My Adventurez

Are you guys familiar with Connie Culp and the story behind her? I’m sure you have heard about her because she was being interviewed by several talk shows in the US for becoming the first ever full face transplant recipient in the US back in 2008. I was really shocked after hearing her story behind her disfigured face. Who could ever imagine a husband shooting her wife’s face via shotgun which almost ripped off her entire face and almost kill her to death. Thanks God she was able to survived that horrible nightmare of her life and thanks to her surgeons who did all their best to bring Connie back to her normal life.

I remember she mentioned to Oprah how much she was being teased by other people and call her a monster. All her life, she’s been living in despair on sorrow but she never loses hope and look what she is now.

The surgeons was able to lift her from such a horrible nightmare. This was probably one of the most successful event in the Cosmetic Surgery industry. Connie is one of the living proof that Cosmetic Surgery is a very effective tool that can change someone’s life for better.

Well, of course, we do not have the same condition as Connie but in reality, there are so many people being teased and discriminated because of their physical body defects. We should be very grateful that technology like Cosmetic Surgery is invented to help these people.

Right now, modern advances made cosmetic surgery much safer and affordable to everyone. There are so many surgeries developed to improve someone’s physical appearance. Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery in California is aiming to provide satisfying services to their customers. They guarantee you to get the best results whether you are looking for an ethnic plastic surgery or whatever type of procedure like liposuction and breast augmentation and more. The group of california plastic surgeon from Rodeo Drive are well trained and highly professional in this field which will keep all your worries away about the risk of the operation. We must be very thankful that we have these people who are willing to show their dedication and willingness to help people like Connie.

I used to ask myself why people pray? Is it for forgiveness of sins? Or thanksgiving? Or guidance? I believe everyone have their own reasons to pray – either for personal or family-related or both.

I often wonder if God hear every prayer uttered by each person. But then I realized that if God will answer all prayers, then everyone will be satisfied with their life. But knowing the fact that not all prayers were answered, why are still some people who pray? Is it because of faith? If I were to ask you why you pray, what will you reason out? Or should I ask you if you pray at all? If not, then why?

As for me, I pray because praying to God uplifts my soul. Talking to Him clears my mind and eases my pain. Prayer does not only establishes my relationship with God, it is vital in maintaining my relationship with Him. Though I know that God will not literally answer my prayer, I know deep in my heart that He heard me.

I believe it is all about FAITH after all.

Here’s the last part for our topic abut “leaving a Legacy of Youth”. We’re done with 2 of the 3 crucial words which are “Speech” and “conduct”. Now let’s move forward into  “Purity”

Now, to be pure is quite a tall order in a dog-eat-dog world. By purity we do noy only mean physical purity, but also purity of thoughts.

We have a brain that tells our body to move. And just like that, the thoughts that enter our mind cause us to speak his way, and behave that way and react this way. We are often told to guard our heart, buy we must equally guard our mind. If there is power in the speken words, so is there power in our thoughts.

According to personaldevelopment.com,  our mind goes through three steps. First, various things stimulate our senses and create thoughts in our consious mind. Second, thoughts are sent to our subconcious mind where they become beliefs. Lastly, those beliefs are automaticaly acted upon, resulting either negative or positive behaviour. Did you get that? the beliefs that are formed in your mind, are the ones you act on. Do you read sleazy novels? Do you watch movies that cultivate violence in your thoughts? Do you listen to songs that speak of hatred? What do you feed your brain with?

You must always choose good stimuli. Watch movies that promotes Christian values,. Listen to songs that speak of love, peace and hope and friendship.

When you have pure thoughts, your actions, reactions, and intentions become positive. You become a person of essence. And when you are touched with your essence , you are able to extend this positivity to other people and are able to spread the message of love, peace, hope, friendhip, etc to others. In this mannr you set an example. And once the example progresses into a trend, then into a habit, and eventually becomes a part of other people’s system of beliefs, you would have left alegacy among them inyour own little way!

Speech, conduct, purity…. Speak no evil, do no evil and think no evil. this shall be your new challenge as a teen. You are the youngblood of today. Make  a Difference!

as i said before the part of this post will tackle about conduct. After we had learn something about the imporatnce of speech and how it helps to leave a legacy of youth, this time lets move forward and discuss something about “Conduct”

There is an anonymouse saying that goes like this; ” True faith does not contradict its words by its conduct” How can one say that he believes in being charitable when he refuse to share a pack of chips with his seatmate?  How can one say that she believes in spreading love and peace when she screams at her sister for accidentally stepping on her toe? You can’t help what you feel, but you can help what you do.

As with words, we must watch our behavior. You can tell a lot about a person by the way he behaves. Because action speak louder than words. As christians, our actions must match our faith. We must walk the talk as jesus did.

The best way to valu one’s fellowmen is to put oneself in their skin, to emphasize with them. When you have learned top make this a habit, you will find yourself becoming nicer and more respectful of everyone around you.

“And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God ~ Acts 24:16

My next post will be the last part which will give focus to “purity”

The other day, I came across this beautiful massage in the book of psalms that remind me how short the life is.

“Lord, in yor eyes a thousand years are like yesterday come and gone, no more than a watch in the night. You Sweep men away like a dream, like grass which springs up and flowers, by evening withers and fades. Our span is seventy years, or eighty for those who are strong. And most of these are emptiness and pain, they pass quickly and we are gone. Make us know tha shortness of our life, that we may gain wisdom of heart.”

Life is short. This is the truth we often choose to forget. We live as though we would never die. People who cling to power at all cost, who spend their waking hours amassing wealth, who wantonly seek for pleasure that money can buy, are actually afraid to die. They have transmuted their fear of death into an insatiable quest for fame, fortune, and sensual enjoyment. They make life shorter by many senseless acts of forgetfulness. For instance, they forget the distinction between the urgent and the important, the trivial and the essential, the transistory and permanent, the valuable and the worthless. They spend their prcious time worrying about past mistakes and future bankruptcy, forgetting to see the unrepeatable opporunities for happiness in the present moment.

Life is short . This is a truth that is frequently unwelcome because it is sacry. We would rather see Death as the death of someone else than ours. This is the reality and we cannot do nothing about it so we have to live our life to the fullest. Spend your life by following God’s will. Gos have his reason for everything and he knows what’s good for us and whats not.