Thursday, February 18, 2016

Finally, I bid goodbye to the Quarter life crisis.


The worst thing that can ever happen to you is this: LOSE YOURSELF. 

Don't ever lose yourself just because you failed entirely to be the person for everybody. Do not dare to be a celebrity and smile to almost every stranger, win their YES (for now) and be famous (otherwise be infamous). 

You know by heart that it is not the entire page of what life is really about. 

I am hoping you are not living for anybody. So as humbly crossing my fingers that you are now living for yourself and how you envision your life at thirty. Thirty may seem too far but trust me, four more years and you are officially part of the club. Both of us will be part of this. 

Before I forget, Congratulations and you've safely landed ashore. Stay safe, but not all your life. 

Stay safe, and learn to widen your comfort zone. Gain the necessary emotional range enough to make you breathe in, and breathe out. Emotional range makes you more moody but it gives you more parking space for new people in your life.

Don't be a garbage boy or girl. Let those trashes fit in nicely to where they (or these) should rightfully belong. dumpsite

Lessons learned a la carte.

1. Cross the bridge when you get there

2. Life isn't a race. 

3. true friends have true densities. the fake ones float. 

4. Life is never a race. Not even a destination so see it as a journey. 

5. if you do the same things, the same outcome is will obviously stab you. 

6. Stay calm. drink a good cup of coffee. 

7. Walking is a good, really good exercise. 

8. talking to oneself is a splendid stress eater.

9. Crying won't make you less loved. It won't make you less of a person. 

10. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not even boast. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 

11. Love yourself and kill that tendency to f*ckin compare yourself to others. 

12. An apple a day makes 7 apples a week. 

13. Talk to old people and your life will NEVER be the same. Talk to shallow minded seagulls and you will be a seagull all your life. 

14. You reap what you sow. Investing the good seeds of kindness and optimism makes sowing so much easier!

15. Watching this 76-year old Tom and Jerry Cartoon show is way better than all the cartoons combined. Be a kid one minute for each day.

16. Smiling at the mirror makes you realize you're getting old. 

17. Learn this: Throwing stones at all the dogs that bark makes you one of them. Ehem. 

18. Mudslinging with another one makes the both of you the kind of pig who enjoys the mud. Watch out!

19. Listening more and talking less makes you both mature and wiser. 

20. Checking your yearbook pages makes you think you're really really getting old.

21. Getting married is not a race. God has a grandiose plan to give the best person for you. Do not feel the pressure to find love and be broken. 

22. True love waits hence waiting is the right kind of thing for a post quarter life siesta. 

23. Reading a book puts you in a different circle compared to those who baffle at E! News. 

24. Please Marry traveling and the world is now at your backyard. It is now your backyard. To travel a lot, you must work hard. hehe. So working hard and traveling at the same time is being a light traveling in vacuum. 

25. Selling your old things make you save more space and gives you more buck to gauge up your travels! Travel to the moon and forth. 

26. Marrying the one you love is the best piece of advice. What age? Who can tell. 

Random life hacks at 26.

