Tiwala

Tiwala.
Isa sa mga bagay na kapag nawala, mahirap nang ibalik.
Kapag nasira, mahirap nang ayusin.
Kapag di inalagaan, mahirap nang balikan.

Tiwala.
Ang buhay natin ay naka-ankla sa tiwala. Sa araw-araw, nananaig ang tiwala.
Sa pagising sa umaga, nagtitiwala ka na sisikat ang araw, nagagalaw mo pa ang iyong katawan, hindi ka niloloko ng orasan, at hindi ka ginu-good time ng kalendaryo.
Sa pag-galaw, nagtitiwala ka na hindi ka lalamunin bigla ng lupa, o di naman kaya't guguho ang pasilyong nilalakaran mo.
Sa pagkain, nagtitiwala ka sa nagluto na hindi niya nilagyan ng Dora rat killer ang corned beef mo sa agahan.
Sa pakikisalamuha sa kapwa, mahalaga ang tiwala.
Nagtitiwala ka na nagsasabi ng totoo ang kausap mo, na hindi ka niya binabarbero o niloloko, na wala siyang tinatago sa iyo.
Nagtitiwala ka sa driver ng jeep o MRT na hindi ka niya ipapahamak o ilalagay sa aksidente o disgrasya.
Nagtitiwala ka sa guro na tama at too ang tinuturo niya.
Nagtitiwala ka sa magulang mo, sa mga nakatataas sa iyo, na ang bawat desisyon ay para sa iyong kapakanan.
At higit sa lahat, nagtitiwala ka sa Diyos na sa pagsikat hanggang sa paglubog ng araw at kahit na sa pagsapit ng dilim ay mahal ka niya at lagi ka niyang pinapatnubayan at ginagabayan.

Tiwala.
Ang tawag sa taong walang tiwala sa sarili ay praning. Sa ingles, paranoid.
Hindi nagtitiwala, walang tiwala, hindi madaling magtiwala.
Gusto niya siya palagi ang may hawak ng situwasyon.
Kung pumalpak, may "Plan B" agad.
Dapat alinsunod sa plano, alinsunod sa sukat, tugma, wasto, dapat lapat.
Lahat maayos, lahat nasa lugar.
Bawal ang wala sa hulog.
Hindi pwede ang basta-basta.

Tiwala.
Ang tawag naman sa taong sobra ang tiwala sa sarili at kampante. Sa ingles, overconfident, self-assured.
Sobra at madalas ay naguumapaw ang tiwala sa sarili.
Lahat kaya, kaya lahat.
Walang imposible. Walang hambalang sa plano.
Hawak man ang situwasyon o hindi, banat lang nang banat.
Walang problema kung pumalya. Laban lang. Sugod pa rin.
Di na bale kung wala sa plano, o kahit walang plano.
Strike anywhere. Who cares?
You only live once. Ito na yun at wala nang iba pa.

Tila lahat tayo may taglay na kapraningan at kakampantehan sa buhay.
Marahil bahagi ng buhay natin ang may tiwala at minsan ay wala.

Tiwala.
Sino ba ang mga pinagkakatiwalaan natin?
Kanino ba tayo nagtitiwala?
Bakit tayo nagtitiwala?
Hanggang saan ang ting tiwala?
Sa pagiging kampante, bakit madaling magtiwala?
Paano naudok na magtiwala sa sarili?
Paano lumakas ang tiwala?
At sa mga ka-praningan ng buhay, bakit hindi madaling magtiwala?
Bakit nasira ang tiwala?
Sino ang sumira ng tiwala?
At kailan ka handang magtiwala muli?

Kevin Luther C. Crisostomo

4 June 2k12

Mount Peace, Baguio City

8 Day Pre-Diaconal Retreat

AM+DG

Isang Paalala

brader... tama na facebook, twitter, at bbm...
basa na.

On Discernment (Part 5 of ?)

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i just got the news that my high school and college classmate-cum-best buddy passed the bar examination and is now a full-pledged lawyer.

on my way to dinner this evening, i found myself delivering the following litany to a fellow seminarian:
"grabe ang mga kaklase ko. malayo na narating nila. may mga naging pari na, may lawyer na, may mga magagaling na professor at teacher, may best selling author pa nga. at ako? eto... nagigitara lang sa misa."

i was honestly expecting some sympathy from him, but instead i got this line from him:
"kuya, remember... great airplanes need long runways."

