Thank You!

It is not often that I express my appreciation and gratitude here to you, readers of this blog, for the inspiration and the push you gave me to keep this site going. Little did I know, several years ago, that what started as an outlet for me then to reminisce and take the joy in, again and again, of experiencing our wonderful world at the backroads, would later become a passion to share. With you, through your comments, through your inquiries, through the keywords you left in various search engines, slowly the posts evolved from a mere expression of jubilation to something with more details of each place, of each trail, so that you may enjoy the same way I did or more those nature wonders that had touched me so deeply.

I thank God each day for this gift of being able to share my simple joys here in The Joys of Simple Life.
I do not know how else to return these blessings, but to share the simple joys in simple life that this site gets, to two kids who desire to make a positive difference in their lives through education. I would like you to meet the 2 scholars who are supported by this site entirely. I could not support them through this site without you.

Meet Ken Ray

( he is now senior high school student, and has sponsored him since elementary)

Meet CJ

( he is now in kinder, and I sponsored him since last school year only, when he was still in prep. Like Ken Ray, I pray he will finish also his high school and hopefully, his college)

Yes, through you dear readers, this site has grown. I may not share it often, and may not thank you often, but it is through your visits that has helped The Joys of Simple Life grow in so many ways. How else could I return the gratitude to you and to our forever faithful God but to make a positive difference in Ken Ray's and CJ's lives? I met Ken Ray and CJ through Tapulanga Foundation, who are God's stewards in administering the gifts to these kids, seeing to it that these kids grow not only in body and mind, but also in spirit.

If you have time, I encourage you to please watch how Tapulanga Foundation started and had grown through the video above, where you will also hear the scholars share their dreams through their song.

" I have this hope....

That I will learn what others children know...

Like words and number....

Although I have these dreams

I don't know if I can reach for them

I need a helping hand

To make these dreams come true!"

If you too are thinking of how else to give back some of the wonderful blessings you receive, and want to give back through quality education of impoverished kids, you may want to contact Tapulanga Foundation. They not only administer your gifts, but they send you updates of the academic progress of your scholar. It is always a joy hearing from them.

having lunch with the scholars of The Joys of Simple Life and The Salitype Society with Mic, one of two founders of Tapulanga Foundation

( The Salitype Society is actively co-maintained by my group of blogging sisters/blogging besties )

As an educator, I strongly believe in the POWER OF WORDS AND NUMBERS. I strongly believe in quality education to empower the lives of the poor children, giving them a chance for a better future. I may not have all the riches in this world to sponsor a world of kids, but I THANK YOU, through THE JOYS OF SIMPLE LIFE, for allowing me to give 2 kids hope to believe in their dreams to have a better future. Like what they always say, we may not be able to help the whole world, but just making a difference in one is a big help already.

I also thank you for giving me a 2nd passion outside of my job( my first passion). Because of this site, I no longer think what to watch in TV. I have no time for TV now, coz I use the time to watch TV instead to blog, haha! It saved me getting more stress from those real or unreal TV characters. :) I no longer think of what movies to watch or where to shop on weekends. I simply have no time watching movies nor shopping now coz I use the time to enjoy nature through hiking, snorkeling, boogie boarding and other forms of outdoor activities with my outdoor partner for life.

Nature wandering made me spend more time with hubby sharing simple joys in simple life. It also help me save money too since I no longer buy things I do not need impulsively. The time I spend outdoors limits my exposure to commercialism and materialism as much as when I spent that time in the mall. I no longer spend so much time in Facebook or other Social Network because I am here. I find that being here is a more peaceful and meaningful way for me to relax and de-stress. I thank you for adding more meaning and purpose to what before simply started as a hobby, but now has become a meaningful part of my simple joys.

Let me leave you with the picture below, of Joshua Tree, which I find their limbs stretching out to heaven like a prayer, a prayer of surrender, of thanksgiving.

A PRAYER OF THANK YOU!

♥♥