STARTING THE DAY RIGHT

     The following is a sort of quotation handwritten on a page of the book, "Reading, Writing and Rhetoric" authored by J. Burl Hogins and Robert E. Yarber. It is circa 2003, and the blogger does not know whether the quotation was copied from a book, journal or magazine or product of his imagination.

     Start your day with a deep, deep breath. Inhale all the love and goodness of the Almighty. Exhale the tears and sadness and all negativity. Repeat the process for at least five minutes. Then smile and have a great and blessed day.

      It is a Sunday in Laoag City, 4:37 in the morning. The blogger is jogging in his cubicle on the third floor of the Julian ancestral home. From the window, he could see the Gilbert bridge across the Padsan river. The lights on the bridge are reflected on the waters of the river.