Huggybear's Stories
October 18-24 Edition
July 27, 2014
Sunday
Text to someone whose wife is leaving
She is going across the seas to a far-away city to start a
business while you're here working. It sounds like a smart and practical move.
But you also mentioned that she
doesn't have any extra money for capital. She'll be living entirely on your
salary like a pensioner, waiting to save enough for even a small venture. That
could take months.
I sort of admire you for your
loyalty for letting her take your ATM card and you'll be the one who'll be
dependent on her. I try to understand where you are both coming from.
But I don't get it. Why the rush?
Why can't she wait for the savings before she leaves? If you both want to save,
you two can do it even without separating. Two can live as one, goes the old
saw, and that's true. You said you'll both live frugally when she goes. That
may be so, but it also means that your expenses will now need to cover rent for
two houses and two individual lifestyles. You're like a divorcee paying
alimony.
Or perhaps there are undercurrents
of discontent? I mean not just on her part because she wants to leave, but also
from your subconscious because you happily agreed? Do you sometimes feel
overwhelmed by conflicting emotions? Is it like having too much too soon?
"There's a danger in loving
somebody too much," goes a song which comes to mind.
I'm really old-school when it comes
to romance. Maybe I'm idealizing things, but I think a loving and loyal partner
would rather be with you no matter what hardships may come. The important thing
is that you're together. A partner worth fighting for will never leave on such
flimsy reasons.
Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
Patty Smyth
"There's a danger in loving somebody too much
and it's sad that you know it's your heart you can't trust,
there's a reason why people won't stay where they
are..."
Jonathan Aquino's Journal
July 26, 2014
Saturday
I see most events as incidents in the larger scheme of
things.
I've always had a sense of history.
I have this fascination with people who had changed the lives of millions, like
Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. My next magazine articles will be different. I
intend to focus now on history.
I'm going to craft a series
timeless sketches of some of the country's most significant figures, like I did
with Cory Aquino, Ramon Magsaysay and Ramon Avanceña. I'll go beyond borders of
course, like I did with my stories on Albert Einstein, Shirley MacLaine and
Richard Feynman. I'm inspired by the articles in vintage Reader's Digest
magazines. My life has been enriched by those stories about Winston Churchill,
Dwight Eisonhower, George Marshall, Ted Williams and Charles Lindbergh, to name
some that stand out from my memory.
I'm going to write more stories
that will inspire and give a sense of renewed purpose like Og Mandino, just
like I did with my articles on Paulo Coehlo, Norman Vincent Peale and, of
course, Og Mandino. A lot of my coming articles will be on self-motivation and
maximizing one's full potential, like the ones I have about Wayne Dyer, Jack
Canfield and Robert Kiyosaki. This means bringing out the best in me to walk
the talk.
I'm not reinventing myself as a
public speaker although the person I have in mind is Tony Robbins, whom I've
also written about and consider as one of my role models. One of the greatest
lessons I've learned from him is to take someone who has the kind of success that
you want and just do what he did so you will achieve it too.
Tony Robbins
"You don't have to start from
scratch," he says. "Success leaves clues."
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