tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81567764996107520412024-02-19T08:30:33.579-08:00life in the makingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger646125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156776499610752041.post-69949475148954656032017-03-08T17:39:00.002-08:002017-03-08T17:45:18.887-08:00Coffee?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156776499610752041.post-40914900524809178602017-03-08T17:32:00.002-08:002017-03-08T17:45:39.775-08:00Strawberry love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156776499610752041.post-17512650477430016422017-03-08T17:28:00.003-08:002017-03-08T17:45:03.715-08:00How about sunrise?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156776499610752041.post-44114383329955420252017-01-18T17:17:00.002-08:002017-01-18T17:17:47.381-08:00We Make it About Us<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yv47bsO9b5U" width="560"></iframe><br />
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I have to practice this. I have to show this example to my son. I have to be this, too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156776499610752041.post-80136952602829684422017-01-02T19:09:00.002-08:002017-01-02T19:09:36.280-08:00Starting the year right <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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if you are hurting, fearful, or feel alone right now, please know that
you are loved. Prayers have been sent, and they have been heard. The
pain does not always disappear, but it will be used for the greater
good. <br /> That is God's promise.<br /> Stay faithful and obedient.<br />
Just because you are in the deep, does not mean that healing has come to
an end. Our Heavenly Father knows of EVERY fallen tear. His love is
here and His promises TRUE!<br /> Now, let's "talk."<br /> <br /> I want to bring to the surface one of satan's nasty, dirty, and manipulative tricks.<br /> We must BE AWARE & ON GUARD.<br /> The enemy must NOT be allowed to enter our mind!<br /> Do you realize that once you have been hurt, betrayed, or offended that is STILL not "good enough" for satan?<br /> Oh no, he is just getting started.<br /> The enemy's desire is that we hurt MORE.<br /> We fear MORE. <br /> We question MORE.<br /> We become MORE depressed, MORE angry, and MORE anxious.<br /> More isolated. More alone.<br />
The evil one is not satisfied with you laying awake one night here and
there. The enemy wants you to be wrapped in a blanket of fear and worry
day in and day out.<br /> <br /> Just as Jesus wants it ALL, the enemy is fighting for it ALL.<br /> The enemy is making plans to isolate us, and then move in for the kill.<br /> He wants us alone, locked up, and tied down.<br /> Why?<br />
In that very darkness and isolation, we become less effective. We are
vulnerable. We are injured. We lose power. We are deflated. We take
our eyes off of The Lord. Our wounds eventually overtake us and infect
us.<br /> God loses a mighty WARRIOR FOR HIS KINGDOM. A soldier falls.<br /> <br /> Listen, precious and powerful brothers and sisters in Christ.<br /> We are feeling the relentless and fiery darts of the enemy, but we have a CHOICE to make.<br /> Will we suit up in God's armor or will we be taken down?<br /> <br /> In THIS hour, we must CLAIM TRUTH. CLAIM VICTORY, and STAND upon the Word of God.<br /> Jesus left us with the UNLEASHED POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!<br /> He left us FULLY EQUIPPED FOR THIS BATTLE.<br /> Today, we must focus on souls unsaved and hand over our hurt, offense, doubt, and emotional wounds.<br /> God promised to touch every dark corner of our lives.<br /> HE HELD TO HIS PROMISE AT THE CROSS!<br /> It's far too often that we refuse to drop off our heavy baggage there, where He gave His flawless life.<br /> We insist on carrying it alone.<br /> This is NOT The Lord's plan.<br /> <br /> Lord, TODAY....<br /> Help us to trust.<br /> Help us to love fiercely.<br /> Help us to hand over our pain.<br /> Help us to help others find restoration and peace in Your name.<br /> Help us to accept the open invitation to healing and the POWER OF THE CROSS!<br /> Help us to accept the blessings within our brokenness.<br /> Walk on satan! You are NOT getting a piece of this.<br /> We are BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH KING...and we have a battle to WIN! </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156776499610752041.post-4194695149679959642016-11-24T16:41:00.002-08:002016-11-24T16:48:54.530-08:00ID? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every time you left me, my world came to a halt. But what I would actually feel was that it was the end of everything. Hope was something too scary to even hold on to. There was something about it which I couldn’t trust. Hope brought me so much disillusionment and pain. I would rather deal with each pain, each blow that your leaving has caused me, each nightmare. I had to deal with all this whether I liked it or not. But you know what, it somehow made me stronger, more resilient. It made me understand pain more and I realized these things have to be embraced and not resisted. The more that we resist it, the more that it gets to us, the more it becomes intense. Yes, I have accepted pain, thanks to you. I have become familiar to it, less scared. There were too many sunsets that I have mourned. And they will not cease to make me grieve the nights. But I am more aware of it now. They’re part of how I learn to constantly let go. -<i> Anabelle Badilla </i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">How to Write a Good Short Story </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">by Anabelle Badilla-Gubuan</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A short story, simply put, is like a shorter version of a novel.