How are you doing lately? 
I hope you are doing perfectly perfect. Just kidding.
I am a 26 year old guy with so much of the simple unbelievable quotes now taking into live thrilling action.
Those quotes that have helped me cope up and live up to the life I’ve always wanted.
I am 26 years old soon.
I will be a billionaire at 30. (chuckles)
  1. People come and go
Indeed. There is no better candy wrapper to candy crush those who are destined for the drain. Drain those people whose footprints are meant to vanish.
  1. People are people
Indeed. People are people and you’re putting your head in a chopping board if you please the world. Please God instead, and the people you love the most.
  1. Never assume unless otherwise stated.
Legally and figuratively. Nothing beats the old way of saying I love you, and yet actions speak louder than words. Say I love you and I need you. Say thank you and that will save you and your precious neck from being vanquished.
Also, if you are not single, please learn to say sorry. This helps save you from a premature breakup.
  1. It’s better to give than to receive
Learn to give in. The universe takes the right tracking of all that goes out and it will multiply that a hundred fold. The bible exemplifies this and the sweetly mysterious power behind giving out to people in your life.
  1. What comes around goes around
Be kind to people. Be kind to your enemies because the wheel of fortune is never on break. It never will be. Those people who screwed you will one day be your best friend. I mean this and you will laugh on the floor.
  1. Happiness is a choice.
Choose to be happy. Smile at a wonderful sunset.
  1. Begin Again.
 Learn to start over. Appreciate the sunset-sunrise rhythm. Start over again and do the right things.
  1. Strike while the iron is hot.
 Every opportunity is a chance to learn something great! It’s a blank canvass with a million strokes destined to be for you. Worry less if it looks bad. Learn from it.
  1. Respect begets respect.
 Reciprocity.
  1. Different strokes for different folks.
 Do your own thing. Sparkle while you’re still alive. Sparkle and twinkle if possible.
  1. It’s never the destination that matters, but the journey.
Drink your cup of coffee like how French women gnaw their food. Take it slow please and you will lose the chance to be a coffee-addict like me.
  1. Slowly but surely.
 Repeat until fade with number 11. Take it slow and you will thank me for pushing this to you. Life isn’t a race. It wasn’t destined to be a race, nor a survivor series. Take it slow.
  1. First love never dies.
It never will.
  1. Smile though your heart is aching.
Smile and it will take the pain away.
  1. It’s better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.
Love like it’s your last.
  1. The eyes is the window of the soul.
 Your eyes is the ticket to the end of the rainbow.
  1. Always have a thankful heart
Give thanks with a grateful heart.
  1. Honor your father and your mother.
Biblically profound. Love them. Love yourself.
  1. Let Go and let God.
Let go and God will give you something bigger, brighter and bolder in return. I promise you that. He promises you that.
  1. There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same kind of love.
Lightning strikes full force. Love your family, love your siblings and love the partner that God gave you. Everything is a blessing.
  1. It’s raining cats and dogs.
Accept it. It does not forever rain, nor does it scorch you perpetually. The widest range of emotions makes us human. Perfectly human.
  1. Be a lover and a fighter.
What do you think? Be both. Be bold. Be a fighter. Be a lover who does not give up.
  1. Love brings us back to life.
Love brings forth rain to the flowers. It brings forth love to the weeds. God is love. And he loves you and me.
  1. Stay positive.
No more, no less. Stay positive and stay rooted to his promises. Stay tune to the sunset. Everything is gonna be alright.
  1. Laughter is the best medicine.
Laugh all you can. It is for free. Tax-free.
  1. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God.
Thank you Lord for everything.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Almost 26

A work in progress. A future billionaire (chuckles).
My age disqualifies me from the hunger games reaping, unfortunately. 
The number is almost at the edge of the calendar. And if it does, that would mean learning to buy hair dyes. 
Twenty-six years and wasted no second for regretting the people I've met. The wrong people. The wrong train rides which have drove me all the way here.
I am now traveling at a terminal velocity; a hovering Jonathan Livingston Seagull with dreams behind my wings. 
I am living the life I have always dreamed of. I hope and I pray. 
  1. I’ve learned to don’t give a fvck to people. You'll die early by pleasing the whole world.
  2. I know who my friends are. Who my REAL friends are. 
  3. I have learned to value those people who really matter to me.
  4. I value coffee shops and staying longer. I mean longer than those drunken master hours at the bar. 
  5. I see calories in every bottle of beer. And the box of chocolates. I see fitness first and not the fatness first.
  6. I’ve learned to stay subtle and perfectly calm at distraught people. Literally disturbed and frustrated. Basically learning to play violin out the troubled monsters beneath my bed.
  7. COFFEE makes the world go round. Not money.
  8. Love exists. God exists and so as true love coming from the ones you value the most.
  9. Good employees are under the wingspan of good bosses.
  10. I’ve learned not to give up on love.
  11. Use cellular phones versus smartphones. I missed the good old days of flip phones and Nokias. 
  12. Reading newspaper headlines. Not the entertainment section no more. 
  13. Take photos of memories. Not the usual selfie frenzy. Not anymore. 
  14. Travel a lot. Book early and backpack. 
  15. Travel with good friends. Travel with the ones I love. 
  16. Drink tea instead of soft drinks. 
  17. Getting lesser and lesser private messages via FB and IG. I am growing up. 
  18. do more efficient tasks via my own planner and google calendar. 
  19. Sleep during weekends. Or drink a good cup of coffee. 
  20. Smile at strangers. Being kind to random angels. 
  21. Walk often rather than take public transpo. 
  22. Get lost sometimes. 
  23. Appreciate the sea breeze versus suburban infested air. 
  24. Wake up early and drink a cup of good tasting coffee. 
  25. Talk with parents regarding life plans. 
  26. Fight for love