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UNDERSTAND, PRAY, BELIEVE
Many self help books are now available on the bookstands. It offers us strategies, principles, sure-fire ways of getting what we want, what we aspire. Partly inspired by this, other people’s experiences and my understanding, I came up with three simple words that can serve as one’s guide to life. You can’t exactly memorize all the things that the books have to say, but these three words need not even be memorized. I believe that this has brought me to where I am and am truly hoping will bring me to where I want to be in the coming years.
UNDERSTAND
More than just listening. More than just participating. More than just comprehending. We must understand.
1. Understand the principles.
Most self-help books on the market would first discuss what governs before suggesting how to govern. There are principles, there are laws. This is exactly what Dr. Phil is trying to say in his book Life Strategies, same as Stephen Covey in his work First Things First. Indeed, we are in control. But we have to know the rules, the consequences of following those and breaking them, the principles that would mediate our relationships with other people. No matter how much we try to do the things we think will bring the best results, we won’t get the kind of result we want if what we’re doing is not aligned with the principles that govern in the situation.
2. Understand the people.
Each one of us is unique, not only in how we look but in how we think and feel. A teacher can tell one story to his/her students and ask for feedback and he/she is likely to get as many different opinions as there are thinking persons. In addition to this individuality, we are brought up in different families, various cultures, diverse systems. And it takes a lot of openness and character to understand each person we’re dealing with in whatever relationship we’re in.
3. Seek to Know Him and Understand
Understanding the principles and the people can be really hard. But trying to understand His ways can be a lot way harder. That’s one thing that separates us from Him. That’s one thing that distinguishes Him from His creations. Most often than not, situations lead us to question, not to understand. How many times have we asked “Why?”, “Why, O God?”. In fact, if He would have listed all those questions, the number of items would be more than His total creations. But sometimes, it would be helpful not to just complain, but to seek to understand.
PRAY
The power of prayer has been manifested numerous times in the Bible as well as in our lives today. If we can only be grateful for every prayer granted, we would know how much He’s trying to give us what we ask for. If it won’t hurt another, I don’t see any reason why He won’t grant us what we ask for. He knows what’s best. He knows what’s best for you and me and him and her. And this goes back to understanding…understanding that what affects you may affect everyone else. And so the caution…
Sometimes we pray hard, and since He’s a merciful God, He’d most likely grant us what we ask for…but then it alters everything that has been planned. So next time we pray, let’s just pray that His Will be done. For if what has been planned has been asked for in prayer, why would He in anyway want to change its course? And why won’t that plan in any way be not for our own good?
So
“Let Your Will Be Done.”
BELIEVE
I haven’t read the book that has got millions visiting the bookstore, The Law of Attraction. But there was one seminar in my previous employer about this. And one of my co-employees shared with me the story of a guy who, though unaware as he is, has applied the law of attraction. When I started to analyze, I think I can summarize it in one word…Believe. Ask for it, do what you have to do but never over-think about it. Just believe…believe that someday, in one way or another, it will come true.
And then you have to repeat the cycle. For in life, we must understand that there are some prayers that are not granted. There are also times when our prayers need to wait. Sometimes they are answered in ways we don’t expect. And being humans, it is in these situations that we start to question. It is then that we start to doubt.
The mystery of being a CPA
Understand.
I never knew what His plans are. I don’t know if anyone really believes me when I say I do not know what accounting is really all about when I chose it as my course in La Salle. But that is true. All I knew about it back then is that it has something to do with numbers. That’s all. Whatever is the difference between accounting, BS Math and Engineering, I absolutely have no idea. But there it is, my chosen course that is a quota course and I was one of the few blessed ones to be able to get in. So quiz after quiz, course card after course card, term by term, all I had to do was face the challenge, know what works, understand the lesson and the people as much as I could.
Pray
And then there was the 60% and below quizzes. The oh so hard to attain 2.0. The nights of reading and rereading my notes without really comprehending what an asset and an equity is (another thing I’m doubtful if anyone believes in me) And so I started praying. I can’t remember if there was a time in my first two years in accountancy that I prayed for Him to pass me. All I remember was may prayer every time the course card day comes. I pray that if I am meant to stay, then I must have a passing grade otherwise it’s time to move on. It was just two days ago when a friend was telling me about her friend who wanted to quit accounting in her first year. I told her I felt the same. So she asked me why I pursued the course (the course that would make me want to puke). And I told her “nachachallenge ako eh.” But now that I think about it, it’s clearly not just that. But it was because I believe it was His Will for me. This is one reason why I don’t really rejoiced the way others have done after passing the board. This is the reason why I’m not so proud to be one. Because I know my knowledge has nothing to do with it. Ask me now about leases or employee benefits computation and I’ll be speechless. But here I am, holding my license, reaching for the dream that He has built for me.
Believe
When I was about to take the board exams, the tense was but minimal (again, another unbelievable part of my story). But that is true. I’m not being proud or anything…hear me first. It was partly because of the strategy. How I played the game. I know my weaknesses and I came to the place where I know those weaknesses can be made into strengths. But more than just that, I would like to think that it was because at that point in time, I am already confident that this is what He wants for me. And I will just have to do my part, and He is sure to lead me there.
That’s my story. Why I opt for this course, how I decided to enter La Salle, how I ended up pursuing the course when I know I would have done better in another or when my interests lie in a different area is another story. The tears, the laughter, the lessons learned are to be contained in a different post. So for now, this is simply my story of Understanding, Praying and Believing.
