AN APPLE A DAY...

After more than 5 months, I came to see a new doctor in Texas. My health case is not easy to understand. Type 2 diabetes, a high blood pressure and a not so very ideal cholesterol level, plus all the other complications these three, from time to time, bring to my body.

This time my doctor seems to be very firm that I do my share of reaching a healthy life. It seems quite hard for me, and unrealistic, but when she told me to shape up not because its good for me but it is good for my family, I was surprised to see myself responding to the challenge.

At this time of my life, how would I not miss the joy of being with my family. This is just a simple gesture from me to help. By doing so, I may be lowering the bills and helping Jaz as well.

Again, I need not just dream but work on my health. And work harder this time.

18 January 2008

This is a bad day for Zach, he spent most of the day watching TV. Jaz was kind of sick too, she was in bed for most of the afternoon (although this is understandable bec. she's going to work)

Coco was kind of ok, although for most of the day he was busy chopping, but he was good, except when his Mom was about to leave for work.

We had kare-kare for lunch and sinigang na pampano, for dinner.

Thank God were were in bed before 9 pm, although as usual, Zach gave me a hardtime washing him up again.

*Jeje called.
*mailed letter to pledge
*settled with scholastics
*got a letter from bro. henry
*been waiting the whole day for joyce of lennar
*placed the bait.

NEW YEAR, NEW YEARNING...THE ONE

Its half way past January now, except for some new surprises, everything is pretty much the same. It seems that we are only getting by day to day, without even "dreaming" of what would we like the day to be. This is getting sickening. If I would just let this thing to happen everyday of my life, then its going downhill from here.

At the start of the year I have started the ONE. This is a lifestyle philosophy just to remind myself to be busy again, and not be tied up with the rythm of mediocrity and stillness. What is the ONE then. Well, basically, this is living a life in the measure of the ONE.

Its start with the day of ONE hour in prayer, one hour in the internet (so much to be desired here), one hour in the television (needed an iron will to accomplish this) , one hour of exercise, one serving of rice, one day writing the day's chronicle. Basically, this is putting the principle of ONE to things that consumes us, degrades us, challenges us and to what is necessary.

Dream ONE dream at a time too. Loss weight and waist one pound at a time,

But that this mean, I am being mean to myself? What about the fluidity of life, the come-what-may lifestyle, the freelance, the free flowing? Am I not being tough on myself?

Well, a year have gone, and I have not seen the result that I wanted to see for myself. It is about time for me grow up again. If it takes me to go back to my seminary style of life just to keep me going, then I should and I will.

However, for most of the time unspent with the challenging ONEs, spend the rest as free as you want to be. Be eternally glued with your wife, cuddle more, kiss more and love more. Play as much as you want with your kids, goof more and learn more.

Of course, this is a ONE BIG challenge. But you can never put your guard down.

(the next blog after this will be our daily journal, faithfully scribed a day after the event)