Thought of the Day Archives - My Unique Stories

September 27, 2020

Mind

Our mind is like a battlefield

You constantly guarding it

You never let your guard down

Our minds sometimes trick us

Or it let us wonder and think of negative thoughts

But never let it prevail

Nip it right away

Instead, feeds it with beautiful thinking

The words of God are the best

Let this be the wisdom in your mind

He wants us to think of what is good

Think of what is true and awesome

Our thoughts will eventually come out as words

Then it becomes our actions

Therefore, be vigilant, like a sentinel

You do not want to live in strife

Because of our negative thinking

Fill the minds with happy, thankful or grateful thoughts

The goodness of everyone

Let our mind soar with purity and truthfulness

Do not judge, leave that to God.

And you will find peace.

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

Trust

God is everywhere

God sets the time for us to live

He gives us time to enjoy life

You can choose to have fun daily

Never let a day without a joy

When circumstances are hard and difficult

Find joy at the midst of it

There are so many underlying reasons

Which we cannot fathom

Only the creator knows

What can we do?

It is about time to let go

Have joy and peace each day you live

When confusions arise and tough decision to make

Never forget there is only one, who knows the answer

It is time to turn to HIM

Trust all the way as you can

He has the answers you might not just see it

Just keep up the faith

It might be whispered in your ears

Or it might just in front of you and failed to recognize it

Or you might want to ask Him to give more clarity

For you may have forget to ask for it.

January 12, 2020

Thought of the day: You do not have to be perfect

The ride to our friend’s house was worth remembering. As we drove with a friend, we had this conversation of different countries with different philosophy engrained to people. One that stood out was one of the Asian’s countries who believe of perfection of their work. He shared to us that if one worker feels that he or she is a failure he or she committed a suicide. The conversation continues with expressing our opinions that regardless of not being successful of some point, there is still hope of making it better. There is only one and absolute perfect and that is God. We can strive for excellence, but it is okay if it is not perfect. Life goes on of having imperfection. Giving up at some point might not be the great choice, but keep pressing on to get it right would be the best route.

Keep in mind that being imperfect is okay. Strive instead to be excellent.

November 9, 2019

Thought of the day: Be Hopeful

In our journey in life, we encounter the ups and downs in life. When you ride a recumbent bike with a setting of random you will find that the resistance goes up and down. It begins with low load and as you keep going on, the loads become difficult, then it goes back to light resistance then up again to hard loads. But in spite of that you continue until your time is completed. So as our lives. We do have moments of difficulties whether financial, relationships or other hardships that we deal day to day in our lives. When we become hopeless, we think of life seems so unfair, but we have to think beyond the desperation. For there is always hope that God gives us. It is free. We just need to open our minds and hearts that even though of all the helplessness season in our lives, there is a ray of hope. The sun will always rise in the east. The bright side is there. One thing to think about is that no matter how heavy the loads we carry, we just need to ponder and place them under the feet of Christ. Prayers are so powerful. If we humble ourselves and give it all to God, He will definitely lighten up the yoke we carry. Always think of the good side. There is always a solution to a problem. When you seek God’s help, He will be there to help. It might not that very instant moment but later on. Be patient and His answers are always there. But you have to ask Him first.

Keep in mind that in the midst of hopelessness there is hope.

November 2, 2019

Thought of the day: Be the best version of yourself

While I was growing up, I believe I was about 10 or 11 years old. I remembered my dad used to admonish to his children the importance of education. He used to tell us that going to school was essential because you acquired knowledge. He told us that he did not have any wealth for his children to inherit, but he and mom could pay for school to get a college degree. He believed that education was the only he and mom can give to his children. He added that no one can take away from you the education you attained. It is always with you wherever you go. So think to be the best version of yourself. Assess yourself as to how you can be the best version of yourself. If getting a degree is what it takes then go for it. It does not matter how old you are. Have a goal and plan to achieve it. God wants us to go higher than being a mediocre. He wants us to be the best of ourselves. We can always seek His help to be the best person, He wants us to be.

Always keep in mind that you can strive to be the best out of yourself.

October 26, 2019

Thought of the day: Be the one to encourage

One day, a lady came walking toward me with her rollator. She was crying and so I asked her, what was wrong? She said that she was tired of being in pain and difficulty with walking as she had a foot drop. So I offered her a box of kleenex. Then I shared to her that when I went to church to attend the mass, the song during communion was a very nice one. It was uplifting to the spirit. I told her to use you tube and listen to the song. In your daily activities you never know who you encounter. Learn to listen to people such as your friends or family that need your listening heart. By listening alone you have given them help. You can be encouraging them to think more positive in every circumstances that life brings and be more thankful rather than focusing of the problem. When we keep our center in the Lord, we can overcome the impossible as God makes it possible.

Always keep in mind to be the first to give the encouraging words.

October 17, 2019

Thought of the day: Be kind with your words and deeds.

When I went to Indiana in 2018 to attend my niece’s 10years wedding anniversary, it was my sister who picked my fiancée then (now my husband) and I up from the airport because she arrived in Indiana ahead of us. As we drove by to my niece’s house, I was looking at the beautiful flowers and disparity of plants. There was one thing that struck my attention. It was the signs in front of one or more house’s yards that said “Be Kind”. That was such a powerful encouraging word. If we only keep our minds and hearts to be kind to one another then we can avoid stating hurtful words to others. We can be compassionate to other people. Then we always think of the best of each person. We think more of positive qualities of the person and look at them as our good neighbors. What a great world we will be if we live in harmony. Begin now to show kindness even to yourself and then to others.

Always keep in mind to be kind.

October 14, 2019October 17, 2019

Thought of the day: Enjoy the day for everyday is a new day

One day I attended a mass. I really liked the homily of the priest. In his homily he said that you have to think that every day is a new day. Therefore, open your mind and start the day with fresh start. Begin the day of being thankful, for God gives you another day to live. Use that time to enjoy your work. Stop being grouchy or complaining if your work is so much to do, but instead be grateful that you have a job. When you have positive attitude toward work, you become productive and you can accomplish a lot.

Enjoy your friends and family. Give them a visit or give them a call. Try to mend any differences. Do not wait tomorrow to repair any misunderstandings, for tomorrow may never come. Be cheerful and give a smile. You never know that day you just lift the spirit on one human being.

Always keep in mind enjoy your life wherever you will be.

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019

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Welcome to our corner, filled with stories from our family that we want to share with you all. We have short stories, poems and even the thought of the day. It is our hope that as we write we will continue to grow and improve.

Why do we want to do a blog? This is a question that we have heard from anyone who we have shared our idea, and to be honest we even asked each other that question.

The answer is not very complicated, we just love to write. One day after dinner we started to talk seriously about this. We had entertained the idea of writing a book as a collection of short stories and poems from our family, but we never put it into practice. But then the idea of a blog came.

We decided that this is something that we could do. We could share what we love and get more experience, which lead us to our first blog.

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