A Time for Love

God, I'll wait.

Further readings:

• Lessons from the book of Ruth
• A Time for Love

One day, it's my turn

I know and I am sure.  One day it will be my turn to love and be loved back in return.  One day, it will be my turn to be found by true love.

I know and I am sure. It's going to be beautiful.

I know and I am sure.  When that time comes, he is God-given.

The 3 Steps To Making Your Dreams Come True by Bo Sanchez

This is timely.  We were only talking about it yesterday and I received this in the mail.

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The 3 Steps To Making Your Dreams Come True

(Before I talk about the subject above, I just want to tell you I'm still walking on Cloud 9.  Last night, we just finished our KerygmaConference2015 in Manila and I can't begin to describe the happiness there.  Imagine 20,000+ people empowered, encouraged, and equipped towards their God-given mission.  This Saturday, I go to Cebu for the KerygmaConference2015 there.)

            Do you want to fulfill your dreams?
            God plants dreams in our hearts.
            Here are 3 Steps to make them come true…

Step One:

See The Dream

            Do you really know what you want in life?
            You've got to know your dream so well that you see it in your mind.  In fact, you just don't see it, you feel it in your heart.  Because faith and fear are not just beliefs or expectations—they're also feelings.  When you see your dream in vivid detail, you'll feel the faith rise within you.
            That's why fearful people cannot dream.
            Here's what you do: Imagine all your dreams are already fulfilled.  The more you see it and feel it, the easier it is for your dreams to come true.
            Dream in vivid Technicolor—complete with sounds, smells, tastes, and feel. 
            The reason why many people don't receive God's blessings is because they have a limited capacity to receive those blessings.  The problem isn't in the Supply.  (It's infinite.)  The problem is in the Receiving of that Supply.
            So how do you increase your capacity to receive? 
            By increasing your vision.  When you increase the size of your vision, you increase the size of your blessings.
            See your dream.  Feel it.
            Once you do that, you're ready for the next step…

Step Two:

Sow The Dream

            Actually, you don't sow the dream.
            You sow the seed of the dream.  And that small seed will grow to become your big dream.
            What's the seed?  Your actions.
            Nothing happens unless you act.
            When you plant one hundred seeds, not all of those one hundred seeds will grow.  Perhaps ninety-nine will die.  But that's okay.  It's the one seed that grows that will make your dream come true.
            So make mistakes!
            Act.  And act.  And keep on acting.
            Wake up early.  And run towards your dream!
            Even if you feel that you have very little resources…

Act On What You Have

            When David fought Goliath, he didn't ask for a M9 bazooka, a machine gun, or a bullet-proof vest.  He worked with what he had—a leather sling and five smooth stones.  God transformed it into a deadly weapon in his hand.
            When Moses delivered the Israelites from Egypt, he didn't ask for a phalanx of warriors, a naval battleship, or a couple of nuclear missiles to defeat Egypt.  He used what he had—an old wooden stick.  But through that old wooden stick, God made a snake, turned a river into blood, divided the red sea—and drowned the chariots of Pharaoh.
            So use what you have!
            I hear this a lot from people who excuse their mediocre lives:

• "But I don't have a college diploma”
• "I can't speak English well,”
• "I don't have the right connections.”
• "I'm not good in math.”
• "I don't know how to sell.”
• "I don't have time.”
• "I'm not as good-looking as Bo Sanchez.”  (Have your eyes checked.)

            Don't look for what you don't have. 
            Here's the truth: You have everything you need to reach your dreams.
            Everything.
            Did you read that?
            E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!
            You have the Holy Spirit.  You have friends around you.  You have other talents within you.  Etcetera.
            And here's the last crucial step you need to take…

Step Three:

Surrender Your Dream

            Some of you may even be shocked by my third step.
            I've asked you to dream, right?  To pursue it with so much passion that you see it and feel it in your heart.
            But in Step Three, I'll ask you to do what seems the very opposite: To surrender your dreams to God.  In Step   Three, you say the most perfect prayer of all.  "Lord, not my will but yours be done.” 
            To trust.
            To let go.
            To actually tell God that you're happy now—even without this dream. 
            Here's one thing I found out about dreams.  If I'm desperate, needy, and frantic—I find it so difficult to make that dream come true.
            But if I surrender to God my dream, and relax, and treat my pursuit of the dream as play—I find myself attracting every blessing I ever need in an almost effortless way.
            This is my experience with money too.
            When I'm desperate for money, very little comes my way.  Everything I earn is a struggle, like I'm pulling teeth from the universe.
            But when I'm relaxed about money—trusting that I'm swimming in an ocean of money—the money will come rolling at my feet, begging that I take it.
            When I do this, I don't struggle.  The right people come to me.  The right connections come to me.  The right book comes to me.  The right opportunities come.  Almost effortlessly…

            May your dreams come true,


            Bo Sanchez

A paper dress

I was taking up AB Communication Arts in college but my head was in making clothes (BEAUTIFUL, HAPPY clothes) someday.

