Does this apply to EVERYONE?

"It's amazing how much your life opens up once you stop filling it with meaningless activities and pointless drama. Cut complainers, haters, manipulators, and other idiots out of your life and watch your life expand in every direction."

-Isaiah Hankel

Like, you know, cut people who are actually related to you out of your life to make everything bearable? I'm not saying treating them like they're dead or something but just - I don't know - stop letting them affect me and the decisions I make?

Sometimes the positive thinking quotes/advice I read online contradict each other, I don't know which one to follow anymore.

More, more help for the Philippines!

Ever since I realized that helping people gave me the greatest joy, I've never stopped lending a hand to those who needed help. Okay, granted I didn't get to help everyone who has a financial problem as I am struggling financially, too, but those who needed help with, say, relationship problems... I was always willing to share what little experience I have in the matter. They don't have to follow my advice or anything for me to feel joy; I am just happy I helped.

Helping in repacking goods for the Yolanda survivors last November 2013 with a very good friend has got to be one of my most memorable moments of helping people. I mean, I always, always help my people I know anyway and even though I've sent a small amount of money to those affected by the Habagat in 2013, this particular experience still takes the cake. Nothing beats the feeling I got while I was pouring bigas into bags and actually carrying tons of them from one side of the basketball court to another with a very kikay girl who kept on texting on her phone (normally, something like this will piss me off but nothing can take the high away that night). I really feel great whenever I remember that night. That's how great the feeling of helping is.

Getting messages like this is just a bonus when you help people. Gratitude from other people makes you feel grateful that you have the capacity to actually help.

Now, Globe is giving everyone another chance to help with #GLOBEProjectWonderful2014. For this project, I would love to give the gift of positive thinking to the Filipino people. It seriously changed my life and I would love for people to get the chance to change theirs, too. Now, I know what the question's gonna be: How can I give that as an actual gift?

Well, I've been talking about the PSI here and how joining that 4-day seminar changed my life and the way I look at things. That's how I'm going to give the gift of positive thinking to my fellowmen. Like I said back in 2010: If I won a hundred million pesos from the Lotto draws, I will most definitely enroll everyone I know to that seminar.

Now, if Globe would grant that wish for me, I'd love for the most important figures in the government and in the entertainment industry to undergo the seminar so they'll know how to use their power to the advantage of the Filipino people. A lot of the very influential people in these fields don't know that a single victim story can change the whole mindset of a person. This seminar will also help them take responsibility of their decisions, which is very much important in the position they are holding in the society.

I swear by the power of positive thinking and I hope that everyone else in this country uses this to their advantage. There are a lot of cynics but I just dare them to try it, no questions asked... I am going off topic. That's how passionate I am about this positive thinking thing.

Anyway, share what gift you'd want to give to the Filipino people if you were given the chance in the comments section, too, for a chance to win amazing products such as the iPad 2, Globe Tattoo Broadband sticks and prepaid cards! This reminds me of how the Christmas season never ends in the Philippines. It's always the season of giving this side of the world. So take this opportunity to think of ways that you can help. What you give out to the universe, comes back to you tenfold.

Stupid.

Someone once told me that if small, "dumb" things make me happy, the reason behind it is because I have a very shallow take on life. It made me feel small for a good number of years. I keep on forcing "big" things to happen to make me feel better about myself and not feel "dumb" about the things that are happening in my life.

Thing is, for all those years, I've never really felt happy. I've never thanked my friends sincerely for taking a night off from whatever it is they're busy with to spend time and money with me. I've never thanked my parents for still making me live with them and for looking out for me despite me being an adult with a baby girl to raise. I've never even thanked that guy who helped me board the Ayala shuttle when I was pregnant just so I won't feel that small, dumb things make me happy. That I am not dumb. That probably is the reason why I didn't notice all the good things that kept on happening to me...because I kept on looking for "huge" things to do so the return will be massive. I guess I shouldn't have taken that someone's words as truth but I can't help it; he's so much older than me. He's had more life experiences than me and supposedly, he's supposed to be wiser.

