Hey guys. You might have been wondering why I haven’t been blogging and being active in BC. Well, it’s been a real busy stretch in school. I didn’t get the time to stay in front of my PC and surf the net or anything. What a stretch.
I’m just glad I’m back to blogging again.
I hope some of you guys missed me.
Hope we can get in touch again
Ray
No one can change the past, but you do have the power to upgrade how you feel about it, and that makes all the difference. You can take your power back from all those painful memories, and make peace with your past. Forgiveness heals the guilt and the hurt, and does this quietly, privately, and thoroughly. Forgiveness does not mean that you let anyone off the hook, it means that your present happiness is more important than your past suffering. Forgiveness does not mean that you condone the hurtful things done to you, it means that you reclaim your right to run your own life.
Right now those hurtful things are running your life, and how is that working for you? The people who hurt you may have ruined your yesterdays, but only you are in charge of your tomorrows. And if you feel guilt over people that you have hurt, forgiving yourself will heal you and allow you to move forward with a happier attitude and a healthier body.
So here are the top six reasons to forgive.
1. You will feel better and laugh more. Resolving all that negative spin from your past allows you to enjoy yourself and have the daily fun you really want. Your buttons will stop being pushed because they will be gone. You see, guilt and hatred resolve nothing, they just sustain the negativity that continues to stop you from reaching your personal and professional goals. Forgiveness, on the other hand, undoes the stickiness that binds you to all those unhappy yesterdays, and this returns your personal energy to your present life, and you get more done. Forgiveness is excellent for improved prosperity and success in every area of your life.
2 .You will be healthier. Carrying negativity appears to cause many physical ills. The body and the mind are the same thing. Just as ice and steam are still basically water, your body and your mind are simply different manifestations of your spirit. Relieve your mental stress and your body will be happier too. Nothing relieves mental stress like forgiveness. Forgiveness heals.
3 People will like you better.You will be a more enjoyable person to be around, and will attract more positive people to your life. Humans are imperfect, and we all make mistakes. One trait of positive people is that they take life less personally, and readily forgive mistakes as they happen. On the other hand, perfectionists are often miserable people, having standards way too high to be reached. Would you settle for mere excellence? Then do so, and your relations with others will improve immediately. Perfectionists are all about judgement, whereas happy people are all about smiles. Sure, there are fights worth fighting, but if you live is one long series of fights with other people, the exhaustion must be terrible for you. Forgive and life improves. It really is that simple.
4 You will stop the constant suffering. Forgive others exactly because what happened was not your fault. Ask yourself: What was done to me? How long ago did all that happen? Are those hurtful people still in my life? Why should I keep suffering for what someone else did? Since it was not my fault, why am I still paying for it? Of course you have suffered way too long and way too much already. And those hurtful people have probably been gone from your life for years. So let the suffering stop right now. Forgive them.
And it may be that complete, one hundred percent may not be possible for you at first, and that is fine. Not to worry, because you can start with a small percentage of forgiveness and work up. How about forgiving them ten percent? Twenty? Eighty? Even five percent forgiveness is an excellent step in the right direction. The more you forgive, the better you will feel.
5 You have punished yourself long enough. Self forgiveness stops the overwhelming feelings of guilt that obstruct your happiness. Ask yourself: What was my crime? How long ago did that happen? Am I still doing stuff like that? If I had been imprisoned for it, would I be out by now? You have likely already punished yourself way too much, and it is time to grant yourself a full pardon. Forgive does not mean forget, it means accepting responsibility, and moving on with your life in positive ways, having learned your lessons. You can stop spinning over how you used to be and get on with creating the good life you have always deserved. So forgive yourself. Today. Right now. Since you cannot undo what you did, you must do the next best thing, and that is to face what happened, and then let the blame go.
6 No one needs to know. Forgiveness happens privately, between you and God, or between you and your higher self. You do not need to call anyone up or write any letters. Forgiveness is an internal healing, and it is all about you. Other people will have to forgive themselves for what they did. Your concern is you. You evolve all the time anyway, so why not evolve for the better?
And here is how do forgiveness. As you remember past events and the people involved, feel forgiveness flow from your heart out to them and back to yourself. Visualize what happened and who was there, forgiving everything and everyone involved. If you are not particularly visual, that is not a problem at all, since you can just sense and feel what happened, and process from there. Sensing and feeling work just as well as visualizing.
If anger arises when you think of some people, then in the privacy of your own thoughts, confront them. Tell them how you feel about what happened, and spend all of that anger you feel toward them. Tell them all the things you would never say to their face, but need to express. And then forgive them.
You may need to feel forgiven by your higher power. Please know that God forgives you the first time you ask, so only ask once. If you have to ask twice, then it is you who is not forgiving you. Forgive yourself fully knowing that God never needs to be asked twice.
See ya guys
Ray
In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done befor
Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.
Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.
The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.
“We told them so.”
“Crazy men and their crazy dreams.”
“It`s foolish to chase wild visions.”
Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever. 
He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.
It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.
He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.
For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.
End of a really inspiring story.
How many of us stare at the eyes of surrender and fall under it’s dark spell? I’m sure many of us do. Sometimes we may think it’s impossible to get back on the saddle after we take a hard fall to the ground. We start feeling sorry for ourself, pondering on the dusty ground as if nobody is around helping us. But it’s not impossible. There is always a way. Never give up. Live your life one day at a time. And good things will always come.
See ya guys
Ray
“Fall seven times. Stand up eight”
-Dywane Wade..NBA superstar
Did you know that eating a couple of apples a day can lower one’s chance of developing heart disease?
