Edel gave me a surprise that I didn’t notice

Here’s the story. 

Valentines Day. I got home from work tired and exhausted. Even though I’m tired and exhausted I decided to give Edel a visit (which I always do – please take note that Edel is a good source of positive energy. One smile or hug or kiss from her can really expel the exhaustion from me). 

Most of the time Edel is doing some school tasks on her laptop upon my arrival. However, that day she’s using her niece’s laptop. I wonder why. 

So I asked her, “where’s your laptop?”

She responded, “Upstairs”. Then she requested me to get her laptop. I agreed.

I didn’t know that she did that on purpose. I didn’t know that there’s a surprise waiting for me upstairs. However, I failed to recognize that.

Here’s what happened. 

I went in her room. I was surprised that the lights were lit. That scene was very unusual but I didn’t mind. I saw her laptop sitting on her bed. I grabbed it then went out of the room. While walking, I noticed that there were pieces of paper posted on her mirror that says:

When you look to me I can see the GREATEST story LOVE has ever told!

I thought that those were affirmations. I thought the word “you” refers to the one looking at the mirror (which is Edel most of the time) and the word “me” refers to the mirror. I got confused, so I went downstairs to give Edel her laptop. 

Then I asked her, “what’s about those paper posted upstairs on the mirror?”

She smiled.

And then I told her that I didn’t get it. 

We went upstairs then as we open the room; I realized that there were a lot of papers hanging on the curtain. There’s also a paper posted on her TV saying “Happy Heart’s Day Ming.”

Gosh!

What happened to me? Why I didn’t notice this?

Photos from Edel's Valentines Day Surprise

I failed to see the surprise Edel gave me. I asked for forgiveness and gave Edel a hug. I also greeted her and said that I love the surprise she gave me. 

I realized that I failed to see the blessings for being focused on the things that needed to be done.

With this incident, I realized that blessings are really everywhere. Most of the time, we fail to notice them because of our busyness. We fail to notice because we’re looking on other things. 

Bo Sanchez is right in his previous article. He said there that most of us are problem experts. We see problems as they are going to happen. By putting our attention on our problems we fail to see God’s blessings appearing in front of us.

I’m not saying that we don’t mind our problems. What I’m saying is that let’s be aware of the blessings coming our way. This way, we will not miss any magical moments like this. 

For sure God is giving us a lot of surprises from the moment we wake up each morning. But because we’re too much focused on the tasks that we need to accomplish within the day, we oftentimes fail to give Him thanks. We fail to see the blessings He is constantly giving us.

Appreciate the beauty of God’s surprises. He’s surprising us everyday.

Until my next post!

eLviN

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Gratefulness

I consistently write on my thank you journal the following statements:

1. Thank you for the generous people who are willing to share their treasures, their talents and their time to me now and always.
2. Thank you for the people appreciating the things I’m doing now and always.

I was surprised that these things unfold right before my eyes. 

I don't know if you've seen our prenuptial photos posted this morning. They’re awesome! And here’s one more thing that made that photos awesome – they’re free! Can you imagine that? These great photographers are really giving away their talents and their time just to make other people happy. 

Not only that today, I got two slices of cake, a free ride on my way home, and a sexy fiancé waiting to give me a sweet hug and a kiss.

Haaay. I'm really blessed.

For the second statement, just this morning, I got a lot of phone calls and interruptions from my office mates needing my help to solve their Excel and automation problems - from SUMIF functions, to generating report using a batch file, to generating an automated excel based tool and a lot more. They were calling me because they appreciate the things I did for them and they wanted me to help them even more.


And I love that feeling!

I love the feeling of being interrupted.
I love the feeling of being wanted.

I love the feeling of being appreciated.

I love the feeling of sharing the things I know that can really help other people.

I love the feeling of helping other people in solving their problems.

This is my dream. And it is happening already.

Law of attraction really works.

Until my next post,

Elvin

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Food for Thought : Blessings are Everywhere

From my last post, I shared with you that I'm sending daily food for thought to my mobile contacts. Quotes that I believe can help brighten up their day. 

