One day at a time

"One day at a time."

i was reading Leng's LJ when i read that. for a time now i have been following that philosophy. One day at a time, indeed.

for the longest time i have lived my life carefully planned out. i knew what i wanted to do, what my goals were, and planned ways to get there. most of the time i got what i wanted, succeeded, and people patted me on the back for doing a job well done. but reality has its own way of catching up with me. it reminded me that one can't always win and there are times when you have to work doubley hard to get what you are aiming for.

so life went haywire after that. sometimes i'd worry about things that don't really need to be stressed out too much. i'd worry about the next month, the next year, and even the years after that. i stopped and thought about how fast i was going and how too "advanced" i was. i needed to take a breather. to slow down and remind myself that i can only take too much of what life's throwing at me.

so one day at a time, i decided. i am slowly going to reach the finish line one step at a time. i don't have to hurry because there is still so much life to live and so many things to appreciate. afterall, we are but wanderers here on earth. ours is a life that is borrowed. it is short and i intend to make it well-lived.

i'm not there yet but i'm sure each day i'm one step closer. and when that happens, i'll let you know how the view is from there.


Forward, always forward...
Onward, always up...
Catching every drop of hope
In my empty cup

--Journey, Lea Salonga

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Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) died!!! goodbye, sensei. you were my hero when i was a little girl. :'(

i've been abusing the convenience of Google News lately and since my thesis is on the Assessment of the Republic Act 8504 (aka AIDS Law), i created a news alert for all news with regards to HIV/AIDS. and guess what? my inbox has been bombarded with news on AIDS all over the world. there are soooo many! this just goes to show that it is a serious issue that needs to be addressed by people all over the world.

i want to go to the MTV Staying Alive Music Summit in celebration of World AIDS Day on December 1st. but there's a candle lighting ceremony at Tomas Morato, according to Mrs. Gomez (who was our supervisor last summer for practicum at the SAGIP unit of the Philippine General Hospital). anyone? :)

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