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I woke up this morning late. The night was something I have been longing for throughout the week. Thank God He made the weekends. A week’s worth of work is a Friday night’s worth of sleep.

Waking up, it’s another day in the big city. I have to get my clothes ready for the washing. I have to get myself eating brunch too. I’m starving.

It’s really funny what you get to think about during weekends. I went down from the room and turned on my laptop. Plugged in the speaker and put some Christmas music to fill the morning daze. Yes, Christmas is in the air, especially in the Philippines where Christmas is celebrated a thirds of a year.

I just remembered, I haven’t been writing lately. Well, the new job is getting more and more demanding by the day. The job is not the real challenge for me though. What I find challenging is how to balance my relationships, the roles I play. Juggling my roles as an employee, as a son, a brother, a boyfriend and a Christian is not an easy task. But then, that’s what makes it exciting right?  A few days back, I attended a training on thinking and acting decisively. The speaker mentioned that an average person can juggle at most five roles in a lifetime. The top five is manageable. The rest becomes a blur. There will be times that you would have to change a role for another. That would then depend on the priorities at the moment. For example, you used to not consider your role as a brother. Then, a sister had a baby and you would have to assist her in her new child. Or maybe, you decided to get married so you would need to do more of your role as a fiancée than your role as a son peer perhaps.

Through out the few months in this new life of mine in this big city, I have learned to let go of little worries and focus on what really counts in my life. It then brings you back to the things that are important to you, to the things that you value.

It is here in the big city that I learned how complicated people make of their lives. Why? Why can’t we just make each other’s lives easy? Why do we have to be rich? Why do we have to get better than others? Why do we have to compete for excellence?

I learned that here in the big city, a lot of things matter – for other person that is. What you wear, how you look, how much money you make. You get the point. I realized too that since I am here, I need to play the game in order to survive. The worst thing I could do is resent everything that happens in my life. Now that’s an easy exit. Another option though is to ask how do you make sense of everything that happens in your life? I am getting that idea that a lot of things that happen in one’s life begins in the mind.

I read in some book a phrase I find valuable to remember in life. I’d like to quote it and here it goes: “Watch your thoughts, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, they make up your life.” True to it, your life is moulded by how you perceive things. Do you look at a glass half empty or half full? A classic but never fails to make sense.

So there you go, my thoughts for the moment. The thinking plays a big role in defining a life. What you can or cannot do in life all begins with the mind. Other than that, all you need is a dash of blessing, and a lifetime of imagination!