Hi friends! Awesome abundance is in the air. Prashanti Alluri of Happiness Inn nominated me for the 3.2.1. Quote Me Challenge.
Prashanti’s blog says it all. It spells happiness all over! Thanks for visiting Hqppiness Inn for a happy dose of goodness, inner joy, peace, and all that makes your heart smile!
Rules 😃
1. Thank the selector
2. Post 2 quotes for the dedicated Topic of the Day
3. Select 3 bloggers to take part in 3.2.1. Quote Me!
Quote 1
Quote 2
My Nominees 😃
1. happytonic
2. sunniesmybunnies
3. happyact
Like I shared in my previous post (July 27), as for my journey, what you see is what you get. Authenticity is my core.
Does that strike a chord in you? Would love to hear how Authenticity resonates with you and impacts your life too.
Thanks again friends for sharing my joy and gratitude! Sending you all much love and inspiration! ❤️
Yes, friends, let’s celebrate! Meet Big Brother Matthew of jesusluvsall! FAITH and SERVICE are his top passions and contributions to our world. His blog is a solid testament to how good, how awesome, how loving God is!
I humbly thank you, Matthew, for your vote of confidence. As an infant blogger (I just started my blog last week), I’m floored with your abundance and overflowing support.
I’m overwhelmed that you gave me this huge opportunity to share this gift with others. I likewise look forward to opening more and more happy doors for our brothers and sisters in our blogging family.
So to our entire WP Community, I raise my glass to you. CHEERS!
Rules 😊
Thank the blogger who nominated you and use the Liebster Award logo
Share 11 facts about yourself
Answer the 11 questions the blogger asked you
Nominate 11 bloggers and ask them 11 questions
Notify your 11 nominees
11 Facts about Me 😊
With me, what you see is what you get. Authenticity is my core.
I love the Zen life. Simplicity, focus, mindfulness, minimalism, and prioritization are what keep me balanced.
As for personality types (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), I’m an INFJ.
I love to travel and yet my favorite space is in my inner world. Just to remind you, I’m an INFJ.
I can be quite fun, interesting, and engaging in social situations, and yet I need loads of personal time to recharge. Oh yeah, have I highlighted it enough? I’m an INFJ haha!
I’ve devoted over 20 years to training participants with a special focus on Communication, Values & Attitudes, Customer Service, and Sales.
I took a brief break from work as a Corporate Training Consultant when I was asked by my nephrologist to relax and take things easy during special treatment.
2018 changed my life forever. That’s when I was diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy. In retrospect, I needed that significant pause in my journey to reassess what really matters in my life. To embrace who really matter in my life.
I love my family super and forever! My Daddy is already in Heaven and he is powerfully loving, inspiring, and praying for our family to this very day. My Mommy, my sister, and my brother are ….. oh they’re special … in fact, too special …. They deserve exclusive love posts in my blog.
When it comes to marriage and commitment, I believe in forever. I’m beyond gratefully blessed to have and to hold, to cherish and to treasure the love of my life. In our love story, a lifetime would not even be enough to love each other.
I love God so deeply, so profoundly. I love sharing His Love for all of us so passionately, so purposefully. That’s the main message of my life. After all, God is Love. And ultimately, IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE. IT’S ALL ABOUT GOD.
Matthew’s Questions For Me 😊
1.What is your blog about?
IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE. The title says it all. I wish to celebrate the various colors and textures, rhythm and melodies, words and punctuation marks, heights and depths, sights and scents, moods and tones … everything that is love.
2.What is your favorite season and why?
Summer has always been close to my heart. Many “come alive” during this season with excitement, inspiration, action, adventure, and loads of fun!
3.What is your favorite food or foods?
Viva Italia! Pasta, pizza, truffles, carbonara, risotto, lasagna, polenta, focaccia, oh I could go on …. Although I better stop …. My tastebuds are going crazy already haha!
4.Have you traveled out of your country before? If so, where?
