A roller coaster of emotions; Hope and despair

It is about getting better.

I have been advising motivating a group of people former staff and relatives to push through with a project that was droped by our main corporation.   Just a little money separate them from pushing through with the project.

There was this funder who was in and out of the country and could not focus on the venture.   She will soon again leave for travel.  Her father died too leading to the delay.

Last  Sunday, there was this classmate of one of the members who have a large funeral homes.   However after several exchanges  of email, the prospect politely begged off.

There are other options and the group despairs that we could not nail a financier.  We are legit.  However, scammers who do not have anything can gyp people with millions.

Its an endless cycle of hope and desperation after failure.   In the end we will succeed.

Its Noli Me Tangere all over again, pretenses by the "religious"

It is about getting better...

My daughter successfully fulfille her role as hermana mayor for a Patron Saint of a barangay here.  The novena was conducted well, the procession and the mass, and the feast the food stuff was through a well known caterer.  My daughter gave all her hearts out for the event:    having the venue cemented and tiled, having a garden around the altar, ,etc.   And spending 6 numbers for the caterer.  

However later on I learned that there were lot of dynamics. The hermana emeritus, who owns the most number  of saints in this town reprimanded her over the phone when she made suggestions. Another "Touch me Not episode.  Noli me Tangere  It was uncalled for since this was a voluntary job, and done for religious fervor.  And  furthermore her coterie of entities whose genders were unsure of  had intrigues and gossips flying all around.  This was unexpected in a religious organization.   The gender confusion mIght have something to do with this and holier than thou attitude for having the most saints.  

The lady perhaps was not aware of the support we made to the husband during the years, with 7 number in sales and rentals to their office properties.    They should not have done this to my daughter, our of respect, and the rest out of their professional standing and also their religious status in the town.  I did not find anything wrong with the performance of my daughter.  No one thanked her, the venue that was used (my house and lot) and the huge expenses for the event.  

Will the gender confused change, or this lady who has divine mentality?   We ask the Lord for forgiveness of our trespasses and may we have learned our lesson in dealing with such events, and may the person who did this to our family live healthy and strong

We should have learned hard lessons from this event, grew wiser and sgtronger

Did not attend a wake of cousin because the family members are on family feud.

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I have a cousin who died recenetly becasue of cancer of the lungs that had metastized to his bones.   But  I know that there is still a family feud.  One of the family members with whom I am communicating with is not visiting the wake, becasue there is a family feud.

We have a family feud, they have a family feud.  I am sick and tired of this feud.  I am not excacerbating this so I did not attend. 

What was the feud all about?  Inheritance.    Money wealth changes the personality and relationship family members

Instant karma - what you sow you reap

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A cousin recently messaged me that her brother is stage 4 Ca from the lungs due to smoking, that has metastasized into the bones.   Her brother is not bed written and the days are numbered. She says that this karma, because when the other siblings sold the estate of the family, nothing was ever shared with her.

That was nice sharing because a brother ousted me from the position I was occupying without any reason at all, depriving me of retirement pay  And other benefits.    Unfortunately for that brod who came from nowhere to be the CEO, he also died of cancer.   Karma is everywhere

LIfe is an "arbor" says former colleague

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While working in a pharma, I had an opportunity to work with a former city cop.  He said that life is a cycle of "arbor"  of giving and receiving.  Khalil Gibran has this much to say about that cycle -  we die when we stop giving and receiving.

In my life one of my missions was to give:   my knowledge and myself to the endeavor or venture.  However some people abuse that.  It is merely  receiving and taking.   

Some people ask your favor to give recommendation about the project and never appreciate nor are grateful.  Worse they want just to transact by phone or text.   Ayaw "tumanaw ng utang na loob"  This post clamp up on those cases and stop giving away knowledge for free

Superb team this post was advising

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Had a recent meeting with a team this post was advising.   Good signs were there.   Everybody was on time, and all the assignments were submitted and they were all the done.   The results of their efforts would end their financial problems and lift up their status in lives:   from status of poverty to one of financial freedom.

There were two things that stand in the way:     the OK by the funder.   The one in charge said consider this done despite the death of loved one by the funder.   The second one is the marketing risk.   One antidote is to to sell at 50% off the now updated price of P60,000.   The redo of the product line up, and beefing up of promos.   

More power and thanks for the passion efforts team.  

Not by PHP alone - neglecting relationships, gifts to apps

It is about getting better...

My lone apps grew up at a condo away from this post.   When she visits this post, she was generally aloof and distant and even utters  "Go away"  She does not want me to come near her mama or her. 

However lately my daughter (her mama) complains and even cries why the lolo has not given her a gift.  (I had Php deposited to her account regularly.  Which my daughter told her.  But she does not want php.  She wants gift. 

So we arranged that I give her a gift.  An insulated water bottle

And she was happy  .  And we became close and friends

How you perceive yourself to be can shape your future

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They call this Psycho Cybernetics.  And this was introduced several decades ago while taking up my Masters

I think this is true.  What you strongly believe in, or what has been imprinted in your mind shapes your

destiny.

Two events:

1.  When I was a teen my grandfather (Mothers side) use to remind me to take care of myself, because I could be a President (of the country or a company)   i did several years later 

2.  There was this Indian fortune teller who showed that she can guess the number written down on a piece of paper, showing the accuracy of his prediction  (It was revealed that there are tricks to this)   But he said 

I would cause prosperity in my family and the fortune that could be built would last several lifetime.

I am sure that this motivated me to parlay the family savings into several profitable real estate venture.  And that is through out the country.

Fortune telling works when you believe in it

What do you think?   Could admonitions advice strongly shape your destiny?

Once a scorpion, always a scorpion?

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I came across an individual who is struggling  but who seems to be good in land registration case.  And then he asked me to help him navigate the real estate industry.  Despite the fact that I did not know him well enough, I readily helped.  However this post noticed red flags:

1.  He did not come on time;

2.  He often was peddling my efforts with supposed other parties despite my services being free; and coming back to me again, if his supposed deal does not push through

3.  He was in the habit of changing what he said

4.  He would push through with me rushing  my decision despite obstacles from his side

And lately despite confusing research findings  when I asked him for a proof that what he is planning to do (since he was all ready asking for PHP) has a proof, precedent, he went into an ad hominem - why bother if you do not believe.

These are lessons, and I am free of worries and wondering if I am being scammed or not.

I am reminded of a story about a scorpion.   There was a flood and the scorpion begged the turtle to ride on his back, because otherwise he would drown.  The turtle doubted the scorpion  and asked why the former should trust the scorpion.   Because he said he wants to be said.   The turtle gave a ride to scorpion.  When they reached the safe place the scorpion bit the turtle.  And the turtle surprised ask the scorpion asked, "Why did you bite me"   "  Its because I am scorpion, that is why" was the reply

That he spent time behind bars did not give me fears before, now I am.  A scorpion will always bite even if you do it a good thing, because that's what it was created for.   To be a scorpion.  God bless them