Grow up, Grow Old…
Tuesday, January 27, 2009I like reading this short article from a fried. Wanna stay young or grow old?
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, ‘Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?’
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, ‘Of course you may!’ and she gave me a giant squeeze.
‘Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?’ I asked.
She jokingly replied, ‘I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…’
‘No seriously,’ I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
‘I always dreamed of having a college education! and now I’m getting one!’ she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.
We became instant friends every day for the next three months. We would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this ‘time machine’ as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet.
I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.
Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, ‘I’m sorry I’m so jittery! I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! ! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.’
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, ‘We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.
There are only four secrets to staying young…
- being happy, and achieving
success. - You have to laugh and find humor every day.
- You’ve got to have a
dream. - When you lose your dreams, you die.
We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!
There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.
If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability.
The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.
The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.’
She concluded her speech by courageously singing ‘The Rose.’ She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. - Your choice.
Oprah’s A to Z on Men
Oprah’s A to Z on Men.. for everyone
I found this at ms angel’s site and I think I need to repost this. I love it, hahaha. It might come handy for some crazy people (like me). i do like the show and this advice might be essential to u too.
Advice from Oprah about Men:
* If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
* If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay. (Corrected by)
* Stop making excuses for a man and his behaviour. (Ang itim ay itim at ang puti ay puti) * Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache. (Ibig sabihin, lakasan ang pakiramdam)
* Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that’s not meant to be. (Wag kang orocan, maging babasagin kung kinakailangan)
* Slower is better. (Fools rush in, so dont be like a fool)
* Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy. (No comment)
* If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can’t “be friends”. A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.
* Don’t settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.
* Don’t stay because you think “it will get better.” You’ll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.
* The only person you can control in a relationship is you. (Ibig sabihin, wag ka daw maging hitler 
* Avoid men who’ve got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently?
* Always have your own set of friends separate from his.
* Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.
* If something bothers you, speak up. (Siguro kaya ang mga babae, mahilig sa arguments)
* Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later. (Proven and tested) * You cannot change a man’s behaviour. Change comes from within. (Wag ipilit, mahirap na masasaktan ka lang, ouch!)
* Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are… even if he has more education or in a better job. (A little of self-dignity, one is unique from the other )
* Do not make him into a quasi-god. He is a man, nothing more nothing less. (Tao lang yun, di naman xa si gu jun pyo na heir ng Shihnwa Corporation, lol)
* Never let a man define who you are. * Never borrow someone else’s man. If he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you.
* A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.
* All men are NOT dogs.
* You should not be the one doing all the bending… compromise is two way street.
* You need time to heal between relationships…
* There is nothing cute about baggage… deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.
* You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you… a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals… look for someone complimentary… not supplementary. (Kaya nga ang themesong ko, I couldn’t ask for more * Dating is fun… even if he doesn’t turn out to be Mr. Right.
* Make him miss you sometimes… when a man always know where you are, and you’re always readily available to him – he takes it for granted.
* Never move into his mother’s house.
* Never co-sign for a man.
* Don’t fully commit to a man who doesn’t give you everything that you need.
* Keep him in your radar but get to know others.
