30

Today, I am grateful for:

• waking up after a truly restful sleep
• Jojo's birthday bash and meeting my batch mates
• attempting to do the sun salutation warm up yoga complete cycle
• hearing about Freddie's new and wonderful business
• seeing my best friend Myke
• for purely having fun
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not
• God is good all the time, all the time God is good

29

Today, I am grateful for:

• the restful sleep I had this morning
• my current status or state because had it been otherwise, I won't be able to savor my sleep
• having the capability to still go to the ortho with Mara
• Patricia graduating from elementary
• the very filling dinner I had with Mara
• the joy of watching How To Train a Dragon hahaha!
• being able to have fun watching movies and laughing my heart out in public
• getting home safely
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not
• God is good all the time, all the time God is good

28

Today, I am grateful for:

• having been able to wake up early, do my grateful journal, watering my plants
• having been able to complete my daily walk and generating something like 4000 steps per pedometer
• having been able to prepare my Teddy documents, travelling all the way to the airport and having them signed by Teddy & Mel
• just having such a good day
• my mom and my dad, my nieces and nephew
• my partner
• my pets and my plants
• just having the past 24 hours, living it
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or no
• God is good all the time, all the time God is good

27

Today, I am grateful for:

• having been able to attend i-yoga at the Fort
• having had 2 sessions of yoga for the morning
• having met Jun the Alveo salesman
• spending the entire day at home
• having had that 1 hour or so meditation session in my room
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not
• God is good all the time, all the time God is good

26

Today, I am grateful for:

• having been able to resume my exercise and prayer cycle at 4:30AM
• having been able to do the activity audio meditation
• having been able to read
• finding those very beautiful music videos of classics, torch songs, broadway and other songs
• spending my day with my partner
• my afternoon massage session provided by my partner
• the dinner my partner prepared for me
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not
• God is good all the time, all the time God is good

25

Today, I am grateful for:

• everything that I accomplished
• Marie and her efforts to iron out my proposal problem with the Teddy account
• being able to text Teddy
• having the means to survive
• Nature and the entire Creation, in all its infinitesimal smallness and its boundless grandeurthe Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not
• God is good all the time, all the time God is good

24

Today, I am grateful for:

• having been able to work my butt off a bit - cleaned my car, walked in our house for 30 minutes
• having attended Ayee's I-Yoga orientation, which was a great workout
• having seen Lina in the morning and planning to meet with her
• having a mother who cooks great
• talking with Duchie, my dearest friend
• feeling upbeat and positive for my financial and estate planning business
• my partner, despite all my misgivings
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

23

Today, I am grateful for:

• all the efforts I expend in trying to meet my financial planning goals and also to earn on the side further
• seeing my Teddy sale discussed, flashed and talked about during the last Jam session
• being able to drive all the way to Angeles City to meet Jessica and Duchie
• having had the opportunity to almost get a contract from Teddy
• seeing Jessica in action
• receiving a call from Teddy explaining what happened from his point of view
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

22

Today, I am grateful for:

• securing the medrecs of Jamie and submitting it to the office - another closed sale!
• having submitted Teddy's application, without any problem, all of its details were written by me
• arranging the project contract project between JDT
• the lunch that my manager gave me for having closed another sale
• coming home early and taking a late afternoon nap that lasted for several hours
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

21

Today, I am most grateful for:

• Teddy signing up and paying up his annual premium
• Teddy desiring to grant insurance to his niece-in-law and his grandchildren
• Teddy's willingness to give me more class A referrals
• Our first bright star project with Jessica to go live
• Celebrating a big sale with food and important purchases
• The opportunity to work with friends
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

20th

Today, I am most grateful for:

• Meeting the girls: Jessica, Peachy & Duchie who are all full of ideas
• Jessica who has so many wonderful contacts or prospects for insurance, I hope she becomes a really good COI
• Peach who is another great COI considering her connections!
• my partner ever loving
• a day that started with some doubts but which turned out to be such a great day, thanks to positive thinking!
• all the people and things, animate and inanimate that support my very joy these days
• the realization that things can still happen and that the big turnaround is just round the bend!
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

19

Today, I am most grateful for:

• Teddy, meeting him and getting him to sign on for Abundance +
• Teddy's investment at 100k per annum
• Teddy's contacts and his potential to be a top COI
• Cecil for agreeing to meet with me on Monday
• Lou for agreeing to meet me on Monday
• Tonette for agreeing to meet with me on Thursday
• for a very success-filled day, full of hope and good tidings for my future as an MDRT-TOT and the best financial planner
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

