Thursday, July 19, 2012
Vote For Gabe
I am an animal lover,
I found a true love and friendship in an animal's heart.
I am a dog owner, pack leader and a dog lover.
But,
I love working dogs (or other working animals) even more,
Because they do the best they could for our (human) sake.
I also have a very special place for Military Working Dogs,
due to my husband being in the military, my love for working dogs and what I learned about them and their sacrifices to save a lot of lives.
Today,
I dedicate this blog entry for GABE!
He is a Specialized Search Dog.
Gabe is a yellow lab who came from a pound in Houston, TX where the military adopted and then trained him.
Gabe started his duty in 2006 when he deployed to Iraq. He was fortunate enough to work with some truly amazing soldiers. His job was to find hidden guns and explosives and to help keep our soldiers safe. While deployed, he completed over 210 combat missions with 26 finds of explosives and weapons.
He also visited wounded troops in combat hospitals and visited children in elementary schools.
Gabe and his (human) dad continue to educate children about respect and the importance of staying in school and they hope to represent the Military Police is a very positive way for years to come.
Gabe and his (human) dad continue to educate children about respect and the importance of staying in school and they hope to represent the Military Police is a very positive way for years to come.
Gabe and his handler, friend, dad, Charles Shuck.
He was selected as the American Kennel Club Heroic Military Working Dog in 2008 and was the runner up in the military category for the 2011 Hero Dog Award. He retired in 2009 after a very distinguished career earning over 40 awards and coins of excellence for his work.
Gabe is competing for the United States War Dog Association, Inc., a nonprofit organization of former and current U.S. Military Dog handlers and supporting members committed to promoting the long history of the Military Service Dogs, establishing permanent War Dog Memorials, and educating the public about the invaluable service of these dogs to our country.
Please vote for this wonderful hero here:
All about Gabe:
His Facebook's page:
For more of Gabe's Videos:
"What I do is truly a love for my country and the people of the United States. I love you all. You're very pawesome!!"
♥ SSD Gabe ♥
(quoted from his Facebook's page)
Thank You For Your Service Gabe!
:)
Vote For Gabe
It's very easy, just enter your email everyday and cast your vote!
#TeamGabe
xoxo,
Lindsay
Monday, July 16, 2012
Friendship
A FRIEND IS...
Someone who hugs me
Someone who likes me, even taking pictures with me and makes us look gooooddddd
Someone who tells me if/when I am good or bad
Someone who does not mind our differences
Someone who listens and share their wisdom
Someone who shows me affection regardless of where we..stand..(live)
Someone who chills with me and killing time together
Someone who shares their strengths and weaknesses' moments with me
Someone who literally Rolling On The Floor Laughing with me
Someone who shares their belonging with me
Someone who could be my "Partner In Crime" ..in a very stylish & fun way
Someone who prays with/for me
Someone who will do anything with me
Someone who will do anything for me
(Hubby and Luke)
Someone who makes me happy and enjoys my presence
Someone who makes me happy and enjoys my presence
(Luke)
Someone who does silly things with me.
(My hubby and Luke)
Someone who will carry me and loves me to the end of my time
xoxo,
Lindsay
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Happy 389TH Birthday Manado
There is no place like home, right?
VERY TRUE!
No matter where you go,
Where you live,
Even when you are on a vacation,
Your heart will always carry your hometown with you!
The View From Oikano's Restaurant, Manado
Manado is "The Land of swaying coconut's tree" and "Smiling People"!
Let's just say we have a lot of coconut trees and the people love to smile, friendly, we love to eat, we love to party, we love to help our neighbors, we joked a lot! Happy People :))
Some of our foods/snacks
We LOVE to eat! Food is love, Food is to die for!!
The View of the city From Sintesa Peninsula's Hotel, Manado
The View of the city From Sintesa Peninsula's Hotel, Manado
The View from Ritzy Hotel, Manado
Batalyon Worang Monument
(Proud Family of Batalyon Worang)
Happy 389TH Birthday Manado,
My home sweet home
I am so proud to be Manadonese
Die hard!!