Now, at 25, I admit, I still don't have every answer to all of my questions but there's one thing I know for sure now: Being happy and grateful about the small stuff, that's what matters. The bigger things, your gratitude towards them will follow suit. So go ahead, feel happy and enjoy that cup of hot tea your dad made you or the fact that your old, 5-years-ago pair of jeans fit you again. You'll see how your life improves by just doing that small a gesture. You don't have to go all-out on your celebration of these small things. A simple prayer (or whisper to the universe) of "Thanks!" will go a long, long way. Trust me.

September 30, 2013

Today marks the last day of September, supposedly the greatest month of 2013. There were a lot of surprises, both pleasant and unpleasant, and I am thankful for all of them. They made me realize how lucky I am to be surrounded by people who love me and support me. That realization, that's what makes this month the greatest month of 2013.

I am just overflowing with positive vibes right now. It's funny how everything sort of works out if you just let things happen instead of forcing them to happen.

Nothing exciting/adventurous actually happened this month but it definitely is one for the books. Hands down, the most memorable birth month I've had in years.

I'm feeling so good!

I'm feeling so good.
I know that I would.
Been taking care of myself like I should.
'Cause not one thing can bring me down.
Nothing in this world's gonna turn me around.

I knew reading back on my previous posts will bring me positive vibes. :)

One thing's for sure: I made December 2012/January 2013 Ale really, really, REALLY happy. Law of Attraction...you really don't disappoint! Konting tiyaga lang ang kailangan...

Also, thanks to Jennifer Lopez for today's song.

Vision Board-ing

While the whole of Metro Manila panics because of water rising, I was making my vision board. Call me selfish but I don't think panicking will actually help the water to subside so I might as well do something 'productive' with my time online.

Presenting, my (updated) vision board:

Used vision board-making site, http://www.oprah.com/packages/o-dream-board.html.

0906-Bootycall

You'd think that a message like this would offend me but it actually wouldn't. I know it's sick but it boosts my self-esteem off the charts. Like, someone actually wants to get with post-pregnancy me.

PS. It might seem like an innocent message but I've known this guy since 2nd year high school and boy do I know what his "Still up?" messages mean.

PPS. No, in all those 10 years, I haven't gotten with the guy but not because I wasn't attracted to him. It's just that, well, I haven't been single in 10 years. That is, until now...

PPPS. He's also persistent. He booty texts/calls me every so often except when he got himself a girlfriend, which was last year. Anyway, we meet up every once in a while but nothing really happens. We just have coffee or watch a movie. Kunwaring pa-wholesome ba.

Need to get off this plateau.

I've been stuck in a rut for quite some time now and I obviously want out. One Saturday night while reading the first few pages of The Fault In Our Stars, I suddenly had the urge to build my vision board so I can have some sort of direction as to where I am actually going. I searched for an illustration board in the house and when I didn't find one, I decided the blank wall at the foot of my bed would do a great job holding my visual inspirations:

Obviously, it's not finished yet. That's just 4 out of the 10 million things I want to have in my life so I still have a long way to go when it comes to my vision wall. And yes, two Miranda Kerr photos because I would just love for my body to look like her body, okay? Anyway, I should be able to finish the wall by the end of the week. The most important part of the board is there, anyway:

If you're planning to make your own board, that statement is an important part of it.

Anyway, I also started writing my gratitude journal:

Yes, after 2 years and 7 months, I finally got around to building the habit of writing on it every night, before I start reading my book of the day. Also, I am in no way being asked to post about Shell but the family always gas up there and that's the reason why I have this notebook. I might wrap it with something prettier soon, though. I have a lot of free notebooks from all the bazaars I went to and have been a part of, I have finally found a way to use them!

I know a lot of people find these habits weird but they work for me. They do not only help me keep myself on the right track, they also help me get going. Based on experience, too, these actually made some "wishes" come true so I am totally sticking to these techniques. If all else fails (which I know they won't), the positive vibes these techniques give me at the start and the end of the day is enough for me to hang on to them.

What a great day!

Despite the semi-bad vibes I sent out earlier today, God and the universe decided to give me a little reassurance that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing and that I'm pretty good at it:

Thank you, God and the universe! The best kayo! <3 p="">

Lessons of the week.

One of the things I learned this week is that God and the universe will not allow you to wallow in self-pity for a very long time. They will throw good stuff - small stuff - into your life that will make you feel grateful despite all the problems you are having. It's just your call if you're gonna recognize and accept it or not. In my case, I did and now I'm feeling a lot better than I did last Friday.