Yes it does and studies have proved it can.
In an evaluation of 10 studies measuring fiber in the diets of 91,058 men and 245,186 women over six to 10 years, nine out of 10 studies reported an inverse association between fiber consumption and risk of heart disease.
Those are alot of people.
And guess what.
For every 10 grams of fiber consumed per day, the risk of developing heart disease decreased 14 percent, and the risk of dying from heart disease decreased 27 percent. Thats a whole lot of percents! Better head on down to the grocey store and grab a box of apples!
Fiber from fruits, such as apples, are slighlty more protective than cereal fiber, lowering the risk of coronary disease by a whopping 30 percent(%)!
I’m convinced. I’m going to start eating a lot of apples now. Who knew apples were those health. So go out there and buy some apples and let us all be healthy!
Like what this guy is doing right now
Look how fit he is from all those apples! Let’s call him “Juan”.
Juan says, ” go buy some apples now folks!”
See ya guys!
[Ray]
The holidays are over, the party music have stopped playing, the fireworks have
ceased to light up the night sky and people start to wonder what happened to the money in their wallets. The holidays were great, parties every night, a lot of food to devour on a nighlty basis, people taking videos of drunk people, but every great thing doesn’t last for so long. Wish it did. But at the same time I’m glad it’s over. I mean, going back to school and crank up the mental game once again. But coming back from the holiday, often leaves a dark spot on your brain. You get lazy, you start getting slow in school, you feel like partying again etc. I call this, actually my professor calls this, the D.A.T.H.S syndrome. Yup, that syndrome causes all of those ” I’m too lazyy” or the “Screw studying! I wana parteeyy!!”. Okay, so I met a few of those people who had D.A.T.H.S. Wasn’t a great experience.
You might be wondering if D.A.T.H.S is actually a real syndrome or a disease. That’s what we thought too. I got to hand it to my teacher, he’s one smart guy. He made it sound so real. Professors these days.. 
Dumb After The Holiday Syndrome is what he said after a lot of my classmates were starting to worry if it was some kind of sickness/disease like alzheimers. Relief filled the air of our classroom and questions were being asked. Funny stuff. I admit, it does make perfect sense. I know a lot of us experience this D.A.T.H.S.
I do too, but there is a way to avoid this spreading epidemic. Let’s help prevent this rampant virus and help the world.
Here are some tips to avoid D.A.T.H.S:
1. Always keep your brain on the go -Do something productive during the vacation. Read a book, mow the lawn, walk your dog or do your homework/projects/researches to keep that brain of yours fit! Don’t just sit around and slack off allowing all the chocolate, pizza, burgers to rot your brain out. Can you smell too much TV?
2. Join a workshop that interests you- Indulge in a nice hobby by joining a workshop that you can do during the break. Cooking, Arts and craft, Home economics, Swimming, Basketball etc. This can keep your body moving and avoid gaining a lot of weight from all the parties your going to attend during the break. Not only does your body get a nice work out, but you accomplish tip number one at the same time! Yey!
As the saying goes: “Life is not measured on how many breaths you take, but by how many times that took your breathe away”.
It’s always good to learn something everyday. That leaves us to tip number three
3. Explore, seek, search, and do something you have never done before-
As I said, it’s good to learn something new. This really helps you prevent the “Dumb” from coming. Don’t just stay at home in front of the TV eating chips on the sofa. Instead do something new and adventurous for life is indeed short.
Again, the holidays are over and I’m off to school in a few hours. Thank goodness I prevented the D.A.T.H.S syndrome from infecting me.
Oh yeah! School here I come!
I wont get to blog for awhile though. Bummer. I can blog every weekend though. Which is really long. 
Happy New Year! My best of wishes to you and your family!
Signing out,
Ray
Quote of the day: “Life is not measured on how many breaths you take, but by how many times that took your breathe away”.
My uncle told me this story. You might have guessed by now that my uncle tells a lot of stories. He’s like a walking book full of tales of his experience and valuable wisdom. But I’m starting to think he got all his stories somewhere on the net. Got ya uncle!
It’s a nice story about friendship and love for your friends.
A soldier was coming home from the war in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. “Mom and Dad” he said, “I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend and I’d like to bring him home with me.”
“Sure”, his parents replied, “We’d love to meet him.”
“There’s something you should know”, the son continued, “He was hurt pretty badly during the fight. He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us.”
Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.
Let’s give time for our friends and let us be able to thank our good friends for what they have done for us. Give your best friend a call or send him/her flowers or just a small little token of your love for your friend. Send an e-mail to a friend who is abroad that you never saw for such a long time.
I’m sure your friend/s will really appreciate what you have done for himher. Let us open our hearts and be open.
Good day!
Hey guys. I saw this story on the net. My uncle showed this to me when he dropped by.
I don’t know about you guys but my eyes just burst into tears after reading this. Maybe I’m too soft. That’s what people tell me. But soft or not, I’m sure this will make you feel
Enjoy reading guys!
A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For
many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's
showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told
him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the
morning of his graduation his father called him into his private
study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine
son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son
a beautiful wrapped gift box.
Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man
opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily,
he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you
give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy
book.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in
business.
He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his
father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He
had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make
arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had
passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He
needed to come home immediately and take care things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and
regret filled his heart.
He began to search his father's important papers and
saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With
tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he
read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope
taped behind the Bible.
It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the
sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation,
and the words...PAID IN FULL.
How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not
packaged as we expected?
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