Title: ChoicesMedium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 4 x 4 feet
Life is all about choices. . . . and the choices that we make at the present determine our future.
What choices have I made ?
1. To love myself more... Put me on top of my list of priorities. If self sacrifice leads to unhappiness and robs me of the joy, the peace and the calm that I have tried to achieve, then , I'll choose to walk away , protect myself from self centered, self absorbed, unhappy, ungrateful and unappreciative persons in my life...HAPPINESS is my first choice.
2. Husband,son, .... sisters and their families, Dad,,,, are next in my list of priorities. I only wish them health and success in whatever they do in their lives.
3. Gratitude.... I choose to express my gratitude to people who love me back. Friends who patiently read my blogs, are people who are worthy of being my friend, because they are interested in my life, in what I do, what I have to say, what I think, what I have become and how I have reinvented myself, in order to become a better version of the old betot, now called , betsisanders.
4. Forgiveness... forgive those who have hurt me... and by giving up the right to retaliate, get even, or think monstrous thoughts of assassinating them , is enough for me to 'move on' with my life. I have sent them to God , who is the ultimate judge.... I always say, it takes two to fight and two to make things right. Ganoon lang ka simple... but who will make the first move? oh well.... that's a choice that I have to make sometime in the future, and if time runs out, then , so be it...
[Look at what a person does during her spare time and you will know what that person is worth? who is more worthy ??? one who creates art, writes, bakes, cooks, and spends time with nice girls......or one who just spends the time away, gossiping? spending long hours on the phone talking about other people's lives or goes around their neighborhood in search of the latest scoops and gossips, or one who brags about material things that she has acquired which she never worked for, but only inherited...:( one who brags about her possessions, properties and acquisitons....]
[when you enter the gates of heaven... God asks you... what have you done for others? what have you shared with those friends and people in need of assistance? what have you given up? have you shared your time, your knowledge, your dental expertise, your cakes, pastas with your closest of friends? have you given FREE art lessons, and fed your students free merienda after each art lesson? have you thrown a party in honor of a best friend or a balikbayan, where you personally cooked and baked and cleaned your house, just so, your balikbayan friend is welcomed? have you paid your friends car's amortization for 6 months, and never asked anything in return when she got the car back? have you given a luncheon just because your best friend's children had voice recitals? have you catered for the wake of your best friends' dead father and stayed until midnight to welcome their guests, while your bff had gone home to bed? have you given free orthodontic treatment, worked so hard even when your entire back became stiff and painful that you had to take more painkillers, just so, you can lie in bed and fall asleep for a few hours? have you ????... well...i have.... i did... and where are the recipients of my generosity? no where around... and i am the bad guy... the one they blame for having a strong personallity. for coming in too strongly... for being honest and straightforward. my peronality used against me. all the good things that i have done for them,they have forgotten and blamed me for everything... sometimes, i jokingly say... "okay na... pati sa kamatayan ni jose rizal, ako na rin ang may kasalanan. matigil na lang yan!"]
so what choice did i make??? I walked away,,, turned my back.. closed my door, kept them shut and kept them that way...
5. Choice # 5.... surround yourself with beautiful, smart, fun- loving, genuine, aprreciative persons who love you back.
6. Choose to purchase theatre tickets,movie tickets, or things that need not be carried. Choose to have fun memories of parties. Choose to have stuff that will be stored in your memory banks and not in your closets to gather dust.
7. Choose to thank those people who have been good to you, who have helped you , who have been part of your life and have remained to be your dearest friends who love you back.
8. Choose to remember only happy thoughts. Your son's first steps, first words, first everything. You husband's monthly gifts of orchids and chocolates. Your husbands 'loud laughter' and funny antics. Your husband's many needed hugs. Your husband's kindness, caring and patience.
9. Choose to spend some time for QUIET time.... praying, painting, reading or writing.
10. Lastly,,, choose life , love and happiness always.... but don't forget to eat and be merry... or dance the night away.
