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Tag Archives: Doing good
Doing Good is Often a Lonely and Difficult Task
Rules and laws are meant to prevent us from doing bad. But I have found that they also prevent us from doing good, specially in a litigious society such as the US. People would sometimes hesitate to help others in … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Faith, Relationships
Tagged Contribution, Doing good, Generosity
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All It Takes Is a Tiny Spark
The best time to do good in now. The best place to do good is here. In today’s interconnected world, where the media bring news around the world instantaneously, there are so many issues demanding my attention. There is the … Continue reading
Life is a Spiral and an Echo
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
Posted in Discipleship, Life, Love, Relationships
Tagged Choice, Doing good, Service
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Harsh Words that Hurt
For all His tenderness, comforting words and inspiring stories, Jesus also had some scathing words and choice epithets for the authorities, specially the High Priests, the Scribes and the Pharisees. Like “You whitened sepulchers!” “Hypocrites!” “Fools!” “You brood of vipers!” … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Doing good, Growing Older, Humility
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Heaven is for Real. And so is Evil.
Evil is real and it keeps on growing in the world today. I can see but do not understand the anger and hatred that drive ISIS extremists to such atrocities and violence. I am appalled and left utterly bewildered how … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing good, Prayer
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Integrity
Words are all I have to describe the beauty and goodness around me. Whether I am happy or sad, I have words to comfort and console me. I reach out to others and words truly come in handy. I let … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Identity, Photography
Tagged Discipline, Doing good, Poetry
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Choosing Life
Life is such a wonderful present and its end, death, is such an awful prospect. Everything people do is to sustain life and to make it longer and better. Farmers work their fields to grow food that will sustain life. … Continue reading
Agere Contra
I often notice that the things I hate and find offensive in other people are the very same things I hate most in myself. Sometimes, I am not even aware that the things I would correct in others are the … Continue reading
Man: an Embodied-Consciousness-With-Others-In-The-World.
One of my favorite quotes from my class in Existential Phenomenology is this: Man is an embodied-consciousness-with-others-in-the-world. This is the basic truth of my existence. I am here. I am here with others. I and the others share but one … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Doing good
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The Fog in San Francisco Bay
I love the fog specially as it comes in from San Francisco Bay. I find it a refreshing sight and an invigorating experience as it breezes by me. It may seem a very ordinary thing but it is an essential … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Photography, Presence, Relationships
Tagged Being a Father, Blessings, Contribution, Doing good, Grace
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