Heto na! Heto na! 18

Today, I am grateful for:

• waking up at 430AM and doing my morning grateful journal
• finally doing a 30 minute walk while listening to my pod
• returning home to the smell of home cooked breakfast courtesy of Bong, thanks ML!
• finally coming up with my desire prayer for SMT for wealth
• finally doing SMT for wealth with meditation/contemplation for an entire 30 minute stretch
• fulfilling my role as landlord to Susan with the refund of her deposit
• meeting Susan and being able to introduce her to my insurance business
• Susan and her contacts and the riches that she may bring me
• for listening to Boy's last session
• for making it through the day
• more appointments set, presentations made and cases closed
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

Puedeng puede na

Today, I am grateful for:

• buying meat products for my Atkins Diet
• buying a really nice knife for my mom and her requested wok with cover and also her requested small to midsized steamer
• remembering that my partner wants a face towel so I bought one
• trying on new barongs because it made me realize the urgency and extent of the need to diet
• the opportunity to taste 3 different types of hotdogs and being pleased by all of them
• confirming from AMWSLAI that my auto debit instructions are extant or current without need for me to travel
• speding time with my mom and my niece at the grocery
• riding my old but reliable car, where would I be without you!
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

Sweet 16

Today, I am grateful for:

• though late and lazy to leave home, I made it to work
• sharing my morning hours with my Jammates, sharing and learning from our experiences
• getting a call from my really ever dearest friend Duchie, she really is a dear friend ready to watch over us
• knowing that Jessica agreed to listen, therefore a meeting was set for Friday woooo hoooo!!!
• spending time with Marie who despite my displeasure with what she was doing, was really there committed and wanting me to succeed
• Marie sharing her dory fillet with me
• having lunch with Gemma and James
• seeing that oh so full, rounded and whackable, smackable B of J! an ass to die for!
• Teddy responding to my text messages! I am so happy
• Teddy booking a meeting with me on Friday, I am so so happy
• Talking with Nay Dolor over the phone and discussing our business opportunities
• Cecile dela Pena accepting my call and asking for a resched of our meeting this month, and then agreeing to my request that I call again next month instead of in May
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause and the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future; working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

Sueldo

Today, I am grateful for:

• realizing that it was an MDRT Club day, the most important day of the month
• making it to Rudy Mallari's MDRT talk and realizing that really, one needs to have positive attitude in our hearts and in our minds, then the work and the body will just follow
• Rudy's message on the need to ignore the negative and just to focus on doing best, doing great and just doing the next call, the next presentation despite the negative thinking, the negative news, the negative feeling
• the realization that at the end of it all, it really is service pa rin, the desire to do good for others that makes this career really really rewarding as compared to other professions. Truly, how can one not say so when we are after the well being of others?
• Marie spending for a light merienda, it was good salpicao
• Marie's card and its contents - the roadmap for my success: FYP of 2M for the quarter which will translate into a total FYC + SPI of 944k
• the Power, God, the One Source, the Universe, which is the root, the cause, the be all and end all of everything - past, present, future: working around me, through me, with me and for me, supporting me in everything, asked or not, desired or not, wanted or not

Valentmarche

Today, I am grateful for:

• waking up to a brand new day
• having been able to water the plants in my patio and enjoy seeing them grow
• the sound of water falling on the driftwood and rocks in my room's patio pond
• having pizza and chicken with my mom
• being able to be of service to my mom, sans the money but 100% pure service
• having bought all those exercise stuff long ago, now I can use them
• watching one of the greatest boxers of all time, even though the fight was not as exciting as anyone would've wanted
• living even though am so obese already
• deciding that starting tomorrow I really must go on a fitness bend

for God is good all the time, all the time God is good; for the Power is good all the time, all the time the Power is good; for the Universe is good all the time, all the time the Universe is good to me.

13

Today, I am most grateful for

• the realization that whatever happens to me and no matter how my day was, God's, the Power's, the Universe's, the One Source's creation shall go on as they are living their lives as they aught.
• my breakfast this morning, courtesy of my mom
• discovering that my debit instructions to AMWSLAI are actually perfectly correct
• having attended the dinner in honor of dearly departed QB, may he rest in peace
• talking with Jamie and Charlene about the Secret
• feeling sleepy and just about ready to turn in because that very same feeling is a link to my childhood as that feeling never changes no matter how far and how resolutely farther away time keeps marching on
• I am grateful just for being how I was created, a perfect child of the universe, complete in itself and yet ready to take on all the support from everywhere
• being grateful and thankful for God is good all the time, all the time God is good.

