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July 2, 2020

Looking Back at You

What do we see looking back at us when we find a surface that reflects ourselves? Do we see a nice beautiful image, is it full, does it contain small parts that make a whole? Do we like what we see? Do we want to change what we see?

Many times what reflects back to us looks different to what we expect. Hardly any time we see what we would like, but does it mean that we have to dislike what we see? Not necessarily. We also need to accept what is shown back to us, we take the positive and see what needs to be improved. This is the way that we can become better and move forward.

It is also important to remember that sometimes we might think that there is nothing worth about it, but other people might see it beautiful. We have to be careful to see ourselves in a positive and real way. Do not put your self down, but do not think you are over other people. The higher that you think you are the harder that you will fall, and the more painful that it would be.

Always remember that all that we do eventually comes to the surface, both the good and the bad. If this is the case then why not just do good and not be ashamed when it comes out? It is our choice to do it, nobody can choose for us.

Work hard on improving your self and be someone that you will be happy when your reflection is looking back at you.

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020

Beauty Inside the Shadow

As we go through life, we find ourselves many times crossing some shadows, sometimes they are scary, sometimes they are not, but we often see them as something that we do not want to enter. Is it fine to try to avoid them? Is it fine to be afraid of them?

Life will always be a mixture of light and shadow, of happiness and sadness, but it is this mixture that makes us who we are. We should not fear the shadow, we might even find some beauty inside of it.

Look at this picture for example. There is a rainbow that we can see on the shadows due to the light interacting with the water. In the same way we can find something positive on our shadows if we let our light, our family and friends, become our support.

If you ever find yourself in a situation that looks dark, looks for the rainbow inside of it, look for the positive on it. It is not an easy thing to do, and it takes a lot of work to get to this level, but it is worth it. If we can see the beauty inside the shadow, we will be able to overcome adversity with a better attitude, which in turn will reduce our stress.

Work on your thinking and make it to a point where thinking positive is automatic, where looking for a rainbow in any situation is part of who you are. Never give up and continue moving forward with everything you got.

June 2, 2020

Happiness

What is happiness? How do we find it? These are questions that eventually during our life will make it to our heads. How do we answer them? Are we going to be positive or pessimistic? Are we going to be excited thinking about it, or are we going to frown at that moment?

How can we be happy? Every person will give you a different answer. Some will say that they are happy with the family, some that going to a concert brings it to them, and some will tell you their favorite food is enough to make them happy.

Does this mean that there is a right and wrong answer? Not really, happiness depends on the individual person, but there is one variable that will always be present, and that is as positive thinking at that moment and for that action. If you do not have positive thinking, then you cannot be genuinely happy.

Our minds are incredibly powerful, they can control how we react and how we feel. Therefore, it is imperative to be positive and not negative. Negative thinking will always bring negative results. What is in your mind will always surface, be it positive or negative.

Always strive to find the good in anything that you do or that happens to you. By finding the good you will be able to control your negative feelings and you will be one step closer to be genuinely happy. Do not react to what happens to you, learn to control your feelings, and find the best possible way to move trough that moment in your life.

You are not alone; you are not an island in the middle of the sea. Find a connection with your family and with your friends; these are other keys to find that internal happiness that we all desire.

You are responsible for your own happiness, you either will let the environment control you or you will learn to navigate through it without being controlled by it. Find the positive in everything that you do, become happy one step a time, and once you do, share it with the ones that surround you. Create a positive circle, not a negative one. Be a happy and always move forward.

May 20, 2020

A Morning’s Cup of Coffee

I find myself waking up to the warm embrace of the sun light, reminding me that it’s a new day and it’s time to get up, which I start to do as fast as my still half sleep body and mind let me do.

The first order of business is getting myself a cup of coffee; without it I probably would just sit across from the TV and staring blankly at it. Mind you, the TV is off, but my mind probably would not register it.

I await patiently, or as patient as I can be, for the coffee to be prepared, but once it’s ready I go for it without any hesitation and start to drink it, slowly, and this starts to wake up my mind.

Today it’s Saturday, so no need to worry about getting ready for work, the kids, or anything that usually needs to be taken care of during weekdays. Today is relaxation day!

With my cup of coffee in my hand I proceed to the living room to find my favorite spot on the couch. Am I going to look for news? Of course not, today I take a brake from that too and instead find something that I can stream from my online services. Will it be the new movie that my friend told, or how about the next episode of my favorite show?

Finally I decide that I will watch the next episode of one of my favorite series, something that should take around half an hour to do, which would be enough time for my stomach to also wake up and ask me for some food.

Once the show is over, I proceed to the kitchen and open the refrigerator. I decide on making some sunny side eggs with some toasted bread for breakfast, with some milk to enjoy it more.

It is at this moment that I hear noises coming from the rest of the house; it seems they are awake. This signals the end of my quiet time, but it will be replaced with laugher and company.

