Facebook? Nah. I don't have one. I've known Facebook for a year now. It was April of last year when I first accessed a Facebook page. When someone asks me, "Do you have a Facebook?" [Yeah, that's what they say.] I proudly answer, "No." And that short say leaves them pretty shocked. After that, I'm now stereotyped as the girl who isn't familiar of the tech world or sometimes a little bit exaggerated, like the girl who doesn't know anything about the Net or even more, the girl who doesn't have a computer. Lol at people who say that.
Not having a Facebook account, for me, is not a sign of being technically weak. I chose not to have one for a year because I just want the phenomenon to wane and move to another social networking site so I could fully enjoy what it has to offer without people's nagging that they have more pages, mine is not well customized, etc. But it does not necessarily mean that a person does not know much about the present technological happenings if he or she is not registered in a famous networking site.
Not to brag but I really could not stand the stuff people are saying. I could make cool typographies and edited graphics with Photoshop. I could Google a person one afternoon and know the rest of his life the next morning. I could download versions of software which aren't even out in the market yet. I could rescue a document lost because of errors in MS Word. I could remove viruses, worms, and trojans manually. And the most obvious thing, I have this Blogspot. And it's fully loaded and customized with stuff. Yeah. I loaded them all. Maybe from sites but they are credit-given. All these are pretty amateur but you can't say a person who can do these isn't tech-savvy.
Ok. So maybe the reason why I still don't have an account there is because I want to be different. I want my being to be fairly dissimilar to what norm teens of this generation practice. I usually don't listen to what other people say but I only listen to what God and I think is right. And I think it's about time. Maybe not today. Tomorrow might be a good time. But some time sooner, you'll see my name on Facebook.
Hello Facebook. ;]
.:GodBless:.
Lux in Domino!
-CJ
Now, yeah, you seem like a brat to my parents. Oh no. First impressions do last. But the thing is, it isn't really supposed to be that way. You weren't doing or telling me anything. I'm a complete liar. If only I could tell my mom and dad that everything was absolutely bogus. Oyea, they were true but the way [I told them] you said those things made you seem arrogant like yeah. I'm seriously very sorry. I couldn't help it. I had to talk to them about you. And I didn't have much to say. So that's what came out of my mouth and my mom, in turn, told the 'past' lie to my dad, and he thought you were not serious about life or whatsoever. Loko talaga ako. How could you have a best friend like me? But please, I would do anything to undo karma. I don't usually believe in mumbo-jumbo but I know that every single thing we do, good or bad, has this result. Hope that 'impression' is that result. Please don't take away my want-to-be 'best friend' from me. :[ Sorry talaga. Now I know how far lying can take me. If I could only tell you how sorry I am. Lord, please, sorry na po, diba? Tell him and karma to forgive me na rin.
All for now. Quite senseless but this is how I feel as of the moment. Don't comment or tell me anything negative if you have nasty thoughts 'bout this. Keep 'em to yourselves. :]
Sorry. :[
.:GodBless:.
Lux in Domino!
-CJ
All for now. Quite senseless but this is how I feel as of the moment. Don't comment or tell me anything negative if you have nasty thoughts 'bout this. Keep 'em to yourselves. :]
Sorry. :[
.:GodBless:.
Lux in Domino!
-CJ
The seven last words of Jesus Christ when he was nailed on a cross are very significant in the Catholic community to understand and live by. We commonly remember these only during the Holy Week; when we contemplate on his sufferings up to the point where he dies for our salvation. I would like to take this opportunity for me to be able to learn, understand, and share these thoughts about the Seven Last Words here.
PART I OF VII: First Word:
Christ loved us so much that he asked his Father to forgive our sins without any hesitation. If we were the ones in his place, if we were the ones nailed to the cross without doing anything wrong to the people who did that to us, would we forgive them that easily? I bet we wouldn't.
But Jesus, our Savior, did it without thinking twice. That's how much he loves us.
It tells us that Jesus not only asks God the Father to forgive those "who do not know what they are doing" but with his loving mercy, sins of those who are conscious of what they are doing are also forgiven. They were also saved and reconciled with God in heaven.
In our life, how many times have we said sorry? Or have we forgotten to? Or consciously neglect to? Let's see. A thousand or more, right? I admit, I do it most of the time. I remember my Kuya's quoting of a Boys over Flowers line; "Not everything can be fixed by 'sorry'..." It goes like that. Pretty close.
You're lucky if the person even said sorry. But what if he didn't? A smirk the next meeting. Or damaging talks with people he's just about to meet. Ooh. Shame on us. We usually do those.