I love traveling since it helps me appreciate God’s awesome creation with the rest of His awesome creation! Travel becomes a sweeter gift with airline travel privileges. Some places visited: Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
5.What is your favorite place to unwind?
Being an INFJ at heart, I love to relax in my head … in my own sacred space and time.
6.What kind of music do you like?
I love Christian worship music, both the soothing melodies and the upbeat victorious praise music.
7.If I were to visit your city, where should I go?
Since I live in the Philippines, which has 7,107 islands, I’d definitely showcase our breathtaking beaches with pristine powder white sands, an interplay of blue, green, and aqua waters, paradisiacal lagoons, limestone cliffs, interesting rock formations, and so much more.
8.What is/are your favorite movies or movies?
I am a big fan of action, adventure, and espionage films.
9.What is a book you recently read that you recommend?
If I were to read and recommend one book, the defining book in my life would be the Bible. It speaks volumes. And its message is the only one that stands the test of time: PERFECT LOVE FROM OUR PERFECT GOD.
10.What is your favorite holiday and why?
CHRISTMAS! It’s All About Love! Need I say more?
11.What famous person would you like to meet and why?
I have been most blessed in my faith journey with the messages of Joel Osteen (who speaks to my heart) and Joyce Meyer (who speaks to my head). Would love to embrace them both physically and spiritually!
My Questions For My Nominees 😊
1.How did you fall in love with blogging?
2.What’s your most memorable blog post?
3.If you could go back in time, what would you do?
4.What advice would you give your “younger self”?
5.If you could travel to the future, what would you do?
6.What advice would you give with your “older self”?
7.What do you consider your Mission Impossible which eventually turned out to be your Mission Possible?
8.On a daily basis, how do you recharge?
9.How do you stay inspired to blog?
10.In addition to blogging, what’s your greatest passion?
11.If you were to publish your last blog post, what would be your message?
To blog or not to blog…. that was my question…. I’m sure that not even Shakespeare could’ve helped me with that one haha! I had to do my own homework. I had to do my own soul searching. I needed to have a conference with myself and ask the question that never escaped my heart nor my head. I dug deep into my core to know the very reason, the very motivation, the very inspiration that resonated with my desire to blog in the first place.
And so the movie in my mind began. My inner dialogue unfolded.
“I’m going to start writing down my thoughts. Hmmm, really? Is that a wise thing to do? Yes, surely I’ll gain a much clearer perspective when I see my musings crystallized on paper. Oh, but is that a safe action to take? Wouldn’t that be exposing my passion and pain, my joys and tears , my sunshine and rain, my yin and yang, my hopes and fears, my inclinations and biases, my thoughts and feelings, my insights and ruminations, my heart and head, my very being? Ahhh oh wow, how liberating, how empowering! But then whoa, how revealing, how daunting! Most especially if I ever get subjected to brutal criticism. Sigh.”
I used to struggle. I used to wrestle with that question. I used to second-guess myself. In different moments of my life, I attempted to wear different hats, thinking that the more viewpoints I entertained, the faster it would be for me to arrive at the optimal decision. It became a boxing match between my heart and my head, my head and my heart.
Then came that defining moment in my life. One evening right after dinner, I took my medicines as part of my special kidney care. I silently thanked Our Heavenly Father for all His sweetest guidance and grace, His gentlest love and care. After a few minutes of prayer, I had an instant welling of inspiration to turn my laptop on and start typing. So I pressed into that golden moment and pressed the computer keys. I started pouring out my heart and soul. Although my brain was trying to snap me out of the moment, I kept on typing. I kept on pressing on, both literally and figuratively. And I was overcome with such joy, such peace.
I’ve always dreamt that the two roads in my life would meet at a blissful, serene spot in my core. That night, I cried because I knew that was the blessed moment. My heart and my head had finally embraced each other.
Today, as I am an infant blogger (Haha this is simply my second blog post!), I know that I have a long, long way to go. And I realize that as challenging as it may be, I face this new chapter in my life with brimming hope and inspiration.
