My thoughts on a quiet Friday afternoon

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I wonder if anybody in this world, in this life, can or will say this about me? I often think about it. If I didn't exist in this world, like, if I've never been born, what difference would it make in the lives of those people I've met? Is there a life that became better because of me? Have I touched someone's life in a way that he/she will never forget? Have I inspired a person to move on?

Sometimes I also wonder, if it wasn't me who was born, someone else would have been born, right? My parents would have had a different child, my sisters would have had a different sister. Maybe they could even have had a brother! My friends would have had a different friend. My husband would have had a different wife. Again, what difference would it have made in their lives?

An interesting thought.

By the way, this is not a self-pity post. This is actually just me thinking out loud and wishing that someone's life had been better because I'm in it. Happy Friday everyone!

Early morning thoughts

I was listening to a podcast earlier (it's my morning ritual during my commute to the office) and the topic was about God's plans in our lives. The message really struck me kasi more often than not, I am guilty of making plans for myself and seeing to it that it comes into fruition... no matter what the cost. Pipilitin kung pipilitin. 

How many of us claim that we have Jeremiah 29:11 inscribed in our hearts?

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11 

And yet we all have these plans for ourselves and we get upset if our plans get disrupted. I admit that I can be as stubborn as hell pagdating sa mga plans ko sa buhay. And palagi, the Lord steps in and something major will come that will force me to change my route. Lagi yan. Kaya lagi rin akong parang dinadagukan sa ulo pag may mga trials akong dinadaanan. Kasi ang tigas tigas ng ulo ko. Super mega over stubborn. So for those of you who are like me, I quote this verse. 

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 19:21

It's nice to plan. It's nice to have something to look forward to. It's nice to have something to be excited about. So my prayer this morning is to plan, yes, plan for ourselves but remain open to God's will; to have faith and patiently wait on Him to fulfill His promise in our lives.

Have a nice Friday!

Realization

What will it take for a person to make his mark in the world? If one goes about his life doing nothing, thinking of no one else but himself, what will he have in the end? A life wasted. But if one lives his life touching the lives of others, inspiring them, being present, sacrificing his time and resources for others, then, isn't that a much better way to spend his life? No one makes a mark by thinking only of himself. Rather, it is measured by how much one has affected the people around him. For when one shows love and respect to others, so shall it be returned to him.

Blogging on a perfectly sunny morning...

... is the best, don't you think? :)

Random Stuff

I promised my husband that this morning will be a "sleep-all-you-can" morning and so while he's still in dreamland, I decided to be productive and make use of my alone time before we go and do our planned activities for the day. 

The truth is, I can't think of anything to write right now. I just wanted to post something before you miss me too much. Hehe.

I can't sleep last night. Slept at about 2AM. I think I had a lot of "savings" in my sleep bank the night before. 11 hours of sleep. How cool is that? And then I slept at 2AM last night and woke up at 8AM this morning. 6 hours. Not quite enough. Tsk.

I had the most enjoyable day yesterday. Woke up at 11AM, ate Sinigang for lunch, watched 2 episodes of The Big Bang Theory, watched Hocus Pocus (my favorite 90's Halloween movie), received a GREAT gift from the husband (head over to my Instagram to know what it is!), took time answering something that involves the gift, watched news, watched teleserye, ate Yellow Cab pizza for dinner, watched some more teleserye, retired to bed, watched the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries, bonded with the husband a bit, husband got sleepy, husband slept while I was left with nothing to do in bed except feel baby's active movements, bonded with Lex (he's so big and active now. I'm actually starting to feel a little less comfortable with his movements), checked my Facebook for one last time, and before I knew it, it's 2AM! So then I forced myself to sleep.

My mind is spinning. I can't seem to think straight. I have so many things to get excited about and it's all in a box inside my brain, excited over so many things at the same time. It's tiring, but the best kind, ya know?

Mostly I'm just so excited with the holidays. What with work wrapping up just a tiny bit and the holiday shopping and the Christmas songs playing and people becoming just a tad bit happier, more cheerful. It's Christmas magic, I tell ya.

And then I'm so happy with my husband's birthday gift to me. I know my birthday isn't until next month but this one will take some work before it's actually done. So excited. 

Blog plans. Have so many of 'em! Well, my life is bound to get more exciting next year with this baby boy so I hope to find the time to write about it. Fingers crossed.

I'm 29 weeks now. 11 more weeks before I meet this little one who's been bullying mommy inside. Well, baby, you can bully mommy anytime you want but please, just please, cooperate in your 3D ultrasound tomorrow, alright? I promise to give you a treat if you do. :)