Penny Bongato
Penny Bongato is the first Filipina & Asian Certified Canfield Trainer. She is an author, a motivational speaker, & an educator.
She is a professional coach certified by the International Coaching Federation and the Accelerating Coach Excellence Program. Penny’s passion—working with people and transforming lives. As a Success Trainer, she is the first Filipino and Asian to be a Certified Canfield Trainer in the Success Principles and in the Canfield Methodology. She has been privileged to learn from Jack Canfield himself—America’s #1 Success Coach, bestselling author, and the beloved originator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Penny is also an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) accredited by the International Coaching Federation, a leading global organization for professional coaches and coaching. Furthermore, she is a certified Enhanced Practitioner by the Accelerating Coach Excellence, an internationally recognized program. As an author, she has published three books—CAREER SHIFT: Follow Your Passion, ASK FOR A BIGGER BLANKET: ‘Wag Mamaluktot kung Maikli ang Kumot!, and FORWARD SHIFT: Managing Your Life in the Time of a Pandemic. Penny is also a seasoned human resource (HR) practitioner in the consumer IT and contact center industries with more than 20 years of experience. In continuous pursuit of her passion, Penny has been teaching in the academe for almost a decade. Part of her mission is to share with the next generation the knowledge and wisdom she has gained from years of experience.
13/06/2026
I am getting ready for the certification on Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff. I really want to teach happiness to mostly women who are transitioning in their lives.
I also want to spread this program to the youth because of social media, they may seem to find happiness in the number of likes in their posts, their friends, and others.
Here's a picture of my group mate (we meet every other Friday) practicing for our certification and preparing to deliver the Happy For No Reason program to our target audience.
Interested in knowing more about this program? Message me.
Reflection on an Unforgettable Experience: Assisting at Jack Canfield’s Breakthrough to Success 🚀
A few years ago, I had the incredible privilege of serving on the Assisting Team for Jack Canfield’s transformative Breakthrough to Success workshop. Looking back, it remains one of the most impactful chapters of my professional and personal journey.
While the attendees were diving deep into their own breakthroughs, those of us working behind the scenes were undergoing a powerful masterclass of our own.
Here are the key takeaways from my time on the Assisting Team:
✅𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀; 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹, 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗘+𝗥=𝗢 (𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 + 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 = 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿.
✅𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲, 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲.
✅𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵. 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵-𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.
Serving at this event wasn't just about logistics; it was about fostering human potential. Years later, the lessons, the energy, and the connections still fuel my drive to grow and help others do the same.
To my fellow Canfield alumni and assisting teammates—thank you for the memories and the inspiration! Maggie Sullivan
24/05/2026
Start the day with Sunday mass. He is with us always!
23/05/2026
If you know me, you know I love personal development—which is why I'm so excited to share that I am currently undergoing the Happy for No Reason certification program, even if I have to join the calls at 3 am Philippine time!
Studying Marci Shimoff’s profound framework is completely shifting my perspective on well-being. Happiness isn't a reward we get after we achieve our goals; it’s the foundation we need to achieve them in the first place. Becoming certified in this methodology will enable me to guide others in shifting their mindsets, breaking old habits, and unlocking an unconditional sense of peace and purpose.
Here’s to learning, growing, and raising our collective happiness set points!
I will be sharing more about this program soon!
22/05/2026
Resharing.
What happened to our country? Prayers, matinding dasal ang kailangan natin.
27/04/2026
Late post -
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞—𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞 "𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮" 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭. M𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝟐𝐏 𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐚, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟔𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐬, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝐚𝐦, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞; 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭. 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬: 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞, 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥. (𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞).
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 —𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐝—𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐦. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫), “𝐊𝐮𝐲𝐚, 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐨?” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬, “𝐎𝐩𝐨.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐥𝐲𝐝𝐞 (𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐚).
𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟑, 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐛𝐲 𝟖𝐚𝐦, 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝟔𝟎𝐤𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩.
𝐔𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬—𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚. 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝’𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐥-𝐀𝐢𝐫. 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐈 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐀𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. "𝐌𝐚'𝐚𝐦," 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞, "𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 (𝐌𝐚’𝐚𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩)."
𝐀𝐬 𝐈 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐈 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝—𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, "𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭" 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐬—𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
24/04/2026
I almost missed it.
It was one of those busy days—
jumping from one task to another,
thinking about what’s next before finishing what’s now.
Nothing special.
Just another full, slightly tiring day.
Then I paused for a second.
I noticed the sunlight coming through the window.
My coffee still warm and Tatang beside me, just enjoying our breakfast together.
A quiet moment where nothing was asking from me.
And I realized…
these are the moments I usually rush past.
We often think we need something big to feel grateful—
a milestone, good news, a breakthrough.
But sometimes, the beauty is already there.
In the ordinary.
In the quiet.
In the small things we don’t always notice.
A calm morning.
A deep breath.
A short break in the middle of a busy day.
Maybe this week didn’t feel exciting.
Maybe it was just… life.
But even in weeks like this,
there’s still something gentle, something good, something enough.
You just have to slow down long enough to see it.
💬 What’s one simple moment this week that made you pause, even just for a second?
𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞.
— Penny 💛
23/04/2026
I caught myself doing it again the other day.
Thinking about the same worry…
replaying it in my head…
trying to solve something that wasn’t even happening yet.
And I realized—
I was giving so much energy to something I didn’t even want.
Maybe you’ve been there too.
We don’t always notice it,
but where our thoughts go, our energy follows.
We keep going back to the doubt.
The “what if it doesn’t work?”
The fear that we’re not ready yet.
And without meaning to…
we feed it.
But what if we paused for a moment and asked:
Where is my energy going today?
Is it going to the worry that keeps repeating?
Or to the small step that actually moves you forward?
Because here’s the quiet truth:
What you focus on grows.
Not overnight.
Not perfectly.
But slowly, consistently—over time.
So today, you don’t need to have everything figured out.
Just choose where to place your attention.
Maybe it’s your next small step.
Maybe it’s something you’ve been putting off.
Maybe it’s simply choosing to believe in yourself again.
Focus on gratitude.
You just need a little more intention.
Appreciate you waking up today even with all the worries. Set aside the worries.
And that’s enough to begin.
💬 What are you choosing to focus your energy on today?
𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞.
— Penny 💛
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