@Brad Yes, friend. We all need to cut back on some things. Good luck to us all.

@Heather Hey! I did enjoy reading your posts, esp. the cucumber thing! Really. Even VF was was cracking up when he read it. Uhm… so you’re the sock lady, and me… the tissue girl! We make a good pair!

Thanks for the visit. The doors are always open for you… and everyone.

God bless~

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! Thought I would return the favor and I am glad I did!!! What a thought provoking blog this is.

I guess my accessories would be:
My cell phone
My car
My house
My cross necklace
All of the ’stuff’ that decorates my home

Things I couldn’t live without:
My Bible
My family
God’s Grace
Socks (I have a strange sock fettish. Don’t ask)
Love, Faith, and Hope

OK…maybe Starbucks would be a keeper, too:)

Love and Blessings to you!!!

Ok, for me personally? Things I would have a hard time living without – my music collection, my laptop and my Moleskine.

Hi Robin. U r right. She is pretty, isn’t she? You should see her in person. She has that never-fading-beauty.

Yes, she talks a lot but knows how to listen too.

–the one after the smiley!

And I see your beauty too. Especially that of your soul. It’s so warm and inspiring. Love you, Robin!

@VF. Hello Buddy! Thanks so much. I love better the other two, though. That one you linked here with a short hair and a big earrings. Heheehe. I know you had to cut the hair to show the earrings, to accessorize me, but I don’t like my hair short. In the past, I cut my hair very short only when I was feeling down and broken hearted. Long hair means I am happy! My fave is your drawing of me wearing ponytails, with long long hair! Hehehehe! Love you.

@ROBIN! Hi friend! How are you? I so love how you add depth to the post. I guess it happens not only in the US; it’s a worldwide phenomenon. Even third-world countries like the Philippines are not free of this affliction. We do tend to confuse the unimportant with the essentials. And we only realize which belongs to which when the essential ones are gone. Like our families.

In JK Rowling’s speech which I posted down below, she talked about failure as a stripping of the inessentials. And I quite agree with her. Losing something important does have a good effect on us if we spend enough time to reflect on things. But we need not lose a lot to learn that. We can learn it from other people’s experiences. We can stop what we are doing now and list down the things that we think truly matter. Is it our work/job? Is it our million-dollar house? Is it our vast property? These things mean a lot, of course, but nothing when compared to the things that trully matter in this life. What the essentials are, we decide. But I guess they definitely aren’t the things we own.

I think of the essentials as those that pulsate. Like God. Like love. Like life. Like our faith. Like the people we love.

PS I like the new photo of you…forgot to tell you. You are beautiful and full of vitality.

well.. in my excuse… nothing we can do is ever separate from Him we can turn away – but He is wherever we look and is always ‘with us’.

A pathetic attempt at saving face – i know!

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Can you put a steak on love? Don’t think so.

So it must be stake.

Question: Do you still put a stake on something you already own?

Hmmm…

Tissue paper (Coz I almost always have a runny nose. Gross!)

Something to keep me warm, like a blanket/sweater (Coz I easily get cold, even if the change in tempt is very slight, and even if other people actually feel it’s hot)

Hahahaha! I’m no fan of the color red. And I don’t use nail polish. I just clean my nails with cuticle remover and that’s it.

HEY! You haven’t listed your As and your Es yet! Come on, join in!

Won’t drive back a lady-date with a red toenail! Looks like a chargin’ redbull!

Oh-la-la!

bon nuit chérie!

My Essentials
Family and loved ones
Friends
God and my faith
Love
Education

Am I decorated?
Oh, but of course (physically that is), because I make most of my accessories (bead jewelry, my weakness!)

But seriously, I don’t think I am ‘overly decorated’ because I don’t own much in the first place. I have some desires/wants though, so that can make me ‘overly decorated’ with the things I don’t have, but when I realize I cannot afford them, I tell myself they are really non-essentials, that I won’t become a better person if I have them (nor will I become less of a person if I don’t have them).

That’s an interesting list. Can’t understand the attraction to cigarettes, etc too.

Thanks for the help, friend!

Hello NOR! Am not a TV person. In fact, I don’t own one. I read more than watch. Oxygen. Hehehehe! Definitely, my friend. That’s a good one!

VF! There you go teasing me again! What do you want to see the toenails for? Eh?!

Michelle! So true. Make him the center of your life and you know you’ve got the most essential thing with you!

Not much in my life is necessary, outside of shelter, food, water. But I sure love having air conditioning, make-up, clothes, flipflops, a car, a mattress, a laptop…

But really, I don’t think I would be any good without God. Really. I would be a mess. He has made life bearable. Not at all an accessory – total necessity!!

How about “accessory” to the “best” crime man ever committed –Amour?

…can we see the toenails of the model?