“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” - Mahatma Gandhi

I am not the type of person who holds grudges in my heart. I find it very easy to forgive and forget. (Lalo na pag nakaganti na ako sa taong nag-maldita sa akin!) Maybe because it has always been my choice to focus on the good things instead of the bad. Life is too short. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life begrudging someone.

A friend told me recently that she has already forgiven her ex-boyfriend for all the bad things he did to her. But she didn’t want to be friends with him because she’s still hurt. I got confused and asked her, “How can you say that you’ve already forgiven him if you’re still hurting?” I told her that the only time she can truly say she had forgiven him is when bad memories don’t have the power to hurt her at present anymore. I mean, it’s okay not be friends if it is her choice. But to still get hurt for something that happened a long time ago is something else. Then I added, “The past can no longer hurt you unless you let it.”

She smiled and ended our conversation by saying, “Alright then. Maybe I haven’t forgiven him completely.” I shook my head and we both burst out laughing. I didn’t tell her that memories of my stupid ex started running through my head as we talked.

Kidding aside, it’s been a while the last time I hated someone. In all honesty, it was an awful feeling knowing that there’s someone out there keeping the same hatred towards you. But at the end of the day, you’ll realize that nobody wins. Both parties only get hurt in the end.

That’s why I stopped hating people since then. As a result, good things started happening in my life. Everything has fallen into its proper place. Everything is in perfect harmony. I have been at peace with myself more than ever. Indeed, living well is the best revenge!

I have come to realize that hatred is just a waste of time and energy. After all, “Nobody can hurt me without my permission…”

I guess part of life is learning how to put the past behind us. And whether we like it or not, we will always come across people who are capable of hurting us one way or another. But never ever allow bitterness, anger, hurt and anxiety to keep us from moving forward. Remember that whatever we do or feel at present affects our future.

So let’s all be happy. Cheers!

I am not sure why I suddenly lost the urge to blog…

There are so many things I wanted to share but I guess I am just too tired to start writing about things that people won’t find interesting anyway. And besides, I don’t wanna talk about work all the time. That’ll be way too boring for my readers!

Moving forward, has anyone upgraded to Wordpress 2.6 yet? I might upgrade this blog this weekend. But isn’t it weird (and at the same time – amazing) how developers can release a new version way too soon? I just mentioned on my previous post that I’d just upgraded this blog to 2.5.1 and then all of a sudden when I logged in to my WP admin page, there goes this UPDATE ALERT stating that Wordpress 2.6 has just been released!

The bottom line is, I just wanna make sure that all the plugins I’m using on this blog are compatible with the latest version. Otherwise, I might as well wait for the plugin developers to upgrade all the plugins they developed so they will be compatible with Wordpress 2.6. Waiting for a month or two won’t hurt for sure, will it?

I am soooo busy with work. Be back in a few days or so… I’ll be presenting the monthly QA report for our account later. I’m nervous! Hahaha!

I went to an ophthalmologist at Medical Plaza a few months ago for a check-up and was advised to wear eyeglasses. So when Medicard did an APE (Annual Physical Exam) in our company and offered eyeglasses for 50% off, I ordered right away. The doctor from Medicard also examined my eye and I was surprised that her findings were different. The first doctor who checked my eye said my problem is with my right eye. The second doctor said the problem is on the left! Hahaha. Yeah, right. And I thought I had a very thorough eye exam at Medical Plaza!

When I finally received my pink eyeglasses, it turned out that both findings were not accurate at all. I had terrible headaches even if the lens had already been replaced. As a result, I just decided not to wear them.