Abstain from Facebook

It was Ash Wednesday few days ago which marked the season of Lent. Lent is a 40-day period of preparation for Easter Sunday which will fall on April 24th. This season marked by prayer, fasting and abstinence and almsgiving.

When we, Catholics, talk about fasting, we normally mean restricting the food that we eat which is primarily a spiritual discipline designed to tame the body so that we can concentrate on higher things.

Fasting and abstinence are closely related but, there are some differences in these spiritual practices. When Catholics talk about fasting, we normally mean restricting the quantity of food that we eat. Abstinence refers to the avoidance of particular foods. The most common form of abstinence is the avoidance of meat, a spiritual practice that goes back to the earliest days of the Church.

I had been practicing Friday abstinence in the past but, it gradually worn off ever since I was an undergraduate. As for this year, I want to do something different. I had never done this before but for my own spiritual discipline, I would like to abstain from doing different things each week.

As a start, I will abstain myself from Facebook for a week.

Relationships Are Meant to Heal Wounds of Human Mind

This is a beautiful article.

It greatly reminds me of him who loves me and ready to help and heal me, gives me all the support and understanding I need. In contrast, I was not willing to receive it because I was not ready to reveal my wounds and shortcomings.

When people get into a relationship with someone they truly care and love, the darkness will come up. We feel guilty at times after we revealed our wounds to our loved ones and therefore, not able to face them anymore.

It does take a lot of effort and courage to reveal our wounds to our loved ones. It is a risky bet to start with.

And I took the risk.

And I am glad that I did.

He smiles and looks the same way at me even after facing my dark sides. That is when I know I found a safe place where I can truly be myself and feel loved even after I showed my wounds.

Thank you.

The Many Faces of Point One Bu

First try when most of us were not into it or were not aware of the fun of it.

And when they finally knew how this application works, we finally get into work. This was our first-with-effort shot. It did not turn up well but we learnt from our mistakes and took the second shot, which I accidentally forgot to save it. How reckless.

And therefore, we spent another thirty to sixty minutes to do our third shot and this time, the turn out was great though not perfect. The guys put a lot of effort behind these shots though.

And our very last shot before we left was below, the many faces of us.

To be honest, I am blessed to have these people in my life. Though we are all apart, I believe our many years of friendship will definitely keep us all together.