"Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like a curious child before the Great Mystery into which you are born. For a human heart can never grow old if it takes a lively interest in the pairing of birds, the reproduction of flowers, and the changing tints of autumn leaves. Cherish the laugh lines and wrinkles – the memories that made those lines are the most important part of you today. Have the same energy that God invested in you at birth and live under the consciousness that He has set His love upon you – you'll find blessings in every circumstance." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2017NOVEMBER06/MONDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"Don't lose heart when things you badly desire don't come to you, no matter the best efforts you put in to have them. They simply were not meant for you. Have the willingness to understand why some of the deadlines you are trying to beat don't pull through. They simply did not represent you. What's for you will come in their appointed time. You wait. Waiting teaches you to live with setbacks and disappointments. For you to learn the art of always trying, always pursuing, and not giving up. Pray while waiting and rest completely in God's timing. He chooses what's best for you." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr.
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"Embrace life in complete gratitude. Be adorned by lessons strewn along the way. Pay attention. Everything you encounter adds up to your growth. Seek God's view. To seek His view is to see the good beneath the not-so-good that manifests in your life. You are made for something that fits you, that no one can. Find. He will never ask you to do anything that He hasn’t already given you the ability to do. Live up. Be."
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~Gilbert Gibo Teodoro, Jr.; 2021 MAY 10 [A10]
"Everything passes; everything wears out; everything breaks. That is the essence of change. Don’t waste time feeling sorry for what was in the past or what was lost. Just because things didn’t work out as expected is no excuse to give up trying. Be willing to acknowledge whatever pain and loss yesterday may have caused you. It’s not what the world has taken away from you that matters, but how you deal with what you are left with. Look forward with God’s eyes that you be guided to do His will in every situation. For no matter the darkest night, tomorrow comes. And darkness will be overtaken by the brilliant brightness of the burning sun." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr.2018JANUARY04/THURSDAY [ADMIN 10]
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"Fatherhood is a divine responsibility. Its essence is of a man carrying out his godly duties to journey alongside his children. A good father in a man who is a protector, a mentor, a friend. The best father in a man who knows he is most of all a son. A grateful son who looks up to his Heavenly Father for everything that he is and everything that he has. An obedient son who takes to heart His entrustment – of earthly fatherhood. A son so confident of His love, giving his children a glimpse of His heart - a heart that loves and provides, that cares and protects, that teaches and guides." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr., 2019JUNE16/SUNDAY [ADMIN 10]
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"How words sometimes become hindrance to thought. When pointing to the door is more expressive than saying, 'leave'. When placing a finger on the lips is more forcible than whispering, 'do not speak'. When no phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. When a shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words. And when you are praying, how much better it is to have a heart without words than words without a heart. For a heart that speaks naught yet eager to reach God holds more, than sound words that go hollow." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr., 2018JUNE11/MONDAY [ADMIN 10]
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"Life's discomfort rises and falls like series of waves. They crest and roll and wash a part of you to make way for deposits of treasure that you really are and should be. Out goes naivete, in comes wisdom; out goes anger, in comes discernment; out goes despair, in comes kindness. Every struggle you go through creates opportunities for you to become stronger and wiser and better. Every pain that you learn to tolerate leaves you healthier than it found you. Struggle and pain shift your thinking from 'I cannot' to 'I must' and make you draw strength from within to see life beyond them. For it is doubtful whether God can bless you greatly until He has hurt you deeply. Trust that He is using what hurts you for a greater purpose." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2017SEPTEMBER13/WEDNESDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"Life holds so many simple blessings, each day bringing its own individual wonder. No matter what looms ahead and no matter the setbacks and the shortfalls, always maintain the ability to be thankful. Recognize how blessed you are and realize that the good in your life greatly outweighs any bad by comparison. Just being alive is reason enough to keep thankfulness at the center of your being. It is an inestimable privilege God grants to you. He favors you with the light of a new day and He blesses you with sight to see and wake up to it. To truly appreciate life is to fully appreciate everything as precious gift from Him." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr., 2018JUNE13/WEDNESDAY [ADMIN 10]
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"Life is a series of internal battles that can leave you struggling to stand in faith. It is within your secret places, fueled by your thoughts where battles against worry, fear, guilt, and resentment are fought and won or lost. Bring out the hero in you. Be one for not blaming anyone for your misfortune – you know in your heart you have done your best. Be one for accepting trials and difficulties, seeing these as chances for focus and growth and realism. Be one for looking unto God as the author of your faith. It is in strengthening your faith that you can walk even the narrowest of path without getting off-course. In that path, He walks with you." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr.
