Happiness

Happiness, dear Jovie, is what greases the wheels of life. It's also what opens the floodgates, marshals the forces, commands the elements, raises the sun, aligns the stars, beats your heart, heals what hurts, turns the page, makes new friends, finds true love, calls the shots, waves the wand, connects the dots, feeds your mind, frees your soul, rocks the world, and pays compound interest. 

Yeah, so easy to forget. 

Wild on, 
    The Universe

Same Sex Marriage!

Based on highly publicized news articles, New York USA is the latest U.S. State that allows persons of the same gender to wed.

What is the world coming to?

On Being "O.C."

O.C. - or Obsessive Compulsive, a term derived from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is now being carelessly used to describe every person who just wants things clean, neat, and orderly - good personal traits really that should not be labelled as a mental illness?

Why We Write

1. Inform - news
2. Educate - teach
3. Motivate - persuade people to take action
4. Enlighten - open people's minds

Just write!

SMS Message From CA2020.com

Big people have big dreams and small people have small dreams.

If you want to change who you are, then by begin by changing the size of your dream.

Agree?

SMS Message From CA2020.com

Effective People are not problem-minded, they are opportunity-minded.
They feed opportunities and starve problems.

Do you see poverty as a problem or an opportunity?

From ca2020.com

The only difference between a rich person and a poor person is how they use their time. - Robert Kiyosaki

In equal financial situations, how do you think people who will be rich spend their time? How do you think people who will remain poor or middle class spend their time?

From ca2020.com

Our most difficult experiences become the crucibles that forge our character and develop the internal powers, the freedom to handle difficult circumstances in the future and to inspire others to do so as well.

From ca2020.com

Think of this...

Today there are millions of people who dream of quitting their jobs and becoming entrepreneurs, having their own businesses. The problem is, for most people, their dream is just a dream.

So the question is, why do so many fail to go for their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs?

What do you think?

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems. Many financial problems are caused by going along with the crowd and keeping up with others.

Dare to be different from your family, peers, and friends in your ways of thinking, speaking, and doing things or go with the flow?

---A text message received from Create Abundance 2020

"It is your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped." - Anthony Robbins

3 Decisions that control your destiny are:

1.) Your decision about what to focus on

2. Your decision about what things mean to you

3.) Your decision about what to do to create results you desire

- from a text message sent by Coach Ryan Vergara of ca2020.net

"Humans are not creatures of circumstance. Circumstances are creatures of humankind." - Benjamin Disraeli, former British Prime Minister

Lesson: We often find ourselves submitting to the limitations of our circumstances not realizing we can create ways to achieve even the biggest of dreams.

A message shared by Coach Warren of Create Abundance 2020

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

- Napoleon Hill

A text message sent by Coach Warren of Create Abundance 2020

Make this an extraordinary day. Do things you've never done before or do the normal things differently.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

A text message received from Coach Warren of Create Abundance 2020

Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping, work while others are loafing, prepare while others are playing, and dream while others are wishing.

Text message from Coach Warren, Create Abundance 2020

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

This was a text message from Coach Warren of Create Abundance 2020

A Timeless Song

Sometimes, not often enough
We reflect upon the good things
And a thought always centers around those we love
And I think of all the people
Who means so much to me
And all the many years they have made me so very happy
And I count the times I have forgotten to say
Thank you and how much I love them

A song by the Carpenters with an eternal message, so far removed from the violence and hate and profanity heard in todays songs.

Nobility In the Philippines

Foreigners provide a different perspective about our country. I had an interesting talk with an American who said that we should look further down into history before we praise and admire prominent Filipino families.

He said, that families whom we consider to be nobility may have obtained their wealth from illicit behavior of their ancestors.

Stories in our history abound about families who are decendants of Spanish Friars, who bribed government officials into granting them large tracts of land, about scheming Indios who amassed great amounts of wealth and property.

Let us not forget the ill gotten wealth of notorious Filipinos in the past whose decendants are now benefitting from the moneys left by the previous generation.

Should we look-up to these families because they are wealthy? Or do we first examine the source of their wealth?

Appointment, Postponed!

It my car's number coding day - I can't be on the road today between 7am to 10am, and 3pm to 7pm. This is a vehicle reduction program meant to limit the number of vehicles plying the streets of the Metropolis thereby minimizing traffic.

I prepared to come to office early for my 7am meeting, the appointment was set since last night. I get to the office at 6:35am - with ample time before 7am. I sent a text message to the other party to say that I will expect them anytime soon, and all of a sudden...the other party (an American) replies to my text postponing the meeting.

I immediately sent a nasty sms message where I said, "So I had to rush to office for nothing! Thanks for ruining my day. Remember you requested for this meeting yesterday and we have confirmed it. Very disappointed!"

Well, I felt better after sending that text message. I now have a firm resolve not to let this spoil the rest of my day. I'm sure my day will turn out fine after all.

Seen Any Pine Trees Lately?

Our country is called the Philippines, named after King Philip of Spain and the tree species that abounded the land when foreigners first set foot in our motherland.

Yet, have you seen a pine tree lately?

What has happened? Where have all the pine trees gone?

Isn't it time that when we consider planting trees as an ecological project, that we planted pine trees?

For Metro Manilans today, if you want to see pine trees you have to go up north, to the mountain province of Benguet. To most who do not have the luxury of traveling such distance, when will they ever see a pine tree?

Let's plant pine trees now, unless we want our children to only see them in pictures.