Inspirational

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Loyal To The End

Dog is man’s best friend – Anonymous

Thursday, June 26, 2014 was the saddest day in my life as I had to put my beautiful little girl to sleep.  She got sick 2.5 months ago and I nursed her back to life.  She was doing well till about a month ago and she just went down hill pretty fast.  I did everything I could to save her.  The Vet told me what she had was a blessing and a curse because it was fast and aggressive and no amount of money could do her any good.

Her name was Misty, a West Highland Terrier.  She loved to roll in the snow and just buried herself in it.  She would charge at any big dogs like she was the alpha.  She was Houdini, she could pick the kennel door and got out.  After a while, I learn to trust her and let her roam the house when I was gone.  She was my shadow for 15.5 years and she never left my side.  I did not need to call her or anything, she would be right there with me.  When I worked, she would curl up under my desk.  When I watched TV, she would lay down next to me.  When I walk, she would be right behind me.   Even towards the end, she would look for me, when she didn’t see me.   She gave me two more months to spend with her and to prepare me to let her go.  I knew it was time for her to go, but it was so hard to let go.  I held her so tight to the end and she didn’t go alone.  She knew she was loved.  I know she is in heaven, running and playing and no more suffering.  One day, I will see her again 🙂

I miss her terribly.  The other night, I came home and as soon as I walked into my house, I called her name.  Then, I realized she was no longer with me.  It is hard to prepare food for other kids as I would still look for her dish to fill.  Her bed is still next to mine 🙂  out of the blue, I would just cry.  I have my bad days and good days.  My children know I am not altogether yet.  They know I am still sad and miss Misty terribly.

Dog is often called man’s best friend, loyal and faithful, companion, loving.  Dogs give us unconditional love.  Even though, we know what would happen a few years down the road, because of the love and companionship they give us, we were so willing to go through the heartache all over again.  I guess, love is worth all the risk.  I believe if we were to watch how animals interact with each other, we could learn about love and life from them.

Same with God’s love, even though it hurts Him to see His son hung on the cross to pay for our sins.  He did not waver in His decision because of His love for us.  Yet, when we were sinners, He send His son to die on the cross so that we can get saved because of His grace and mercy.  He doesn’t force us to follow Him, He waits till we are ready because that is just who He is – faithful, loving,  and merciful.  I consider myself blessed to know the love of God and the love of my pets.  Misty hung on till I was ready to let her go.  Same with God.  He waits till you are ready to come to Him and He will welcome you into His arms, in the meantime He does what He can to keep you safe.

God knew what was going to happen with Misty before she got sick.  I was persuaded by my friend to take her puppy three months ago.  His name is Nemo, a maltipoo.  Nemo has been my shadow last week before Misty went.  It felt like the baton was passed from Misty to Nemo to watch me.  He would follow me like Misty did.  First I thought it was strange for a puppy that young to do such thing.  Now, I know 🙂

 

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Out Of The Cookie Into The Fortune

Finding your treasure within – Susy Pujiro

Finally…. My book  “Out Of The Cookie Into The Fortune” was published on June 10, 2014.   It was a bittersweet day for me.  I have mixed feelings about the book, wondering if I made the right decision of even writing the book, as my life is out there for the world to read and see.

When I started writing the book, my friend asked me if I were to use my real name or pen name.  After many discussions with my children and a few friends, I decided to use my real name.  Even though I cried for two days, I didn’t regret using my real name,  as I realize each one of us is writing our own book of life whether it’s on earth or it’s being written by God in heaven.  Each one of us has a story to tell 🙂

He put the passion of writing in me when He created me.  I have given the opportunity by Him to write a book and I have seen His hands on this project since the beginning.  Sometimes, you don’t know what God has in mind when He asks you to do something.  He sees the future, and what He sees usually is better than what we think or see 🙂

If you would like a copy of the book, you can order one or as many as you like at amazon.com and here is the link :

http://www.amazon.com/Out-Cookie-Into-Fortune-Treasure/dp/1500142247/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403277805&sr=1-1&keywords=out+of+the+cookie+into+the+fortune

I pray as you read the book, it will bring blessing and healing to you.  May you feel and experience the love of God and be encouraged to chase your dream… the future is yours 🙂

 

 

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Someone loves you…..

