When Fingers Are Pointed At You

Ang mga chismosa ... wala silang PAKIALAM kung anong mga klaseng basura ang kinakabit sa pangalan mo ... basta scandal at balitang pagpiyestahan  ... aba eh sila ay nasa frontline .. at ini-exagerate pa nila ang mga balita for a much needed impact at para lalo pagusapan.

May PAKIALAM lang sila kung sila na yong pinagchismisan ...  when the tables are turned ... where the accusing fingers are reversed and the weather vanes are pointing to his direction. Lumalabas pati litid nila kung magalit. They cried foul ... and they always declared they were victims. Bakit kaya hindi nila iniisip yan noong bumubula ang bibig nila sa paninira sa iba?

Similarly, self-righteous and sanctimonious people see nothing but WRONG in others but become myopic when they can't see any WRONG in them ... and what they do.

Parang kaso ng ABS CBN at SMNI. When NTC ordered a cease and desist order to stop the network from its broadcast ABS CBN cried foul and said this was an attack on press freedom. Harry Roque (ex-presidential spokesperson) was quick to the rescue and spread himself too wide to counter the narrative. 

When SMNI struck a discordant note with Congress lately ... to the point where its franchise is considered for revocation or suspension ... Harry Roque of all people used the same tactic - the freedom of expression card and called all members of the media to unite and protect SMNI at all costs. 

Gosh, this character ... is fast becoming a caricature. Roque's personality traits have become exaggerated ... and distorted to the point of being absurd.

Abraham's One :Liners

 

Short Circuit

For every conflict and problem ... you have to make a post-mortem review and analyze yourself.

This will give you the idea of where you went WRONG ... so you can devise means and ways to make it RIGHT.

Caption That

                     The family that walks together ... stays together!

Iloilo Skyline - Ilonggo Traveller

Are You Really Successful? Not To My Assessment

People should not brag about how successful they are and how good their lives turned out to be.

Just work hard in silence ... and let your success be the noise.

Most of all ... let other people define success for you  ... not you insinuating empty successes and trying to find validation from people around you.

The yardstick for success is not always what you see.  It is just too foolish for someone to fall prey and think that he has already reached the top ... when the parameters of others do not concur with his conclusions.

To Brag ... Or Not To Brag

Proverbs 27:2 reminds us not to boast or talk big and blow our horns about ourselves.  "Don't brag about  yourself ... let others praise you..."

People who crow about their little successes ... or how content in how they become of themselves are living an imaginary life where reality clashes with fantasy.

Success is a relative term. If you achieve what you want and are happy about it ... that may be considered a success. Some successes are small to some (in their estimate) ... but enormous to others. 

So when people have the habit of pointing out what little achievements they have ... means only two things.  First ... this might be his first taste of victory that he can't handle himself and redundantly repeats talking about it.  Or he is not used to having this success (like a person who is counting 1000 peso bills "in flagrante" in broad daylight for everybody to see) ... because success is few and far between.

What is he trying to prove? Is he trying to convince others that money for him is not a problem? Or is he trying to convince himself that the situation (holding thousands of money) is only fleeting and temporary ... so he might as well flaunt it while he has it.

Don't talk about what you do ... just continue doing it.  The more you talk about it ... people will misconstrue you as bragging. Just continue the good work ... and let the good results speak for you.

Fantasy and pretending are not wrong in momentary usage, but over or prolonged use is potentially harmful to your mental state and overall well-being.