An update post of REID Foundation facilitating the MARKET SOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION (NIA) DESIGN-AND-BUILD (DB) GUIDELINES this March 18, 2024, Monday, at 5th floor Convention Hall, NIA Central Office, EDSA, Diliman, Quezon City.
To the shadow within me: Every time I'm about to take flight, your whispers of doubt keep me grounded. When others look at us, they see our united strength, our wings, not just me. How come we can't see what they see?
There is a vulnerability in surrender, a raw exposure that can be terrifying, but the clarity comes in the silence of that surrender, in the depths of that darkness. It was there, away from the glare and distractions, that I encountered a part of myself I had never known existed.
We all grow up building defenses to keep ourselves protected. When they crumble, it's difficult to tell which parts are truly us and which were put up for protection. It's an adventure of sorting through the shards to discover our genuine selves.
“You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influences. The German writer Goethe said, “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”
As the French writer André Gide put it, “Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.
“It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.”
Excerpt From
Austin Kleon
Steal Like an Artist
Most people thought the biggest sacrifice they could make was to die for something. They were wrong. The biggest sacrifice someone could make was to live for something—to allow it to consume you and turn you into a version of yourself you didn’t recognize.
There are actions that we are against yet we are performing because we believe it’s the right thing to do - not realizing how it evolved as a habit that we cherish and improve ourselves. The point is you may not like it at first but if it will make you better soon you’ll love it.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. - Albert Camus