Give Yourself the Gift of Limits

Daddy O’s back! Bro. Obet Cabrillas or simply Daddy O is The Feast Pasig’s builder/preacher. He has been away for weeks due to very valid reasons. And yes, we missed him! And for the last topic in the ‘Life Savor’ series, Daddy O gave a very inspiring talk na talagang mapapa-isip ka. Why am I saying so? Because the last talk was about ‘The Blessing of Limits’. Many of us don’t recognize this gift na feeling natin kaya natin ang lahat. But here are the things that I have learned:

Moral lesson: Build your boundaries and you build your blessing-ability.

Each one of us has our own limitations that include time, space and responsibility. When it comes to time, nobody can save time but you can invest your time. We don’t know how long are we going to stay here on earth but we can ‘spend’ our time on things that really count. Like doing the things we love and what we are good at. Investing time with our loved ones so we can build memories that will last and the like. With space, as what Confucius said, ‘wherever you are, be there.’ Establish new friendship and  relationships. When it comes to responsibility, you can only do what is humanly done. Take one task at a time.

Boundaries are psychological fences. They prevent harmful habits and harmful people from entering your life.

There are Four most common broken fences:

1. Our Money fence is broken – people buy things they don’t need from money they don’t earn to impress people they don’t like. Discipline your money. Discipline your expenses.
2. Our Body fence is broken -  workout every day. Eat healthy foods. For ladies, don’t let other people ‘take a chance’ (chansing)
3. Our Friendship fence is broken – Nourishing friends make you go, grow and glow while negative friends don’t.
4. Our Helping fence is broken -  when you help others you should never forget helping yourself. When you help others, do it with a team. Help those who can’t carry their problems. But don’t help those who can but won’t. Know where responsibility ends and where the other’s responsibility begins.

Til the next Feast! :D