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Going Crazy for Something Unenlightened, Confusing

June 2, 2022December 14, 2012 by Jun P. Espina

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If psychiatry has been a perfected science already, then why are there so many people having mental disorder today of whatever form? I should say that knowledge of the God of the Holy Bible has already saved thousands, or even millions, of people from depression or anxiety disorders–from committing suicide! Going crazy? Crazy thoughts are tranquilized by a real faith in Jesus Christ, who said: “Come to Me…I will give you rest.”

Is Kindness Becoming a Forged Virtue—Used to Deceive?

November 9, 2022December 2, 2012 by Jun P. Espina

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Updated on November 9th, 2022

Kindness Misunderstood

Is it true that your kindness to others will always be rewarded? I don’t think so. We define kindness as the tendency to be forgiving or the “quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic.”

A compassion that’s expecting a reward or a reciprocal attitude from whom we tender kindness is deceptive and manipulative. Kindness is being nice to others with no ulterior motives. “It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice,” someone once said.

Pride Scrutinized and Viewed Positively

March 22, 2020November 25, 2012 by Jun P. Espina

There is a kind of pride that’s necessary to maintain one’s sanity and sense of self-respect. An unfortunate but very smart woman married a moneyed but wild man. Her in-laws were cold, always despising her poverty for long years until she lived independently, far away from the deck of her husband’s abundance.

The Life of Horatio, an Unmarried Man

September 18, 2022November 25, 2012 by Jun P. Espina

Life demands that everyone should follow its list of priorities, topped by food and marital stability. I heard someone say this typical family shibboleth: “College, job, family.” But Mary Kay’s philosophy of life was even superior: “God first, family second, career third.”