Admit it, even if people say sorry already, we still find it hard to forgive them. Why? "It hurts pa, eh.", "I was humiliated kaya!", "Maybe he would do it again.", "It's better this way.", and many other convenient excuses.
Ok, this part may seem comical, but it's fairly serious. Let's imagine every single sin done unto us is a ply of a used toilet tissue paper. Full of dirt, full of tears, or whatever it might contain. When a person does something to us, our heart is like the actual toilet. We throw the tissue to the toilet. What do we want to do next? Flush the toilet immediately to disperse the "eww-ness", dirt, or smell OR throw many more tissue papers to the toilet and when you decide to flush it, it would clog, and never will you be able to flush it until you "unclog" the toilet. Same-same as reality.
You throw away every single bit of hate and anger the moment you absorb it. So it doesn't pile up and find it hard to dispense itself someday. We might say it's hard to do because how could we when we were hurt much and they're still carrying that smug face saying "Haha, still irritated, aren't ya?" A small piece of advice: Just smile, But smile with real feelings. Think, "I'm smiling because I know I have forgiven you."
Maybe practically, it may seem like martyrdom. It isn't. You don't have to forgive every single sin done unto you. That's impossible. Unconditional love is good when it brings us good. It isn't easy to forgive, but forgiving and being forgiven is a lifetime process. And God is with us through it. Eventually, we would learn to forgive easily as we are forgiven by the Lord.
Father, forgive us for our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Help us to do this with ease and without guilt and hate. Help us to humble ourselves before you and before others. Help us to love and spread love among us. Help us become Your responsible servants through words, thoughts, and most especially, heavenly deeds for his glory and honor.
'Til the next. Adios for now. :]
God Bless.
Lux in Domino!
-CJ
PART I OF VII: First Word:
"Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34)The first word spoken by Christ has everything to do with forgiveness. He, in the first place, went on this specific mission for our salvation; for us to be reunited with the Father Almighty.
Christ loved us so much that he asked his Father to forgive our sins without any hesitation. If we were the ones in his place, if we were the ones nailed to the cross without doing anything wrong to the people who did that to us, would we forgive them that easily? I bet we wouldn't.
But Jesus, our Savior, did it without thinking twice. That's how much he loves us.
It tells us that Jesus not only asks God the Father to forgive those "who do not know what they are doing" but with his loving mercy, sins of those who are conscious of what they are doing are also forgiven. They were also saved and reconciled with God in heaven.
In our life, how many times have we said sorry? Or have we forgotten to? Or consciously neglect to? Let's see. A thousand or more, right? I admit, I do it most of the time. I remember my Kuya's quoting of a Boys over Flowers line; "Not everything can be fixed by 'sorry'..." It goes like that. Pretty close.
You're lucky if the person even said sorry. But what if he didn't? A smirk the next meeting. Or damaging talks with people he's just about to meet. Ooh. Shame on us. We usually do those.
Admit it, even if people say sorry already, we still find it hard to forgive them. Why? "It hurts pa, eh.", "I was humiliated kaya!", "Maybe he would do it again.", "It's better this way.", and many other convenient excuses.
Ok, this part may seem comical, but it's fairly serious. Let's imagine every single sin done unto us is a ply of a used toilet tissue paper. Full of dirt, full of tears, or whatever it might contain. When a person does something to us, our heart is like the actual toilet. We throw the tissue to the toilet. What do we want to do next? Flush the toilet immediately to disperse the "eww-ness", dirt, or smell OR throw many more tissue papers to the toilet and when you decide to flush it, it would clog, and never will you be able to flush it until you "unclog" the toilet. Same-same as reality.
You throw away every single bit of hate and anger the moment you absorb it. So it doesn't pile up and find it hard to dispense itself someday. We might say it's hard to do because how could we when we were hurt much and they're still carrying that smug face saying "Haha, still irritated, aren't ya?" A small piece of advice: Just smile, But smile with real feelings. Think, "I'm smiling because I know I have forgiven you."
Maybe practically, it may seem like martyrdom. It isn't. You don't have to forgive every single sin done unto you. That's impossible. Unconditional love is good when it brings us good. It isn't easy to forgive, but forgiving and being forgiven is a lifetime process. And God is with us through it. Eventually, we would learn to forgive easily as we are forgiven by the Lord.
Father, forgive us for our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Help us to do this with ease and without guilt and hate. Help us to humble ourselves before you and before others. Help us to love and spread love among us. Help us become Your responsible servants through words, thoughts, and most especially, heavenly deeds for his glory and honor.
'Til the next. Adios for now. :]
God Bless.
Lux in Domino!
-CJ
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