A job application turned down. A project that never worked. A diet that was never started. A business that went south. A sweet life turned bitter. A love that became hate.
"Why such a sad opening?"
Because we live in the world where "duality" of things and events prevails. Life isn't always good. We can't always have a good life, can we? Well, as we have said before, to everything there is a season. Let us just say that I just had my share of it no so long ago.
We are all aware that nothing is permanent in this world, even our jobs that we thought were stable enough to survive the tests of time. We have seen corporate mergers and takeovers. It's a world of "dog-eats-dog" the "survival of the fittest." And normally, it is the people who are the first ones to go. We have heard of top honchos being kicked out of their offices. What more could save a rank and file? So I said to myself, before that thing happens to me, I gotta be few steps ahead of it.
But what if, you've applied for a new job and you've been turned down not just once but a lot more? Well, I know it's frustrating. The world isn't just unfair, it's ruthless.
Once in our lives we experience helplessness and desperation (and the author of Live the Good Life is no exception). In one of those low moments of my life thinking how I could be more successful in my career and how to augment the money I've been earning, I have resorted to all the self-help books I could grab, financial magazines, leadership books and business ideas. I did not spare internet just to have ideas on how to earn more. I was too fascinated with success stories of other people - people who get rich quick and people who earn money with virtually doing and investing nothing. I thought my blogs could help me. I put on adds and joined affiliate selling. But so far, I have yet to earn my first dollar. Then I get depressed even more. I applied for another affiliate site and I was turned down for the following reasons:
"The website does not have enough link popularity"
"The website is submitting too many posts in a day"
"The website is not posting unique content"
What do all these things supposed to mean?
Was all the time I've spent on reading and researching getting me no where? Well, it seems to be heading that way.
In my desperation, I just wanted to isolate my self from the world. Sometimes I would just blankly stare at something somewhere. I longed for the moments when my head would just be still and quite.
Then it hit me.
It was staring at me for the longest time. I haven't found my biggest "why" yet.
Do I want to be wealthy? Yes, of course! I believe that there's nothing wrong with being wealthy. More so, I believe that there are more good things that I can do when I become wealthy.
But why? So I can buy freedom of time to do the things that I wanted to do. But why? Because I want to spend more time with the people who matter to me the most? But why? Because I want to show to them how much I love them and how much I longed for the moments to spend my life with them without having to worry about where, when and how to get the money to spend. But why? Because at the end of my life story I want to be remembered by the very people I loved that I've lived my life for them. But why? Because it is my way of repaying the Lord, in my own simple ways, to give back to others the blessings He has given me - love, talent, time and treasures. These are my big WHYs.
At the end of this journey, it won't matter how much I've succeeded, nor how many times I've tried and failed. It won't matter how many streets they would name after me, or holidays after me, or books they would write about me. It won't matter how much money I've made, how much I gave or how much I've kept. At the end of this journey, what would matter would be how much I've complied with what was expected of me - loving with all the love I can give. Being rich is just one of the many vehicles I can ride. (We want to be rich not for the sake of being rich but for what we are becoming along the way. This is the philosophy of we have at one of our new blog Pinoy Millionaires Circle.)
Ahh... what a relief. Just a while ago, I was about to bang my head on the wall because of the gloominess I've felt. Now, I feel much better. Is this the hour of "sweet-lemoning?" Nope! I don't think so. I think the darkest part of the night just passed, that part of the night when the dawn is about to come.
Do I still feel down because after all the money and time I've invested on books and researches and yet the only source of my income is STILL my monthly salary? Do I still feel sad because my blogs "aren't popular" and "without unique contents?" YES! I won't deny it because I can't and there's no need to. But I can say now that it doesn't matter to me that much. As long as there are people who read my posts and learn from it, even that be only a single person, I won't stop sharing my thoughts. Whether I earn or not from my blogs, it doesn't matter. What matters to me is the life that I could change because of what I share.
Maybe earning from blogging isn't for me. Maybe my "luck" is yet to come. But that's no excuse for me to stop acting on my dreams. I think I'll just have to squeeze out some more ideas. If there's such thing as "luck", i think it would be "being the right person at the right time, at the right place and FOR THE RIGHT REASON."
Life doesn't always give us milk and honey. Sometimes, it throws us lemons. And when it does, let's be thankful we now have another flavor for our drinks.
Trials, success, failures, joys, sadness... It's a roller coaster ride. But this is my life. This is my story. And as inspirational speaker Les Brown would say, "This is my story and I'm sticking with it."
