and I'm happy that they didn't throw it away because it was sure disgusting. It was my bad handwriting plus my ugly creativity. They let me nurture my talent. My talent in instruments and other more.
God, thank You for giving the best combination of parents. My mom and dad are the perfect team. It's like perfect taste of sweet and sour. My dad usually gives us the happiness each night. He makes his face weird just for us to be happy. My mom is usually the one who manages the family. She knows what and what is not to do. They have shared their childhood and love moments that make me and my sisters chuckle each time. They have listened to each of my problems and they always tried their best to solve it. I don't say or show anything but they do know that I have a problem and they sometimes force me to tell what my problem is, and if I'm being stubborn, they just make jokes just to make me forget that problem.
So God, I really thank You for answering my prayers but I think it's time You answer their prayers. Give them what they deserve. Give them the love and care equal to the love and care they have given to me. I know You will. Give them happiness. Give them what they desire, whether it be for them, for us, for our relatives, or for anyone. God, You have given to us more than enough but please, give them what they deserve. We are the fortunate few to have this kind of family. So please, help also those in need, give to all of us Your everlasting light.
A Happy and Contented boy,
Jonaz
Friday, January 17, 2014
Box • Those Bitter Sweet Boxes
Each of us have regrets. You know you have a regret if you think, "What if?" It can be from a wrong decision or anywhere else and to be frank, I have no regrets. Maybe I do, but I like to keep them in a small box. A small box that I've kept somewhere even I don't know. A small box that I would open after I become successful in life. I would open it and then say, "What? I really did that? I'm so stupid!" I would never abandon any kind of memory, I just like to keep it inside so that I will be able to keep moving forward. Today, I have opened that box for reasons and now I would like to share to you what I saw.
Okay in that little box I saw that I opened more, no, a lot, of boxes. Some were small, some were big but they held all the same content. Okay so here it goes. I regret those times I ate too much chocolate last year, and maybe the year before that too, and maybe the year before that also. Now that I think back on it, I think that I did eat a lot of chocolates. Actually, those chocolates were from my relatives in different countries who are so very kind to give us chocolates of different varieties each year. I specially like those dark chocolate ones. Maybe as you can see, I kind of regret eating those many chocolates. I have been gaining more skin. I did try to burn those fats by dancing to Just Dance 2014 videos in YouTube and also some Lady Gaga's choreography in different songs. My family was proud of the sweat I'm giving off during those times but I guess those pumping, kicking, and moving weren't enough to get rid of them fats. I have been eating lots of healthy foods too but I guess the sweets weighed more than dancing and eating healthy.
In addition to exercises and eating healthy, I have thought of another way to avoid this pain and agony. Okay, I exaggerated but seriously, I have been thinking that if I can't stop eating them, I would just spread them in days. So that the fats I get won't be concentrated in one day so that my exercises will still be effective. Especially now, my cousins, you know the ones I've been telling you about, are actually back now in the Philippines and they did sure bring a lot of chocolates and so far, I have been doing good. Those packs and boxes of chocolate were not yet opened and I'm so proud of it. I was able to overcome this temptation of opening them. They are actually beside me right now.
We throw this boxes sometime later on after they are emptied but these memories, all of these, are kept in that small, little box in a place even I don't know. I am sure that I won't throw that box away because it is what made me to be me today. I'll keep it and then after I get my figure that I always wanted, I would re-open that box and be proud to say to everyone, "Hey, everybody! This was me, and this is me now!"
Okay in that little box I saw that I opened more, no, a lot, of boxes. Some were small, some were big but they held all the same content. Okay so here it goes. I regret those times I ate too much chocolate last year, and maybe the year before that too, and maybe the year before that also. Now that I think back on it, I think that I did eat a lot of chocolates. Actually, those chocolates were from my relatives in different countries who are so very kind to give us chocolates of different varieties each year. I specially like those dark chocolate ones. Maybe as you can see, I kind of regret eating those many chocolates. I have been gaining more skin. I did try to burn those fats by dancing to Just Dance 2014 videos in YouTube and also some Lady Gaga's choreography in different songs. My family was proud of the sweat I'm giving off during those times but I guess those pumping, kicking, and moving weren't enough to get rid of them fats. I have been eating lots of healthy foods too but I guess the sweets weighed more than dancing and eating healthy.
In addition to exercises and eating healthy, I have thought of another way to avoid this pain and agony. Okay, I exaggerated but seriously, I have been thinking that if I can't stop eating them, I would just spread them in days. So that the fats I get won't be concentrated in one day so that my exercises will still be effective. Especially now, my cousins, you know the ones I've been telling you about, are actually back now in the Philippines and they did sure bring a lot of chocolates and so far, I have been doing good. Those packs and boxes of chocolate were not yet opened and I'm so proud of it. I was able to overcome this temptation of opening them. They are actually beside me right now.
We throw this boxes sometime later on after they are emptied but these memories, all of these, are kept in that small, little box in a place even I don't know. I am sure that I won't throw that box away because it is what made me to be me today. I'll keep it and then after I get my figure that I always wanted, I would re-open that box and be proud to say to everyone, "Hey, everybody! This was me, and this is me now!"
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