This is my first post after almost two years of unplanned dormancy. I'm still alive and kicking! I just did not have enough time to devote to philosophizing and writing them in this blog. The offline world had been very demanding and it seems easier to post on the social networking site called Facebook.
I am currently maximizing my vacation here in Laguna and just randomly checked this blog to see how it is doing. Looking at the stats, it had 331 page views last month. Not bad. So here's a new post to celebrate my seven-year old "Thoughts'. The idea of creating this blog came from Blaise Pascal's "Pensees" centered on his perspective of man's nature/condition and his concept of 'the heart' or 'coeur' as the center of our very being. Starting with a very philosophical-sounding blog, it has evolved to a blog of reflections, life experiences and lessons. The transformation made it closer to the real essence of philosophy:experience life, reflect and learn from the experience. If philosophy is love of wisdom, wisdom is, as others have defined it, simply the right use of knowledge.
The writer is seven years older too and it's not just this blog, and the past seven years I have to say were years filled with challenges and blessings for which I am very thankful. I have to say that life has been very fair to me. The opportunities it has brought me and the people I've met have been very helpful in attaining growth. The capacity to make important decisions have become stronger as time passed. The most important lesson I gained so far brought about by life's blessings and even obstacles is to take advantage of every opportunity to be grateful. Gratitude leads to contentment. Gratitude gives a clear idea that not much is required in experiencing happiness. For the past two years I have constantly reflected on the value of being thankful, and these reflections have been fruitful since I started to appreciate what I have and whatever comes.When I practice gratitude slowly, slowly I get to see and sometimes experience can experience life's daily miracles. The celebration of life continues to be the focus of this blog. As it matures, as it attains Pascal's idea of "the heart" I hope to publish this someday. I tried to make a book three years ago by printing it, produced very limited copies and gave my personal copy as a gift to a good friend.
Let me take this opportunity to thank you my dear readers, for your time and for sharing this blog to other people. I am looking at the possibility of writing more often and of course hearing from you.
