Beauty and Significance of Smallness

"Always remember that small things add up to big sums"

"Make it a principle that small things pave way to greatness"

When we stop and think, we soon realize that big things get accomplished by dint of many small things. Buildings go up, floor by floor, and by analogy, brick by brick. Long distances are covered kilometer by kilometer, and by analogy step by step. Big amounts are accumulated, thousand upon thousand, and by analogy, peso by peso. We need not to go further. We simply reflect how friendship deepens and how love lasts: by building detail upon, and by ensuring that we throw logs and leaves, twigs and branches into the fire to keep the friendship and the love burning. Big dreams are also realized by dints of continuous and persistent small efforts. In fact, big lasting institutions that survived and gathered strength with time generally started small. Their beginnings are humble. The people to start with them are few. But they compensate for their small number and their humble origin with high-minded commitment and street-smart realism to take care of the small things.

(Taken from "Catholic Digest")

Yo, Stop Bullying!

Have you ever experienced being bullied? A tease from a classmate, a brother or sister? Bullying is happening everywhere and the chances that you, that all of us have bullied, been bullied or at least encountered bullying are high. It has become a social disease which is spreading at an uncontrollable pace. We students, should learn valuable skills and lessons from our teachers as well as through interactions with our peers. But in some reasons, there are some experiences, such as bullying, that may negatively affect and stick with the rest of our lives. It has everyone worried, not just the kids on its receiving end. Yet because parents, teachers, and other adults don't always see it, they may not understand how extreme bullying can get. It has a life of its own. It takes no prisoners and its effects can be long lasting and endemic in some cases.Youths have the right to experience love and joy. We have the privilege to experience pain and suffering and consider it as stepping-stone for success.