When My Heart is Filled With So Much Gratitude, My 2016 Yearender

I felt frustrated, unmotivated, uninspired, uncreative, or just plain exhausted in updating this blog. The outcome, my blogging journey took a rest for some time. I had a hard time maintaining it as my mind didn't produce enough creative juices worth sharing with everyone.

However, this month of December I was just surprised, I was getting some energy and enthusiasm to get back to it. My blogging is now moving once more. Maybe it is this season of the year I felt I already have enough materials, stories, and experiences to share with the world.

Before 2016 ends, it's like I am obliged to tell everyone how much I have grown and improved as a person since the last time I wrote about my life. This blog post is also my expression of gratefulness to people who journeyed with in good times and bad. It is an admirable habit to count the blessings instead of our inadequacies and misfortunes. I learned in life that it is not happiness that makes us truly thankful, but rather our ability to be thankful makes us happy.

In the previous years, I detailed on my Facebook post my great adventures as my year-ender event. This time, it is quite different as I'm going to speak more about individuals I met and who made a huge impact on my life. I am forever grateful to these people for making my 2016 an awesome year for me. So let's begin.

1. My Boss

 First up, I am very grateful to have the most astoundingly dependable and caring School Principal whom I worked with in my 10 years of teaching. His name is Dr. Roger Lozada. He is organized as he is nice and friendly. I like his reassuring, patient, and welcoming personality. He is truly a diligent public servant. He doesn't lecture us what a hard-working teacher is; instead, he embodies it so others may just follow him. At faculty meetings, he always motivates teachers and leads successfully in his own particular manners. And mind you, he is extremely shrewd and great at what he does, whether it is overseeing our school or outlining other educational programs. With that, he earned respect quietly.Every time he expresses appreciation, it fills our hearts with joy because we know it is true and meaningful. He gives everyone a space in the academe to act naturally and to use potentialities rather than demanding to imitate him. He doesn't insult or abuse his power as our boss. Rather, he approaches everybody with respect and dignity. For me, he is a good leader, our great inspiration and I am very thankful for him as my role model.

2. Co-Workers

 

There is so much joy working with people in a place that encourages cooperation and mutual respect. These people affect my day, my disposition and my workload. I like my colleagues because they are open-minded and really sincere in their assessment of me. They share thoughts when needed and they listen because they are also willing to learn from me. When you make lapses, they provide you constructive criticisms for your own benefit. They also assume liability whenever there are shortcomings along the way. I am thankful to them for being such a great help at work.

3. The Grade Niners Group

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to my Grade 9 co-teachers for the amazing involvement with each other this year 2016. Going with them is always fun and memorable. I can simply act naturally when I am with them without fear of being segregated and stereotyped by other individuals from the other departments. I am truly thankful to be surrounded by these wonderful people who are not only creative and proficient but also passionate about their work. With them, I experience honesty in the workplace and genuine love for one another. I wish to spend more time with them as I already consider them my family.

4. Companions / Buddies

This year, I have met a few wonderful companions from different walks of life. I thank my gym buddies, research collaborators for the best time we shared. It was an amazing experience to have known you, folks. Trust me, we will have more opportunities to crack jokes and bond next year.

5. Positive Peeps

To Bebe Mayang, Bebe Haziel, and my other duckling friends (bebes) who refused to be called swans- you're one of the best circles of friends I've had. A few circumstances you prowl in into my private life like you need to make dynamic participation in the majority of my love affairs. It is as though you're the ones who would tell me if the person is ideal for me or not. This year I have great conversations with you and I felt I had the most honest and longest laughter with you all.

I have traveled with you. I never thought you will be one of the best buds I will ever have. You are my travel partners as well as one of my dearest friends. At whatever point I have issues like love issues you're there to listen to my stories. I thank you for the many encouraging words and suggestions on how to handle them.

6. Team Awesome / Friends for Keeps

They are the people who are dependably there to chuckle with and to perk me up when I am down. I thank you all for the most marvelous circumstances, the food trips, the laugh trips. Special thanks to my Friendship Alma Arrubio, To Maam Onie, and to Bestie Mae. You are part of my growing up years in the academe.

 You see? My year 2016 has been a nice and gentle year for me. It's a year of exciting travel, meeting new acquaintances, and learning from the smooth and rough relationships with family, colleagues, and friends. I traveled a lot of beautiful places I never imagined would be possible and I met a lot of astonishing people who became my great friends and mentors. The highlight for this year was discovering places and learning valuable lessons from the bizarre experiences of these people.

  

To be honest, I'm one of those individuals who are difficult to love yet I give an abundance of thanks to people who have cared for and loved me. Even though at the time I feel they wasted their time for nothing, I have come to realize that they did not. I now love with an open heart and walk with a positive outlook. So I give many thanks to the individuals who show at least a bit of kindness and love to people like myself. I wish you nothing but the best of health and happiness in this yuletide season. Together let's welcome 2017 with a bang!