John-John

Inside this old body is a little child. Yes, inside Jose, there is still a little kid named "John-John."   There's a big difference between the two: Jose is always gloomy, desperate, and looks at life in a boring way - necessities, priorities… all those dull, boring stuff.

John-John is different.  

Waking-Up Positive

The best way to start the day is something positive. I wake up at 4AM. I clean the house --- well, it's just really a small, square room but who cares? This square room is my home.

Before doing anything else, I give myself a 10 minutes of silence and I listen to a good motivational speech that I got in YouTube. I then visualize myself accomplishing all my chores for a day. If laziness will try to set-in, I always count backwards 5, 4 ,3, 2, 1 and VIOLA! I'm productive again. I scribble something in the computer. Read at least 10 pages from a book. Do some 20 minutes exercise together with my dogs, take a bath, eat breakfast while watching a TV morning show and by 6 AM I start working with my commissions.

I've been doing this morning routine for 4 days now and IT WORKS!

Memories in Boxes

Yesterday I started to place most of my memories inside boxes. That doesn't mean that I'm going to throw them away. Storing things in boxes is just for safe-keeping. There are times that certain things, whether it's a physical, tangible object, an idea or a wish becomes more of a hindrance in your life. In such cases, you have to put them away - to place them where they won't be a stumbling-block while you move your life in a new direction. It's not because you don't like them, but it's more of placing the priorities first. It not because you want to forget them, but rather because you want to preserve them till the time you have settle your Moira.

Luck?

Luck? In where I stand, there's no such thing as luck.

Nah, I'm not trying to imitate Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was just something that I was trying to think about lately. The year just ended and we are now starting to count our calendars again - 365 days. Each day is a different scenario and in each scenario, we aim to shoo away what we deem as ill fortune.

From the places of the stars to the shape of a fruit, people tend to create wild ideas on how to deter bad luck as if fruits and stars have some connection in your life. Maybe it's easier to think that 12 different rounded fruits will help make you rich than to imagine the hard work you need to do in order to get the same result.

A friend of mine once said to me that life is already preordain. Luck therefore is already destine to happen. You just need to boost it with charms and some ritual "Mambo-Jumbo." 

I disagree. There is no luck - life is something you earn. Your fate is intertwined with your hard actions together with wise decision and no fruits nor stars can do it for you.