2017NOVEMBER30/THURSDAY
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"Life is an endless series of little moments. Little moments all through the day when things go your way, or they don't. They are not random, meaningless moments. All are placed in your path for you to grow in gratitude and faith for the easy ones and the difficult ones. Handle them with heart. The little moments of unease and discomfort are reminders of what you need most of all — God." ~December 14, 2020
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"Love and respect yourself. No one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are completely. The good and the not-so-good sides and make changes as you see fit. Take conscious efforts to always find your center in God. Your Center is where you are rooted in His love. Your point of reference - where there is no need for striving, impatience and dashing about seeking approval." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr.
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"Making sense of your wounds is a very personal one. And the common theme in wound-healing is the need to forgo revenge with a firm resolve to forgive and move past the hurt. It's not easy but you cannot stay long tormenting yourself by reliving past wounds. Forgive yourself for your mistakes and forgive those who inflicted wounds upon you. Don't hold back your chance to fully live and love life. It is unforgiveness in the heart that hinders healing, that poisons intimacy with God and harmony with other people. At all times, your need for understanding why things happen must sidestep and let faith take the lead. He walks you through step-by-step. He walks with you." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2018JUNE09/SATURDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"Smile. It's the best thing you can do with your lips. You smile when words become inadequate in expressing your deepest feelings. You smile to wish essential goodness and good pleasure with everyone you meet. You smile in gratitude for everything life has given you. A smile at another brings the light of God's countenance that radiates peace and calmness to the soul. And as another smiles back, it's Him smiling at you. A smile back is His answer to your non-verbal prayer." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr 2020FEBRUARY22/SATURDAY [ADMIN 10]
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"Sometimes you'll hear people say, 'God brought us together,' and indeed He does. He brings people into your life precisely when you need them. He brings them to you that you may open your heart and learn to listen and seek to understand. How easy it is to resent negative people. But even that is part of His mystery you have to live with. How you deal with those you find negative teaches lessons of acceptance and humility and empathy. For if He only brought you perfect people, how would you ever learn to evolve? How would you size up yourself?" ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2017SEPTEMBER15/FRIDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence. In this state, the soul finds a path that is illumined and what is elusive or confusing resolves itself with clarity and meaning. It is during this pause when the lips are closed that the heart feels God. In silence He speaks loud enough for you to hear Him. Because too often His words are muffled and lost in a crowd of many noises both inside and outside yourself. When you live your life looking and listening to Him who is all around, every moment is a prayer." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2019APRIL28/SUNDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"The world you live in is a mirror of yourself. Everything you hold to be true becomes your cage and your reality. If you perceive an imperfect world, it's because you fail to compassionately accept your own imperfections. If you find yourself condemning another, it is actually condemning some shamed part of yourself that you have not acknowledged. Reflect God in your mirror and you will perceive the world in kind and with love. The sense of beauty and goodness and worth you see in all, here and now, is His reflection breathing beauty and goodness and worth into you." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2017NOVEMBER07/TUESDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"There's only one you. And by that, you are different. Don't desire sameness, wanting to be around people who you think are similar to you. They can never be like you, they are equally different. Don't try hard to 'fit in', you will disappear. Each one has a unique space, and you can never be in that space. You have your own. It is when you accept your being different that you can truly exist among others and fully realize your own ways of being. You are God's divine expression of His love, incomparably unique and special. So, is everyone else." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2019JULY03/WEDNESDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"To go out of your way to help those who have no voice to be heard and those who are small to be seen and those who are missing to be found, is to be blessed with the power of seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and good and worthy in another. It is when you speak or act from a place of selflessness and genuine love that you gain a good soul and a big heart. It is in understanding non-self that the burden of life is gone – allowing nothing else but the essence of God within. For in every act of selflessness is a love whisper in His name." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr., 2017DECEMBER01/FRIDAY [ADMIN 10]
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"Love and respect yourself. No one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are completely. The good and the not-so-good sides and make changes as you see fit. Take conscious efforts to always find your center in God. Your Center is where you are rooted in His love. Your point of reference - where there is no need for striving, impatience and dashing about seeking approval." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr.