"Why such a sad opening?"
Because we live in the world where "duality" of things and events prevails. Life isn't always good. We can't always have a good life, can we? Well, as we have said before, to everything there is a season. Let us just say that I just had my share of it no so long ago.
We are all aware that nothing is permanent in this world, even our jobs that we thought were stable enough to survive the tests of time. We have seen corporate mergers and takeovers. It's a world of "dog-eats-dog" the "survival of the fittest." And normally, it is the people who are the first ones to go. We have heard of top honchos being kicked out of their offices. What more could save a rank and file? So I said to myself, before that thing happens to me, I gotta be few steps ahead of it.
But what if, you've applied for a new job and you've been turned down not just once but a lot more? Well, I know it's frustrating. The world isn't just unfair, it's ruthless.
Once in our lives we experience helplessness and desperation (and the author of Live the Good Life is no exception). In one of those low moments of my life thinking how I could be more successful in my career and how to augment the money I've been earning, I have resorted to all the self-help books I could grab, financial magazines, leadership books and business ideas. I did not spare internet just to have ideas on how to earn more. I was too fascinated with success stories of other people - people who get rich quick and people who earn money with virtually doing and investing nothing. I thought my blogs could help me. I put on adds and joined affiliate selling. But so far, I have yet to earn my first dollar. Then I get depressed even more. I applied for another affiliate site and I was turned down for the following reasons:
"The website does not have enough link popularity"
"The website is submitting too many posts in a day"
"The website is not posting unique content"
What do all these things supposed to mean?
Was all the time I've spent on reading and researching getting me no where? Well, it seems to be heading that way.
In my desperation, I just wanted to isolate my self from the world. Sometimes I would just blankly stare at something somewhere. I longed for the moments when my head would just be still and quite.
Then it hit me.
It was staring at me for the longest time. I haven't found my biggest "why" yet.
Do I want to be wealthy? Yes, of course! I believe that there's nothing wrong with being wealthy. More so, I believe that there are more good things that I can do when I become wealthy.
But why? So I can buy freedom of time to do the things that I wanted to do. But why? Because I want to spend more time with the people who matter to me the most? But why? Because I want to show to them how much I love them and how much I longed for the moments to spend my life with them without having to worry about where, when and how to get the money to spend. But why? Because at the end of my life story I want to be remembered by the very people I loved that I've lived my life for them. But why? Because it is my way of repaying the Lord, in my own simple ways, to give back to others the blessings He has given me - love, talent, time and treasures. These are my big WHYs.
At the end of this journey, it won't matter how much I've succeeded, nor how many times I've tried and failed. It won't matter how many streets they would name after me, or holidays after me, or books they would write about me. It won't matter how much money I've made, how much I gave or how much I've kept. At the end of this journey, what would matter would be how much I've complied with what was expected of me - loving with all the love I can give. Being rich is just one of the many vehicles I can ride. (We want to be rich not for the sake of being rich but for what we are becoming along the way. This is the philosophy of we have at one of our new blog Pinoy Millionaires Circle.)
Ahh... what a relief. Just a while ago, I was about to bang my head on the wall because of the gloominess I've felt. Now, I feel much better. Is this the hour of "sweet-lemoning?" Nope! I don't think so. I think the darkest part of the night just passed, that part of the night when the dawn is about to come.
Do I still feel down because after all the money and time I've invested on books and researches and yet the only source of my income is STILL my monthly salary? Do I still feel sad because my blogs "aren't popular" and "without unique contents?" YES! I won't deny it because I can't and there's no need to. But I can say now that it doesn't matter to me that much. As long as there are people who read my posts and learn from it, even that be only a single person, I won't stop sharing my thoughts. Whether I earn or not from my blogs, it doesn't matter. What matters to me is the life that I could change because of what I share.
Maybe earning from blogging isn't for me. Maybe my "luck" is yet to come. But that's no excuse for me to stop acting on my dreams. I think I'll just have to squeeze out some more ideas. If there's such thing as "luck", i think it would be "being the right person at the right time, at the right place and FOR THE RIGHT REASON."
Life doesn't always give us milk and honey. Sometimes, it throws us lemons. And when it does, let's be thankful we now have another flavor for our drinks.
I believe in a greater future. I believe in miracles and I believe that I am one. I believe in Living the Good Life! How about you?
Trials, success, failures, joys, sadness... It's a roller coaster ride. But this is my life. This is my story. And as inspirational speaker Les Brown would say, "This is my story and I'm sticking with it."
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