;)
~GOD BLESS MANADO~
Patung/Monumen Yesus Memberkati (Jesus Bless Monument/Statue)
Largest statue of Jesus in Asia (30 meter high)
Location: Citraland, Manado.
Location: Citraland, Manado.
Hip Hip Hooray!!
Biar so jao, mar tetap ngana kita pe pujaan
ahhhh sadap!! ;)
('Though I am so far away, you are still my admiration..ahhh sweetttt!!)
xoxo,
Lindsay
Friday, July 13, 2012
True Happiness
"Because there is no true happiness apart from holiness, and there is no true holiness apart from knowing what it means to suffer unhappiness. And there is no knowing how to suffer unhappiness apart from God."
Have hope, stay strong and discover your true happiness in life.
We only have ONE life,
it is not worth to live our one life wasted, unhappy and lost.
Sadness is a part of life,
it does not have to be your everyday life.
Happiness,
on the other hand,
suppose to be a part of our everyday life.
ONE life to live,
ONE life to fulfilled,
ONE life to offer,
ONE life that could changed many lives!
When I feel like God is far away from me,
When I feel like I am lost,
When I feel like God is silent..too silent..,
Then I know I am way too far away from His path
and
I am suffering
..dying..
..dying..
I am suffering when I live a life without God,
I am suffering when I live a lack of passionate life,
I am suffering when I lost compassion toward others,
I am suffering when I do things that brings me temporary happiness,
I am suffering when I stop praying, stop hoping, unfaithful
to the ONE and ONLY,
my creator,
my everything.
I once was lost, but now i'm found
I was blind, but now i see..
I see that I cannot live without Love, Hope and Faith,
I see that I am worthy,
I see that I found my true happiness in Him..
overflowing peace,
unspeakable joy,
contentment,
kindness and mercy
compassion..an everlasting compassion..
{inhale}
..hmmm..
{exhale}
..life is good..
That is my true happiness
I don't wanna live any other way.
:)
What is Your True Happiness?
xoxo,
Lindsay
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Life Feels Overwhelming!
"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing"
Katy Perry has her own way to describe the meaning of her songs and I think all of us could relate to a song with many translations into our own life.
There are times in my life when I feel like the words on that song!
My "translation" of that song is that I feel alone, lonely, under appreciated, lost, cannot breath and nobody cares to help out or to at least understand my situation.
Have you ever feel like that in your life?
You feel like life is sometimes required too much out of you and you are drained;
physically, mentally and spiritually.
You feel like there is nothing left to offer for life, but life keep asking you to give more of you.
What else do you want from me, life?
I have given you everything!
Have you ever feel like you are drowning, trying to catch your breath and when you finally could breath again, there is another wave came at your way, slapped you hard and you drowned again,
fighting to survive the life, trying to find a way to breath again.
Trapped, seemed like there is no way out, nobody cares, and problems just keep adding up.
Well, you are not alone because I have my moments like that and in fact, all of us have our moments like that in life.
The problems might not be the same, but the feeling is the same.
We all have our own "luggage" in life!
May it be from our past to present life that will affected our future.
May it be from our parents, surrounding or ourselves.
May it be a temporary ones or a permanent ones.
May it be important, less important, priority, less priority.
But, we still carry that luggage either way.
There are things that we could easily unpack from that luggage, but there are things that still need our cares or attention and therefore we could not unpack it, we must carry it, because we have no other choice.
Examples?
Examples?
Debts that needed to be paid,
Children that needed to be taken care of until they could do it themselves,
Marital problems that needed help,
Health problems that needed your attention,
Piles of work that needed to be finished on a certain due date,
Family member that needed your help because they are unable to survive without your help,
Traumas from death, abusive relationship, mistreated,
etc.
My point is that we all have our own struggling, problem and luggage in life.
Some might have more than others, whether we are responsible for those problems or not, but we must face those problems regardless what or who caused it.
Feels overwhelmed?
Try to unload ALL of your luggage,
write it down,
sort it according to its priority (important, less important).
Then,
sort it according to what you could do by yourself and which one that you needed other people's help.
Ask for others to help you out,
you do not have to do it alone (but if you are literally alone, try to do it one by one according to its level of priority).
