Quotes about Work Stress and Kindness in the Workplace.
A) Stress at work
1) These are God's reminders for me as I prepare for the coming week. -
Work has been challenging, but I am comforted knowing that there is an almighty God who is all knowing and is directing my steps. I am assured that when He feels farthest away, it is then that He is actually nearest to me.
The problem with me is that the people closest to me know and feel when I'm stressed because I don't know how to handle my stress well because of my anxiety issues. But the Lord knows how and when to remind me to be gentle, to be patient, to seek Him in everything I do so that I don't get anxious the way I do. Anxiety is something that I've had to deal with all my life so you'd think I'd get better at handling it, but I don't. But somehow, assurances from God seem to calm me, and remind me that "He knows the way I take." (Job 23:10), and because He does, I have no excuse to be mean, angry, or even anxious.Even in hard times, remember that the Lord is present, and is accomplishing great things in and through our lives. Trust Him in your darkest hours, in your most worrisome state, and He will surround you with His eternal, unwavering love.
When my tasks for the week seem daunting, I am quick to remind myself that the good Lord has already provided for everything I need, that I just need to trust and to do my best.
Trust that you can handle anything that comes your way this week. I am rooting for you and me! We can do this!
Be kind at work. “Whether you’re at the top of the corporate ladder or feel like you’re at the bottom of the food chain, you can influence the culture of your workplace.”
Your Next 24 Hours
Many people spend more time at work than at home. Whether you spend time in a cubicle, house or fancy office, there’s a circle of people with whom you regularly interact. Each day, you have the power to influence someone: colleagues, supervisors or customers.
If you’re living the dream, are you using your happiness as energy to demonstrate kindness at work? If you’re unhappy in your current season, are you letting that negatively affect your attitude and actions toward others?
Work is a holy idea! Adam was put in the Garden of Eden to take care of it. God has placed you in your current position for a reason and a season. Are you using this time at work to bring people closer to Jesus?
Remember: “Your vocation is merely a stage from which you can influence the lives of coworkers and the heart of the company itself.”
Change does not always mean Growth. Not all movements are Forward. Regression is also Change. Decline is Change. Blatant disregard for Human Rights, and Due Process are not Growth. Decline in Economic Progress is not Growth. Change is not always Good, and does not always mean Growth.
1. Pray the hardest when you find it hard to pray. The harder you find it hard to pray, the more you should. The Lord knows your heart. Whenever you feel anger or guilt in your heart the Lord understands, and is waiting for you.
2. Do your best. Work your hardest. Give it your all, like you've never done before. Then pray. Pray with all your heart. Pour all your deepest emotions out to God. He is listening. He is waiting. If you do all these, you will be fine. That is a promise.
You know my thoughts, you know what's in my heart, just as you know my dreams, and my deepest fears. Lord as I prepare for bed, allow me to surrender everything to you. I need you. I won't be able to fulfill my dreams or face my fears, if you're not with me. Give me the Grace to fulfill my Destiny, and the Courage to Face my Fears. Take Care of me, so that I can take care of my family. Amen.
LOVE is the language everybody understands. It's also one of the best feelings in the world. So why don't we love more?
Why do we spread hate, instead? Let's stop the Hate. It's Poison. We are all human beings, not classifications.
Stop the hate crime. We are all Filipinos and we shouldnt be divided according to the candidates we support.
Stop the online threats and hate. To love and to be loved are what makes life worth living. Let's love more and hate less. If we love more, the world would be a better place.
I calm myself and remind myself that God is patient with me,
that I should be patient with myself,
and that He loves me even if I sometimes
feel unworthy of being shown and feeling love.
Repost: @gregorydickow The supreme happiness in life is the assurance that we are loved. 1 John 4:19. God's divine love for us, is the single most vital source of true happiness.
My husband and I always make it a point to give time to those we hold dear. But lately, we haven't been able to do this because I've been sick,
and it really saddens us both.
We are not blessed financially, so even if at times traveling across the city gets very tiring and can also be very expensive (at least for us it is), we feel that being with the person or people we love, to be physically present, is the best gift we can give.
I pray I get well soon so that we can go back to the business of showing our love for our family and friends.
No one can take the fire burning from your soul. No one can take the stars shining from your eyes. No one can take the passion that comes from your heart. These things belong to you. No matter what others say or do to you. Never forget this.
