Gabriel H. Piquero.

RS 55=B

AB Philosophy

I did not give because I do have an excess, I give because it’s all I have.

I do not have a class every Wednesday.

Nov. 13, 2017 Monday

Courage-This day I transformed fear into determination by doing things that I rarely do
because I am afraid to fail. I embrace myself fully, without holding back, doing what must be
done even when it is difficult and later on not knowing that I did it. I transcend self-doubt into
courage.

Nov. 14, 2017 Tuesday

Detachment-The freedom to choose to stay away from material things. Today my phone
was broken because it falls from 2nd floor of SS building to ground floor. From then onwards I
detach myself from material things like gadgets that sometimes hinder my vocations.

Nov. 16, 2017 Thursday

Enthusiasm-Strong excitement about life and openness to the wonders each day holds
that give me a strong feeling of active interest by helping others even in a small way like sharing
my thoughts and ideas every time I encounter other people.

Nov. 17, 2017 Friday

Generosity-Giving fully, sharing freely. I share my knowledge to my classmate who is

absent last meeting in our Philo 50 class by teaching him our last discussion and sharing my
insight to him.

Nov. 20, 2017 Monday

Gentleness-Having or showing a kind and quiet nature. Along the way I encounter an
old lady I help her to cross the street and we talked quite a while about life.

Nov. 21, 2017 Tuesday

Honesty-The confidence to be sincere and not lie or cheat to someone. After I buy a
meal for lunch I notice that the change that the owner give is too much so I returned back to
the store and returned the money.
Nov. 23, 2017 Thursday

Honor-Keeping our agreements with integrity. I’ve got a high score than her in our quiz
that day, so I had to keep my promise to her that I will treat for lunch.

Nov. 24, 2017 Friday

Humility-Being open to every lesson life brings and trusting that our mistakes are often
our best teachers. While doing our group activity, we shared our thoughts and I did not think
of myself that my ideas are better than theirs.

Nov. 28, 2017 Tuesday

Joyfulness=An inner wellspring of peace and happiness. To lessen suffering I just enjoy
the richness of life and find humor, even in the midst of hard times.

Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2017

No class (XUFD)

Dec. 4-5, 2017

No class (due to transport strike)

Dec. 7, 2017 Thursday

Loyalty-My unwavering faithfulness and commitment to people and ideas I care about,
through good times and bad. I am very grateful to one of my brothers who cared for me in times
of difficulties and I considered him as a family.

Dec. 8, 2017 Friday

Orderliness-Creating an environment of peace and order. To avoid division of the

members in our group discussion I made a plan ahead of time to facilitate everything in our
discussions and for the members to fully participate.

Dec.11, 2017 Monday

Patience

Waiting peacefully. Quiet hope and faith that things will turn out right.

Dec. 12, 2017 Tuesday

 Perseverance-I transcend my laziness into determination, the determination in pursuing
our goal in our group project despite difficulties and opposition of some members.

Dec. 14, 2017 Thursday

Truthfulness-Honesty in all our dealings. While we were eating our lunch, I told my
classmate to at least be cautious in his words towards other student because they find it rude.

Dec. 15, 2017 Friday

Love-Attraction, affection and caring for life itself. I love my vocation more than
anyone else, so I try to be obedience and loyal to myself which I found out that to resolve
unnecessary things that hinder one’s vocation one must love himself in order to be happy.

Jan. 4, 2018 Thursday

Peace-Resolving conflict in a just and gentle way. One of my brothers mistook my notes
in RS 55 which contain my journal as a trash so he throws it away and I was not able to find it
anymore. Instead of getting mad at him, I just talked to him and said to keep off from my things.
Thus, giving up the love of power for the power of love give me an inner calm and tranquility.

Jan. 5, 2018 Friday

Trust-Having faith toward God and toward others. Having confidence that the right
thing will come about without trying to control it or make it happen. Nothing particularly
happen today.

Jan. 8, 2018 Monday

Unity-Finding common ground in our diversity. While we were doing our group
activity in Filipino, most of the member were not able to get along with each other, so in order
for the group to be united I called their attention and talked to them to please participate and
be serious in our activity. A minutes later we just realize that we just finished our activity.

Jan. 9, 2018 Tuesday

Understanding-Being insightful in our perceptions of ideas and feelings. In one of my

class, my classmate approaches me told about her a misunderstanding within their family so I
listen to her with compassion and advise her to talked to them personally and give her a smile.

Jan. 12, 2018 Friday

 Preparedness-The quality or state of being prepared. Before the midterm week, I was
able to prepared myself for it by studying the lessons which I hardly manage to understand.

Jan. 15-20, 2018

No class (Midterm week)

Jan. 22, 2018 Monday

Thankfulness-Generosity in expressing appreciation. I was so grateful to God for the

many blessing that he had given to me especially the people around me helping me in my
spiritual and financial needs. I was able to say thank you to my benefactor who continually
support me in my financial needs.

Jan.23, 2018 Tuesday

Tact-Telling the truth kindly. Discerning what to say, when it is timely to say it, and
what is better left unsaid. I spoke with one of my brothers about how unmanly his attitude
towards other student and later on he changed his attitude.

Jan. 25, 2018 Thursday

Sincerity-Our words and actions reflect a truthful heart. Being open and genuine to
others help you a lot to improve yourself.

Jan.26, 2018 Friday

Service-Doing helpful things that make a difference to others. I help one of my brothers
in arranging and correcting his research paper and it made me happy to be able to help others
even in a small way.

Jan.29, 2018 Monday

Reliability-Being dependable. One of my brothers asked me to give his excuse letter to

his mentor because he has a fever.

Jan.30, 2018 Tuesday

Patience-The ability to wait for a long time without becoming annoyed or upset. I was
waiting for my classmate to show up because he borrowed my notes in Latin and later I found
out that he’s going to be late in the class, so to avoid frustration I calmly said to myself “its
ok”, then a few minutes later, he showed up.
Feb. 1, 2018 Thursday

Respect-An attitude of honoring oneself and others through our words and actions. I
met an old lady outside the school campus and I looked, smiled at her and greeted her a pleasant
day.

Feb. 2, 2018 Friday

Self-Discipline-Correction of oneself for the sake of improvement. I was determined to

continue to abstain and continue saving money even if it’s a little amount.

Virtues are the essence of our character and character does indeed determine destiny. The more
we recognize the potential impact that practicing virtues can have on our lives, the more our
lives open up to new possibilities and to greater joy and fulfillment.

(I lost track of how much I donated because one of my brother seminarian mistook my journal
as a trash which I wrote there everything about the collection.)