SB Blog Directory - Updated!

Here we go to the next pace. I will tell you one simple secret to make your blog alive base on my short blogging experience...

Make yourself belong. Wander around and mingle new faces. Establish relationship true leaving a track of your thoughts sincerely rather than leaving the link of your page. Your interest will attract them to do the same for you.

This is a special post for a blessed Sunday, so before going further I wish you a wonderful day ahead of you.

I am talking about a new concept here at SB Community. My main purpose as a 'reader' and 'follower' is that I want to keep track to all my friends who have contributed some thoughts about our entries here. To put things at ease, I want to build a directory (an alphabetical directory as planned).

Rest assured that all the members of this directory will see 'SB' presence at their blogs, if not everyday, at least in a week where I and my partner got the extra time mingling and meeting new blogger friends.

Visitors of the SB Community will also experience an ease of finding new blogs worth reading at the SB Blog Directory.

Add your blog for free now! New! SB Blog Directory

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/18/2011 04:45:00 PM in Blog Inspirations, Blogging is Learning, You the Blogger

Feed Love with Trust

Feed love with trust and it will grow enduring.

What it takes to be happy? I know you will answer me various answers. People have different criteria about a happy life. A happy life consist of many things, but what are the basic ones?

People struggle everyday to at least provide their basic needs, but that won't be enough to make one happy. Shelter, food, clothing, even sex won't make us happy... As I've reviewed Maslow's hierarchy of needs, I will stop at love and belonging.

Love and belonging will make you see how beautiful the world is, it will bring colors to your life.

I won't focus on two couple ended up a fairy tale love story this time, I want to extend love on a wider concept. How many people around you? Did you belong to them or do you belong only to yourself?

Here comes trust. Trust makes love grow stronger. We are loving by nature, but how can we nurture that feeling? My answer, feed love with trust... and it will grow enduring.

You belong because you are loved and trusted. But one hurtful question, what it takes to win ones' trust? Is that too expensive only few can afford?

Can you let someone starve for trust even in his utmost best to win yours?

I was betrayed but once again I let myself healed by love. Trust? I am not that selfish not to give mine... I know one, two, three or even more people deserve it.

Read Maslow's hierarchy of needs

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/17/2011 10:47:00 PM in Strong Relationship, Time for love, Trust

I Am Yours

After a day of work, I need to regain strength. Missing someone can really a hard thing to get back enough fuel for the body, I must say emotionally. But we are here to struggle, we are here to live as happily as we can be... it's possible.

Today I witnessed the abundance of life, I witnessed love yet I also witnessed hate that make me exhausted, and made me hungry for His words, for His promise.

This song says "I am the flower quickly fading..." Yes, I am, but who gives me the fertile earth, enough water and warm rays of the sun to make me bloom again the next rising sun?

Shortcomings? It's inevitable. Mistakes? We are humans. What's important, surrender and say "I am yours."



"I am yours Almighty Father." Everything will be in order with you!

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/16/2011 11:13:00 PM in Building a Better Life, Forgiveness, Fresh Encounter

The Book of Thanks

The book of thanks weighed a lot more heavier than several pieces of gold... how come kindness are forgotten by many when in fact they won't dig deep and spend life to possess it? And so as being grateful? One cannot be kind if he won't feel the appreciation deep inside himself, hence he won't be truly rich.

I had a conversation with my colleague, and I brought her up an important topic. We discussed about giving an expression of gratitude to the person who show benevolence to someone or to us.

The main issue, why other people are so numb to do not even feel the care? Is that the main reason they can't even utter 'thanks'?

I won't mention name, but this one don't. If you do not appreciate, if you do not feel anything, you will not be blessed. Kindness? You will eventually find the scarcity of it.

Life, it's about being grateful... life, it's about counting even the smallest thing you have right now, rejoice in it.

(Quotation I wrote above is inspired by a fiction story about the book of thanks that was sold a lot higher than several pieces of gold, it was during my high school days when I really loved reading the kind of stories and tales. It was purely fiction but I know the message was real.)

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/15/2011 11:02:00 PM in Appreciation for Life, Productivity

In Motion

A time to move on
Time to cherish life, go on
See, I'm in motion

My haiku are coming...

Well, anyway, I am thankful for my life everyday. Today I want to tell all of you that I am thankful to my 'ups' and 'downs'... well, as a friend said, that makes me human...

I am really excited to introduce this one, a friend who have seen strength after battles, defeats...

Yes, one must learn to keep in motion... idling prolongs the agony. I learned to smile... and I see myself happy deep inside... problems? Just tiny pieces of a big whole!

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/14/2011 11:36:00 PM in Determination and Motivation, Poetry

I Humbly Ask Him to Drive Me Home

Running low of gas?
Striding along lack of faith?
God paces behind you.