On Celibacy (Part 2 of ?)

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"Sa bawat isang pinipili, may isang libong ibang tinatangihan."

- from the movie "Unofficially Yours"

Happy Birthday, Preacher in Basketball Shoes!

birthday weekend has never been this fattening (at sambokojin, eastwood)

that's not my birthday cake. hahaha! (at national shrine of our lady of guadalupe)

with mama, quakie, nanny, and aunts (at chicken bon chon katipunan)

TIMEOUT: Rickroll'd

an ateneo student "rick-rolled" his history paper. i almost did this in one of those epistemology outlines in college. and i'm very tempted to make one soon. hahahaha!

On Discernment (Part 4 of ?)

"Decide has the same suffix as suicide, pesticide, and insecticide. When you decide, you kill all other options and decide on just one."

- Choncho Sanchez

(from Explorations in Individual and Family Resilience class)

On Celibacy (Part 1 of ?)

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Love in Celibate life can be compared to the wheels of a bicycle. 
They are not together but they both rotate and run simultaneously.

TIMEOUT: Ang Poong Nazareno at ang Buhay Kampante

photo by fr. jeff manlapig

today is WORLD DAY OF ASSURANCE AND CONFIDENCE.
in filipino, PAMBANSANG ARAW NG MGA KAMPANTE.

let us imitate jesus, the black nazarene, who carried the weight of the cross with much confidence in the spirit of the father that strengthens him!


VIVA SENOR!
MABUHAY ANG MGA KAMPANTE!

A Collection of Quotable Quotes from Canon Law class

Kindness has converted more people than zeal, eloquence, and knowledge.

God does not create something He does not delight in.

Sometimes, it is better to be kind than to be correct.

If God called you, who are they to reject you?

To love is not a sin. It is the lack of love that is sinful!

TIMEOUT: HUDAS

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hindi na pala ex-sem, x-men, o dating taga-loob ang tawag sa mga former seminarians ngayon.

HUDAS na.
hukbo ng mga dating seminarista.
tara na, mga HUDAS!
balik na rin kayo ng seminaryo!

TIMEOUT: Niluto sa sariling mantika

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nangyari na rin sa akin yan noon.
bina-blog ang lahat ng kadramahan sa aking buhay.
kaya lang, yung readers ng blog ko ay interesado rin pala sa aking buhay.
bakit? wala lang. trip lang nila.
dahil dun, naranasan kong maluto sa sarili kong mantika.
kaya para safe, ganito na lang.

TIMEOUT: Latin

when i had my latin class in the minor seminary, we were only allowed to make three mistakes during oral recitation:
strike one, you remain standing until you get the right answer.
strike two, you stand at the back of the room.
strike three, you stand at the door of the classroom.
on your fourth mistake, you're out of the classroom!
 
life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
there will be mistakes and mishaps.
in the end, it's the thought that counts.
happy new year!

On Discernment (Part 3 of ?)

TANDAAN: Hindi tinatae ang pera at hindi ito tumutubo sa mga puno. 
Pag-isipan bago gumastos.

On Discernment (Part 2 of ?)

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"as a rule, MAN IS A FOOL.

when it's hot, he wants it cool.

when it's cool, he wants it hot.

ALWAYS WANTING WHAT IS NOT."

TIMEOUT: 8%

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saw this on facebook... and reposted it. hahahaha

92% of people who see and read this will not have the guts to repost it.

When Goku died in the explosion that Cell tried to destroy the Earth with, he did it for you and me. If you're not ashamed to love Goku, post this as your status and show everyone. Thank you, Goku. I lifted up my arms for the Spirit Bomb every time you asked for my energy.

On Positive Thinking

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every bad situation will have something positive.
remember:
even a broken clock shows the correct time twice a day,
even if it's wrong in 1,438 other times.

What are you going to do?

 

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On Discernment (Part 1 of ?)

"if your head tells one thing and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, decide first whether you have a better head or a better heart."

- albert einstein (1879-1955)

TIMEOUT: A Postscript on Pacquiao-Marquez III

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“The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible”

- Bertrand Russell