Change: Starts With Me

          Change. It is a big word that every human is in hard time figuring what to change. It's like when your getting mature, it changes you. Maturity starts when we own our mistakes and take necessary action for correcting them.

          Change, however, does not always occur in isolation. One person's transformation is sustained by another because we need each other. Changing means it is on your own will and not others. It's not like when other people tell you to change because they don't want your attitude or anything about you. It's up to us if we want to change ourselves. In changing ourselves, it also means that we need to cope up in our surroundings again. If I will change then maybe the place where I'm in will let me again adopt it. Especially when people are the one who insisted to change myself. The whole me will start to change in a good way. Not all people change in a good or better ways, maybe some changed in a wrong way. Changing in a wrong way means also hurting and disappointing your own self because we all know that we change to be better, to start a new and be a good person not only inside but also in the outside.

          Change for the better and stop the wrong doings. Implementing good things means helping and encouraging others to also do it..

Updated Version Of Me

          Every new year, you'll see the cliche caption that says "New Year, New Me" in the social media. It is not that every human can be their new self, right? Everyone of us is not perfect and have differences.

          Instead of saying that this new year, it'll be the new me, I will say that this new year, it will be the updated version of me. I think it's about time we put this whole idea that a new year makes us a different person because it isn't. The only thing that really changes is the date but ourselves, it's up to us if we'll change for the better or to stay who we are and who we want us to be. This new year, I want to update myself by doing things that will benefit me and to help me grow and to be a good person. First, I will make self-care a priority. Self-care isn't just one thing and is not the same thing to everyone. Basically, self-care means taking time to focus on things that contribute to your well-being. In the past years, I've been very careless with myself. I got my elbow dislocated and nearly locked myself up at our bathroom. This year, I'll try making self-care a priority. Just remember that everybody's not perfect and also remember to have compassion for ourselves. Don't over-react because there are going to be days when you'll mess up, just like me. But it's okay, perfection is overrated anyways. The second one is important for me. Breath. When I feel getting stressed out or anxious in things, I forget to breath, not literally, but to rest. This past few days, I found out that letting out a long sigh is so overwhelming. Taking a few deep breaths throughout the day can help me relax and find more presence and peace especially when I'm stress because of school works. The next one is gratitude. Because gratitude is the attitude. Instead of counting all the things that gone wrong, always be grateful for a healthy body, home, school, the sunshine, the flowers, friends and family around you. I'll try to count all the things that go right and watch things transform. I know that all those problems will turn into great opportunities. I know that by focusing on what we have, we get more of that back. Lastly, I want to surround myself with things that makes me happy. If it doesn't deserve me, I'll let it go. If it's not worth it, let it go. Life is too short and way too uncertain to spent it surrounded by things that will drain me, that will hurt me. I want to focus on things that makes me feel loved, fulfilled and happy.

          New Year is not all about getting your resolutions done and fulfilled. It's not the time of the year that all you ant is what you get, because let's face it, the "new year, new me" pressure means we tell ourselves off for it and make ourselves feel guilty. Which, in turn, only puts us off keeping to resolutions in the long-run. And in the end, most of us have thought "What's the point?", when breaking one so early on right? Let's stop with the resolutions. Let's stop it with the "new year, new me" and just focus on the "new me".

True Essence of Christmas

      It's the most wonderful time of the year. The time of the year where everyone's happy, blessed and loved. It's the only time of the year where everyone will gather and be jolly. It's the time when God was born .

      What is the true essence of Christmas? J. C Penney wrote, 'Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.' Christmas is not all about merry making. We must also spare time to reflect on the essence of the period which is the love of God for humanity. Some may have planned to marry this year, to buy a new car or to move into their new apartment. We should count ourselves lucky to be alive to see this Christmas . An another year that's ending. This should be a period of gratitude to God for sparing our lives and counting us among the living . It should equally be an opportunity for us to mend our ways with God so that we will not be found wanting.

        The true spirit behind Christmas is that of giving and sharing .

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities.

      Every human being was created equally. Equal rights, freedom, and love. We should show respect to others and also self-respect. We are obligated to be kind to one another and to love each other. Love everyone not hurt each other because that's the right thing to do.

