♥ - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD... 04/03/2013 - ♥

When you appreciate what you have,

what you have appreciates in value.

Kinda cool right?

So basically,

 being grateful for the goodness

that is already evident in your life

 will bring you a deeper sense of happiness.

And that’s without having to go out

 and buy anything.

It makes sense.

We’re gonna have a hard time

 ever being happy if we aren’t thankful

 for what we already have.

As we get older 

it becomes more of a challenge
and too much of an excuse.

Certain things need to be 

remembered 

and when we forget, 

the guilt is way too much to handle.

We choose what's important to us.

I don't think it's a male thing. 
It's more a part of our personality

and how we grew up.

I was always one 

to celebrate everything.

Like our friendship ... 

I celebrate YOU!

Make this a day to 

celebrate,

~ Bob Perks

Our attitudes control our lives.
Attitudes are a secret power 

working 24 hours a day,
for good or bad. 

It is of paramount importance 

that we know how to harness 

and control this great force.

- Tom Blandi

We all can make 

an impact on others 

by serving those who need serving,

comforting and
being there for those 

who are hurting,
and encouraging 

those who are sad. 

Rise,
do so, 

you will find the rewards 

to yourself 

are amazing.

~ Unknown

Let the rain kiss you.

Let the rain beat 

upon your head 

with silver liquid drops. 

Let the rain sing you 

a lullaby.

 

- Langston Hughes

Life is what we are 

alive to. 

It is not length 

but breath.

Be alive to goodness, 

kindness, purity, 

love, history,

poetry, music, 

flowers, stars, 

God 

and eternal hope.

~ Maltbie D Babcock

Your time to choose

You can always live the life you choose.

Because you can always choose,

 in each and every moment, how to be.

Sure, life in this world sends all sorts of

seemingly random and often

disturbing occurrences your way.

Yet the choice of how to think and feel about them,

 and what to do with them, is yours.

It is through the use of that choice

that your life is fashioned.

From the perspective you select

comes the world you experience,

in this hour, this month,

this decade, this lifetime.

Whatever comes, will come and go.

What you choose to do with it,

 is what makes your life the way it is.

It is never too late,

and you are never too far off track

 to live the way you wish to live.

For in this very next moment,

 no matter what it may contain,

 you can choose how, and why, to proceed.

You never have to resign yourself

 to less than the best.

For now is always

your time to choose.

Ralph Marston

Hinatuan's Enchanted

River 

Barangay Talisay, Hinatuan

Surigao del Sur, Philippines 

This little known town is blessed with

a hidden treasure --

a stunning blue lagoon nestled within

 a mountainside

 and protectively covered by a forest.

 It is called "enchanted" because no 

one has ever reached its bottom.

 Many people, including scuba divers,

 have tried reaching for the bottom

 but have failed,

 hence the legend of its bottomless

pit. 

Nilagang Baka

Filipino Beef Stew with 

Clear Broth

Nilagang Baka is so easy to cook, 

the only thing that is time consuming 

is

 the simmering of the Beef Bones and

Beef Brisket.

 Filipinos tend to eat Nilagang Baka

as a soup

 that you drizzle on top of steamed 

rice. 

White steamed rice, fish sauce with 

calamansi, 

and chili peppers for condiments

 makes this dish a true wonder 

when it comes to lunch time.