Focus, exposure, and framing a show like this is harder than most people know. I will always maintain that fireworks are the most civilized use of gunpowder! That was absolutely amazingly beautiful, it made me fall in love with fireworks all over again. ^_^
This book is a journey into the heart and soul of the Filipino woman, both famous and unknown.
On every page, the reader will get a hint of why the country is so much indebted to its women : the virtues of the Filipina reveal themselves as we can see her create a piece of art, perform on stage or in the sports arena, harvest rice, demonstrate on the street, or simply attend to her children.
The book was painstakingly produced by Louis Paul Heussaff, CEO of Supply Oilfield Services, as a testament to diversity’s feat, vividly presenting the different faces of a Filipina’s womanhood. No one can understand a filipina more than this french national married to a wonderful Pinay herself.
A collection of over 200 photographs, a myriad faces of the Filipina are highlighted in this beautifully designed book. The Manila urbanite finds her place alongside women from the remote hills of Sabtang. Celebrities, artists, politicians and ordinary women are presented in these photographs which highlight the elegance, determination, devotion, sensibility and individuality of the Filipina.
The book is sold at Amazon for $295 (Php 14,500) but thru the kindess of the publisher, it will be made available to proudly filipina members only for Php 1,500 ($30) for a limited time. You can pre-order the book by contacting here.
2. When I am asked to do something that I really do not want to do, I say no. If the person asks me why, I simply say that I do not feel comfortable with it or do not feel up to it.
3. I remove myself from any person or situation that is abusive and hurtful.
4. When someone tries to tell me what I can and cannot do, I thank them for their perspective and let them know in words and actions that I am the only one who can make my decisions for me.
5. Every day I look in the mirror at least two times and tell myself three good qualities about myself based on my observable actions.
6. I remind myself that my worth has nothing to do with my outward circumstances. I know I can change any outer circumstance I feel unhappy about with my decision to change it. If I cannot change the actual circumstance, I know I can always receive the higher perspective about it, which will then transform my feelings to understanding and inner peace.
7. Every time I compare myself to people I admire, I remind myself that I have those same qualities within me, and I get excited about bringing out that part of myself in my life.
8. I do only what I feel comfortable doing with respect to any area of my life.
9. I ask myself what I would most love to express in terms of my life direction and purpose. I get in touch with what inspires me, and then I follow through with my actions.
10. I do writings to God, as I personally understand Him or Her to be, and ask for guidance any time I feel uncertain about any situation in my life, and I ask for guidance so I can move forward in the most positive direction.
11. I remember that there is no such thing as competition. Every person can express his or her own best, and so can I.
12. I express everything in my life from my heart because it brings me joy.
13. I follow my gut feelings and inner knowing at all times, and never allow anyone to steer me away from my truth.
14. I immediately stop all negative comments to and about myself. When a negative thought comes up in my mind, I acknowledge that it is simply an old, conditioned, negative thought, and I replace it with a statement of truth about myself.
15. I stop trying to mold myself into what I think others want me to be, and bring out the courage to be and express who I really am.
16. I share my life’s circumstances only with people who are positive and fully supportive of me.
17. I stop discussing my life’s problems with people whose shoes I would never want to see myself in.
18. I release all blame on others about my life circumstances, and from this moment forward take personal responsibility to create the life I love to live, one moment at a time.
19. I stop trying to get other people to understand me if they do not understand. Instead, I simply allow them their view while I continue to do what feels true for me, as long as it brings no harm to anyone.
Hope, expectation, Bright promises.
The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realized
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I beg God
not to let me die in an accident,
or in a hospital bed,
I want to die holding my pen,
writing on mynotebook instead,
seating in front of a view,
…being sure to have loved
…seating in front of my oceans
with the lunacy of my thoughts,
in silence but not lonely,
in peace,
in joy,
in love!
I beg God to allow me to first see
the little things in life,
to identify them as seeds,
as hidden wonders of this world.
I want to have forgotten the strife
…to have given more than I have received
…to have sheltered homeless souls
avoiding them to constantly walk alone.
I beg God to give me a life
long, long enough to love,
and to make those around me,
feeling it was all worth,
…to take away my hands if He wants
but never to empty my soul
…to make me blind with any sand
but to allow me to still feel with my own heart.
I beg God to allow me breath
until the moment I sit in front of the beach,
while smelling the breeze,
while feeling the moist in the wind,
with my heart in one place,
…being sure of what I have lived
…being sure to know it was worth.
I beg God to allow me be
after everyone has gone,
to save them the pain of loss,
…to let me take a nap and rest
…being sure of who my spirit will meet
when I cross the doors of death.
when I won‘t have more needs...
I beg God to allow me that moment
…feeling complete
in silence but not loenly,
in peace,
in joy,
in love!