      In this century where everyone are free frik doing what they want, there arrare still harassments and discriminations going on. We are free from evil and cruelty in the past. We should have our own rights because every human being was given the rights to choose what they want and what they love. God has given us our own rights because that's part of our existence in this world full of cruelty, judgment and injusticeinjusticeinjustice. Each and everyone of us was given rights that's supposed to be equal. We deserve equal rights because we are all human that God created. From that time that he created us, he gave us our rights and as we grow, he gives us many opportunities. We should be thankful in that but now that the world is changing, we can't feel the equality in everything. Equal rights, equal opportunities and also the gender equality.

        We have the right to have our own equal rights and get equal opportunities because we are all human after all. We all have rights and opportunities and it should be serve equal.

Children, Our Future!

            Dr. Jose Rizal once said that "Ang kabataan ay ang pag-asa ng bayan", in this connection, every child, youth, can be the future leaders, future heroes of our nation. Taking care of them and giving them their rights can make it possible.

            The wealth of a nation is not so much in its economical and natural resources but it lies more decidedly in the kind and quality of the wealth of its children and youth. It is they who will be the creators and shapers of a nation's tomorrow. The children of today will be adults of tomorrow. Today's leaders and activist. Their quality and personality will determine the kind of destiny that beakons the nation. The youth of a nation is it's power-house. They have boundless stores of energy, will, capability, zeal, and enthusiasm and have the power to mold the destiny of the nation. This infinite storehouse of energy has to be given appropriate direction. The youth has to be trained to use their talents and abilities in constructive ways and help in nation-building and strengthening of it.

           The best way to engage the youth into playing such a constructive role is ti educate them with proper training in the desired direction.

Reference: www,shareyouressays.com/essays/essays-on-children-the-future-of-tomorrow/83823

Mapanuring Paggamit ng Gadget: Tungo sa Mapagkalingang Ugnayan sa Pamilya at Kapwa

         Nowadays, many people are using gadgets for a living. Because of this, some people are addicted to gadgets and can't live without it. But why can't we understand that using gadgets every time can destroy our health and especially communications and relationships?

         According to a study, a child will likely to become overweight and develop seizure and vision problems when they spend too much time using gadgets. Negative effects and excessive use of gadgets such as mobile phones, tablet, and computer desktops can cause physical and mental damage to the users especially children. Gadgets can really help us in some ways but not always. Students can take advantage of it because of school but it also has an disadvantage because of its excessive use. Everyday, when you walk along the street, when you go everywhere, you see people using phones, gadgets. Our technology is now more advanced than before, many inventions have been released. This inventions are keeps on upgrading that's why many people are using and buying it. Using gadgets every time means our communications to each other weakened, true that in using gadgets we can communicate but not personally. We can't enjoy being together and communicate because we are just using our gadgets. Our relationship won't grow because our communication is weak. Not just our  communications to other people but to our dear Lord. Some can not even go to church on Sundays because they choose to stay at home and play on their gadgets. This is a warning that we should not tolerate the excessive use of any gadgets.

        It's not like we can stop using it forever, I know that this can't be removed in our life but we should know how to control using it because it can damage our health and our communications to people and to our Lord.

Reference: http://ingvihrannar.com/14-things-that-are-obsolete-in-21st-century-schools/

Pagbasa: Susi sa Magandang Kinabukasan

     As a student, I am aware that studying can give us a good future. It can change our life as we grow, learn, and continue our life and our future. This can lead us to become successful and happy.

       The theme promotes the love for reading and it's importance to the lifelong process of learning among Filipino learners. It is an endless learning and an endless journey that we take until death. Every day, we keep on learning different things and that will remain on us. Studying, reading and learning gives us courage to learn more and study hard so that our future will be good. If our future will be good, we can provide our needs in our daily life and we can be happy. If we are happy, we can also be contented. We can be contented in what we are capable of because of what we learned and what we will be learning, we can be contented in what we can be if we'll study hard. Being educated and having the power of education is the only treasure our parents can give us. Being ready in the future is a good choice than wasting times doing nothing, it is like wasting the best part of your life. To be able to study in this 21st century means a great opportunity because we are aware and we know that not all children and youth are given the chance to study because of poverty.

Just remember that learning new things will always be a challenge for us. Study and and let's do our best so that we can prove that studying can give us what we want and can give us a better, good and a successful future.

Reference: http://abtakmedia.com/books-from-cbse-will-now-be-sold-from-the-school