We should not be mean to anybody because that anybody has someone who loves them – Mary Pujiro

While I am cleaning my office today, The Lord reminds me of what my mom used to say when I was growing up.  She always said that we should not be mean to a person as someone loves them and we should remember that.  In this instance, she was speaking about her daughter in law and sons in law.

As I grew up, I watched how my mom interacted with her daughter in law and sons in law.  She was always courteous with them and did not interfere in their relationships.  Now, that both of my parents are gone.  I realize even though I don’t have my earthly parents anymore but someone still loves me very much, watches over me, and always have my best interest in His mind.. and that person is God.  I am never alone, He is always there for me 🙂

I hope and pray that I will be like my mother towards my children’s spouses.  I have watched my sons dating and breaking up with their girlfriends.  I am always there for them and I refrain myself to not interfere in their relationships.  I have likened both of my sons’ girlfriends.  We  get along pretty well, to make them comfortable sitting in my kitchen and visiting with me.

I would admit, I love my sons’ girlfriends like my own daughters.  They are still young, but my prayers that God will bring them who He wants them to marry and raise a family together and serve Him.  I think that’s the prayers of all parents for their kids.  I am blessed 🙂

 

 

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One Man’s Trash, Another’s Treasure

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – Anonymous

During my divorce, I was out to lunch with my friends and the subject of divorce came up in our conversation.  My friend who is divorced, had a similar story as why I was divorcing.  Both of our husbands had an affair.  At the end of our conversation, she threw her hand up in the air and said “one man’s trash, another’s treasure”.  I did not say anything at the luncheon to her, but my feelings were hurt.  I felt she was calling me trash as my husband was divorcing me.

Time has passed and now I am divorced and happy.  I have time to ponder what the saying truly means instead of my feelings being hurt every time it rings in my head.  As I look back at my life experience going through divorce.  I realized there is truth to the saying.  When we first get married, we feel like we find the treasure in our spouse and they are the best that ever happen in our life and we cannot live without them.  We don’t see the flaws and we value the treasure as priceless. Somehow, somewhere, sometime, love dies and the treasure that once was highly valued by us suddenly does not mean anything anymore.  The value is lost and we don’t have any use of the treasure.  A lot of times, the treasure ends up either in the trash can or donation place.

Yet, some people would go through the trash and find the treasure, or they go to the donation store to find a treasure they are looking for.  Suddenly, something that was so beautiful, yet lost the value in the eye of the beholder, becoming a found treasure to someone else.  This person is so happy that he/she finds what they have been looking for in the treasure.  The treasure becomes their great possession and pride and they are not letting go the treasure at any price 🙂

Sometimes the person who tossed the treasure away, started missing the treasure and wish they still have the treasure but it will be too late because the treasure is already long gone and nowhere to be found. Sometimes the best thing in life, happens once.  If you are lucky, you have a second chance 🙂

So, if you have the treasure and he/she is not perfect and have some flaws.  Look at the treasure as diamond in the rough and its potential.  You can polish her/him with your love, tender kindness, respect, trust and honor.. and after a time, you will have a polished diamond shining brightly and displaying the beauty of your love and you can keep the treasure forever 🙂

 

 

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The Journey Continues…

Well… here I am today.  Finally I can take a deep breath and smile 🙂 I am done with the final editing of my book, just waiting for a few more endorsements and it’s ready to go to the publisher.   Life is truly full of surprises with its twists and turns, highs and lows, and mountains and valleys.  Sometimes, in the midst of an ordinary life, a curveball is thrown your way that takes your breath away and knocks you off your feet.  The outcome of your life will be determined by how you respond to that curveball.

