Born Naked But Not Empty

√Gorgeous sunrise. √Laughter of children. √Hot baths (It's still alright if u had a cold one). √A vacant parking space at the mall. √Hug of a friend or a loved one Celebrate each little blessing. Life is afterwards a journey. Focus on all the little things that make it pleasurable. Do not take today for granted. You have already received...and received... and received so much from God this year. Talk it up! Remember, when you celebrate the seemingly little you've received, you create a good ground for receiving greater ones.

It's quite ironic how we detest some life's outcomes yet we take deep pleasure in the actions that create them forgetting that every cause generates an effect, sometimes more than one. I recently suffered a severe tooth ache- the kind of pain that can be defined only by the person experiencing it. But more than the pain was the ugly fact that I was the sole cause of it all. I never anticipated such a nightmare even in my wildest dreams. From all indications I did all I could with the help of good friends around but couldn’t avoid the bitter effect of my childhood days of ‘Candy-Delight’... just about a month later I found my shaking body lying on a dentist’s bench with a sun-beaming light flooding my wide-open jaws - the inevitable had caught up with me…I’m about losing a Precious Premolar. On this dire experience I’ve come to fully realize that there’s always an inevitable eventuality to all our actions and inactions.  If you drink three bottles of minerals every night, wha