Sometimes you just need to unpack the less important luggage,
You need to prioritize your life.
Stop beating yourself up trying to save everyone all at once and neglected yourself and your own family (spouse-children).
Stop thinking that you could do it all by yourself when you have option to share it with others who are involved in it.
Throw away things that are no longer important in your life, scratched it off your list, unpack it from your luggage.
Life's burdens are no joke!
People are fighting with each other, killing each other and even killing themselves because they could not handle it anymore.
The pain, the problems, the "seemed to have no way out" moment, the depression, the needs are way too hard, too much to handle.
You have none left to fulfilled the needs, the expectation from everyone (esp. the loved ones) that you must solve it when you actually could not do it anymore, the pressure are just way too much to handle.
Many people says that those who ended their life are cowards and the list goes on, but they knew nothing about this person. It is easier to say those things because you have an army to help you out when you have problems, you sit on top of gold, or your problems are not as hard as the person who chose to ended his life.
Do you know what it takes to end your own life? Everything!
They found no help, no love, no hope from everyone and everything and therefore death seemed to be a quick way out to ease the pain, to end the problems.
Sadly, it is not.
:(
People who killed themselves left a never ending sadness to their loved ones, who always wondering why they never ask for their help?
The never ending of "Why" and the regret of what could have happened had that person asked for their help/support.
There is always hope behind every crisis,
There is always a way out,
There is always someone who is willing to help you out!
Please do not kill yourself,
Because though you are broken, you are still precious and there is always someone who loves you.
Life could be overwhelming but do not give up!
If you think you cannot take it anymore and needs someone to talk to, please check out these websites:
CALL:
1-800-784-2433
1-800-273-8255
1-800-799-4889 (Deaf Hotline)
My prayers and love for you today as you read my post and thinking that you are alone, but I promise you that you are not alone.
Knowing that you are stronger, able and precious.
You deserve to live a good life,
so please do not take that away from yourself.
You do not know what tomorrow holds for you.
Giving up is not an answer!
My prayers for you right now is that God will give you the hope that you need,
the way out,
the people to help you out,
the strength to empowered yourself to fight back,
His love to remind yourself that you are worthy and too precious.
I may not have all the answers for you,
Am I problems free? nope and so are the rest of the human population.
We all have problems,
some are even harder than we thought because they do not show it in their everyday lives.
Just because people are smiling or put cool statuses and pictures on Facebook or Twitter (lol), does not mean their lives are problems free.
Just because they seemed happy does not mean that they do not have problems in life.
People only shows what they want the world to see them, not what really is going on in their lives.
But, if we involved in helping others in need, we started to see that we are not alone buried with problems, other people have it harder than us.
Sometimes what we need is other people to help us with our problem, to defined our problem, to open our eyes up to see that we can do it, it is not that bad and even if it is that bad, we will be fine because they has proved it by their own living testimony.
Community,
especially those with the same problems really helps us understand that we are not alone. Sometimes we must stop looking "up" and starting to look around us or below us to understand that we are not the only one living this nightmare, others has their own and there are many who has worst situation than ours.
especially those with the same problems really helps us understand that we are not alone. Sometimes we must stop looking "up" and starting to look around us or below us to understand that we are not the only one living this nightmare, others has their own and there are many who has worst situation than ours.
Find your community!
First, you must defined your problems then you seek help.
What do you want in life, set a goal, then go from there.
Little by little, but moving forward!
"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit."
Psalm 34:18
"Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield."
Psalm 33:20
“Along the way you might fall down, sometimes in life, you might fall down and can’t find the strength to get back up, do you think you have hope?
Because I tell you, I’m down here and I have no arms and no legs.
It should be impossible for me to get up, but it’s not”
xoxo,
Lindsay
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
I am content, therefore I am rich!
"He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature."
-Socrates-
There are times in life when we do not appreciate what we have in the present moments because we want something more in life, which is not totally wrong, ambition is a good thing when it is balanced with wisdom. It becomes wrong when we want something more in life turned into ungratefulness, complaining and do nothing about it, comparing and blaming others for your own "I want what they have" moments.
