la vie est injuste

What will you do when doubt creeps in?

There are many different aspects that live inside of us and two of them I respectfully dubbed the Dreamer and Doubter. When it comes to pursuing our dreams, The Dreamer is often gung ho while the Doubter can provide a laundry list of concerns and issues.

After a speech in Rome, a woman with a beautiful accent asked me to tell her one of my personal dreams. Assuming I'd never see her again, I decided to share a dream I had never spoken out loud, one I had kept such a good secret that even I was beginning to forget it.

"My dream is to spend the summer writing in the Greek Islands," I said all in one breath.

She handed me her card and replied, "I have a villa in Greece. Why don't you come as my guest?"

I was floored and reminded that amazing things happen when we share our dreams. I was elated, or more accurately, part of me was. Here's a peek inside my head. See if this kind of interchange sounds familiar.

Dreamer: I am so excited!
Doubter: Not me. I don't like this at all. It's far away and could be dangerous.

Dreamer: Nonsense. This is my dream handed to me on a silver platter.
Doubter/Realist (they're close cousins): Who is going to run your business while you're away?

Dreamer: My fabulous team whom I completely trust.
Doubter: Well, how's it going to look to your clients that you are out of the country for three months?

Dreamer: I think as a Dream Coach, it's going to look pretty good.

When you are stuck, procrastinating or worrying, chances are your Doubter has taken over. If ignored, it can sabotage your dreams. So how do you deal with it? Turn the volume down a notch and the Doubter simply becomes the Realist, the part that wants to know where the time and money will come from for your venture.

But before you turn down the Doubter, hear from it. It will give you valuable information such as a list of obstacles that you can manage later. Freedom comes as you appreciate its wisdom and insight rather than judging it as the enemy.

If you never deal with your doubt and you meet another Doubter on the road, their doubt will magnify yours. However, if you have worked with your own doubt, next time a Doubter challenges you, by contrast it will be the opportunity to deepen your commitment and conviction to your dream.

So dream big, doubt but use it as a tool to help you get there to your dream

By: Mac Anderson - watch the inspirational movie

The L.O.V.E food

My sweet hubby wanted to treat me out (as you you all now he has a J.O.B. already, thank you Lord!), but we both agreed that celebrating it with our twins' would be more fun . Since both of us loves to cook, we decided to cook for his family instead. I shared the sentiments (what to cook for them???) to my good friend CHEF RYAN GANZON and in exchange he gave me his L.O.V.E. food (he'll HATE for using that word, hehehe ).

MaRyan Cream Dori

Pasta Raicel

It was almost successful, almost because we lacked masago of salmon roe for our fish dish. But nevertheless we can cook the dish again, Ryan told me I can find it in Rustan's so next time. If you want to know why I'm calling it the L.O.V.E. food, ASK HIM!

Vote for a cause.

I've said it in my links page & I'm saying it again, please vote for me & my twins. We have an entry for Nido Fortified's Your My No. 1 Video Contest, every vote counts!!! Voting will be open to both Multiply and non-Multiply members. A person can vote more than once and can vote as many times as he/she wants.

To vote more than once you have to open up another window. Thanks for all the peeps who have voted already. Deadline of submission of votes: 31 March 2009, 11:59 PM. Please continue casting your votes for us!!!

Eye! Problem

Nakakatawa kami ni Coco kasi a couple (or more) weeks ago pareho kaming my eye problem.

Siya black eye, hindi naman dahil battered (but buttered ) husband sya hehehe but because of playing basketball sa village court. Ganyan daw pag-enjoy sila sa paglalaro.

Ako naman sty, first time, super hindi nakakatuwa ang feeling. I wasn't able to wear my contact lens for days. Super itchy with very ugly inflammation until I went to the optha to have it checked.

He's good, he explained to me that sty is a (simple) zit on or under your eye lid. It's not

harmful to the vision & problem could occur in any age. I asked for an ointment or something but he doesn't recommend it due to side effects. He'll prescribed me something paghindi
na talaga siya tolerable.

The optha also said that when I wake up its normal to feel worse than before I sleep on my infected eye. He was really helpful in explaining the details to me dapat lang diba, kaya sulit din yung visit ko.

Then, it got itchy-er, I swear, so I decided to research on Net for home remedies. TEA BAGS!
Tea bags are highly beneficial in treatment of sty in eye.The tannic acid in the tea seems to
help. Moistened tea bag could also be bandaged on the sty infected eye and left for 3-4 hours for faster relief. Bandage the tea bags with your eyes closed.

I didn't believe it at first but after applying it. The swelling and itchiness lessened, 2 days after the sty is totally gone.Some site also said to choose CHAMOMILE TEA.

Concerned friends also recommends Maxitrol Eye Ointment a small tube around 3 grams that costs approximately 300 pesos.