Who will be the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year?

Hearing the news about CNN Heroes 2011 made me remember a fellow Filipino, Efren Penaflorida. He won as the 2009 Hero of the Year because of his Dynamic Teen Company's educational program for street children. I asked myself: Who will be the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year?

I think Derreck Kayongo deserve to be named as the CNN Hero of the Year 2011. All of them (the 10 finalists) deserve support for their unique programs but Kayongo, a native of Uganda, caught my attention because of the efficiency and extent (includes, but not limited to, Haiti, Uganda, Kenya and Swaziland) of his program regarding recycling (hotel) soap bars. Being a member of the health care force, I can also relate to the vital need of each and everyone for basic sanitation.

"Are we really throwing away that much soap at the expense of other people who don't have anything?" --CNN Hero Derreck Kayongo 

Note: I initially chose Elena Duron Miranda (from Argentina) because of her program that helps keep about 200 children out of the trash dump and enrolled in school (PETISOS) but she withdrawn from being included in the Top 10.


How about you? Who do you think will be the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year?

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Open Happiness = Enjoy Life!

           How would you define happiness? What’s the feeling when you are happy? What makes you happy anyway?

 

            Questions to answer when you define happiness… Ways to find if you want to be happy…

 

Happiness is a mental state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

 

            In individuals’ happiness, they found it based on what they have achieved, the acceptance and contentment. Some individuals die without experiencing the true denotation of happiness.

 

            How to attain happiness and how to maintain it? Certain studies made apropos this issue of mental state. Based on my observation and ocular study on peoples’ behavior and attitude in life and to the society focusing on happiness, reasons on how they manage to be happy are depending on certain reasons and on how they accomplish it.

 

            “For sure, everyone wants to be happy…” below are some whys and wherefores to keep happiness away.

1. Turn negative energy to positive energy. Connoting if you are in the state of forlorn, find some ways to deflect it and be happy. Not thinking too much what makes you sad, happy moments penetrates now into your mind.

2. Believe that God does not give any obstacles that you cannot handle. Having faith in God gives you more strength and full of hope. Giving you more mettle to hammer the matters to attain the ultimate goal the happiness.

3. Be with your friends, family or any individuals where you find happiness from them. Those who are comic that really make you laugh without hurting your feelings. Being with them takes your some times to forget your matters in life.

4. Solve what makes you not to be happy. Getting rid of these sad matters or any, you may attain the full happiness that you want.

5. Be inspired to someone’s presence. Being with someone you are in love with or you are longing for makes you happy. This may put you to the cloud nine of happiness, putting you away from the line of setback.

6. Be happy, be budoy. Being positive in life makes you happy despite of multitude problems that you have. This is not of putting you to the figure of being zany but it only shows how valiant you are to struggle for happiness.

7. If you are alone in some time, you could watch television shows or movies that are funny or any shows that you want where it frees you to your sadness even for a moment. You can also play sports that you are comfortable.

8. You can also play with your pets. As to some certain studies and researches, playing or even seeing the pets remove stress. But for me even problems in life or any negative feelings are momentarily forgotten.

9. Buy some time to be busy. Just to ignore your sadness though for only minutes or hours.

10. If you fell being torn to pieces, feel being defeated and feel being ignored and left by the world, just be positive. Think that your friends, family and especially God are always there to protect you and will never live you alone.

            

              Bein’ happy is a part of our lifestyle to maintain our mental fitness… Some of the people are not mentally fit simply because they allow themselves to be swallowed and be prevailed by sadness.

 

“Life is full of challenges. Do not lose your hope to God and your guts in life. Answers to your sadness are always available, it is up for you to move and solve.” - - Yaweh Parawan Aviles

 

“Don’t allow yourself be defeated of being melancholy.” - - Yaweh Parawan Aviles

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GUEST BLOG POST: OPEN HAPPINESS

by Yaweh Parawan Aviles on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 12:24pm

Writer: Yaweh Parawan Aviles

Date of Writing: November 14, 2011

Time of Writing: 10:47 A.M. - 12:01 P.M.

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