If you spend a lot of time talking to old people, you will be amazed at how content their lives are all about by just having a new oxygen to breath, someone to call, meal on the table and newspaper. It is the simple thing in life that most of us forget most of the time, because we already have it, therefore those simple things in life lost their value.
We get use to it and we thought it is no big deal, everyone has it, right? WRONG!
Water..we live in a country where you could drink water directly from the sink faucet, in some countries you must boiled the water first then wait for it to cool down then you could drink it. In some countries, you must walk for miles just to get water, unhealthy dirty water, and when you found it for maybe a bucket, you must walk back to your house for miles, then boiled them, then wait to drink the water that is not even clean after you boiled them. You could still taste the dirt in your mouth!
We have water in a very easy and comfortable way right in front of our eyes. Not everyone has it the way we have our water.
Water is just an example, simple yet we need them so badly in our lives because we could survive without food but not without water.
My point is we take everyday things that we have for granted because we think that is not important, everyone has it anyway. But it is the most important thing in life that we have, we forget the value and nope.. not everyone has it in life.
These days everything seems so fast and advanced. Technology, beauty industry, social media, etc, that makes us want more in life. Things that we do not necessary need in life yet it becomes our standard of happiness, value, social life, beauty, satisfaction, rich or poor, etc.
You will be fine without your phone, but you will die without water!
Learn from an animal, who is content and praising God when they have food to eat, water to drink, place to sleep or hang out (may it be a filthy ground, a cave, a tree).
My dog is at his happiest moment when he sees me come home from work, everyday! His joy never drained..always so excited and thankful to see me home, appreciates me to the max and do all of his tricks just to make me happy.
My dog is at his happiest moment when he sees me come home from work, everyday! His joy never drained..always so excited and thankful to see me home, appreciates me to the max and do all of his tricks just to make me happy.
Are you that happy when your mom and dad comes home from a hard day at work? Did you hug them or tell them you appreciate their hard work for you?
When was the last time you appreciate your spouse or children or food/water on your table or jobs or kind neighbor?
When was the last time you appreciate your spouse or children or food/water on your table or jobs or kind neighbor?
Little things in life that we have, we forget the value, yet it is important!
You never know until you lost them!
A week ago, AT&T U-Verse was having problems in my area and they never have any problem until that day. My Internet, TV and phone were down. I had never feel so sad in my life hahhha..you never know how much you depended your happiness on technology until that kind of things happened. It was only for 24 hours, but oh my gosh..I was on my ninja mode. I tried to be Mac Gyver to Steve Jobs all at once, I tried to fixed the internet, phone and TV. When every attempt does not work, I called the company and they told me that the problem was with their company and they are trying to fixed it.
It was the longest 24 hours of my life and the worst part is my husband is out of town and I could not reach him due to his job in the military.
The next morning I woke up and see my TV, Internet and phone working again was like experiencing miracles in life. You should have seen my face and the words of thankfulness flowing out of my mouth LOL. OK, I exaggerate a little but the point is I was very happy!
It goes the same thing with people, you never know until you lose them to death or occasion in life.
Enjoy what you have now in life, be thankful and proud of yourself for having those things and people in your life. Not everyone has it the way we do, so complaining and comparing, especially do nothing in between, is not good for your own sanity :)
There will always be someone prettier, richer, smarter, better than you. But, God did not create you to be him or her. You are created to be yourself with purposes that made specifically for you. You might not have it now, but you do not know what the future holds for you.
There are things/people that you might never have, so why not enjoy with what you actually have and could have in life.
I always value and respect those who earn what they have by working with their own hands. I love diligent people, I hate lazy people. Live a life that is worth living for with a grateful heart. It is easier to say it than to actually living it, especially when you know people who get it very easy in life and you have to work so hard to get certain things in life. But, hating those who has it the "easy" way will only make your life harder and who needs that in life, right?
We might as well enjoy what we have, who knows what tomorrow holds for us?
:)
I am content, therefore I am rich.
Things will never satisfy your needs, your heart's gratitude toward those things that will satisfy you. If you are greedy or never feel content, then you have a miserable life. You cannot keep up with everything, you cannot have everything, so don't beat yourself up!
xoxo,
Lindsay
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