love life more

“there is nothing more wonderful than celebrating life and loving every bit of it as you welcome another year of your life.. i feel so blessed that i need to shout it to the world.. nope, i’m not getting married, i didn’t won the lottery but i sure hope i would.. neither did i get promoted or something.. life was just too great for me.. the sun was bright.. the sky is clear and the wind was warm and sweet.. i blew my cake with a quarter plus one number of candles.. im getting older and hopefully im also getting wiser.. as far as i know, this has been my greatest birthday.. i spent it with my siblings on the beach.. lots of good food, lots of laughters.. good fun and sweet memories.. God had given me so much.. i’m learning more about life and realized how wonderful it is to live.. i fell in love, broke my heart and learned to move, and hopefully someday, fall in love again.. i finally decided to push through with my dream of becoming a writer and photographer.. and i’ve already started on my travels.. my prayers are finally being answered, one great day at a time.. i’m overwhelmed with happiness that all i can say was ‘thank you God, for everything..’ what more can i say..”

“what is the difference between A GOOD LIFE and THE GOOD LIFE.. the article that comes before the same words completely adds new meaning, if not change entirely, the understanding of the phrase.. when people we’re asked what they think of about these phrases, they answered.. A good life: wonderful family, contentment, good health, good friends, peaceful, silence, spirituality.. THE good life: wealth, luxury, riches, traveling the world, cars, more success, big houses.. funny isn’t it?! how diferent they can be.. i wonder, if there would be a word that define both THE good life and A good life.. wouldn’t it be nice to have both? i guess, for me, whether it be THE or A, it doesn’t matter.. both are equally desirable.. the question is, what do we really want?! what is our inner desire? one or the other, maybe both.. but where do you start? start by taking small steps.. start by believing in your dreams.. start by being grateful.. start by appreciating everything around you.. start by loving life..“

“people often mistake having a life with being alive.. its entirely different actually.. its easy to stay alive but it takes a lot to really start living.. most of the time we just see what we hate and never really realize that life is good.. we often just accept life as it is and never look beyond our capacity to be happy.. life has more to offer than what we know of it.. we only need to open our minds and hear through our hearts.. what we see with our plain eyes is nothing compared with what life is willing to give.. life is never unfair, we just don’t know which to choose.. life is never harsh, we just don’t know what is more important.. life is never about challenges, it is about learning.. it is never about pain, it is about experiences.. life is much better if we learn how to look at it differently.. life is wonderful.. why not love it?!”