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National Youth Day 2017: We are Flawed

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Hi! If you don't know what NYD is or what it's for, you can read more about it here . The event has 3 sessions: We are Flawed, We are Good and Gifted and We are called to offer our lives/We are called to make a difference. We are Flawed. What I understood during the session was that being broken doesn't mean you can't be repaired. No matter how broken a person is, he/she is still capable to be fixed and that even though he/she is broken that doesn't mean they are not destined to do great things in the future. I know this has been said a lot of times already, but I will say it again. Nobody is perfect. No matter how perfect you think someone is, they're really not. They have problems and insecurities like any other person out there. Each and every one of us is flawed, we have our own set of criticisms about ourselves but even though we are flawed, that doesn't mean we can't be our own definition of perfect. If we accept our weaknesses and short...

National Youth Day 2017: Pre-NYD

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Photo by: Share the Best Zambo 2017 FB Page | Edited by: Feleesa DP Hi guys! So this is my first ever blog and I wanted it to be meaningful and something that I'm so blessed to have been a part of. National Youth Day 2017. What is it?  Well, For me, it was one the best experiences I ever had in my life. An event where you become closer to yourself, to others and to the community without people judging you. A place where you become closer to the one from above. I'll talk more about it in another blog post. As for where this event was held in, It was held in Zamboanga City, Philippines on November 6-10, 2017. The next one will be held in Cebu City. A short story on how I actually volunteered to become a facilitator for NYD is that initially I thought that the event was similar to the Leadership Training we usually had when I was in Junior High, so I was so hyped to volunteer cause I missed being a facilitator and when I already registered and everything was good...