In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

By Maneth Chan del Rosario MoneySense Magazine May 5 2008

WHEN my husband Jimmy and I were still going steady, we were already into so many businesses. I often thought of us as business partners rather than just sweethearts. By the time we got married in a civil ceremony in 1997 and a church ceremony in 1999, we had already delved into selling pagers, clothing, and appliances.

Every woman should have:

 One love she can imagine going back to ...and one who reminds her how far she has come.

She is the family cook, maid, tutor, doctor, pet caregiver, gardener, stylist, social planner, disciplinarian, and breadwinner. With such a full schedule, how can working mothers have a healthy work/life balance?

When you and your partner have an argument, do you end up frustrated and angry? Does it last all day and never seem to be resolved? Do you feel as if you're always giving in against your will?

Start your year with a goal to kick the procrastination habit! Here are 10 steps that you can follow.

"Let me not wrap, stack, box, bag, tie, tag, bundle, seal, keep Christmas. Christmas kept is liable to mold. Let me give Christmas away, unwrapped, by exuberant armfuls. Let me share, dance, live Christmas unpretentiously, merrily, responsibly with overflowing hands, tireless steps and sparkling eyes.Christmas given away will stay fresh—even until it comes again."

- Linda Fever

Keeping Christ in Christmas means daily revealing the character, love and spirit of Christ that dwells in you, by allowing these traits to shine through your actions.
Here are simple ways to keep Christ the central focus of your life this Christmas season.

Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours, or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame, and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

by Max Lucado

"And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom" (Matt. 27:50-51 NIV).

by Max Lucado

As Jesus stepped into the garden, you were in his prayers. As Jesus looked into heaven, you were in his vision. As Jesus dreamed of the day when we will be where he is, he saw you there.

(Proverbs 31:10-31)

v 10 A capable, intelligent and virtuous woman, who is he who can find her? She is far more precious than jewels, and her value is far above rubies or pearls.

The integration of women to all sectors in the society has always been a continuous struggle as women are always confined in the safety of their homes and kitchens.

1) Write them down! Statistics show people who write down their goals have over an 80% higher success rate of achieving them. Start a Goals journal. Make sure they are SMART goals- specific, measurable, achievable, results-oriented, and time-limited.

If you're tired of feeling bad about yourself, or just want some tips for those down days, Roger Elliott recommends these 7 practical strategies that will help you take action to boost your self-esteem.

1. Spend some time thinking about how good you have it. We know this, but we don't often spend time pondering it. Doing so will shape and mold your attitude and develop healthy thought patterns that will make you more thankful all of the time.

Try this with a group. Ask everyone to finish this sentence: "Love is _____________." Some of the phrases from 1 Corinthians 13 will be suggested, but one undoubtedly will not. It is this: "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." Why is that a characteristic of love?

Ecclesiastes 1-3, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33
Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 1:15

A bundle of studs delivered to a building site will invariably have some boards that are twisted, and no amount of nails seems to be sufficient to straighten them. Then there is the frustration of running out of nails. "How many do we have?" someone will ask. When "none" is the answer, frustration sets in.

The next time you meet a retired Major League Baseball player, ask him, "At what point in your career did you no longer have a coach?" "I always had a coach," he will answer. Even the perennial all star, certain Hall of Famer, needs a coach.

Many people live their lives just going through the motions without really knowing what they want out of it. Life has become very much a routine and doesn't consist very much more than the daily chores.

Have you ever felt totally disillusioned with life? Ever felt that things were so bad they cannot possibly get any worse?

Throw out non-essential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.

A heart just loves to love.

One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters - whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.

Ruby Gagelonia, a freelance Filipina writer, writes about a universal message we all should accept and understand: This, too, shall pass.

We know that everything in life is temporary, even life itself. So what do we do when our special someone is suddenly gone? Ruby Bayan-Gagelonia, a freelance Filipina writer, shares her ways of coping.

by Ruby-Bayan Gagelonia
Throughout our lifetimes we are presented with countless opportunities to improve ourselves. Many of these opportunities also give us a rare chance to reinvent ourselves -- to start over, to overhaul and revamp. And this is what mistakes, stupid or otherwise, do for us.

by Ruby Gagelonia
Very recently, a close friend, Gerry [not his real name], was suddenly diagnosed with leukemia. He didn't see it coming -- he just kept working 16 hours a day, not paying attention to his body's natural needs for rest and recreation.

Here is another inspiring article from Filipina writer based in the USA, Ruby Bayan-Gagelonia