LIVE LOVE & PARTY... betsisanders 09
Size: 4 x 4 feet
Life is all about choices. . . . and the choices that we make at the present determine our future.
What choices have I made ?
1. To love myself more... Put me on top of my list of priorities. If self sacrifice leads to unhappiness and robs me of the joy, the peace and the calm that I have tried to achieve, then , I'll choose to walk away , protect myself from self centered, self absorbed, unhappy, ungrateful and unappreciative persons in my life...HAPPINESS is my first choice.
2. Husband,son, .... sisters and their families, Dad,,,, are next in my list of priorities. I only wish them health and success in whatever they do in their lives.
3. Gratitude.... I choose to express my gratitude to people who love me back. Friends who patiently read my blogs, are people who are worthy of being my friend, because they are interested in my life, in what I do, what I have to say, what I think, what I have become and how I have reinvented myself, in order to become a better version of the old betot, now called , betsisanders.
4. Forgiveness... forgive those who have hurt me... and by giving up the right to retaliate, get even, or think monstrous thoughts of assassinating them , is enough for me to 'move on' with my life. I have sent them to God , who is the ultimate judge.... I always say, it takes two to fight and two to make things right. Ganoon lang ka simple... but who will make the first move? oh well.... that's a choice that I have to make sometime in the future, and if time runs out, then , so be it...
[Look at what a person does during her spare time and you will know what that person is worth? who is more worthy ??? one who creates art, writes, bakes, cooks, and spends time with nice girls......or one who just spends the time away, gossiping? spending long hours on the phone talking about other people's lives or goes around their neighborhood in search of the latest scoops and gossips, or one who brags about material things that she has acquired which she never worked for, but only inherited...:( one who brags about her possessions, properties and acquisitons....]
[when you enter the gates of heaven... God asks you... what have you done for others? what have you shared with those friends and people in need of assistance? what have you given up? have you shared your time, your knowledge, your dental expertise, your cakes, pastas with your closest of friends? have you given FREE art lessons, and fed your students free merienda after each art lesson? have you thrown a party in honor of a best friend or a balikbayan, where you personally cooked and baked and cleaned your house, just so, your balikbayan friend is welcomed? have you paid your friends car's amortization for 6 months, and never asked anything in return when she got the car back? have you given a luncheon just because your best friend's children had voice recitals? have you catered for the wake of your best friends' dead father and stayed until midnight to welcome their guests, while your bff had gone home to bed? have you given free orthodontic treatment, worked so hard even when your entire back became stiff and painful that you had to take more painkillers, just so, you can lie in bed and fall asleep for a few hours? have you ????... well...i have.... i did... and where are the recipients of my generosity? no where around... and i am the bad guy... the one they blame for having a strong personallity. for coming in too strongly... for being honest and straightforward. my peronality used against me. all the good things that i have done for them,they have forgotten and blamed me for everything... sometimes, i jokingly say... "okay na... pati sa kamatayan ni jose rizal, ako na rin ang may kasalanan. matigil na lang yan!"]
so what choice did i make??? I walked away,,, turned my back.. closed my door, kept them shut and kept them that way...
5. Choice # 5.... surround yourself with beautiful, smart, fun- loving, genuine, aprreciative persons who love you back.
6. Choose to purchase theatre tickets,movie tickets, or things that need not be carried. Choose to have fun memories of parties. Choose to have stuff that will be stored in your memory banks and not in your closets to gather dust.
7. Choose to thank those people who have been good to you, who have helped you , who have been part of your life and have remained to be your dearest friends who love you back.
8. Choose to remember only happy thoughts. Your son's first steps, first words, first everything. You husband's monthly gifts of orchids and chocolates. Your husbands 'loud laughter' and funny antics. Your husband's many needed hugs. Your husband's kindness, caring and patience.
9. Choose to spend some time for QUIET time.... praying, painting, reading or writing.
10. Lastly,,, choose life , love and happiness always.... but don't forget to eat and be merry... or dance the night away.
LIVE LOVE & PARTY... betsisanders 09
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