THE BEST MARRIAGE ADVICE EVER!!

Twenty-five principles to your relationship, that could make a life-changing difference in your marriage!  In no particular order:

 

1. Choose to love each other even in those moments when you struggle to like each other. Love is a commitment, not a feeling.

 

2. Always answer the phone when your husband/wife is calling and when possible, try to keep your phone off when you’re together with your spouse.

 

3. Make time together a priority. Budget for a consistent date night. Time is the “currency of relationships” so consistently invest time into your marriage.

 

4. Surround yourself with friends who will strengthen your marriage and remove yourself from people who may tempt you to compromise your character.

 

5. Make laughter the soundtrack of your marriage. Share moments of joy, and even in the hard times, find reasons to laugh.

 

6. In every argument, remember that there won’t be a “winner” and a “loser.” You are partners in everything so you’ll either win together or lose together. Work together to find a solution.

 

7. Remember that a strong marriage rarely has two strong people at the same time. It’s usually a husband and wife taking turns being strong for each other in the moments when the other feels weak.

 

8. Prioritize what happens in the bedroom. It takes more than sex to build a strong marriage, but it’s nearly impossible to build a strong marriage without it!

 

9. Remember that marriage isn’t 50-50, divorce is 50-50. Marriage has to be 100-100. It’s not splitting everything in half, but both partners giving everything they’ve got!

 

10. Give your best to each other, not your leftovers after you’ve given your best to everyone else.

 

11. Learn from other people, but don’t feel the need to compare your life or your marriage to anyone else’s. God’s plan for your life is masterfully unique!

 

12. Don’t put your marriage on hold while you’re raising your kids or else you’ll end up with an empty nest and an empty marriage.

 

13. Never keep secrets from each other. Secrecy is the enemy of intimacy.

 

14. Never lie to each other. Lies break trust and trust is the foundation of a strong marriage.

 

15. When you’ve made a mistake, admit it and humbly seek forgiveness. You should be quick to say, “I was wrong. I’m sorry. Please forgive me.”

 

16. When your husband/wife breaks your trust, give them your forgiveness instantly which will promote healing and create the opportunity for trust to be rebuilt. You should be quick to say, “I love you. I forgive you. Let’s move forward.”

 

17. Be patient with each other. Your spouse is always more important that your schedule.

 

18. Model the kind of marriage that will make your sons want to grow up to be good husbands and your daughters want to grow up to be good wives.

 

19. Be your spouse’s biggest encourager, not his/her biggest critic. Be the one who wipes away their tears, not the one who causes them.

 

20. Never talk badly about your spouse to other people or vent about them online. Protect your spouse at all times and in all places.

 

21. Always wear your wedding ring. It will remind you that you’re always connected to your spouse and it will remind the rest of the world that you’re off limits!

 

22. Connect into a community of faith. A good church can make a world of difference in your marriage and family.

 

23. Pray together. Every marriage is stronger with God in the middle of it.

 

24. When you have to choose between saying nothing or saying something mean to your spouse, say nothing every time!

 

25. Never consider divorce as an option. Remember that a “perfect marriage” is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other!

 

Source: http://strongermarriages.com/the-best-marriage-advice-ever/

 

 

 

 

Happy Father's Day!

Here is a song dedicated to my father....

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Then came my mid-year vacation.

This time, I'll be flying from HK Airport.
As i queued up to get my boarding pass,
I noticed that my flight to Manila

will be filled with all my kababayans.

Not long after, we're all seated inside the plane waiting for the

takeoff. From the chit chats of the passengers,
I'm sure most are all OFW like me. 

Everyone had its own stories, some sad but most are happy.

"Hay sa wakas makakauwi din ako".

"San ka sa hongkong?"

"Matutuwa bunso ko sa dala kong ipod."

From the look in their eyes. there is so much excitement and jubilation.

It was my first vacation.

As everyone talks with fellow passengers in the plane, the picture of my father was in my mind.

He used to be an OFW and I'm sure, he was in the same seat,
uttering the same words, gleaming the same joy

and having the same feeling as everyone.....

"Sana kasya kila Atcha yung nabili kong sapatos, matutuwa si Robert sa dala kong relo,

si Roy at Ryan kilala kaya ako? Maganda yung kwintas na dala ko kay Bot at Rocel."

Twenty long years of hard work....of homesick.
A vacation every two years.
Every flight must have been filled with emotions, with tears,
eagerness to embrace his wife, sons and daughter.

All his life, he worked for us, for his family.

Taking sacrifices night and day.

Like what they use to say...
no words are enough to express our gratitude to our Father.
The best Tatay in the whole world.
He did everything for us,
he gave everything for us.
And the best of it all!
He is the one who modeled to us
the true value of knowing, loving and serving
our Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.


From my wife and Rebecca.
We love you so much Tay
Happy Happy Father's Day!

The World's Poorest President

Commitment

Commitment is the act of giving or putting something in the trust of another. In broader sense, it is the act of pledging or binding yourself to a certain course of action or to a person.

Commitment is the decision to go forward, to hang in there when the going gets tough, to take one more step when you are convinced all strength is gone.  To harness all our physical and mental efforts to go the extra mile.

Commitment is the decision to stand by someone no matter what the temperature of a relationship maybe, or the force of the wind that blows against it.

-Harold Sala
Guidelines for Family Living

Famous Brand Names' Correct Pronunciation

We often see these names, in billboards, in TV commercials, in the internet, everywhere. And yet, most of us pronounce them wrongly. Below are compilations of brand names and their correct way of pronunciation.

God is not Dead - by Einstein

Lets put your logic to the test :D

Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is GOD good ?

Student : Sure.

Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?

Student : Yes.

Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent.)

Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Is satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor: Where does satan come from ?

Student : From … GOD …

Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer.)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them ?

(Student had no answer.)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?

Student : No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.

Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn’t.

(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

(The class broke out into laughter. )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.

P.S.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?

Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH.

By the way, that student was EINSTEIN.

All About K to 12 and the Senior High School

Philippine is implementing K to 12 program but what really is it?

Please take time to read this post to know more about this.

The original document was in Power Point presentation which I received through email and I converted it to pictures so others can easily read and share.