Tag Archives: Choice

Being Politically Correct

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Spirit Moments

There is a great tendency today, in polite society or in company you are new or not yet truly familiar with, to be politically correct for fear of hurting the sensibilities and feelings of others. This is very considerate of … Continue reading →

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Seeking and Searching

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Phototropism is the tendency and the growth of a plant in the direction of its light source. Plants naturally seek out their life-source. Bacteria and microorganisms have the tendency to move towards food and light, their life-source. And so it … Continue reading →

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Elections

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Spirit Moments

I am up and off early this morning to serve at the polls. I am inspired to do this civic and Christian  duty where the voiceless get to be heard, the powerless get to exert some power and those in … Continue reading →

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Keeping the Devil Away With a Simple Life

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Spirit Moments

The devil is a very wily adversary. After all, he has had millennia of experience tempting people versus my few years of fighting it. But his common ruse is to present something bad as good, true, or beautiful. Hardly anyone will … Continue reading →

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Life is a Spiral and an Echo

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Spirit Moments

One of the reasons Facebook can become so addicting is that it gives you more of what you want, or of sites you visit often, or things you write about most of the time. So, if you like sports or the … Continue reading →

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Good Days, Bad Days

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Spirit Moments

What a miserable life it must be to wake up to the same pain and misery everyday. I think of cancer patients going through constant and unceasing pain till their dying day. Or, those living in abject poverty with no … Continue reading →

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Life is for the Giving, not the Keeping

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Looking out to nature and seeing all that beauty and grandeur always amazes me and fill  me with unspeakable wonderment. Looking outward fills me with awesome. I look inward and I see something equally as awesome. I look out on … Continue reading →

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Reasons and Alibis

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Kung gusto may paraan. Kung ayaw may dahilan. To one who is willing to go, there will always be a way. To one who won’t, there is always be an alibi to stay. People who are driven and motivated will always … Continue reading →

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Being a Neighbor

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Spirit Moments

There are many instances where a situation would tug at my heart strings and move me to reach out and do something. Often, I do. But there are occasions I find all sorts of reasons not to help. Like the … Continue reading →

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When Will We Ever Learn?

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Today, I pray for all the victims of war and violence in the world. What is happening in Syria and Iraq may seem a world away from where I am. But anything that happens in our global village affects me. … Continue reading →

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