It's Morning Again - What is the song that wakes you up?

Today, I woke up with a familiar alarm song.

The song goes like this,
"I wanna be - a birth of life.
I wanna dance - to the beat of life.
I wanna have a heart of gold."

The song comes from a musical play.
It tells a true story of a young person eager to serve.

Friend, what is the song that wakes you up early in the morning.


You are booked for greatness,

Chrislann Lodovice Catuburan

It's about Christmas and I am in Quarter Life Crisis

Photo Courtesy of My Sister-Cham

I have a time to caught up stories with a fellow Feast Production servant group. 

We exchanged stories of how life has been for the last year. 
We talked about different things, love life, relationships, life's passion and purpose.

He was telling me that for the pass days he had lost the zeal to wake up early in the morning and knowing what to do. 
He seemed to be not driven to go to work as before.
There are dreams that seemed not to be fulfilled as expected. 

I had asked him what age he was and found out we were about the same age. 
I told him that it may be that you are in your Quarter Life Crisis. 
It is a stage when for most people under 25 years of earth existence are rediscovering his or her life's purpose. 
Some would also call it Soul Searching. 

At that night, my friend went away happy knowing he had a name on what he is undergoing at present. 
He also went at peace by the fact that it is a life process that is common and that he is not alone.


You are booked for greatness,  

Chrislann Lodovice Catuburan


*Feast - A gathering of fun loving people. 

Jump, Run and Swim!

Photo Courtesy of Rd Lastimosa

Yesterday, together with my companions at work.
We headed for the beach despite the rainy weather.
We enjoyed each others company through food and drinks and singing and swimming.

I wish this would be a quarterly activity if possible.
It is always good to relax and unwind after months of hard work.


Your booked for greatness,

Chrislann Lodovice Catuburan

A Call to Write

Courtesy of Jan Odivilas

I woke up today not knowing what to write.
You see, I wanted to write regularly.
I even wanted to automate the uploading of my articles by say 5 o'clock in the morning.

Today, I have come to a point when I am not prepared.
I thought to myself that I would just have to write spontaneously.
I wish I can also write in a way that is planned.
I am currently studying how to plan my writing so that I would not have worry of not being regular in my writing and posting.
(Of course, this is something important if you want to build your presence online and build credibility on what you what to offer through your writing.)

Thus I am writing my reason why I write.

1. One of friend in the community told me that he had read my writing online. I am always amazed when people tell me this. It was through my writing that he shared in away that he can relate to what I have shared online.

2. An associate in my company told me that my writing is something that is meaningful to her. She encouraged me to continue posting my reflections.

3. It keeps my mind active of thinking -what to write and impels me to keep on learning from others so that I may have some thing to share.

You are booked for greatness,

Chrislann Lodovice Catuburan

My Money Vs. My Parents' Money

Image taken from the internet

I talked to a work associate about one family matter.

My mother is into sales and my father had been working in a well providing company.

Since I want my parents to prepare for their upcoming retirement.

I have the tendency to mind how my parents are spending their money.

As we exchanged stories my associate gave me a better perspective in how she would look at it.

She narrated to me her story.

When she was still a student she had wanted a lot of her parents' things to be better given or thrown away.

She sees it useless to have things laying around.

But when she started working and started buying the things she like to have.

She found out her parents point of view about why they wanted to keep those 'useless' things around.

It is because it is difficult to let go of things that has value to you. Things that you bought out of your labor.

Indeed her story help me see things. It sets me to be at peace with my parents' spending habits.

Yes, as part of the family I may give suggestion but it would not matter if they would accept or reject it.

Because as my parents earned their money so they have the right as to how they would spend it.

You are booked for greatness,

Chrislann Lodovice Catuburan   

It is the Love that Counts

I am amazed by this story I read in Didache.

There was a missionary in Hong Kong named John Bechtel who wanted to start a Universal Faith Camp for evangelization.

A bankrupt, multimillion-dollar hotel became available for sale so he made an offer to buy the property. He then went to around the world to raise the money he would need.

Unfornately, no one was willing to help and he returned to Hong Kong hopeless. Then onday, he got a letter from a young girl that included $1 and a note saying she wanted him to use this to purchase the camp. He prayed and took the girl's $1 to the real estate closing and the company decided to accept the $1 as full payment! Since the camp first opened, over a million people have been blessed by their experience during their stay.

Friend, I believe it is not about how big the amount but how much love poured to that amount given.


You are booked for greatness,

Chrislann Lodovice Catuburan

To Be on Top of Everything But Not In Control

A climb to the top of Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon
Photo Courtesy of John Quincy SDB

I have been in a meeting in preparation for a life changing workshop for kids.

During the meeting, one of the member shared a wonderful insight that made as want to post it as a Facebook Status.

Here is the insight, “To be on top of everything but not in contol.” I took this message to heart. As currently I am running different activities in my life. Apart from my sales work. I started to stretch myself by learning to do business.

Of course, even with many things at hand. I want to be on top of everthing I do. Before, being on top means being in control of the everything. But having his belief made me just disappointed. I found out that this does not work. And the insight shared in the meeting just confirmed my findings.

I cannot control my family, relatives, coworkers or friends. In short, I cannot control the people around me to help me be on top of my life goals.

The insight shared is good suggestion for me to be trusting and not forcing my ways to people. Simply to be trusting. After all I believe there is someone who is better in control.

You are booked for greatness,

Chrislann Lodovice Catuburan