The Days are Moving Quickly

It was just last year when I wrote my Early 2014 post. And now another year has passed and the days are moving quickly. It is already the seventh day of the year 2015 as I am writing this.

My belief is still the same just like I believed last year. We make our own fate. We are responsible if our year 2015 will turn out good or bad.

Still, I do believe in prayers. That it can help make our work become easier. But the bottom line is we still have to do the work.

Happy New Year! My greetings is already seven days late. The year is just beginning. Who knows what is up ahead. I do know that I plan to be more active with this blog.

New Year's Eve 2014

This New Year's Eve is different. Unlike the past New Year's Eve where I was feeling pumped up and excited, I just wanted this one to be over with. It is not because I've come to hate this day. It is because I've learned that it is just a pause. Amidst all the celebration and hopefulness we have for the coming year, you have to put in the work if you want to get somewhere. There is no luck or good fortune involved. Maybe just a little bit. But the bulk of it is just work.

And that is why I was not excited about New Year's Eve unlike before.

And so what I am doing now is starting to work on 2015. I got some 365 days projects that I am thinking of like 365 days blogging, speed painting, programming, selling, print designing, etc.

Early 2014

The second day of January 2014 is about to end. Every late in the year people await December 31, the last day of the year. Everyone is full of hope because everyone gets a sense of renewal. If we made a mess during the previous months of the year, we can all start again, everything resets during midnight of the last day of the year.

But now it is January 2. Tomorrow is January 3. The days will pass quickly and then we will find ourselves staring at another new year. The question at the end of the year is, what change happened to us? Did we progress? Did we regress? The hope is, we come out a better person every time. Whatever your definition of a better person is: whether achieving goals you've set out for yourselves, or becoming kinder, more compassionate, being able to do something that benefits many, or gaining a better understanding of ourselves which can help in a lot of areas in our lives.

It is January 2. The rest of the year is like a blank canvas. What image will you paint? Will you paint something happy? Will you paint something sad unaware? Will you paint your year neutral? Will you paint something vibrant? What ever you do during the coming days will determine the outcome of your personal painting.

Here is to working and hoping that we end up with our personal masterpiece.

Christmas 2013 is Just Around the Corner

The other night I went out and I was surprised to see so many Christmas lanterns on the streets.

Inspite a big earthquake and a category five typhoon, Christmas is still going to arrive in the Philippines afterall.

For many, this season will be a lot bleaker. Many lost their relatives, their home, and even livelihood. A lot has changed. And it will take years before anyone can recover and towns rebuilt. But that is life. Time moves and it waits for no one.

Happy New Year - 2013

First of all, Happy New Year to everyone whom by chance may pass by this  obscure blog of mine. I am sure you are full of hope that this year. You are thinking about  acquiring wealth, more possessions, accomplishments, and having good health this year.

That is just like us. We imagine good things every beginning of the year. As if they will happen by themselves, by chance of luck, magic, or some miracle.

But at the end of this year we will look  back and see that not everything turned out the way we imagined. Some sad things happened. And there were disappointments too. And our plans at the start - it turns out that not much were accomplished. Just like last year.

That is why this year, I'm not expecting anything. I am not going to think that 2013 will be good or bad.  If anything good is going to happen, it is because I willed it, I worked for it. With my own two hands and my intellect.

So how about you? What are you thinking this year?

A World Cast in Blue

Ever since I been studying the principles of painting, I've been able to look at the world differently than before. For example, as I look outside the window, and morning is just breaking, for the first time I'm noticing that the world is actually bathed in a blue hue. I wonder if you people notice that or pay attention to that. I know that I did not before.

For me then, light was always white irregardless of the time of day. But it is different now that I am more observant.