Dose

Today, seems to be an uneventful day. No sales activity, just eating, sleeping, and watching movies. However, I am still grateful for:

• having been able to be of service to my parents particularly in terms of procuring dad's meds. Simple, no brainer stuff but no one else at home can do it but ME
• for Nerina, who confirmed that my BMM accounts' contribution issue has been resolved
• for Lyn who was kind enough to allow an offset to capcon which prevented the lapsing of my BMM accounts
• for the wonderful breakfast that mom was able to cook and purchase: yummy lugaw and lumpiang togue..hmmmmm delicious!!!
• for the entire day spent with my beloved partner who is so loving today
• all the time God is good, God is good all the time

Ora de peligro, the 11th hour

Today I am grateful for so many things, let me count the ways:

• I am grateful for waking up early ahead of the alarm clock, fully rested. I am grateful for waking up at 3:30AM then at 4:30AM and finally getting up at 5:00AM. In all these instances, I woke up not feeling sleepy at all.

• I am grateful for my dream just before I woke up this morning. It was a dream reaffirming that I am a person who is loved and can be loved. I dreamt of a time way back in my past where it seems I was getting friendly and close with a guy my age then, who seems to be having fun with my company. There were many instances where we would play, at times bordering on the intimate. I am not sure if we did become intimate but now I think we were. Time passed and later on he was beginning to realize that he wanted me for more than companionship. However, I believe he was not ready to admit that until we saw each other in a gathering place. This time, I was already in a relationship with Be who is himself in my dream. Be wrote a short love note on a small piece of paper in his usual esperanto. I got the piece of paper and read it, a smile forming on my lips. Then my other guy came, I think the scene should probably be in highschool because all of us were boys in uniform. I didn't know he was there and he grabbed the little note. Then I saw his beautiful manly face change, lose its life and light, turning sad and dark while looking at me so lovingly. How I wish I could tell him to stop feeling that way, that we could remain as we are, but I couldn't drop my Be who I love. It was not a nice feeling I had right after. I squatted down or sat down on a chair and was slowly shaking my head from side to side. Then I saw PHD standing looking at me while talking to another schoolmate. I gave PHD with a forlorn look to my eyes and I heard him say, ganyan talaga, mahirap minsan di mo maiiwasan magmahal ng higit sa isa. Then I woke up.

• I am grateful for waking up early that allowed me to water the plants. The temperature was balmy for an early morning. It was a bit cool yet the wind was warm. As I was watering the plants in front of the house, the wind turned up a bit and in the air was the scent of something homey, pleasurable and warm. It was like warm honey was in the air, it was warmly intoxicating, eliciting a very pleasant reaction. It was so lovely for all the memories it tried to evoke: my lola adang gardening, golden afternoons at NDM while I was in elementary, rainy afternoons during my prep year at NDM during which the air cools but the air inside the rooms are quite warm. I am grateful that despite my having no money and no work at all, I realize that the time I just spent and the feelings I had or went through are something I couldn't have had or even noticed if I was still living my past life.
• I am grateful for having spent the day in the office and talking to Bonnie. She hit the nail right smack on its head, may she help me change my ways.
• I am grateful for receiving my commission. It came at the most important time. It came when it was needed most.
• I am grateful for having visited AMWSLAI for if not, I would not have known the state of my BMM accounts
• I am grateful for attending Charlene's party and touching base with Roland. I hope it leads to very important sales for me.
• I am grateful for seeing Evie again, may she take out a policy from me.

a Diez

Today I am grateful for the following:

• I spent my entire day on my business. It was backbreaking but boy I was so happy I was able to finish it
• Spending the entire day without emitting a single gram of driving derived carbon emission
• I am grateful for my mom's cooking, it was really so great, the amalgam of taste, texture and scent haaayyyy, to die for!
• I am grateful for the dream I had early in the morning, it was a reaffirmation that people love listening to me through the vision or dream of a bohemian looking man, long haired and all, who looks accomplished or moneyed, who stood up from where we were seated chatting and he said, "you know, ang sarap makipagusap sa iyo". That really put a smile on my face as I was waking up
• I am grateful for the credit card payment follow-up I received as it reminded me of my obligations and more importantly, it reminded me of the need to really work on my insurance business asap

Nueve de Marso

Today, I am grateful for the following:

1. My admission that I am really lazy
2. Hearing from other people the confirmation that I am lazy
3. My parents' pension
4. the simple joys of chichirya, chips, chippy, boy bawang
5. waking up to a new day of challenges
6. just being able to put one foot ahead of the other
7. the realization that really, there is a reason for living
8. God, the Power, the One Source, the Universe
9. just being.

