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While conducting pre-shift meeting earlier for our agents with Abhi, we found ourselves almost nothing to say. We couldn’t find anymore excuses and so resorted to just saying -

“Think of happy thoughts… salute the day with peaceful thoughts and joy will fill your hearts”.

This somehow made me feel better. Bakit nga ba hindi? I have been deeply affected by all those malicious nonsense being brought about by some people. I may have committed mistakes and I am really S-O-R-R-Y but life must go on. I won’t be happy doing pahagings and parinigs behind anyone. That will not make me happy and won’t make me proud.

Take these instances : I have been sending messages to a far away friend and yet she seems to busy to reply so I added her to my ignore list. The same with a self absorbed person who thinks of himself like the center of it all and who acts more of a twink than that of a straight man. And of course the venomous tongued Tiffany. I have been doing that to avoid anymore problem. I erase difficult people on my list. Not that I’m declaring hatred. I just want peace of mind at least for a time. Erase negativism. I don’t wanna do mud wrestling match with them. Just like what my YM status states -

“Don’t get into a mud wrestling match with a pig, you will only get dirty and the pig will enjoy it”.

So why let them enjoy?

Today I will make a difference. I will begin by controlling my thoughts. A person is the product of their thoughts. I want to be happy and hopeful. Therefore, I will have thoughts that are happy and hopeful. I refuse to be victimized by my circumstances. I will not let petty inconveniences such as stoplights, long lines, and traffic jams be my masters. I will avoid negativism and gossip. Optimism will be my companion, and victory will be my hallmark. Today I will make a difference.

I will be grateful for the twenty-four hours that are before me. Time is a precious commodity. I will refuse to allow what little time I have to be contaminated by self-pity, anxiety, or boredom. I will face this day with the joy of a child and the courage of a giant. I will drink each minute as though it is my last. When tomorrow comes, today will be gone forever. While it is here, I will use it for loving and giving. Today I will make a difference.

I will not let past failures haunt me. Even though my life is scarred with mistakes, I will refuse to rummage through my trash heap of failures. I will admit them. I will correct them. I will press on. Victoriously. No failure is fatal. It’s OK to stumble – I will get up. It’s OK to fail – I will rise again. Today I will make a difference.

I will spend time with those I love. My friends, siblings, nephew, my family. A man can own the world but be poor for the lack of love. A man can own nothing and yet be wealthy in relationships. Today I will spend at least five minutes with the significant people in my world. I just had that with my office friends. We ate crackers and tinapay with home made pork and beans courtesy of Nina. Five quality minutes of talking or hugging or thanking or listening. Five undiluted minutes with my mate, children, and friends.

People tend to judge you because they think they know you. But who really knows you? I, for one, will always say that those people who have been a part of my childhood days and those friends who have been, stayed and ate with me at my place are the ones who can only claim that. They’re the ones who have seen it all, what I am, who I am and where I am. The devil inside urges me to retort at their malicious statements at times but the heck! I’m too lazy to stoop.

Hah! I will not go around bitching [konti lang]. For today I will make a difference.