Goal-Setting
Year 2009 is the onset of setting my short-term goals and fullfilling them. Let’s see how I will manage these goals and walk in every step I make towards success. Maliit man yan o malaking goal, God-willing, makakayanan ko lahat yan! Let me share to you my learnings on how to achieve a goal:
1. Decide… what your goal/s will be. Decide not later, not tomorrow but now!
2. Visualize… the outcome of your goal. It’s important to have a vision of what you like to become. Believing and having faith on you can achieve is essential.
3. Act… on your goal. How? By simply moving now!!!! They say idle hands are the devil’s workshop so stop procrastinating!
4. Be Committed… and consistent. Consider yourself as a self-disciplined person. Be strict if possible.
5. Pray… and pray and pray and pray and let God help you in achieving your goals! This is the most important thing. Seek God first and His righteousness and everthing will be given unto you. I hope you learn something. Til here! God bless to your goals! 
(P.S: I lost three pounds.. ahahaha… dala na rin ng less carbs and 10 sit ups everyday siguro and prayer of course. See, it works! weeh!!! Naeencourage tuloy ako.. hahaha :)) )
Learning the Hard Way…
“Learn the hard way!”, this was the statement of my brother to me on the telephone after our mom caught me mischievously registering in an odd website for a free-trial of a fat burner last night. Funny act of mine. True statement from my brother. The truth is, I’m starting to become conscious about my body. And when I saw a blog site advertising a fat-burner (with a believable testimony)–and with a FREE-TRIAL of fat burner– it was like an opportunity for me to try it and achieve the body I want! (laughs) “Mom, I’m almost there!”, I told my mom after canceling my registration for the shipping. “No, you have to learn the hard way!”, she repeated what my brother said and continued talking to him on the phone. After this, silence struck me and those words resonated on my thoughts.
“Yes, I have to learn the hard way!”. The greatest things were achieved not through shortcuts. Often times, the most successful people are those who did the toughest works, those who hated effortlessness. Way back on my experiences before, I was more happy on the achievements that brought sweat on my skin and tears on my eyes, than on the gains that I even did not have pains. My parents, anyway, had hard times raising their four kids and working all day long (especially my mom). My widowed grandmother did not able to send her three daughters to school and let them graduate on time if she did not work with rags as a housemaid. My brother did not enter a university here in USA and take his bachelor’s degree if he did not have sleepless nights reviewing his lessons. These are just one of the good things I learned from my family and I am so proud of it. I realized that the way to success truly is not easy. There’s no easy way, only simple ways. The best thing however is to learn the hard way.
One thing I learned from this experience is about contentment. Last night, God told me that I was having the spirit of discontentment and insecurity so I let Him take them off mine through reminding me how beautiful I am on His sight. “No, I’m not fat! I may not have that sexy body but at least I’m working out my character for God’s glory. I need to excercise and lessen my food though. hehehe. :D” (Sometimes I really do need encouragements so please encourage me! hehehe.. just don’t flatter me; I’m not seeking for compliments.).
I have several goals and I want to achieve them. How is it really to achieve your goals and hold success? One point: Learn the hard way. I am, again, called to mind to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and delight in the Lord in order for my desires be given and so that everything, as in everything, shall be added unto me… and so that even the desired weight shall be achieved. (laughs out loud 
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Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well.