It has the same elements as a novel has:
the characters, the setting, the plot, the conflict, and the resolution.From
my own experience as a writer, though, a short story will require more
creativity from the author because given the limitations of the number of
words, you have to make sure your readers are satisfied and truly impressed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Indeed, how do you impress your readers? A short story is a work
of fiction or imagination but then again, just like any other stories long or
short, you can always get inspirations from the reality around you. What people
are looking for usually is how they can relate to the characters, their pains,
their fears, their triumphs and their dreams. Look around you and everything,
everyone, has a story to tell: the beggar in the street, the lonesome willow
tree in the middle of a park, the quarrelling couple in the subway, the strict
librarian with very thick eyeglasses. The list is endless. But before you can
get your hands in these stories, you have to remember a few important things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1. Have you read enough short stories? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading will help you sharpen your mind and develop your skill
as a short story writer. It doesn’t mean that you will be copying the idea of others, though. The more short
stories you read, the more ready you will become to take on the task because it
will build up your excitement and encourage you to actually do it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2. Outline your story.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When you’re ready to start writing, you can now take your pen
and paper and outline your story. List down the elements I have mentioned above
and make notes next to these elements: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The characters: each character has to leave an impression that
will make the reader remember them long after they have finished reading your
story. Make sure you don’t overwhelm your readers with too many characters.
Some short, compelling stories take over the world by just two or three
characters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The setting:</span></b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Describe the scene,
don’t describe the picture. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The plot:</span></b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> it has to have the element of surprise. Putting a twist
somewhere near the end always works. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The conflict: </span></b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Human interest” is the aspect of a story that interest people
because it resonates with their own experiences. This always keeps the reader
riveted to their seats simply because they can relate to what the characters
undergo in the story. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The resolution:</span></b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> keep in mind that a good story has an element of justice. It
doesn’t have to be a traditional happy-ever-after kind of ending, but make sure
you make something right out of the conflict you have presented. Some stories
can go on and on, stuck in the conflict of the whole story and it ends badl<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>y there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3. Strong title, equally strong ending. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Your title must represent your whole story but in a way that
will just give a hint to your readers. It is a come on, like teacups placed in
the front porch table. But mind you, making a compelling title is as
challenging as coming up with an ending just as good. Your ending has to make
your story come in full circle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4. Stick to your story. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When there is a temptation to stray, to back to your outline and
check your elements one by one. It will keep you grounded. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">5. Practice, practice, practice. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #252523; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Capture your reader’s attention. Imagine, visualize, dream, make
it up. Most of all experiment. It is only in trying out new things all the time
that the best writers learn and become best sellers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have always prayed, begged, asked the Lord to grant you a life of happiness, peace, success, and that he will give you everything your heart desires. It is still my prayer. After all these years, after all these pains, it is still my prayer. I believe that you deserve that and I believe God will grant my prayers. Be happy now. Stop letting the enemy pull you back from which part of your journey you've reached already. All the enemy wants is for those who choose the Lord to choose otherwise. Because he wants all of us to be miserable. Will you keep allowing him to make you miserable? And make others around you miserable? It would be such a sad life if that would be so. You don't deserve a sad, lonely life, do you? </div>
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"...and still to their goal the rivers go." Indeed ... indeed. The oceans never filled and still to their goal the rivers go. How can you stop going to your goal? There is not stopping. Just keep going. That alone is purpose. That alone is courage. That alone is who you are. </div>
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"People, they tend to judge you based on what they know about your past." Recently heard this from someone and it resonated with me right away. Most of the difficulties I've been facing lately are born out of the fact that I have been judged. I made choices in my life, and some these are not really nice choices at least as far as other's principles and beliefs are concerned. Well, the choices I made are mine. I always make a conscious effort not to drag others into my misery. I try as much as I can to take it all in bearing in mind that others have got nothing to do with the consequences of what I do. Bearing in mind most of all that these pains will eventually make be stronger and better and will allow me to be there for others, too, who are broken like me. Who is not broken anyway? Even the ones who had a sheltered childhood, they have in one way or another, some kind of brokenness. My past will not define my future. I am nearing the point of my journey where I can stand tall and proud. I can't wait to say, "I made it." </div>
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Only you can make that decision to free yourself already from the past and start living your life again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156776499610752041.post-46209249555186302912016-08-17T20:04:00.002-07:002016-09-08T19:04:10.730-07:00I am a writer, and I can pin you down with my poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am a writer, you are not. You do not have the eloquence of words, they can only stream from a soul that knows a lot about darkness. All you know is how to bask in the sunlight because in there you feel alive. You're scared of the dark. It reflects your emptiness. You do not have the eloquence of words because your brain is a pack of empty cells that know nothing but to blink here and there, every once in a while. You think you're cool, you think you're awesome, you think you're better than the others because you can "speak your mind" out. Really? What does your mind speak about anyway? Trash, trash, nothing but trash. Because first of all, you don't know yourself. You're forever lost. Your identity depends on who accepts you, for the moment. Because people in your life do not stay. Who can stay with an arrogant, all knowing, lost soul?<br />
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You see, this is how a writer fights with someone like you. I have plenty of words that hide behind the well laid out poetry of thoughts and emotions that run around like wild rats in a falling off ceiling. These words are well reserved for you. Go on and feign affection. Go on and fake your smile. Go on and pretend there is happiness in your so-called universe. It will not stay long. It will not be there forever. Because the happiness that you call is a smoke from a burnt pile of dead dreams. No, my dear, they're not star dust.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156776499610752041.post-21987876060938887812016-08-17T19:04:00.001-07:002016-08-17T19:18:55.511-07:00Different roles, different goals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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