Windfall is defined by Merriam-Webster as “an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage.”
A windfall is when you receive a surprise bonus or an unexpected raise in salary from your boss. Or when you get a tax refund. Or when you won a cash prize in your company’s Christmas party raffle draw.
My more meaningful term for windfall? Blessings. Continue reading What Would You Do If You Won The Lotto?
It’s not only about the bad spending habits of OFW’s. It’s also about their bad over-“sending” habits.
It’s old story. Actually. A cliche. A history repeating itself. Generation of OFW’s after generation of new OFW’s. A lesson not learned.
Filipinos overseas, no matter how the earning years pass by, still hold on to the undying padala and pa-“package” mentality.
Balikbayan freight service centers and remittance desks are filled up with boxes and lined up with homesick people making themselves feel more homesick by sending more “extra” money and stuff to their families back home.
Coz doing this makes them happy. At least for now.
Nothing’s changed.
Not all of them, maybe.
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I didn’t have the opportunity to attend Nick Vujicic’s event in Manila a week ago. Still I’m glad that a handful of friends were able to. And I’m very happy for them to have met Nick in person and be inspired. I have this BIG hope that I will be able to meet Nick somewhere soon.
This TEDxTalk session from Nick will awaken the hopeless part in you. Just like Nick, I have to admit that there was a time when I wanted to end my life. And I am so grateful to God that He has been faithful to me despite me losing hope when I was younger.
Do we see our real value? Do we look beyond the value of our money? Our investments? our jobs? Our businesses? Our relationships?
Nick tells us to never lose hope. To see the beauty in us. He asserts that the willpower is a driving force for making our big dreams come true. Nick says that if we don’t get a miracle in life, we can always be a miracle to someone else. Continue reading Overcoming Hopelessness – Nick Vujicic at TEDxNoviSad