A Not so Ordinary Day ::: TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!

"A Not so Ordinary Day"

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Hello steemit friends!

Today is my 20th day in steemit community and I am really enjoying my stay here. Thank you to all who followed me and upvoted my posts! I am really glad that you all enjoyed reading my posts! I am also very grateful to all the people who helped me progress here, encourage me, motivated me to write quality articles and taught me how to be effective in this platform. Shoutout to @surpassinggoogle, @juvyjabian, @immarojas, @tegoshei , @deveerei, @bien, and to all the Filipino steemians who welcomed me kindly and passionately! Thank you! You guys are so amazing!

Today is not just an ordinary day, today is a very special day because today is my 25th birthday! And you are all invited hehehe! Kidding! Anyway, I am very thankful to The Almighty and The Most High for His gift of life, 25 years of fruitful existence is truly marvelous! Thank you God for all the blessings!

This photo was taken on New Year. LOL! I don't have any recent photos with my family.

For me, birthday is the best gift in life, probably the most unique present ever! It is a special day which reminds us that life is precious and should be treasured and should be lived with no regrets! There’s no replay button in life, no going back, no pause button! There’s only one way to live life and that is to keep moving forward!

Same pose for a birthday. Hahaha!

Truly, the best gifts don't always come wrapped in boxes but not all gifts bring happiness. Life could sometimes be hard, it can be cruel too, and if we aren’t strong enough to deal with life then life will devastate us! Life does not care about our plans and dreams and our visions, life does not go the way we planned it. “Life is what happens to us while we are busy making other plans”. Below is my favorite inspirational quote in life.

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!”
― Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa

Life is a story, a unique and unpredictable story, and we are its author! Life is a gift, a sole gift which comes with wonderful folks; individuals which contributes unique something in us! Individuals who always remind us the beauty of life! A beauty that is incomparable, undefinable and unique. Life is a journey, a distinct and exclusive journey. And I am very thankful to all the people who have sailed with me in the sea of life. I am so blessed to have found you all!

I’m also grateful to my parents for everything, for all their lessons and teachings, for always telling me to be humble, for the love and support, for sending me to one of the most prominent schools in Mindanao, for helping me accomplished one of my goals which was to graduate and to become an engineer, thank you for everything!

Thank you to all my friends for simply being my friends. Through them I’ve learned to be independent, learned to stand on my own, learned to be strong, learned when to fight and when to back off. Thank you for believing in me!

P.S. @louielowa, where na you? Here na me! Hey @purepinay and @islandprincess, wanna yar!? Hahaha!

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