Huit de Marche

Today, I am grateful for 5 reasons:

1. BEP's song: I've got a feeling
2. my car's cd player's capability to repeat playing a song
3. the one and only caltex station on the south bound side of the NLEX for its comfort rooms
4. a brother's pounder with bacon and mushroom
5. the new Philam promos for the months of March and April, for I've got a feeling that I am gonna make it to the CEO Cup for those months and be awarded!

Seis

Today, I am grateful for having lived a full day:

• I am grateful for having attended the Enrich seminar
• I am grateful for realizing that what I am doing is indeed the right thing to do
• I am grateful that I have money when needed
• I am grateful that God, the Universe, the Powers that be, are still providing for us despite all odds
• I am grateful that life is beautiful in whatever way it unfolds to me

I am grateful simply for being. It is a wonder to realize that I can be grateful for just about anything.

Kahapon Laman

Pinagpapasalamat ko kahapon ang pagiging masigasig ng mga cliente ko. I am thankful for the sudden advance payment of Pletypus and I am also thankful for Carleng's willingness to sign off on N20. I am thankful for the lunch I had with Carleng and Tea and I am also grateful for the sharing I got from Tea. I am grateful for my nephew's birthday, his last to be celebrated in this house, in this plot of land, in this city, in this province, on this island, in this country, for sometime soon he and his siblings will all be migrating. I am thankful for the better life they are having now, which will become so much better once they have migrated. I am grateful for having had the capacity to buy some cake for my nephew's birthday.

I am grateful for finally accepting the fact that the facade I built about me being a good tax lawyer is nothing but that. In this acceptance, I just have to be thankful for people who I thought were my detractors but perhaps were only an astute observer of my capabilities. Thus, let this be my last paean to them, my mentors, my critics, my career reviewers: FGT, MTM, CFM, AOM, JTV, and many many more, specially the partners from my alma mater, who actually were just being honest with their assessment of myself. I am thankful that this late I am able to finally look myself in the mirror and admit that they were right. I forgive myself for not trying to be the best of what or who I should have been. I forgive myself for all the lost time I wasted. I forgive myself for all I have done to sabotage myself.

I am grateful my lease on life is not yet over and because of that I am on my way to find my very own yellow brick road. I am grateful for being myself ready to accept all the blessings of the Universe, of the Power, of God. Thank you!

4 de Marso

Today, I am thankful for the following:

• the special class of Boy
• the brand new feeling or interest being generated by the bedspacing concept
• the california grilled steak burrito, tortillas and coke zero
• meeting Mongi and all the possibilities that come with it
• being able to buy milk for my dad
• this great day, more particularly the scorching heat, because it made me realize how lucky I am that I am able to escape it.
• for having the best mom now and forever!!!
• just being
• the opportunity to be grateful!

tres de marso

Today, I am grateful for the full day I had: my monthly pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag and most specially, today my dad went with us, truly an answered prayer for my mom. That alone is worth days and weeks of grateful entries.

I am also grateful for the safe trip we had, we got home in one piece despite the many instances of me driving in a very sleepy state. Truly someone was watching over us because nothing untoward happened. I hope next time it won't happen again.

I am also grateful for having made it to my aunt's simple birthday bash. A simple repast yet truly and definitely outstanding in taste.

I am grateful for the opportunities I discussed with my family tonight. I am hoping it will pan out.

I am grateful for being able to continuously provide driving and pilgrimage service to my family and relatives who need it most: the miracles and spiritual healing. I hope I would be able to continue doing this.

dos por dos

Today, I am grateful for spending my time at the office and achieving all I planned to do. I am grateful for having collected the balance of the entire annual premium for my client, Jamie. I am also grateful for having Leah with me during our Jams session. I am grateful that she was so willing and and able in helping me with our icebreaker. I am also grateful for Lorraine. She really came through for me today.

I am also grateful having lunch in the company of other junior agents. It was a productive lunch. I am grateful for what I learned from them. I am grateful for hearing from Gemma. I didn’t realize she has had many sales and prospecting/presentation experiences. I am grateful for having James over lunch, he is amazing for he has done so many sales stuff that I am so afraid to do.

I am grateful for this day. I am grateful for having lived through the past 22 hours. I am grateful to God, the One Source, the Universe, the Power that be, for this entire day and for the night I shall delve in deep slumber.