FINDING THE REASON TO MOVE ON

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/money/10-reasons-why-following-your-passion-more-important-than-money.html

I have not blogged for months already.  I simply stopped or simply forgot about blogging.  I even wondered why.  The taste of doing it.  The inspiration to write has been gone for months.  But I realized I have those thoughts running in my mind "i should have written this experience"...On and on.  until I lost touch again with this inner voice that would always prod me to write my experience.

I got so busy.  I went into doing so many things in my life taking care of work (shifting from face to face to virtual classes), family life, giving talks from time to time, record videos for my students and so many more.

The following are the things that got into me :

Firstly, I feel like i have a special meter stick inside in terms of making a choice.  I simply based them on how to make my life simpler at the moment ( left the "limelight" of having a designation at work and simply chose a career as a fulltime faculty in the social sciences).

Secondly, I tried to simplify my way of dealing with my students on a virtual platform :  prepared class guidelines, extended deadlines, accepted all submissions, record videos for students to review if they need to  (compared to live virtual discussions where they could only hear discussions one time only and those who will not be able to make will lose the chance of hearing the discussions), opened an account at edmodo where all tasks, links for videos and quizzes are posted etc. and gave lesser workload to students.

Lastly, a lot of things can happen though.  Nothing is final yet.  I will continue to blog and this time with vlog.  I have gone so far as my 10th year of blogging though.  This is a great reason to keep on pushing even with a "foggy"  and unclear path ahead.  I just feel that what I went through is part of the process.  I am human and I went through the process of living, grilling and learning from life.  There is no reason to stop.

AN ANGEL ENCOUNTER

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• Today, May 6, 2020, is not just any ordinary day.  I will try to simply and carefully describe the highlights of the day. Please read through and finish. God's angels are real ( please check on the photos herein). God's love was so real. I mark this day as a day of hope for God's Church..the People of God.
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• I went to the university today (after lunch) where I am currently working to sign some documents and a chance conversation with two colleagues at the office that I visited. I shared with them my experience with angels outside of the country (New York, USA). I uttered to both of them " I felt that manifestations of the presence of angels were more real to me with my experience there (US) than here in the Philippines and I was really wondering why".  This was followed by relating to them a brief story of that experience (they had goosebumps ...pls click this link: http://dang-justaboutanything.blogspot.com/search?q=angels+new+york&m=1).
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• After my visit to that office, I went out to feed hungry cats😂😂😂. Then I went straight to my office located on the 5th floor of the building where I could freshly breath fresh air ( despite COVID 19 pandemic).
• Feeling awed...I saw a beautiful rainbow  "painted" on the sky from where I caught myself thinking "God will never again send such tragedy to his people.  The rainbow is a sign of hope...A promise not to again punish the human race".
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• Well, that's what I thought.  And, I whispered, " Thank you, dear God".  Few minutes after that, the rainbow was nowhere to be seen except that it showed again before I went out of the university to go home.  I called my husband to inform him that I was going home but had to go to an uptown mall to check on an item that we planned and agreed to buy for our daughter.
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• I was so convinced to do that.  I was in front of the mall at 6:09pm ( the mall will close at 6:30pm). However, an unexpected turn of event happened.  I thought that I did not have to rush to buy that thing given the time on the clock.  There is always another day.  That's what I thought.  
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• The deepest drive and intention was to take the right turn and go straight to St Francis Xavier Church at the farther back of the mall.  
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• I was driving, taking my time this time (without the pressure anymore) towards the Church when I felt something unusual at what I was seeing in front of me.  I was awed and mesmerized again.  This time at the sight of the Church (refer to photo below) glowing at the back with a huge mass of heart-shaped clouds (well I understand that it could be some kind of "leftover" of the sunset) was something unusual (note: this is my third day to visit the Church).
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• But the streetlights were turned on and I was driving with headlights turned on already which means that it's dark already from where I came from( that was from the road fronting the mall where all vehicles already turned on their headlights).
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• I decided to do hazard parking at the right side of the road. Without going out of the car, I took photos of the Church which looked like it was a beautifully crafted blend of colors of a twilight scene.

Then I decided to adjust my phone camera for the zoom and looked up again to check if there is anything in it (just curious).

I could even feel myself getting irritated at not being able to capture that moment in zoom mode ( i meant the Church and the heart-shaped cloud..who knows what's in there...as I thought).  Since I was desperate, I positioned the camera supported by the steering wheel.  But I felt as if an external force started to slowly direct my hand to the right side.  And I was like stating "what is happening?".

I wanted to get the zoom but really, I saw my hand literally moving and focusing towards the right side of the Church ( note: I was so conscious seeing my hand moving in that manner...Ohhh My God!!!). And I felt something in my mind directing me to look up the sky.  I was not able to see it immediately because of the front mirror at the top of my head so I had to bow my head a little and look up the sky.  And "oh my God again".  

What a beautiful sight of a huge mighty Angel facing the Church ( the St Francis Xavier Church) that was formed on the clouds appearig like it descended from the heavens.

Really at that time, I could not believe what I saw.  I felt that my small world stopped while seeing that awesome view.

I went out of the car to get a better capture since streetlight posts blocked a minute portion of it.  And then, I took photos again this time with goosebumps on my skin plus that cold electrifying sensation (ok hands up...actually I am not really certain if I described it right).

Again, I felt that my whole world stopped until I decided to check if people saw what I just viewed in front of me.  I saw one lady running and taking photos also ( I was so glad to know that many were able to see that..).

However, the scene may be interpreted by other witnesses different from mine.  I could call that spiritual experience.  And then it hit on me that I just said to two colleagues that afternoon " I felt that manifestations of the presence of angels were more real to me with my experience there( US) than here in the Philippines and I was really wondering why". Now by faith through the first-hand experience, I declare that angels are everywhere- hands up again!!!

However, checking the photo below on the entire Church and the mighty Angel of God at the right side is a MESSAGE for all of us ( as I and my husband reflected on this site during our prayer time and Bible sharing at night).

THE MESSAGE:

GOD is so present and is protecting His Church ( not just the building)- His own people who are actually suffering in this time of the pandemic. He is sending the message of HOPE and LOVE...of PROTECTION through the presence of His army of angels sent to protect all of us on earth.

The photo above seems to send the message that the heavens are here present (appearing at the top portion of the photo) among us...GOD IS WITH US. There is nothing to be afraid of. His CHURCH- GOD'S people are suffering.  But, GOD AND HIS ARMY OF ANGELS ARE AMONG US.

Note:  You may try viewing the above photo upside down. You may get a view from the outside world directly towards the earth.

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Now it left me wondering why God chose the St Francis Xavier Church of Pueblo de Oro to reveal Himself and this wonderful message of hope and love to the world.  This is something to reflect upon.