Change is Constant

Everybody faces changes, we cannot deny that some circumstances and experiences change personality.

At New Year, they see it as a start and opportunity to change something. A factor is how people see themselves, some may try to gain or lose weight because it has been bothering them for years. People try to work out and go to the gym, they also look for weight gain.

New Year has always seemed to me a beginning of a new cycle, or a new path of self-development, but I never write detailed resolutions, having only abstractive understanding of my plans for future. So I think I do not need to change something from me.

Sometimes the thing we need to change is our self-esteem. YOU DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. You are who you are. You cannot please everyone, you have to accept you. Change starts from acceptance, and become the best version of yourself.

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Chapter 26: The Eve of the Fiesta

The title I have put is based on Kabanata 26 of the notorious Noli Me Tangere written by the Philippine National Hero, Jose Rizal, during the Spanish Revolution. This book has had such a major influence in the freedom of Filipinos and a big eye opener to the world.

In this chapter, Rizal described the fiesta as overly grande. There was too much unnecessary stuff. Too much food, too much decoration. Rizal teaches us that gatherings are not about how extravagant they are, FIESTA is about family and friends sharing time together.

I related this chapter on how we must celebrate the Vigan Fiesta. We don't need to go out our way and present overly lavish food for our guests. Sure it is an act of hospitality, but we must not give the things that we cannot afford to have. We must learn to always save some for ourselves.

Being hospitable is a Filipino trait, but being too superb is the toxic side. Let us always be tactical in making our decisions so that we can choose the right one.

The Vigan City Fiesta is held every January 25. It is celebrated during the feast day of the conversion of St. Paul the Apostle. St. Paul is Vigan City’s patron saint. Before his conversion, St. Paul was known as Saul, a zealous persecutor of Christians. After he was touched by a personal encounter with Jesus Christ on his way to Damascus, his name was changed to Paul and he endured a lot of hardships and danger to spread the word of God to far places.

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New Year's Resolution not Spasmodic Solutions

New Year’s resolutions are as much a part of our life as the New Year celebration. My New Year’s resolution is to achieve something that I can be proud of and to share my blessings to others. There's a big reason behind it, why I picked it. To achieve something that I can be proud of.

However, it is known that resolutions are hard to fulfill. We are sometimes "spasmodic" or as Filipinos call it, "ningas kogon". We start things that we cannot finish. People go to the gym on the first week of January, I bet you won't be able to find them the next week. Trying is not wrong, but for me DOING IS BETTER THAN TRYING.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it. For a change, don't add new things in your life as a new year's resolution. Instead, do more of what's already working for you and stop doing things that are time-waste.The beginning of every New Year is always the best time to give another chance to your neglected talents! You can never make this New Year as your best year because your best year is always the year you were born! When the fireworks start, be thankful for your existence and for everything which made this possible!



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