However something unexpected happen. I received a text message that contains these words: "Stop texting me". I was shocked! I was really, really shocked because this was the first time that I received such message. Other people in my contacts are thanking me for the messages I'm sending them daily. There's a friend that even created a folder for me because he's loving my daily food for thought messages. 

So I told her that I will not send her daily food for thought messages anymore. In short, I removed her number from my phone so that I will not commit the same mistake of sending her inspiring words ever again. In this way, a win-win situation for the both of us. Win for me because I will save a couple of minutes just to send her the message and a win situation for her because she will not be irritated by the inspiring words I'm sending everyday. 

Good thing she's the only one out of all my friends who does not want the food for thought. 

Upon reflection I remembered the talk given by our preacher, Jon Escoto, in Feast Laguna last week. It was about seeing the blessings God is giving us. He shared that God's blessings are given to each and everyone of us. No exception. Whether you are rich or you are poor. 

Everyday God is giving us an avalanche of blessings. However, most of us are not seeing those blessings. We don't realize that the blessings are just right there in front of us. 

It is true that the size of our expectations for these blessings would be the size of the blessings that we can receive. And we cannot receive anything bigger than that. 

Friends, I want you to increase your expectations to see God's blessings. 

Until my next post!

eLviN

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I'm blessed!

There are a lot of reasons for me to say about the things that happened this week but these are the top blessings I received for the week.

We got six new books. Last Saturday we went to Pavilion Mall in Binan to attend the Feast Laguna. We were so early that time that we decided to drop by to National Bookstore to buy a card for the Christening of our friend’s daughter. We stumbled upon a portion of books on sale and I noticed Robert Allen’s* Creating Wealth for hundred bucks. Inspired by what we’ve found, we kept on seeing great books after great books until we got a handful. I decided that I can have a budget of one thousand bucks for everything we can find. This limiting factor enabled us to really pick the best among the rest. In short, we got six books for only P1,400. The additional 400 was contributed by Edel because we think that the six books we got are the best (in that pile of books on sale). 

We got the following books. 

1. Why We Buy, The Science of Shopping

2. Marketing To Women

3. Career Warfare, 10 Rules for Building a Successful Brand

4. Asian Godfather, Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia

5. What Color Is Your Parachute, A Practical Manual for Career Changers

6. Creating Wealth, Retire in 10 Years

I’m blessed because I have the resources to buy books that would really help us in our future. I’m blessed to have great authors that will be renting a portion of my mind. They will challenge me to be the best person I can be. I’m blessed to have a great friend, life partner and soon to be wife that have the same mindset as mine. I’m really enjoying my days with her.

Not only that. I was blessed to have a time to look for a card (or a gift) for our friend’s daughter which led me to sharing another great blessing I received this week: bonding with friends.

The Christening of our friend’s daughter enabled us to bond with our friends. It was an amazing experience to reconnect with them. I admit that we encountered a challenging weather. On our way to the church we were met by a heavy rain which flooded our roads in a very short span of time. Good thing we had a friend who’s willing to fetch us (thanks Sho). We arrived at the church on time for the Christening.

We had fun talking to them, listening to their stories, singing with them, eating with them, in short bonding with them. No thunderstorm or typhoon can prevent us from having a great time.

Upon writing the blessings I got this week, I realize these things.

Blessings are everywhere; we just need to realize it’s there.

The best things can be found when we look for it.

A great friend is there when you need it.

No thunderstorm or typhoon can prevent us from having a great time.

Here's the best realization, God is a great orchestrator of events. All these things will not happen without Him.

Until my next post.

eLviN

PS. For more photos of the Christening and the bonding event that happened after, check out the Christening and Biglaang Group Date Photo Album in Facebook. 

PS1. Enjoy relationships even more by joining Bo Sanchez' latest online club Family Reborn. It offers a great way to restore broken relationship or strengthen strong relationships. For seven months, Family Reborn subscribers will receive ten blessings that will definitely improve your relationships. To know more about Family Reborn check out this link. www.familyreborn.com.

*In case you didn’t know, Robert Allen is famous for his nothing down technique in real estate. He also co-authored One Minute Millionaire and Cash in a Flash (together with Mark Victor Hansen), two of the greatest books I’ve read about generating fast income streams.

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