Your purpose is not to become a successful doctor, or a professor teaching in a top-tier university, or an actor playing the main role on a hit show. Your purpose is not to become a bestselling author, a director, or a musician. You should not be confused with these as your purpose. These are positions. They are admirable, attainable goals, indeed. But they are a career that you work hard for in order to achieve and to further your experience. If you’re trying to make something of yourself and use the talents you’ve been given, those are wonderful things...

  “Magbigay ayon sa kakayahan, kumuha batay sa pangangailangan.” The "community pantry" of essential goods that first popped up along a street in Quezon City has already sprouted in other areas in and out of Metro Manila. A lot of netizens praised the community pantry effort as a form of community spirit, where strangers help strangers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. But at the same time, they see the effort as a filler to the gaps of the government's response to the coronavirus, which they feel is not reaching enough the people who need help the most. Senator Panfilo Lacson praised the...

  It’s time to finally write myself a letter, expressing my gratitude for holding on this long.   I know… I know things are becoming tougher every day — as you get older. I know days are becoming harder to deal with, and I thank you for staying strong. Despite having the feeling of being spiralled deeper and deeper into a chasm of hopelessnesss — you still stayed strong. And I am truly proud of you.   Although there are moments when you couldn’t hold on to your tears and you just allow them to roll down your eyes, that...

  Life is that one small piece of rock wandering in the solar system, delving into the black abyss of nothingness, searching for its purpose -- or if there is, uncertain to where it is heading to.  This is a terrifying experience—indeed—but also one that has the potential to awaken our souls, actualize our dreams, and prioritize ourselves. But hey, life is not a race. And it’s okay if you’re still in the middle of finding yourself -- what you really want, what you truly desire, what you really are. You don’t have to rush with everything.     I...

“I feel like a fraud.” “I'm not good at this.” “Who am I to deserve this?” “I just got lucky.” “I can't do this.” Most of us have experienced at some point in our lives the feeling of self-doubt and unworthiness. But when you still feel incapable even though your accomplishments are a result of your own knowledge, hard work, and preparation — then you're probably suffering from impostor syndrome. What is impostor syndrome? In 1978, female American psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes identified Impostor/imposter syndrome as the idea that you’ve only succeeded due to luck, and not...