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"Making sense of your wounds is a very personal one. And the common theme in wound-healing is the need to forgo revenge with a firm resolve to forgive and move past the hurt. It's not easy but you cannot stay long tormenting yourself by reliving past wounds. Forgive yourself for your mistakes and forgive those who inflicted wounds upon you. Don't hold back your chance to fully live and love life. It is unforgiveness in the heart that hinders healing, that poisons intimacy with God and harmony with other people. At all times, your need for understanding why things happen must sidestep and let faith take the lead. He walks you through step-by-step. He walks with you." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2018JUNE09/SATURDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"Smile. It's the best thing you can do with your lips. You smile when words become inadequate in expressing your deepest feelings. You smile to wish essential goodness and good pleasure with everyone you meet. You smile in gratitude for everything life has given you. A smile at another brings the light of God's countenance that radiates peace and calmness to the soul. And as another smiles back, it's Him smiling at you. A smile back is His answer to your non-verbal prayer." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr 2020FEBRUARY22/SATURDAY [ADMIN 10]
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"Sometimes you'll hear people say, 'God brought us together,' and indeed He does. He brings people into your life precisely when you need them. He brings them to you that you may open your heart and learn to listen and seek to understand. How easy it is to resent negative people. But even that is part of His mystery you have to live with. How you deal with those you find negative teaches lessons of acceptance and humility and empathy. For if He only brought you perfect people, how would you ever learn to evolve? How would you size up yourself?" ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2017SEPTEMBER15/FRIDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence. In this state, the soul finds a path that is illumined and what is elusive or confusing resolves itself with clarity and meaning. It is during this pause when the lips are closed that the heart feels God. In silence He speaks loud enough for you to hear Him. Because too often His words are muffled and lost in a crowd of many noises both inside and outside yourself. When you live your life looking and listening to Him who is all around, every moment is a prayer." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2019APRIL28/SUNDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"The world you live in is a mirror of yourself. Everything you hold to be true becomes your cage and your reality. If you perceive an imperfect world, it's because you fail to compassionately accept your own imperfections. If you find yourself condemning another, it is actually condemning some shamed part of yourself that you have not acknowledged. Reflect God in your mirror and you will perceive the world in kind and with love. The sense of beauty and goodness and worth you see in all, here and now, is His reflection breathing beauty and goodness and worth into you." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2017NOVEMBER07/TUESDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"There's only one you. And by that, you are different. Don't desire sameness, wanting to be around people who you think are similar to you. They can never be like you, they are equally different. Don't try hard to 'fit in', you will disappear. Each one has a unique space, and you can never be in that space. You have your own. It is when you accept your being different that you can truly exist among others and fully realize your own ways of being. You are God's divine expression of His love, incomparably unique and special. So, is everyone else." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2019JULY03/WEDNESDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"To go out of your way to help those who have no voice to be heard and those who are small to be seen and those who are missing to be found, is to be blessed with the power of seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and good and worthy in another. It is when you speak or act from a place of selflessness and genuine love that you gain a good soul and a big heart. It is in understanding non-self that the burden of life is gone – allowing nothing else but the essence of God within. For in every act of selflessness is a love whisper in His name." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr., 2017DECEMBER01/FRIDAY [ADMIN 10]
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"When things are falling apart and you feel that the world seems to be collapsing around you, submit. Be fluid like water, soft and yielding. Be accepting like a bamboo, sway and bend with the wind without breaking. Have faith, strong and deep that knows God. Taking life as it is and making the best of what is there with what you have is praising Him. Trust. He makes everything in perfect order, whether you understand or not." Blessed Sunday, everyone." ~Gilbert 'Gino's Teodoro, April 11, 2021
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"You are all – love, beauty, light. Let these complete your experience of being here, of being who you are. Have a big heart that opens up to the bigness of life. Big enough to render null all negative judgments that can make you move away from self. Just be good... and more. More authentic, more connected, more purposeful. And more of God. By affirming His presence, you affirm the goodness of life, the goodness of each moment as it is given to you." ~~Gilbert 'Gino's Teodoro, 2021JUN09/WED-EPI[A10]
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"You learn something from everyone who shows up in your life. Every lesson is a widening of the mind beyond its conceptual limits; a stretching of the heart beyond its emotional boundaries. Sometimes you'll hear people say, 'God brought us together,' and indeed He does. He brings people into your life precisely when you need them. He brings them to you that you may open your heart and learn to listen and seek to understand. How easy it is to resent negative people. But even that is part of His mystery you have to live with. How you deal with those you find negative teaches lessons of acceptance and humility and empathy. For if He only brought you perfect people, how would you ever learn to evolve? How would you size up yourself?" ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2017SEPTEMBER15/FRIDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"Your attitude towards life determines life's attitude towards you. An attitude that says yes to life is a free spirit ready to adventure any time of the day. A free spirit willing to take whatever life offers. For no matter the weather, there is always something beautiful to be found if focus is on the good, the beautiful and true things in life. To be of cheerful disposition is to perceive the presence of an active God in your life. Be contagious. Make His presence worth catching whichever way He turns your feet today." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2020MARCH03/TUESDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it. Celebrate the joy of seeing the sun peep into your window. Be grateful. For to be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given you. Have a joyous heart that is aglow with warmth and praises Him in every moment. In every breath you draw." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2020JUNE12/FRIDAY [ADMIN 10])
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"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it. Keep your sense of humor, keep your interest in things, keep your vitality intact. Be happy anywhere you go. For when your mind is happy, you see truth wherever you look. Truth is all there is. It’s like when you’ve learned how to read – you can then read anywhere you go. You find God anywhere you go. To not miss out on happiness is to not not miss out on Him. Have a happy journey." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr., 2017OCTOBER12/THURSDAY [ADMIN 10]
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