The Insightful Path

  Image Credit: www.regaloservicenotes.com   Sometime a few weeks ago, I had this idea of wanting to start something that would make a ripple effect and touch as many lives as possible (well, at least in our office, that is!) and I created what I call Circulation Cards.   It borrows the concept of "paying it forward" but in a more tangible form and in very simple ways.  I've always wanted to make a difference in people's lives and I realize, you don't even have to spend money or be grandiose with your ways - even a simple act of kindness could make a difference! With the help of the ever-reliable Canva online, I created 5 different cards that contained 5 different actions that would have to be performed by the initial recipient of the card, afterward, the card will then be given to the other person to perform and so on. To make it attractive and catchy and for it to last longer, we had it printed in color and laminated.  It'...

(This was submitted to a newspaper but never saw print) Update: I just realized this was actually published on May 12, 2012 in SunStar Daily. What does motherhood mean to me? Before I got my own share of this “lifetime commitment”, I would’ve answered this question with a wide range of complaints as to why my own mother was very protective, always nagged about budgeting and house expenses, never allowed me to go out with friends, and how things were different during their time. Now that I have a more personal perspective about motherhood, things took quite a turn for me. If there is ever a great lesson that motherhood brought into my life, it is the value of selflessness. Although children rarely see it as it is but really mothers would forgo a lot of things just so they could provide for their children. It is normal for mothers not to dwell on the price tag of milk, diapers, infant’s wear, and all other sorts of nursery stuff and then cringe a...