I have learned that it’s possible to go through the mountains and valleys of life, and the curveballs can become blessings in disguise.  I look back at my life for the last few years and I could say that I have come a long way.  I am happier now and having the time of my life.  My first attorney asked me to write my life story for the deposition of my divorce, which became the outline for this book.  I had to go through some hurdles to finish the book.  .  It was hard to write when you have to relive the events in your life that you do not want to remember, but with God’s grace, I was able to finish it.

Here is the little taste of what the book is all about 🙂

“I found myself captivated by Susy’s true life, fairytale love story that began at such a young age.  Her unique style of writing will draw you into her story, as if you are reliving each moment with her.  Every girl dreams of finding the man who will sweep her off of her feet and marry her.  Then they are supposed to live happily ever after…but many times people change and divorce happens.  Since 2006, I have had the privilege of working with Susy professionally in real estate and as a volunteer in conference ministry.  I have witnessed firsthand many of the ups and downs as they happened in Susy’s life.  Her journey through divorce has changed her in many ways…for the better.  She is a happier, stronger, and more self-confident woman and I am so proud of her accomplishments.  There is nothing fake about Susy; she is very real and truly loves the Lord with all of her heart.  Her life story gives hope and inspiration to anyone going through a life-changing event.  I have never met anyone like Susy and I am so thankful to be able to call her my close friend”. – Rhonda Anderson.

So 🙂  stay tuned and I will let you know when the book is available 🙂

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Love or Lust

There is a fine line between love and lust – Susy Pujiro

I was talking to a friend yesterday about love and relationship and the subject became more interesting when lust came to the mixture of the conversation.  After we were done talking, I could not help myself but thinking about our conversation.

When I think of love, I think of a man who is in love with a woman whose love is deeper than skin deep and physical attraction.  This love is a heart to heart connection between two souls, they see each other through the eye of their heart because they love the person for who he/she is in the inside.  They will fall in love with the heart of the person first, and then they will look at each other through eye of love and see the outer beauty of the other person.  That is love that will stand the storms of life and will endure.. it’s true love.

Whereas lust is the opposite of love but feels like love because you are so infatuated with the physical appearance of the other person that you think you are in love. But lust will fade away because there is no true connection between two persons besides physical attraction.  It will be short lived because you are building your relationship on sand.  When the storms of life comes, that relationship will come to ruins.

There is a fine line between love and lust because they both first look alike, feels right.  They both give you the high of feeling on top of the world, but one is real and the other is not.  Be careful what you choose 🙂

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The Old Lady In The Moon :)

Love eventually will find its way – Susy Pujiro

When I was little, my mother would tell me bedtime stories.  One of the many stories she told me was about the old lady in the moon.  Whenever it was full moon, she would point to the moon and told me there was an old lady living in the moon.  Her job was to tie red string on people’s ankles who supposed to be married but if they go and marry someone else. The string is still there, and eventually they will find each other and marry 🙂

As I grew up, I forgot about the story of the old lady in the moon.  I got married to the love of my life and I thought it would be till death do us part but that was not the case.  What I learned in my journey of love, is that love doesn’t change, meaning of marriage doesn’t change, the vow doesn’t change but people change.  We can not choose to fall in love, we just fall because love is like wind, you don’t know where it comes from but you can feel it touching you.  At any moment, we can choose to fall out of love because we have a change in heart.

I was reminded of the story while I was talking to my friend about relationship 🙂  Something awakened inside my heart that gives me hope.  Yes, I married the love of my life but was he the one with the same red string in his ankle as mine..?