After responding and visiting my blogger friends' blogs, and while talking to the one precious to me, I spend my time listening to a song that made me teary and lift up my heart once again after the things that I had been through this time.

(I respect all my blogger friends about their faith and belief, this song I am going to share is not about religion, this is about faith, this is about one and the same God we all have.)

I asked myself, did I run low on my faith? Same question I asked last week, last day, or even last morning. I keep on asking (Mat. 7:7) because I want answer, an answer that will make some difference of the one I had before...

But if I want a difference today, right now, I am not patient enough then... I need time. I need more time, what sounds better, I already make a way to it.

I am not perfect and I was tailed with imperfections lately... but I don't want to drive myself in nowhere... so why should I not ask Him to drive for me in the most difficult times of my life? I know I will be home safe.



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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/13/2011 11:02:00 PM in Appreciation for Life, Fresh Encounter, Reassurance

I was Tested

I was tested yesterday. I was asleep sound when Kuya Sander (the one I treated like my big brother) handed me a phone who thought I was still watching the movie from the bed. It was a phone call from my sister who was crying on the line. I wanted to understand her words in between her uncontrollable sobs, she was frightened as if someone chased her to death, and that was true.

It was my brother's wife who nearly hurt or in a worst extent, killed my sister who rushed to the bathroom to protect herself from the furious woman who gripped a knife running after her. (I don't want to sound biased so I have to keep this part short.)

It all started from a text message, how worst the outcome was? It was actually my sister fault for sending her a message trying to awaken her for her wrongs doings (about her lies and everything) yet I understand my sister as our entire family was involved already. Would you be on that woman side who abandoned her 4-month child? Who left her child in my sister's care?

I won't tolerate my sister when I know she was wrong... but I had rushed myself there and spoke against my brother and his wife because it was already my sister's life who was in danger.

That night, I got a sleepless one... I was not guilty, but I just did my part as a brother to my sister. All I know, 'Blood is thicker than water.'

I know it was a test of how strong I am... well, I just said the right thing after all. When it's about the life of a true innocent, I am just a fierce as they are to defend who deserve to win. I am sure, my sister remained the innocent, not the woman who hide on a thick mask of lies.

I just want to make it clear that I am trying to never hold anger or resentment towards my brother's wife. I guess, today and the next days to come, while pacing towards life, I am just more than prayerful for the better the silently cursing her... It sound bitter for me but I will admit I had done that before, but the feeling was more than worst.

Today, I am just surrendering everything to God...

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/12/2011 10:42:00 PM in Building a Better Life, Forgiveness

The Unspoken Affection...

Heard the unuttered
Listen when the heart whispered
Pure feelings buried

There are too many deep emotions remain unspoken, who would say I am right? I am wandering around and I am inspired to craft this second Haiku of my life! Words somehow are not enough, that's why God just don't give us the ear, God give us the feeling and the affection to let us get the chance to hear what are unuttered by those people who are already part of our precious life.

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/11/2011 03:44:00 PM in Poetry, Time for love

My First Haiku!

Loss and frustration
Patience push me to go on
Success awaits home

Well, I thought of sharing you something new to me. This might not be new to you at all, I have enjoyed several haiku from my blogger friends, and this time I took some time to write one for you.

Just to give you some views, as I am also trying to read some information about this... Haiku is a short Japanese poetry, in an English haiku, it is written with 3 lines, with 5-7-5 syllables respectively.

(info from eHow, wikiHow and Wikipedia)

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/10/2011 11:44:00 PM in Blog Inspirations, Poetry

Let Kindness Reveals the Truth...

Did you make a list of the real people you meet everyday? We meet them with different faces, but can your point out who wear masks? Who are genuine and who are not?

I must mentioned this that we cannot judge a person by our first impression, yet impression lasts! But how can we avoid judging people? In my case I do not want to judge as I don't want to be judge at all. I guess this humble poetry can help a bit, I hope so...

~*~
Look into my eyes
Look into my heart
Don't judge me outside

Listen to me by your ears
Listen me beyond my words
Understand me from the heart

Touch me by your hands
Feel my flaming emotions
Meet me through your soul

I live with imperfections
But I live with my true emotions
You got to know a real person
~*~

Life is too precious to waste every single moment for nothing. I know it's time to make a choice, we can only live life to the fullest when we know everyone of us are spending our time for worthwhile activities.

Sometimes our kindness are the one which can deceive and betray us! Sad? Yes! But let kindness melt those masks so that we can rejoice with the precious time left for us...

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Posted by Editorial Team on 12/08/2011 11:12:00 PM in Building a Better Life, Happiness, Productivity