Doughnuts and Unknown Place

Doughnuts 

To see a doughnut in your dream represents the Self. It suggests that you may be feeling lost and still trying to find yourself and your purpose in life. Alternatively, it refers to growth, development and nurturance. You are not yet completely whole.


Unknown

To dream that you are in a strange, unknown or foreign place represents change in your life. Consider how you feel about the surrounding. If you are afraid or lost, then it indicates that you are not ready for the change. You are not ready to leave the past behind. If you are excited or happy in this unknown place, then it suggests that you are ready for change.

Train

To dream that you are on a train symbolizes your life's journey. It suggests that you are on the right track in life and headed in the right direction. Alternatively, the dream means that you have a tendency to worry needlessly over a situation that will work out in the end. (source: dreammoods.com)

Cheeks and Eye Contact

Cheeks
To dream that you are kissing someone on the cheek or someone is kissing you on the cheek, then it signifies admiration, courtesy, reverence, friendship or respect.

Eye Contact 
You are looking for some sort of connection.

Absence

To dream that someone is absent, especially if you expect to find them suggests that you are looking for something that is already lost to you. Alternatively, you may be looking to fill a void in your life. Something is missing from your life. (source: dreammoods)

First dress form!

My friend sold me her dress form! :D

I put the necklace I made para maganda :D

Magandang decor :D

My gadgets... hahaha.

*Fashion *Love *Display *Slim's

One of my secret dreams happened yesterday. Slim's displayed my work at the entry hall, on Valentine's Day.

It's a big deal to me, first, it happened on Valentine's Day when I wasn't expecting anything special to happen; second, I was only dreaming of it when I was a newbie in the school.

Thank you God for surprising me.

Two designs on display.My work and James' work.  They put mine on the vacant mannequin yesterday.

January 12, 2013

On January 12, my plan to study fashion is coming true. Finally, after so many years it-is-happening.

"To enroll in a fashion school" has always been in my to-do list since 2009. Due to time and budget constraints, it never happened. Laging may mangyayari para hindi matuloy. More than anything, I've always wanted to become a fashion designer since I was 10 years old.

To get started is all I need; and now, I'm doing it.

And I suppose, there is a right time and right place for everything.

Now is the right time and Slim's is the right place! :)

www.slimsfashion.com

ChiRho - Part 1

Made happened by the ChiRho Dream Team: Eona, Marqui, myself, Entrep students (for their designs) and friends who modeled for the cover and more friends to help out in the shoot.

The cover choice. I like the other one, though.

To do what I do best. To make that great 

feeling part of my life again.

It has always been one of my favorite memories from college. 

I realized that anything we dream of would happen. So, we must love the dream we create in our hearts and minds because it is going to happen. For sure.

In my Senior year, I became the Creative Director of our school's official newsmag, ChiRho. It was a surprise because I was never part of any major organizations and I just gave it a shot. Wala namang mawawala.

To cut the long story short, God gave me the opportunity to be with ChiRho to experience what doing what I love felt like. I tell you, it was a great feeling. 

You're tired but your energy is still high. You're giddy. You're happy. You're radiant because of the happy vibe you exude - very much like when you're inlove. Suddenly, everything has meaning.  And that feeling that you're putting into good use what God has given you, it is just so fulfilling. Ganun ang pakiramdam.

This is why I never stop working on the fulfillment of my dream to become a fashion designer. 

I know this is the kind of life that is destined for me because God lets me experience the joy of it over and over through opportunities as such even after college.

How about you? What are you passionate about? What is your dream?

Making it happen: What's your childhood dream?

I made this in 2008 for an art test in my former job.

Sweet Dreams

I've placed a dreamcatcher on my front door - for bad dreams.

Slims: Soon :)

I've been inquiring for too long at The Fashion Institute of the Philippines but for some reason I was always reluctant to give it a go each time because I knew I could find a better option.

Yesterday, I came across this school in Makati, Slim's Fashion and Arts School, which offers a DIPLOMA course for a reasonable price and they have Saturday classes, too. Meaning, pwede sa work schedule at... may graduation. :D

I think... I've found the perfect school! :D

http://www.slimsfashion.com/