LOVER and GIVER

A quality of a great lover is being able to GIVE.

Sometimes we give, whatever in kind it may be, without being reciprocated and we only get hurt in return. But then again, the good news is that we are able to share our blessings, not that we are the ones who need to ask.

Jesus loved us by laying down his life for us. We were loved without being asked for anything in return! And the best part is that He continues to love us without getting tired!

May we be able to share this kind of love to our brothers and sisters..

God loves you! Spread the love! And oh, Happy Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! :) ♥

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Love and Every Word in my Thoughts, or Most Likely

Found this in one of the folders of the station which I am using right now #Row17PC11
It talks about love love love and it's conflicts in following the Divine Will, or something. *wink  ;)
In one way or another, I find it speaking in behalf of myself - in every word stated.

Traditional religious practices are important: they allow us to share with others the communal experience of adoration and prayer. But we must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are NO RULES.

Some may try to control their emotions and develop strategies for their behavior; others may turn to reading books of advice from "experts" on relationships but this is all folly. The heart decides, and what it decides is all that really matters.

 All of us have had this experience. At some point, we have each said through our tears, "I'm suffering for a love that's not worth it." 

• We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. 
• We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. 
• We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules. 

But ultimately there is no good reason for our suffering, for in every love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we come to spiritual experience.

Those who are truly enlightened, those whose souls are illuminated by love, have been able to overcome all the inhibitions and preconceptions of their era. They have been able to sing, to laugh, and to pray out loud; they have danced and shared what Saint Paul called "the madness of saintliness." They have been joyful because those who love conquer the world and have no fear of loss. True love is an act of total surrender.

 Sooner or later, we have to overcome our fears, because the spiritual path can only be travelled through the daily experience of love. Thomas Merton once said that the spiritual life is essentially to love. One doesn't love in order to do what is good or to help or to protect someone. If we act that way, we are perceiving the other as a simple object, and we are seeing ourselves as wise and generous persons. This has nothing to do with love.

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

You know what I mean? In every word stated, it portrays all that I want to say about the much overrated word LOVE.

I believe this is an excerpt from the novel By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho -my favourite author already!! The said book also have curl-up-in-bed-while-sobbing-and-reminiscing and life-realization kind of quotes which everyone should give a minute to read. HAHA ♥

I'm off to my five-day long vacation now in a place where I haven't been ever to and with people I didn't know I'd even meet - all thanks to the generousness of the Lord! Let's see how this goes! ;)

Thank You Note

The only consolation I had when things weren't really going my way was the spark of faith which I had in my heart and the grace of the Lord which He made known through His angels, also known as FRIENDS. :')

Thank you for being one of my strengths my Fuel DistrictEight family. For not just sympathizing with me, but you were really there to empathize. Ate Jess, Sis Jien, Edz, Angel, Ricky, Flor. Si Kuya Sai pd, Shayne and Loven. Salamat sa inyong gugma ug kanunay nga presensya! I know your namesneed not be mentioned cz the Lord has already your names in His book, pro salamat gihapon. You made me feel sooooooo loved! Truly, all of you are heaven sent ♥

To my Calltek colleagues, esp to Riley, Precious and Cyrus. Super thank you jud for taking your time to visit me, and my dad. And for sending your best regards, they're much appreciated :D

To my HS friends who remembered, and dropped by, tnx. Ahhh daghang salamat pud kaau Jong for checking on the results of the lab exams made for my dad! :)

And to my brothers and sisters, mga Nanay and Tatay sa MME Evangelization 2033 Cebu community, and relatives as well, thank you very much for all the prayers you have offered for my Daddy's fastest recovery, encouraging messages and esp for visiting us. It means soooooo much! Praise the Lord! Hopefully he'll be discharged from the ICU tmrw depending on the latest exam results. Yaay ♥ :D

Love lots,
Ann Ann :D

Happy Me! :D

Drawing Happiness from Someone Else's Eyes

The happiness, joy and gratitude you see in someone's eyes, reflected through his soul, when you've done them good takes away all the stress and trouble you've been through - very rewarding! More than satisfying as we can say. That moment when you see heaven in someone's eyes and you know you are the reason behind it, oh the joy! They may be your lover, friend, family or even just someone random. It's an emotion you can only muster when you've been self-sacrificing and way beyond generous. Not at all times you will be rewarded though. But then even at just one certain instance that your efforts had been recognized, out of the hundreds that you've made, it's already more than enough.

I can say that that's LOVE and COMPASSION at it's best! What else could that awesomeness be? Other than that, the Lord is always behind all these sweet gratifying realizations.

Thank God and praise Him all the time! :) ♥