“Love
is patient,loveis kind. It does not envy, it does not
boast, it is notproud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easilyangered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does
not delight inevilbut rejoices with thetruth. It always protects, always trusts, alwayshopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” — I Corinthians 13:4-8a
Those who know who WE (Max
and I) are, already know a few things about us like:
ROAR Integrated Marketing Communications
L -R: Sophia (19), Chesca (20), Simon (21)
- Max and I
are together 24/7 because we live and work together. We own a small public relations agency called ROAR Communications. - Max and I have been together for 15 years. We celebrated our 15th anniversary last October 26.
- That we both
have 3 angels who are ages 21, 20 and 19.
- That Max and
I are polar opposites, yet so similar in so many ways (an oxymoron?)
- Some people
envy our union. *Kinikilig*
Of all my blog posts, this entry
has been the hardest to write, not because I have nothing to say but because I
have so much to share that I am afraid I would either come
off as arrogant, or that I
would embarrass my husband because of the things I am willing to share about
him and our union. I am also
worried that I wont be able to do him justice.
Let me start off with how we met.
Technically, Max and I first met online (yes, we are trendsetters that way! :-))
when I was only 20 (He was 25 at the time). Although our families knew each
other, Max and I never formally met. I met his Mom years before I met him
(because at one point his Mom worked for my parents, who owned an Advertising Agency called Charisms), and I met his father first
before I met him (coincidentally, I have so many common friends with his
father, in spite of the age gap). It was in a private chat room of our Internet
Service Provider that Max and I finally “met” after getting to talk to
practically all the members of the chat room (he was the last person I met at the chat room).
What was memorable about our first
online conversation (where we first met), was that almost everyone I spoke
to in the chat room asked me if I had already met / spoken to him (Max) and that if I haven’t I should, so I was really curious as to why everyone wanted me to meet him, and why
everyone was so keen on us meeting online.
When we finally got to talking, he
offered to visit me at my place of work the following day. He knew where I
worked because I was at the time working for my parents, and also because my father’s
advertising agency (where I was working as an Account Executive and Media
Buyer) was just a floor above our ISP’s office (Internet Service Provider,
where he also coincidentally used to work before).
We hit it off right away. We
would talk relentlessly for hours. Sometimes we would spend the entire afternoon
or evening together, and would talk on the phone for hours as soon as we arrived home. We would even email each other often. He knew my story just after maybe a month
or two of being friends.
We were inseparable. I remember that most people
assumed we were a couple even if we were just really good friends. I remember
that we had to consciously correct people’s assumption because with just a few
minutes of seeing us together, we already knew what they were thinking. I
didn’t mind because I was happy to be with him, but we felt we needed to set
the record straight because we really weren’t a couple.
We hit it off from the get go –
we both love Pizza and Chinese food, we loved the same kind of music, we both
never run out of things to say and stories to share; and we both have loud
voices :-). When we were together, we were always
oblivious to the people around us, which I think is the reason why people automatically assumed that we were a couple.
Max was an answered prayer. He
was the brother and best friend I never had. He was not just a friend, but he
was also a confidant, a shoulder to cry on, my personal adviser / counselor, teacher /
tutor, big brother, best friend all rolled into one. He sometimes was my driver
too as he would take me home to Las Pinas from Makati, even if he lived in
Quezon City. Sometimes he even had to play the role of a parent to me. He was
all that and more.
For the first time in my life, I wasn’t afraid because for
once in my life, I didn’t feel alone. When something great or bad happened, he was the first one I would call. I always wanted him to be the last one I would talk to at
night. For once in my life, I was confident about the decisions I made, because
I knew they had his approval.
He was such a good friend and companion that I
slowly regained my confidence. I slowly gained my self-esteem and
self-respect back. I was smiling again, dancing and singing again. The shame
and guilt I felt as a result of my failed marriage slowly faded into the background because he helped me regain my
dignity. It was clear to me that he was heaven sent.
Fast forward to his marriage
proposal (in 1998).
After 2 years of being friends, he felt that the next step was
marriage. That is the kind of man he is. But first he asked me if he could get
to know the kids more. I had never exposed my kids to the men I dated after my
marriage ended, I always made an effort to
protect my kids by shielding them from any further confusion. I rarely dated,
but when I did, I wouldn’t introduce the kids.
