MALAYBALAY: a glimpse of paradise...

Ravishing... Enchanting and eye catching sceneries has filled my eyes when I came to this place during my mom's masteral degree graduation day at Malaybalay Bukidnon. In one of my wildest dreams, I am imagining a place near to heaven and that's excatly what I have felt when the cold breeze touches my skin as if refreshes my body including my soul. The pictureisque and scenic spots such as the stunning mountains with rich and verdant trees plus the breathtaking deeps of rivers along the highways is truly an awesome view. This awakens my body senses after a long hour of travel from Butuan. Moreover, the entrancing width of pineapple plantations which could make tricks that the leaves of pineapple plants touches the sky. When we reach the city proper, all I have seen is the fine looking and charming people wearing their sweetest smiles. The enchanting view of Mt. Carmel convent truly mesmerizes me and my family. Finally, we got hungry and as we tasted their delicacies, to ease our murmuring stomach, every detail of their delicacy touches every taste bud in my tounge.

Malaybalay is truly a place whre splendored blessings are poured abundantly> It is a marvelous and astonishing place. Yet, simplicity and ingenuity among the people are perfectly discerned.

OPTIMISM vs. PESSIMISM

Being optimistic or pessimistic is completely a choice. When faced everyday to normal situations or rare complez situations, a person makes the choice dramatically affects the person's life.

Optimism is an attitude of having confidence about the future or successful outcome of something. It is a tendency to take a favourable or hopeful view. Being optimistic in the typical sense of the word, ultimately means one expects the best possible outcome from any given situation.

On the other hand, pessimism is a state of mind in which one percieves life negatively. Pessimism will affect you socially in a way where you may never open yourself up to another person or will never make the best of any situation because you are too busy looking at the downside.

I see myself as an optimistic person now because I believe that God will guide me in my journey through life. I put plans in place to maximize my chances of great things happening in my life. I believe I am an optimist beacuse I usually look for ways to maximize the doors available for me.

So, in your desicion of becoming a pessimist or optimist, recall the effects of each. Nothing you want will come of thinking negative. Even if thre is no hope, think positive! Everyone has the potential to make the right choice and be oprimistic.

SUICIDE: An Escape of a Brokenhearted Person

Its been years since the day we broke up. Yet, I still feel the same hurt as if everything just happened yesterday. When the words were finally spoken to end the relationship, the one I had thought to be never-ending, it seemed that I didnt hear anything other than the first time he said I love you. My heart felt like it was being squeezed as hard as the cold bare hands of the one I once loved could squeeze. Heartbreak is the only thing in the world that made me not want to have a heart anymore. An inconsiderable pain was killing me inside and all I want to do is to end the pain. Thats the reason why people commit suicide because they find no other way to escape the suffering they are experiencing because of heartbreak.

It is a very sad fact that the rate of people committing suicide because of love is increasing. Nowadays, people are more emotional and weak when it comes to the aspect of love, to the point that someone is willing to end their lives because of heavy love problems. According to Frank Tallis, a clinical psychologist in London that many are destabilized by falling in love or suffer on account of their love being unrequited and this could lead to extreme states of physical and emotional exhaustion.

Those who commit suicide are close-minded people. They think that nobody would care for them and their life is worthless if the one who used to love them will leave. They dont really care on anybody except for the one they love. They are centered only to one person because of the expectation that they are the one that god created for them. When they find out that they are not, they become frustrated. They think that the only answer for their happiness and the only reason why they are living is because of that person. They exclude their friends, relatives and worst to know, their family. Sadly, most of them tend to forget how precious life is with the people who truly love them despite their imperfections.

Committing suicide because of heartbreak is a clear indication that someone doesnt love their self. So, when someone comes into their life, makes them feel happy and then leave, the pain is doubly hard to bear and so, they see that missing person as the answer to their life and aspirations. They give their whole heart without leaving a little for themselves. This is often called as the idea of too much love. As the saying goes, too much of something is not good. God ordered us to love ourselves, not to kill. Suicide is an act of killing and it is one of a big sin in Gods eyes. True love begins from inside us. We should learn first how to love ourselves before we can love someone else.

Most of the people who commit suicide really just want the emotional pain to end. To tell you honestly, I am also bothered with my own self because I find it hard to move on. Right now, my heart is lost. But I can still manage it because of the people who love me. Just remember that whenever a person leaves you, committing suicide is not the right escape from the pain due to heartbreak. Do not consider a permanent solution to what really is a temporary problem. When love ends, think of it as a good experience, not a failure present.