I've also learned that betting against guys will get you in (drunken) trouble. I made a bet against two guys last Monday where I know think I'm gonna lose. Just so you know, loser takes 5 shots of Gran Matador, the very same drink I swore off from drinking back in '08. Lucky me, huh?

The Secret

The first time I've watched The Secret was 2 years ago. I had a huge belly, a really complicated home-and-lovelife situation and a very confused mind. I didn't know what I should be doing (and thinking of) at that time. The seminar for The Law of Attraction came around that time, followed by the PSI 4-day seminar that totally changed my life.

Why this blog post? Well, my aunt sent me an e-mail enumerating all the keywords/phrases from the book/film, The Secret. I remember how empowered I am every time I see them and I just wanted to share the positivity with everyone. I hope these inspire you the same way they do me.

• Law of Attraction – what will help you generate the feeling to get what you want
• Thoughts become things
• Whatever it is you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming
• What you think, what you feel, and what you manifest, is always a match
• The way you feel is everything
• The universe likes speed; don’t delay, don’t second-guess
• Most people offer the majority of their thought in response to what they are observing
• Believe what you want, believe that you deserve it, believe it could happen to you
• When you have inspired thought, you have to trust in and act on it
• Go to the sense of inner vision first, and all other things will follow
• You are the only one who creates your reality
• Happier thoughts leads to essentially happier bio-chemistry
• What you resists, persists
• Focus on what you want; what you don’t want will fall away.
• Every single “why not” is a creation
• Constantly put yourself in a state of joy

PostSecret can be uplifting...sometimes.

I have the PostSecret website bookmarked on my browser and is on my Blogger reading list and for the most part, I just go there to read somebody else's secret. Reading stuff life this (from time to time), though, is one of the reasons why I am not removing the website from my bookmarks list anytime soon:

Life is simple.

Always.

I love Dr. Seuss.

Ito na ang hudyat.

I don't know what's weirder: my dad calling Brianna "Brianna De Leon" or him saying it out loud. Either way, I'd like to think that it finally made him realize that he can't escape the fact that I'm going to have to leave soon.

This is good.

I don't want to jinx it by broadcasting it so...

...Oh, dear God, please do.

(Pampalubag-loob)

Well, I guess not pushing thru with the Baguio plan is a blessing because there was a landslide on Kennon Road. I read over Twitter. So, there.

Agape.

I want to help all the people I can in my own little way so I am posting the next PSI Basic batch schedule here. It's the anniversary batch, there will most probably a whole new curriculum for this batch. The previous batches were fabulous but this is supposed to be the best. Of course, 240 is the best for me but it's PSI so there isn't much of a difference.

PSI Basic Leadership Success Seminar Batch247: Aug. 25-29, 2011 ANNIVESARY BATCH

Tentative Venue: 5/F Soliman Corporate Center,  2182 Chino Roces Ave., Makati City
Investment: Php 11,088

For details pls. contact Camille at 0917-7231976; 0918-5785981 or 621-6132

I guarantee you, Php 11,088 is NOTHING compared to the lessons you will learn and the strategies that will be taught to you to get what you want. Plus the experience pa. The best. If you feel that the seminar did you no good, your investment will be refunded. There will be free pre-seminar orientations available, too.

Batch 247 Coffee Orientation

August 11, 2011, 7PM at 6/F Soliman Building

August 17, 2011, 7PM at Dulce Latte, Quezon Ave. cor. Sgt. Esguerra, QC

I repeat, these coffee orientations are FREE. This will be an overview of what will be happening in the main seminar and you can decide here whether or not you'll attend the seminar itself. This will be worth your time. Itataya ko ang pangalan ko jan, as Kris Aquino would say in one of her ads.

I am a PSI grad and my outlook changed and my priorities have been rearranged since I attended this seminar. Most people who haven't attended this seminar don't understand how empowered I am after I walked out Soliman. It was probably one of the highlights of my life and I couldn't thank the people who encouraged me to take the seminar enough. (Hi Kuya Delong and Ms. Mares!)

If I had all the money in the world, I would enroll everyone I know to the PSI Basic Seminar. But while I'm on my way there, this will have to do.

Promise yourself. (Repost from Tumblr)