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• For the Spirit

  

  (c) Claire MadarangThe other day was my first time to roam around Binondo, Manila’s Chinatown, to celebrate the eve of Chinese New Year. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Everyone is a Hero

  

  (c) Microsoft imageI was in my childhood introduced to a number of iconic super heroes. They were once in comic books, then in cartoons and later emerged from... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Negative Potential

  

  (c) Artsem Martysiuk / photoxpress.com‘Think positive”. It is a modern way to stay motivated, to look forward with hope and to keep on going. It is almost a... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Gentle Awakening

  

  (c) Microsoft ImageAwakening is elusive, incomprehensible and complicated. It has been one of the many spiritual buzzwords discussed by religious leaders and... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Are We All Equal?

  

  (c) Microsoft image“How true is the saying ‘we are all equal’?” My friend does not ask much question, let alone philosophize. But her question has called for a... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• From Friends to Siblings to Lovers

  

  (c) Erwin Baldomar / East Digital StudioDex and Jan are a very unlikely couple. I have observed how those little details and big pictures in their relationship... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Times and Eternities

  

  (c) Microsoft image Where does our attention go nowadays? There are too many, but there are those familiar to us. We watch the newest TV shows and movies. We... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Creations, Not Obstacles

  

  (c) Microsoft ImageOn the last day of a recent retreat, me and other participants were asked by our mentor and facilitator Ms Leah Tolentino to collect some... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• A Glass of Wisdom

  

  (c) Microsoft imageWe have quite a number of various drinking glasses and mugs in our kitchen. But in the recent years, none of the glasses has ever managed to... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• The End of the Suffering World

  

  (c) Dennis Wong / Flickr.comDoomsday and dystopian themes in American movies are often blockbusters. Those arresting fictional images of global chaos suspend ou... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• What Babies Teach Us

  

  ‘Paveli’ (c) Alvin TanauanPaveli is the first baby girl in the family. My younger sister gave birth to her the exact day when I posted Return to the Inner Child... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• From Here

  

  ‘Morning’ (c) johnnyberg / stock.xchngYou are here. We read this phrase in fire exit and shopping mall maps. Getting lost inside a particular building is no... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Through the Piano

  

  Microsoft ImageWhen I was in prep school, I saw a sixth-grader playing piano in the principal’s office. Her fine fingers fell gently and swiftly like falling... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Our Many Isms

  

  Microsoft ImageIsm. This interesting suffix recently crossed my mind. Even if it is a familiar component in many words, I also noticed that if it stands by... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• On Metta

  

  Microsoft ImageWhen I began searching and studying the meaning of Love, I have always resorted to mostly theoretical sources. Psychology, philosophy and religio... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Folding, Unfolding

  

  (c) Latiche / Wikimedia CommonsI was 12 when I became hooked on origami. My ninong (godfather) taught me my first lesson, the famous origami crane, some weeks... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Creative Side

  

  Microsoft ImageAfter a talk I gave, a young lady from the audience approached me and told me how thankful she was to learn that we are in the same boat: she is ... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Elders’ Healing

  

  Microsoft ImageI enjoyed the company of older people. I sought the counsel of a priest or a nun. I chatted with librarians, janitors, security guards, drivers,... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Love Has No Opposites

  

  Life is not possible without the dynamics of opposites. There will always be up and down, left and right, hard and soft, hot and cold. This truth is true in... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Meaning of Kapwa

  

  (c) Ravenwood / stock.xchngThe Vernacular Kapwa I have always heard the meaning of kapwa, at least in vernacular, as a reference to a popular public service TV... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 COMMUNITY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS