The best thing in life is He :)

Forgive me for not being able to compose a quality blog for almost a month.  I would blame it all on the work-thing but sad to say, I’m just blank on what actually to write and how I’d start it.  So for the meantime, I am re-blogging quality posts from other people, who have inspired me, unaware how much they taught me and whom I really keep thanking God for.   Even not knowing them personally or even exchanging handshakes, I’ve been really blessed by the wisdom God is giving them. 

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I remember one time, my Bora friends are still active on group messaging that one good friend of mine, (I totally forgot who it was. Hehe! :p) asked out of the blue:  “If you could trade places with any of your friend's life, who would it be?”

I was not expecting someone would choose me, but I was surprised that my good friend Monark did.  I’m not sure how serious he took the question but his response and his reason made my heart leaped. 

In his exact words that I’ll never forget, “Why D? Because she lives a simple yet meaningful life.”   

To be candid, my lifestyle was very different among my aforesaid group of friends.  I think the world would actually label it boring, strange or lame or I’m missing out with a lot of things, amongst all it's imperfections.  So you can just imagine my joy when someone actually thinks otherwise.  I would name a thousand things that would make my life simple, yet I can only think of One that makes it meaningful.

Yes there is One that makes my life meaningful, purposeful, fulfilling, of value, of significance.  I can't possibly imagine a life without it.

So without further ado, I would really like to share this amazing blog from David Bonifacio.  This blog brought me in tears when I read it.  This post is too good to be left unshared.   I hope it would be a blessing to you as it is to me. 

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The Best Thing

As many of you know (mostly through Facebook I'm sure), today is my birthday. I heard somewhere once that if you count back the number of years, then count back 9 months, and plus or minus 15 days, you'll pretty much have the day you were conceived within that range.

I don't know why anyone would want to know that.

Celebrating my birthday isn't a big deal to me. I know it can be quite an event for most people. I usually just go through what I would normally do, which is pray, work, read, practice piano or paint, workout or run or play tennis, and sleep longer than usual, preferably in another country with no distractions. I don't expect people to alter their schedules or every day thought processes just for me. I am very grateful for those who did though, especially the ones that wrote me some really nice stuff, which I appreciate much more now that I'm a little older, an old 26 year old. Thank you for remembering and taking the time to greet me!

I don't think the earth shook when I was born, or that an eclipse blocked the sun, or that I had some lucky birthmark, or that the wisemen prophesied how I would bring balance to the Force, but there is something I do celebrate every April 11 morning:

I celebrate God's faithfulness. That in my faithlessness and unfaithfulness my Father remains faithful. I'll be the first to admit that I don't deserve any of the things I enjoy. And I'm very very grateful for forgiveness, for grace, for love.

Faithfulness is a watered-down concept today. Many of us don't really know the significance of the word anymore. I admit I have only come to understand it the past few months. When we miss the significance of something, whether it be a word, a person, an object, a position, or whatever, we will take it for granted, miss the complete benefit, and ultimately lose it.

I wrote in one of my older posts that faithfulness is not "not cheating", that we can't define something by what it is not. It's just like asking someone, "Is she hot?" only to get the answer, "She's not ugly." I don't know about you, but "not ugly" is not necessarily "HOT". It's just "not ugly". Faithfulness is more than "not cheating". Faithfulness is complete devotion.

When we talk about God's faithfulness, and this is what I celebrate, this is what it means: that God is completely devoted to us. And when He says in Timothy that though we are faithless, He remains completely devoted to us.

Some of you may probably be thinking, "Easy for you to say. You're not poor, or hungry, or dying. You're not hurt, or indebted, or deformed. You're this and that. You have this and that. Easy for you to talk about God's faithfulness."

And you're right that sometimes it is easier to talk about God's faithfulness when things are well. But you'd be wrong on two accounts: 1. things are not always well, not with me, not with you, not with anyone, and 2. having things, being full, being healthy, being comfortable, or having abundance, or no deformities is not the basis of God's faithfulness, neither is it the proof. If our basis for God's faithfulness is material, physical, emotional, political, financial, ecological, or whatever - you'll miss it.

Because God's faithfulness is spiritual, and spiritual things are witnessed by faith. If His faithfulness was about the world's standards of success then where was His faithfulness with John the Baptist who was beheaded? Where was His faithfulness with Hosea who was cheated on? Where was His faithfulness with His own son Jesus who was crucified?

But it was there with them. His faithfulness was at work. He was reconciling and redeeming in the spirit what was broken in the flesh.

Let me get very practical here. How do I apply this to my life? How do I see God's faithfulness in my life? Here's where the Best Thing comes in. Remember, believe, that you have the best thing. You have Christ in you, the hope of glory. And when you're convinced you already have the Best Thing having or not having the inferior things aren't that important.

For example, I drive a Toyota and I have a friend who drives an incredibly nice Mercedes Benz. Not once have I heard him say, "David, you're so much better off than me for having a Toyota." I seriously doubt he's envious of my car. Why? Because his car is way nicer than mine. Even if I teased him or argued with him that my car is better it wouldn't really bother him because it's not true - he already has a better thing. Imagine how ridiculous it would be, if I were to drive up to him in traffic, roll down my window, and say "Your car sucks!" But what would be even more ridiculous would be for him to be affected or be insecure or even worse, trade his car for mine. But we do this with our lives everyday, trading it in for something else, not necessarily bad things, but inferior things, because we forget that we not only have something better, we have the best in Jesus.

This is something I have to remind myself: That I have Jesus. If I have a house, great. If I don't I'll rent. Either way, I have the best thing. If my business grows, great. If it doesn't grow, that would suck, but I don't have to be insecure, I have the best thing. If my brothers become incredibly successful in the world, and I don't, great for us. We have the best thing. If my kids are prodigies, great. If they're average, fine. As long as they have Jesus they have the best thing. If I'm eating in Circles for dinner, beware, I'm going on a bombing run after. If we go hungry, that wouldn't be pleasant. But either way I have the best thing. When you have the best thing, you are not bothered when you are deprived of the inferior things.

To conclude, I've realized:
When I'm envious or greedy or lustful it means I've forgotten that I already have the best thing.
When I'm arrogant it means I've forgotten that He is the best thing.
When I'm worried or anxious or insecure it means that I've forgotten that He has already given me the best thing what won't He give me? And further, what more do I need?

And when these things attack, and I am guilty of all the above, probably more than the average human being, I remind myself of something else I wrote:

Freedom that shouldn't be
Forgiven completely
Love poured out freely
In a life that cannot be
But is

I wish I could give you all goodie bags for all the greetings but that's impossible. Besides, you don't really need it. You already have the best thing.

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The gist:  Without the Best Thing, life is nowhere close to being MEANINGFUL. :)


John 10:10 "... I have come so that you might have LIFE and have it to the full."

Inspiring words from Steve Jobs

It's only this August of 2011, that I only get to know that he is the man behind the phone, the mp3 player, the touchscreen laptop, that saturated the global market.  I'm just in awe how many people are saddened with his loss and how they are touched by the life of this man.  This speech is just one of those that proves why he has become an inspiration, a man of value.  Condolences to the family of the late Steve Jobs.  My prayers are with you.  

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says

This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

Credit

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

I need to be reminded always..

1 Corinthians 13:4-7


Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.


- ESV

What every man and woman needs to hear...

I'm very blessed to encounter such great message from people God used.  I just feel like I have to share this now, and I pray that God will also reveal His will and love for you.  :)

I lost track of how many times I've listened to this message, but it continuously helped during times I feel like compromising, settling, and taking matters in my own hands.  Please do share this too to your friends and loved ones.  God bless. :)

Five things

I got this post from my little sis. I think it's cool so I created one of my own. It's nice to be reminded that not only grand things can give you so much joy, even the simplest ones. Feel free to make your own too.

Basically, it’s about five things (whether old or new) that make you happy or delighted recently. It could be anything. Food, clothes, shoes, accessories, drink, anything that has been your eye-candy for the past week. It’s up to you if you would make it a daily, weekly or monthly habit. - www.happypatootie.tumblr.com

1. Tony Moly Tint. I got mine from an online store at facebook. Surprisingly I loved the shade and the consistency of this tint. Since I'm not really the kind of person who wants to look too made-up, I always go for some cosmetics that would just give me a natural look.

2. Grilled Chicken Cheese of 7-11. To be honest, most of my working days, I buy my breakfast at 7-11. (Wag tularan, di nagaalmusal sa bahay!) hahaha!  My officemates would actually say in jest.. "Ma'am, stockholder ka na ng 7-11 no?" hahaha! Before I take the LRT, I frequent 7-11 to get these delicious stuffed pandesal. This is currently my favorite (among tuna cheesemelt and bacon & cheese flavor). Too bad, it's quite difficult to bring french vanilla coffee to go with this. It will be an ultimate breakfast for sure. :)

3. One Tree Hill Season 7. This is the only time I get to watch One Tree Hill again. I used to spend a lot of time watching seasons 1-5 when I was still working at my dad. This series is one of my favorite series. I miss all the casts. Too bad Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton left. But adorable Sophia Bush and Daddy Nathan Scott are still here, and to make the show even better, they added Robert Buckley as one of the main casts! yikeee! they make the show worth-watching. hihihi!

4. Nescafe 3 in 1 + Coffeemate. As a coffee fanatic, I can get all the tip I can get to make a delicious coffee. By delicious I mean sweet and creamy. A client of mine actually taught me how to make the simple nescafe 3 in 1 extra special. With Coffeemate!! And just as expected, it tastes better and less bitter. Just how I wanted it. As Pastor Dennis puts it, "It's a little bit of heaven on earth." hahaha!

5. Rockband! I've been playing this game since yesterday from my sister's phone. This game is so addicting that it drains her battery. haha. Too bad this app is not available on my phone.

I'm looking forward to my next five things to share with you guys.  Feel free to make one too. Thanks for reading my blogs. *fist bump. :) 

Blessing: Being part of the 18 Candles

It’s already 11:30pm and way past my promised bed time. I actually needed a lot of rest tonight for it will be a long day tomorrow. How long you might ask? Well there’s work in the morning, and my friend Tin-tin’s 18^th birthday after that. I am surprised to be part of the program and since I wanted to come prepared tomorrow night for I tend to stutter and get sidetracked from what I’m supposed to say, I thought and asked God for the right message to give to this special person.

And God’s word for me to be said to her was: “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth…” Ecclesiastes 12:1

(Time to press rewind and let’s have a flashback a little bit…)

Let me take you to a week of never-ending complaints about everything. I really thought it’s just the time of the month that I’m hormonal, getting irritated even by the slightest error, I was pissed a lot by even the most trivial things at work. My patience seems to get attenuated each day, for there are such things left to be criticized. I was practically asking for advise to people who mentored me if I should start thinking of transferring, preferably away from people who makes me irate.

I always complain and my sister, friends can attest to that. I asked God for answers, signs, wisdom on what my next move; what would be my next plan. Apparently, I feel like there’s no answer because a week had passed that it’s all basically the same. The same drama, same complaint, same dialogues, it’s exhausting.

But now, flash-forwarding to where I am now, typing this unplanned post, I was reminded by God to remember Him in every season I’m in. My! Was I rebuked? Of course! No doubt about it.

God wanted me to enjoy my youth, that any pressure I’m feeling now, every worry and troubled spirit must be put to silence and to trust in Him who knows everything on the present and what will come ahead in the future. He reminded me that in every challenge, in every situation, in every emotion, in every season of my life, winning and losing; high or low; in tears and in laughter; I must remember Him.

I love this verse “Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see. But know that for all this things God will bring you judgment.” God wanted us to fulfill the season we are in. To be happy in this life that was given to us, but to do it with prudency. God doesn’t encourage us to live a life not in accordance to His will and purpose, so that’s why He reminded us that on a given day, no one can really know though, He’ll be the judge.

This is too good to be kept inside that’s why I blog. God’s word is just so powerful and when we ask Him for clarity, He gives it on a perfect time, never too early or too late. Just perfect moment.

So notwithstanding all my restless attempt for career change, and seeking answers if I should do this or do that, God helped me figure out what I must do, what I must prioritize and put to heart on doing…

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the WHOLE DUTY of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13

It can't be any clearer. J

photo credit: Tintin Franco

What Coach Carter taught me..

I can’t possibly remember how many times I’ve watched this movie. That is how often I used to put this movie on the DVD player whenever I wanted to relax. Some people call it very time-consuming, amusing and unproductive. Nevertheless, this is my best version of stress reliever, watching my favorite movies over and over again.

SYNOPSIS: (from IMDB.com)

In 1999, Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter's tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. However, when the overconfident team's behavior begins to stray and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in class, he takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. In the ensuing debate, Carter fights to keep his methods, determined to show the boys that they need to rely on more than sports for their futures and eventually finds he has affected them more profoundly than he ever expected. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

What I love about this film is aside from the fact that it’s based on true to life story. It never fails to inspire me. Just by seeing the character the casts portrayed for the first time, it reflects hopelessness. But this is what makes the movie outstanding… one person never gave up. Little by little he made change. I was reminded, if he can, why can’t we?

The lessons I learned in this movie are so many that I have to share them according to how I enlisted them on my sticky notes. Hehe! Here they go.

RESPECT IS EARNED. I heard from one pastor that respect can’t be demanded, thus, earned. The moment Coach Carter met the kids, he already gave the impression not to fear him, but to show them that he deserves respect. This actually brings me to another thought, if respect can be earned, it can also be lost.

DISCIPLINE. My dreaded word. Hahaha. It’s really hard. In this movie, Coach Carter remained firm on his purpose, his rules, his methods. His patience just overwhelms me. When he saw the kids for the first time, he already knew Discipline is what they needed. Not just to be able to win games, but to win every hardship in life.

CHANGE DOESN’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. True enough, it won’t. It’s alike to losing weight, getting good grades, excelling at work. It can be a little frustrating and more often than not, you actually GET frustrated. One thing we have to remember, is that gradual changes are still changes. Changes are what we wanted right? Even if it takes baby steps, one day we’ll all reach to that point, where everything IS changed.

VICTORY IS SWEET WHEN IT’S HARD-EARNED. Whether it’s a game that you’ve practiced so much for, or this new gadget that you’ve been saving up for by means of countless overnights at the office, whether it would be the new figure that you are flaunting now courtesy of smart dieting and exercising, the moment we achieve such things is tremendous and priceless when we put our best efforts in it.

SINCE WHEN WINNING IS NOT ENOUGH? This is where the molding of character comes in. Coach Carter quoted this when his players taunt their opponent on the court. "Since when winning is not enough" that they have to mock other players just to show that they’re the best. It’s not greatness that shines, but arrogance. I was reminded to ask God for humility in every situation.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VISION. Visualize who you wanted to be, where you wanted to be and how you’ll get there. Do it in boundaries of longevity. The picture must be a painting of a life that is ahead from what you are now. However, be careful what you paint on it. Having plans are important. It’s not only logical but biblical as well. We have to have a vision for our lives. The better it would be if we form it in accordance to how God wants to direct our steps.

THERE’S NO “I” IN TEAM. “But there’s a ‘ME’ though if you jumble it up.” Hahaha! I remember Dr. Gregory House saying that. But kidding aside, it’s true. You play a part for the team, and the other part will be played by your teammates, you collaborate together to achieve your common goal. When one person segues from that goal, for sure, he’ll carry the whole team with him. That person can be you or anyone within the team, just think in caution, where you wanted to lead the team? victory or defeat?

That's all for now. For those who haven’t watched the movie, Please do so. I assure you that it’s a great one. And would make you watch it over and over again. I hope this would come as a blessing to you just as it did to me. God bless.