“Your thought is the most powerful force in the universe. All things that you see around you are products of somebody’s thought...” To elaborate: Love with lust. The consequence of love with lust if you make this mistake is “responsibility,” which will render you unable to pursue your dreams because you have to assume a big responsibility at an early age. Later on, you would realize your mistake and it would be too late to change course. The best you can muster by then would be to say, “If I will be given another chance, I will make good and avoid making the mistake.” But my dear graduates, the reality would be at hand and the only word that would come out of your mouth is “Sana…” (How I wish I did not make the mistake, I could have pursued my dreams and could have achieved them). Insecurity. Insecurity will render you unable to express your true self and, worse, will lead you to develop an inferiority complex. It will render you incapable of doing things which you can actually do better than the others. Fear. This is fear of the unknown, and it will render you unable to try new things and discover, enhance and stretch your talents, and can prevent you from developing your personality. Worse, it will lead you into mediocrity. So instead of you developing yourself and accomplishing things, it would pull you back into despair and failure. “Excusities” (Making excuses and justifying mistakes). Unless you admit and accept your mistakes clearly, you are bound to make the same mistakes again and the lessons you failed to learn. If you refuse to admit your mistakes and fail to realize the lesson, you are bound to take that course again and again until you learn the lesson and move on. “Excusities” will delay and derail your learning process and, worse, lessons become more and more difficult every time they come to you. That is Goliath, my dear graduates. While mighty David on the other hand comes with the acronym “FOOD”. And you must do and diligently follow these in order for you to win your battle. F: Food for the brain. Your brain needs daily food and nutrients which are found in Bible, history books and daily newspapers. Now you can Google all these, so make these as your priority when you are in the Internet café or using your laptop or iPod.
O: Obedience to God and parents. Marami ang nakakalimot nito (Most of you have already forgotten this virtue). Remember this: obedience is the most important ingredient of blessings. Trust and obey, and all the blessings come your way. O: Objective and goal. You must set attainable short-term and long-term goals and persevere for them. It will not be easy, but the “F” and the previous “O” will guide you through. D: Discipline. Not just an ordinary discipline but a winning discipline for success. Discipline will make you outstanding and make you different from the rest. My dear graduates, those are the important do’s and don’ts that I promised you. Again let me remind you, you made me a promise, right? Let this be our secret. And as I promised you, this time I will share with you “the science of getting successful.” This is the main reason and purpose why I am here with you this afternoon. My dear graduates, I want you to be serious this time and ponder on these things. This is your moral and spiritual guide in pursuing your dreams as I dream that one day we will meet again and you will remind me about what happened today, April 3, 2012, at the UE Theatre. My dear graduates, 1. Above us all, there is a master creator from which all things are made and which, from its original state, permeates, penetrates and fills the interspaces of the universe. 2. Your thought is the most powerful force in the universe. All things that you see around you are products of somebody’s thought. So you too can make your own thought, and impressing your thought upon the great master creator causes that thing you thought of to be created. 3. You must develop a great sense of gratefulness to anything, everything, anybody and everybody. This way, you can be in harmony with the master creator and become creative rather than competitive. Gratitude unifies your minds with the master creator and by keeping a deep and continuous sense of gratitude for blessings received impresses your thoughts with the master creator. 4. You must form a clear and definite
mental image of the things you wish to have, to do or become, and you must hold this mental image in your thoughts while being deeply grateful to the master creator that all your desires are already granted. The person who wishes to be successful must spend his leisure time contemplating his vision and in earnest thanksgiving that the reality is being given to him. That should be followed by a clear definition of the purpose why you want to succeed; then keep that clear and specific purpose together with the mental image of your success. Too much stress cannot be laid on the importance of frequent contemplation of your mental image of your success, coupled with the unwavering faith and devout gratitude. This is the process by which the impression is given to the master creator and the creative forces set in motion. The creative energy works through the established economic, industrial and social channels. All that is included in your mental image will surely be brought to you. In order to be ready for your blessings of success, you must be in action in a way that causes you to more than fill your present place. And you must accomplish your daily task to the best of your ability, and not just for the sake of being occupied and at work. 5. You must give more than what you receive, so that you build in you the advancing thought so that the impression of increase is always in you and to all you get in contact with. All of you who will practice the foregoing instructions will certainly succeed. How much successful you would become would be in exact proportion to the definiteness of your vision, the fixity of your purpose, the steadiness of your faith and the depth of your gratitude. So graduates, welcome to the next stage of your life. As I end this speech, I would like to leave you with a famous line. Go graduates “live as if this is your last day on earth, and dream as if you will live forever.” While doing this as you walk to the next stage of your lives, remember that “no matter how great the world may seem, you are never too small to make a difference.” Good afternoon and congratulations once again.
UE Today January-May 2012
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