Well.. life definitely is interesting and here I am later in life being reminded of the story that I heard when I was a little girl.  I have hope that the man who has the same red string on his ankle as mine is out there, looking for me and when he finds me.  I will know it in my heart that he is the one 🙂

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Dancing In The Rain

The sound of rain is like melody from heaven , and the smell of rain is so refreshing to the soul – Susy Pujiro

One of the fondest memories growing up for me was playing in the rain.  Where I come from, summer can be very hot and humid.  So, whenever we get rain in the summer time, it is like heaven on earth.  My friends and I would get so excited.  I would watch who would be the first to run out of the house to play in the rain.  Then we would all come out and join.  We would run around the neighborhood, going from house to house and just stand under the gutters and let the rain water pour down on us.  We would laugh and twirl under the rain.  We would jump on the puddle and splash, just enjoying the fresh water from heaven.  We felt so free like there was no care in life.. it was so much fun! 🙂

We would play and dance in the rain for about 10 – 20 minutes.  Because after that, the rain felt cold to the body.  There were times we had to cut the play time short because of the lightning and thunder.  We usually tried to play as long as we could but as soon as we heard the biggest thunder roared, we knew we needed to go home.

I would go home and take a shower.  My mother would make me hot chocolate or hot tea with some biscuits.  After the tea or hot chocolate,  I would crawl in bed and listen to the sound of the rain until I fell asleep.  There was something about the raindrops hitting the tiled roof that made the most beautiful melody.  It was like music from heaven.

On one of the trips I made home with my children in the summer time.  It just happened that it rained very hard one afternoon, so I took off and ran in the rain.  My children followed me.  We ran around the neighborhood , going from house to house and standing under the gutter letting the rain water pour down on us, just like when I was little.  We made a beautiful memory. 🙂

Now that I am grown up, I am still excited when it rains.  Speaking of rain, the fresh smell of rain is like none other.  It smells so good, refreshing to the soul.  I still enjoy listening to the sound of rain hitting the roof or windows as I am falling asleep.  There is nothing more beautiful than the sound of rain! 🙂

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Who Is God?

God is a touchy subject to discuss as there are a lot of opinions about him.  Some people don’t believe God, some people do.  Some people say He does not exist because we can not see Him, some people believe He exists.

 So, who is God?

 For me personally, God is the creator of heaven and earth.  When I look around me, I am in awe with His creation.  The fish in the sea, the stars in the sky, the moon and the sun, the planets and animals,  the trees and flowers, and not to mention us who is created in His own image.  He created all of these beautiful things for us to enjoy because He loves us.  He is Trinity : The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.  He is lover of my soul, he loves me unconditionally.  He always has His eyes on me all the time, He treasures me and put me in the cup of His hands.  When I think of Him, He makes me smile and my heart swells.  He is the strong tower who gives me shelter when the storm is raging in.  He is the wind beneath my wings so I can fly above the storm of life.  He is the light house that will guide me to safety.  He hides me under His wings to protect me.  He is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end.  He is a gentleman, He keeps His promises to me.  He is my daddy who loves to bless His little girl with every good gift.  He showers me with His mercy and goodness all the days of my life.

 But you say, how can you say that..? it’s easy..  think of it as dating and falling in love with your girlfriend or boyfriend.  You can not wait to see them, you think of them throughout the day.  You smile when you get the text message.  Your mind is consumed with your lover.  It will be the same way with God 🙂

 God is love.  You can not see what love looks like but you can feel love and you know what love is. You can not see Him with your bare eyes but you can see Him with the eyes of your heart.  You will know Him because you know Him first in your heart 🙂

 Take a moment, close your eyes and think of love.  If you dare, 🙂 take the step to get to know Him and you will be amazed at what Love can do for you 🙂

 

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Love …..

“Love is like playing piano, first you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from the heart” – Anonymous

That is right 🙂 … anything plays from the heart is always beautiful that’s what I have experienced.  There are so many rules and regulations and the do’s and the dont’s and the ifs and what not… but when it comes to the most important thing or person in our life, we have to make the decision from the heart because  the heart sees from deep within your soul. In the heart lies the seeds of love ready to be sown and I hope you sow it generously as you will reap lots and lots of love back at ya J

Just remember,  out of the abundance of the heart, the seeds of love will be sown and the words will be spoken kindly 🙂 so follow your heart 🙂