I'm About to Stand Up, Thank You Father

Dear Daddy,

Good morning Dad.

Thank you so much for another day. I feel so much better today.

I guess that's just how life is. You feel and accept the pain, plan, and then move on. It's just like the quote - "live to fight another day". Whenever we fall, we cry, wipe and attend to our wounds, and then start standing up again. Soon, I will be back on my feet running.

Thank you Dad. You obviously provided what I ask for, which is faith and strength. And it's all I needed.

Today I receive all your love Dad, your blessings, your healing, and your forgiveness.

Now, I start again. Refocus on my dream lines. Pray for it. And keep it in mind.

I continuously pray for your guidance and strength.

This I all ask through the mighty name of Jesus.

Amen.


RJB

Tired, Confused, About to become Unhappy

Dear Daddy,

I never thought that choosing to be an entrepreneur would be this hard. At first, it all seemed to be easy. I mean, it looked easy, but now I know that it's far from being easy.

I just had another fight with my wife. At the start, I thought it was another issue, but in the end it still went back to the common root cause - MONEY. Though, I know it's more than just the issue of money, but it still contributes a very large factor. Without a steady source income of salary, more and more of our worries pile up.

Is money really that important?

Ever since I resigned from my previous job, our "fights" became more intense and more hurting. I'm not even sure if I gave value to listening to what she has to say, or was I just forcing my own opinion.

Right now, I just want to give up. Go look for a new job, and become a unhappy employee again. But because of pride, I could not afford to that. It will not only make me look stupid, but it will discourage a lot of businessmen wanna-be's as well.

Why can't I just be hardworking, kind, honest, God-willing, faithful, rich, patient, and humble right now?

Most of all, I feel so helpless in solving my wife's complains about her pregnancy. Instead of being very happy of our coming angel, she’s miserable than ever. Just because of the mixed feelings she feels, and the constant vomiting, she's become so unhappy.

The sad part is that our relationship is getting really affected, and I'm about to become unhappy as well. Our relationship has always been very co-dependent, now that she is unhappy; I can't stop myself from being the same.

What should I do Lord? What should I do with my wife? Need your guidance and strength.

I know you haven't left me Lord. Not a single day did I ever become hungry. I rode a taxi most of the time. I still ate delicious food. My parents and family's health is very okay. We ate more than 3 times a day. Yet I still am emotionally unhappy.

Please help Lord......
 
RJB

I Need Help Dad, Please Guide Me in my Personal Reflection

Dear Daddy,

I'm really frustrated right now Dad.

Christmas is coming and I should be out buying gifts for my family, spending time with friends, giving out bundles of joy to the poor. But, instead we are now at the hospital and Mamai is suffering from frequent vomiting, hence she and our coming baby could suffer from dehydration.

It seems that the moment I got married, life just suddenly became harder.

Why, Lord? Is this my time of famine for now?

A Personal Reflection on my Left and Right side.

Dear Daddy,

I just read brother Bo's article for this week, and it got me doing a personal reflection.

Am I spending much more time looking on the left side of life or on the right side of life? Wherein the left is the bad and right as the good side.

Hmmmm.... That's definitely a hard question.....

Well, at times, I think more often of my fears and anxieties so I guess, I am looking at the left side of my life. Though, there are time that I try to look at the right side but I don't see it with my heart so I just take a little peak and don't appreciate it.

Now, that certainly is something about myself that I need to change. I guess this is the power of having daily personal reflections. You can really take time to think.

So I ponder on this personal reflection and start to think of the right side more. In fact, I will try to think of the right side only, and no longer on the left side of life.

A Personal Reflection on Focus and Commitment

Dear Daddy,

Today, was really quite a day. I've realize so much in just a matter of days.

I have been complacent. No, I have been really complacent.

I am no longer an employee, so I need to think, talk, and act like a real entreprenuer. I guess, having this daily personal reflection is part of it.

Like what Robin Sharma said, "our days define our future". What I do everyday, will certainly be the kind of future that I will have in a few years from now. If I get used to being complacent and sloppy today, then I will become that person one day.

I do have many dreams.

Dreams of an abundant life. Dreams of having enough to provide for my parents at their old age. Dreams of taking my wife and kids to vacations once every three months. Dreams of serving God's people by leading them to worship and going to mission trips. Dreams of spending daily quality time with my kids. Dreams of never saying no, when my children ask me to play with them. Dreams of having weekly dates with Mamai, and to enjoy her amazing personality. Dreams of earning a million a month, and giving away 90% of that income. And many more......

In fact, thinking of the things I want to do alone is already an enormous dream.

So now, I relearn of the word known as focus.

I will continuously do my daily personal reflection and I need as myself this question - Am I being productive or I am being lazy? Dad, please remind me of this frequently.

Dad, I ask for enlightenment, in Jesus name.

Amen.

RJB.

A Change in The Entrepreneur In Cebu To A Personal Reflection Blog

While I was back in the comfort room, I've decided to change the topics that I'm writing about in this blog. Though, I will still be writing of my many entrepreneurial ventures on businesses, I will make this my formal personal reflection blog.

Though I will really suffer with the keywords that I will use in these blog (hence lesser traffic, and lesser cash conversions) but I guess it's better than just living this blog outdated and with not much content.

I have been doing my personal reflection for quite sometime now, but I have never been really consistent with my personal reflection daily. So I hope that through this blog, there is additional motivation to write my personal reflection now that I have this blog.

I also pray to God, that as I share to you my daily personal reflections may He grant me the grace to be real so that I may be able to inspire a lot of people, even in my own very little way.

So except that in the next coming days, you will here a lot more of my personal reflections.

God bless you all,

RJB.