So after Max got to know the
kids more, he finally popped the question. He asked for my hand in marriage. I
didn’t say no, but I didn’t say yes either. I only told him I wasn’t ready,
and that I didn’t want to ruin the friendship. In spite of the seeming rejection
from me, nothing changed. He was still my angel, my confidant, my best friend.
When I finally decided that it
was time for me to have my own place, Max was the one who helped me look for an
apartment I could afford. I was a mission worker (and I was also doing social communications
work) at the time so there weren’t that many options for me.
When I left the
father of my kids, I went back to my parents because at the time, my mother was
dying of cancer. She died one year after my marriage ended. But since my father
was remarrying, I felt it was time for me to find my own place.
Max found an
apartment 2 blocks from where he lived. I was ecstatic. I would be living so
close to my best friend, the man who gave me Hope. He helped me get settled.
When I moved to the new apartment, I only had our clothes and a (single sized)
mattress. He supplied a sofa, a fan, and a small oven for me and the kids. I
remember that the kids and I were eating out of plastics because we couldn’t
afford to buy plates or utensils. I was
scared, but I was willing to take on this new challenge because I had my best
friend, even if he was dating at the time (while I was still unattached).
The next few months were the most difficult. I
couldn’t afford a yaya so Max became my yaya. While I was at work, he looked
after and took care of the kids.
And then I contracted dengue, and so did my eldest daughter. Max had to spend nights at our apartment to
take care of me and my daughter. He had to force-feed me because I refused to
eat. I couldn’t take care of my own daughter as I had it worse than her (it was
my second time contracting dengue) so he had to be up most nights because my
daughter’s fever would get so high, she would have nightmares. Thankfully, I
was the only one who needed hospitalization. When I was discharged, it was Max
who took me home and took care of everything when I got home. I was surprised
to see that we had plastic plates and utensils, a pail, a tabo, and some pans because Max shared
my predicament with my office mates and my community and so they helped out.
Max, me, the kids, and Max's cousin Noelle Circa 2000
One night I couldn’t sleep. I
couldn’t stop thinking about Max. I thought of him while I was at work, I dreamt
about him at night, so I decided to write him a letter. The following day, he
asked me again if I was open to the idea of someday marrying him and I finally
said yes. That was 15 years ago last October 26.
Circa 2004
He has been a wonderful father to
my kids. He was a hands-on dad to them. He would bathe them, put them to bed,
and he would read to them (something I was never able to do for my kids). When my kids
contracted chickenpox, he stayed up all night every night, just to make sure that they wouldn't scratch. Because I had frequent nightmares, he lulled me to sleep
EVERY NIGHT by caressing my hair while singing to me. He does this to this day, he even massages me to sleep.
There are so many things to share about the man I love. I prayed to God for a man I can call my own, but God had better plans. He gave me someone better than the Man of my Dreams. He gave me an Angel.
Looking back at the 15 years,
there were so many things my kids and I learned from Max. A lot of the things we know about History (and Politics!), we learned from Max. He also taught the kids about literature.
Me and Max 30 years from now :-)
The most important lesson I learned from Max is how to LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY and what Real Love is all about, that it is about caring about the happiness of another person without wanting
anything in return.
Mahal, I know this is a late gift but Happy Anniversary. Just thinking of a message for you on our 15th year is making me cry, so I will borrow the words from a song popularized by Celion Dion, written by Dianne Warren. I am not a fan, but the song encapsulates what I have been saying to you all these years. Every sentence in this song is true. What is most especially true is I AM EVERYTHING I AM BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME.
I love you sooo much. Thank you soooo much for everything and for loving unselflshly and loving me and my kids unconditionally.
BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME
For all those times you stood by me For all the truth that you made me see For all the joy you brought to my life For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true For all the love I found in you I'll be forever thankful, baby
You're the one who held me up Never let me fall You're the one who saw me through Through it all
You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn't speak You were my eyes when I couldn't see You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach You gave me faith 'cause you believed I'm everything I am Because you loved me.
You gave me wings and made me fly You touched my hand I could touch the sky I lost my faith, you gave it back to me You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall I had your love, I had it all I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe, I don't know that much But I know this much is true I was blessed because I was loved by you
You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn't speak You were my eyes when I couldn't see You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach You gave me faith 'cause you believed I'm everything I am Because you loved me
You were always there for me, the tender wind that carried me The light in the dark shining your love into my life You've been my inspiration through the lies you were the truth My world is a better place because of you