Many self help books are now available on the bookstands. It offers us strategies, principles, sure-fire ways of getting what we want, what we aspire. Partly inspired by this, other people’s experiences and my understanding, I came up with three simple words that can serve as one’s guide to life. You can’t exactly memorize all the things that the books have to say, but these three words need not even be memorized. I believe that this has brought me to where I am and am truly hoping will bring me to where I want to be in the coming years.
UNDERSTAND
More than just listening. More than just participating. More than just comprehending. We must understand.
1. Understand the principles.
Most self-help books on the market would first discuss what governs before suggesting how to govern. There are principles, there are laws. This is exactly what Dr. Phil is trying to say in his book Life Strategies, same as Stephen Covey in his work First Things First. Indeed, we are in control. But we have to know the rules, the consequences of following those and breaking them, the principles that would mediate our relationships with other people. No matter how much we try to do the things we think will bring the best results, we won’t get the kind of result we want if what we’re doing is not aligned with the principles that govern in the situation.
2. Understand the people.
Each one of us is unique, not only in how we look but in how we think and feel. A teacher can tell one story to his/her students and ask for feedback and he/she is likely to get as many different opinions as there are thinking persons. In addition to this individuality, we are brought up in different families, various cultures, diverse systems. And it takes a lot of openness and character to understand each person we’re dealing with in whatever relationship we’re in.
3. Seek to Know Him and Understand
Understanding the principles and the people can be really hard. But trying to understand His ways can be a lot way harder. That’s one thing that separates us from Him. That’s one thing that distinguishes Him from His creations. Most often than not, situations lead us to question, not to understand. How many times have we asked “Why?”, “Why, O God?”. In fact, if He would have listed all those questions, the number of items would be more than His total creations. But sometimes, it would be helpful not to just complain, but to seek to understand.
PRAY
The power of prayer has been manifested numerous times in the Bible as well as in our lives today. If we can only be grateful for every prayer granted, we would know how much He’s trying to give us what we ask for. If it won’t hurt another, I don’t see any reason why He won’t grant us what we ask for. He knows what’s best. He knows what’s best for you and me and him and her. And this goes back to understanding…understanding that what affects you may affect everyone else. And so the caution…
Sometimes we pray hard, and since He’s a merciful God, He’d most likely grant us what we ask for…but then it alters everything that has been planned. So next time we pray, let’s just pray that His Will be done. For if what has been planned has been asked for in prayer, why would He in anyway want to change its course? And why won’t that plan in any way be not for our own good?
So
“Let Your Will Be Done.”
BELIEVE
I haven’t read the book that has got millions visiting the bookstore, The Law of Attraction. But there was one seminar in my previous employer about this. And one of my co-employees shared with me the story of a guy who, though unaware as he is, has applied the law of attraction. When I started to analyze, I think I can summarize it in one word…Believe. Ask for it, do what you have to do but never over-think about it. Just believe…believe that someday, in one way or another, it will come true.
And then you have to repeat the cycle. For in life, we must understand that there are some prayers that are not granted. There are also times when our prayers need to wait. Sometimes they are answered in ways we don’t expect. And being humans, it is in these situations that we start to question. It is then that we start to doubt.
The mystery of being a CPA
Understand.
I never knew what His plans are. I don’t know if anyone really believes me when I say I do not know what accounting is really all about when I chose it as my course in La Salle. But that is true. All I knew about it back then is that it has something to do with numbers. That’s all. Whatever is the difference between accounting, BS Math and Engineering, I absolutely have no idea. But there it is, my chosen course that is a quota course and I was one of the few blessed ones to be able to get in. So quiz after quiz, course card after course card, term by term, all I had to do was face the challenge, know what works, understand the lesson and the people as much as I could.
Pray
And then there was the 60% and below quizzes. The oh so hard to attain 2.0. The nights of reading and rereading my notes without really comprehending what an asset and an equity is (another thing I’m doubtful if anyone believes in me) And so I started praying. I can’t remember if there was a time in my first two years in accountancy that I prayed for Him to pass me. All I remember was may prayer every time the course card day comes. I pray that if I am meant to stay, then I must have a passing grade otherwise it’s time to move on. It was just two days ago when a friend was telling me about her friend who wanted to quit accounting in her first year. I told her I felt the same. So she asked me why I pursued the course (the course that would make me want to puke). And I told her “nachachallenge ako eh.” But now that I think about it, it’s clearly not just that. But it was because I believe it was His Will for me. This is one reason why I don’t really rejoiced the way others have done after passing the board. This is the reason why I’m not so proud to be one. Because I know my knowledge has nothing to do with it. Ask me now about leases or employee benefits computation and I’ll be speechless. But here I am, holding my license, reaching for the dream that He has built for me.
Believe
When I was about to take the board exams, the tense was but minimal (again, another unbelievable part of my story). But that is true. I’m not being proud or anything…hear me first. It was partly because of the strategy. How I played the game. I know my weaknesses and I came to the place where I know those weaknesses can be made into strengths. But more than just that, I would like to think that it was because at that point in time, I am already confident that this is what He wants for me. And I will just have to do my part, and He is sure to lead me there.
That’s my story. Why I opt for this course, how I decided to enter La Salle, how I ended up pursuing the course when I know I would have done better in another or when my interests lie in a different area is another story. The tears, the laughter, the lessons learned are to be contained in a different post. So for now, this is simply my story of Understanding, Praying and Believing.
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