What would the rest of the day be? Will it be a relaxation time? Will it have some activities that need to be taken care of which I probably don’t know about it? It probably would be a combination of all.

Whatever the day bring I know that it would be a happy day, a day to make
more memories to those that I love.

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

City in the Morning

Beautiful Image of a City in the Early hours of the Day

Happy Wednesday to everyone! Today I bring you a picture taken during the early hours of the day. What feelings does this picture awaken?

This picture is a reminder to everyone that after darkness the light will come and fill up the sky. Right now there is a lot of uncertainty, darkness surrounding us from everywhere we look. Eventually light will come to us, just like the sun is slowly coming to fill the city with it’s light and warm.

Keep moving forward and never give up.

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020

Moods

Mood is like a swing
It swings back and forth
It is like a see saw
It goes up and down
He who loses control of its fury, fails
He who controls its anger conquered the greatest foe within

We can choose to be sad or happy
We can choose to be kind or generous
We can choose to practice patience
We can choose to be pessimistic or optimistic
God gives us the free will to do things, but we are given guidelines to follow
It is up to us to decide which to follow

We may encounter hardships but going through it
Has its own prize only we keep doing what is right.
Never stop doing what is good but it starts in our mind
When we think of good consequently good deeds come into place.

Copyright 2020 Ricardo and JoJo My Unique Stories.com

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020

One Day at a Time

There are so many questions that come to our minds during these times. How long? When? Why? As we ponder these questions, it’s good to remember that we always move forward one day at a time.

Believe that the day will come when this is behind us, a day when we will tell stories to our children and grandchildren of how we manage all this by concentrating one day at a time.

These are stressful times, issues at work and out of work. Not being able to see many of our love ones, not being able to do what we always do. Do not stress too much about a month from now, instead take things one day at a time and move forward never looking back or giving up.

Always stay positive on the face of adversity. We will persevere and rebuild what needs to be rebuilt. Do not let fear control you, help each other and look for the good things that are around you.

Never give up and move forward one day at a time.

March 29, 2020

A Friend

She was thirteen years old and freshman. The school just began for the school year. She entered the school classroom finding seats, looking at the classmates they were seated on their respective chairs with right side wide tablet arm desk. Everybody was wearing their uniforms. The skirts were covering the knees. She found a seat available at the back. She slowly walked toward the seat and sat down. Everyone was introducing each other and knowing each other. When she found a seat, she sat down and put her school stuffs on her desk.

Behind her seat was another student who introduced herself: Hi I am Anne. What was your name? I am Kikay. The two got to know each other well on the first day of school. They went to lunch together.

Anne and Kikay had some common things they liked. Both liked to sing so they joined the choir. The choir they joined was assigned to sing every 10:00 A.M. mass. Sometimes they were invited to sing as performers on town festivities.

When Anne and Kikay had misunderstanding they wrote on a small piece of paper apologizing each other of the mistakes or wrong that was done. Because of their humility the friendship continued. During lunch time they ate together and sometimes shared their foods.

One day Kikay’s father was sick and was in and out of the hospital. Kikay shared to Anne of the conditioned of her dad. How she was so sad to see her dad being in the hospital. Anne was very supportive of Kikay and tried to be there and comfort her. One day Kikay’s father passed away. Anne stood there to console Kikay of her loss. Then one day Anne lost her father due to a car accident. It was Kikay’s turn to give consolation to Anne. Their friendship was tested with different events in their lives, but they had true friendship.

When they graduated from high school, they had not seen each other after high school. They went in a different university. Anne went with her mother moved to a different place and started a new life because of her dad’s passing away. Her mom had to venture something else to support the family.

Many years had gone by, so they had not seen each other. Then one day Anne came to Kikay’s house looking for her. But during her visit, Kikay was out of town. It was Kikay’s brother that told Anne that Kikay went out of town and that she will be back in 2 weeks. When Kikay came back home, her brother told her that her friend Anne came by and was looking for her. Two weeks had gone by, Anne did not come back to see Kikay. Kikay had left the country for a job and tried to fulfill the dream career.

It was years that had gone by, before they finally see each other. That was when Kikay came back to the country to visit her family. By the time they met again, both had different careers. They shared their experiences and keeping in touch from time to time ever since. They were very thankful of the good friendship they shared.

March 5, 2020

The Valley

Life is like a valley
There is downhill and uphill
But amidst to it is a flat surface
Life never stays the same
But is goes with the fickle world

There may be a stormy weather
There may be inundated of flood
We may be dissuaded of the adversities
We may think that there is no more tomorrow
Our desperation is empowering us

Hold onto the truth
Hold onto the serenity of hope
Hold onto the bravery and courage
Hold onto the serenity of the beauty, it brings
Hold onto the prayers in our hearts

We can conquer the world
The rainbows are always be there
Look up there!
He will never leave us
The quest for our destiny will come on His ways.