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| Moadto Strip Mall, nestled in between fine, powdery white sand, and crystalline blue waters in Barangay Doljo in Panglao town, is now the home of the third 7-Eleven store in Panglao. Photo: Leo Udtohan |
It’s feel-good Sunday, March 14, 2021. Again, take time out from political sizzlers for more inspiring, spirit-lifting stories.
These inspirational short stories left me speechless.
1.)The Butterfly (shared by Dr. Butch Bernas, who got it from a friend, source unknown).
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One
day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for
several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little
hole.
Until it suddenly stopped making any progress and looked like it was stuck.
So
the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and
snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged
easily, although it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.
The
man didn’t think anything of it and sat there waiting for the wings to
enlarge to support the butterfly. But that didn’t happen. The butterfly
spent the rest of its life unable to fly, crawling around with tiny
wings and a swollen body.
Despite the kind
heart of the man, he didn’t understand that the restricting cocoon and
the struggle needed by the butterfly to get itself through the small
opening; were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly
into its wings. To prepare itself for flying once it was out of the
cocoon.
Moral of the story:
Our
struggles in life develop our strengths. Without struggles, we never
grow and never get stronger, so it’s important for us to tackle
challenges on our own, and not be relying on help from others.
2.) Control Your Temper (contributed by Edison Gumapac of Manga National High School who got it from a friend, source unknown).
There
once was a little boy who had a very bad temper. His father decided to
hand him a bag of nails and said that every time the boy lost his
temper, he had to hammer a nail into the fence.
On the first day, the boy hammered 37 nails into that fence.
The
boy gradually began to control his temper over the next few weeks, and
the number of nails he was hammering into the fence slowly decreased.
He discovered it was easier to control his temper than to hammer those nails into the fence.
Finally,
the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his
father the news and the father suggested that the boy should now pull
out a nail every day he kept his temper under control.
The
days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that
all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him
to the fence.
“You have done well, my son, but
look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When
you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can
put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you
say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.”
Moral of the story:
Control
your anger, and don’t say things to people in the heat of the moment,
that you may later regret. Some things in life, you are unable to take
back.
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7-Eleven opens 3rd store in Panglao
From Anthony Ceniza, cultural worker and choreographer extraordinaire:
The long wait is finally over…7-Eleven opened its third store in Modala Strip Mall in Panglao yesterday, March 13.
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7-Eleven finally expanded to Bohol province and penetrated the
Bohol market as the global convenience store chain officially opened its
3rd store in Modala Strip Mall in Panglao town. Photos: Anthony Ceniza |
Philippine Seven Corporation, the country’s licensee of 7-Eleven stores in the Philippines,. said that 7-Eleven is growing its network of stores all over the Philippines in their aim to provide unique experience that only 7-Eleven can give.
During the opening, Fr.
Leonel Hermogenes Grado, parish priest of St. Augustine Parish Church,
blessed the new store. It was attended by franchisees Dr. Doloreich
Dumaluan and his wife Marilou, children Reichyl and Reicher,
Fe Deguiño, Anecita Nerves-Arcay of Arcom Center Panglao, Alma Esterado
of Panglao Island Furniture and Ching Balucan.
Some
members of the Bohol media-- Ric Obedencio, Bob Galero, Rey Tutas, Dave
Charles Responte, Helen Castaño, Kit Bagaipo and Angel Guimalan--also
witnessed the opening. Edison Gumapac and Adam Gulle also attended
Saturday's event.
The
7-Eleven in Modala Strip Mall is the second franchise of the Dumaluans,
also the owner of the first 7-Eleven store established in Bohol located
in Arcom Center in Barangay Poblacion in Panglao.
Bohol
residents and tourists can now enjoy their unique offerings such as the
iconic Slurpee and other convenient alternatives like Gulp, the newest
honest- to- goodness coffee City Blends, Fundae soft-serve ice cream,
Big Bite Hotdog, siopao and a lot more.
7-Eleven customers can also experience CliQQ a load and bills payment kiosk.
The popular 24-hour convenience store chain has earlier announced its rapid expansion in Bohol this year.
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