I look forward to seeing more and more of life without filters. I am willing to expose my strengths and vulnerabilities in hopes of sharing my lessons learned. I am going to show up in the arena of life. I am ready to write my story, as we all have our own rich stories to tell. I am raring to go on this adventure. To share my insights that may touch a chord in the hearts of some readers. I can hardly wait to capture the photos on my head and the messages in my heart. I am so excited to authentically celebrate all of me in the varying hues and shades of the rainbow. To amplify both the beat in my heart and the song in my head.
I choose to live fully in my space in our world. I choose to respectfully journal my significant moments and thoughts in life. I choose to leave my legacy of love.
Once upon a time, my heart said yes. And my head said no.
Well, now we all know the “happy ending” to this lovely, interesting crossroad. ❤️
Have you ever felt that you were spinning in your head with the next item on your To Do List? Have you ever been swamped with so much work that you didn’t even know how to actually begin? Have you ever been startled by your alarm ringer on your smart phone that you pressed snooze and defiantly curled up in bed? Have you ever been caught in a horrendous traffic jam to the point of getting all antsy and critical spotting all the negatives on the road? Have you ever been barraged with so many texts, missed calls, tweets, and notifications that you wished you could put your phone on silent mode for a century or even throw it out of the window? Have you simply been overwhelmed with today’s unending expectations and demands on you from your family, your relatives, your friends, your colleagues, your clients, your community, your state, your country, and the rest of the universe, oh yes, and social media too?
I have come across a number of days like that in my life. Especially since I have consistently been passionate about loving life and building up others. Making the most out of my life experiences. Striving to bring out the best in others.
As a corporate trainer and training consultant through the years, I’ve partnered with clients to help them uphold their corporate vision and mission statements. We’ve worked on aligning their corporate values with measurable performance goals. We’ve aimed at translating these into professional proactive service behaviors in the line. The task at hand was gigantic, to say the least. And yet, the psychic rewards were beyond compare.
In the corporate arena, I sought to show up every day as my authentic, empathetic, and passionate self.
I would go beyond the lesson plan or process design of each training session I conducted. Sure, my main goal was to meet the terminal objectives set out specifically for the programs. Although candidly, I went beyond. I always loved to go beyond. I wanted to have those add-on lessons of professionalism, personal excellence, respect, care, and love.
In the same vein that many of us can relate to constantly pressing toward excellence in all our chosen fields and passions, many of us have also been saddled with days of media overstimulation and 24/7 demands set upon us by others who likewise want to live life to the fullest.
But what does “living life to the fullest” really mean? What are the standards of measurement? Can it even be quantified through a formula? Are there specific signposts that let you know you’re on the right track?
For many of us today, life has become a non-stop race for success even as one races exclusively with oneself. Life has become a theme park’s most challenging and heart-pounding ride. Life has become a series of exhilarating adventures. Life has become a TV reality show that exposes one’s strengths and vulnerabilities.
And although action and adventure are certified blockbusters in the film industry, there are moments in life that one simply becomes greater with that much needed pause. Yes that seemingly enigmatic moment that escapes the modern man. Time to reflect, to instrospect, to evaluate, to recalculate, to recalibrate, to recharge, to reimagine, to redesign, to rebuild, to rebrand.
For it is only in that sacred space, that personal zone, that Zen mindfulness that one can truly internalize the depth and width, the total circumference of one’s rich meaningful life and even more so, one’s impact on the rest of life itself.
And when one looks within, one hears his heartbeat and feels the pulsating rhythm. He rediscovers his enormous capacity to love. He sees his journey through fresh eyes of awe and wonder. He embraces his commitment to grow. He is reminded that life is filled with infinite possibilities. He is refreshed with renewed vigor, hope, faith, humanness, love.
He is ready to live again. He is inspired to connect with himself and the rest of the world. He is awakened to the bold truth that in this mystery and gift of life, he always has a choice. And he chooses LOVE. ❤️
IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE 