HONESTLY

It was a very productive week for our company as we had just the management team building and the operational master planning for the factory. Our department was in-charge for the over-all preparations, facilitation and consolidation of the outcomes. Of course, I am very much active and hands on with the activities.

As I went home at 11:00 PM after the mind draining 2^nd day activity, I browsed through the playlist of songs stored in my SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab Mini phone. Then I played “Honestly’. Harem Scarem really interpreted the song very well. I told myself, if I were just gifted with beautiful voice then this piece is certainly part of my audition piece in Pilipinas Got Talent. Yes, I am still awake when I think of that and not yet dreaming. Now, it made me think to enroll in a voice class. It’s not yet too late. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

HONESTLY

I stand before you accused of many crimes
But I want to believe that love can still survive
You don't have to say it, I don't have to read your mind
To know that emptiness has finally arrived
How was I to know right from wrong
Words were hardly spoken, so where did I go wrong
Tell me honestly, if you're still loving me
Looking into my eyes honestly
Words have more meaning, if they're said at certain times
I need you now so I can feel alive
How would you know if you won't give me some time
To see if everything could work you'll be mine
I'll be lost forever or someday I may find
The words that I've been searching for or just some peace of mind
Tell Me Honestly

If you’ll still in love with me

Looking into my eyes, Honestly

All the nights I sit and wonder there must be more life
I'm sure that days and years go by while
I am living with, living with a lonely feeling

DESIDERATA

If I could remember it right, I was in my 5th grade when I memorized this very beautiful poem by American writer Max Ehrmann. I don't understand the whole meaning of the poem then until I read it again...and that was when I just started as a cadet engineer. This poem is an inspiration to me and most of my career achievements I owed with this poem.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

That phrase has changed my ideology of improving myself. I used to compare myself with others to know if I am at far with the competition. But I realized that my greatest competitor is no less than me, myself and I.

My friends, I am sharing this poem. May this help You in discovering more about the complex You.

DESIDERATA

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.