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In this lifetime, humans tend to set aside the things that they love, for a reason that not everyone will understand. St. Thomas Aquinas reminded us by the idea that we should pursue what makes us happy, the so-called "things that we love for it will tell us who we are" however, reality will always knock us down.

This is the stage of life where everyone is trying to build a career in the assurance of having a stable future, despite doing something that you will not enjoy, as long as it will secure what's ahead of us. A sad reality that we members of the low-class family faced.

In my alone time, I drunk myself in the idea of pursuing something that I enjoy. Where I pictured out my family members synchronously understand and support. That's the time I see me genuinely happy. However, life is unfairly balanced. We should learn to take things responsibly. While you are still in the situation of doing things not aligned with your dreams, make the most out of it. Because once we starting to pursue something that makes us happy, it will be in a different situation. I am just reminding myself that what matters most is the journey in attaining our goals. Because these things that we enjoyed helps us developed to become better.

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Man is rational since we are given the gift of wisdom and with this gift we are able to comprehend on how we make choices in our day to day life. I do agree to this quote since I believe that as humans in order for us to make a decision in life then we need to be logical - no matter if our decisions may be right or wrong for others since we think differently from each other.

However, with this quote I believe the reason why God made the commandments is that even with the gift of free will we are able to discern what are the right choices we need to make in life. We become more rational when we start to distinguish what is right from wrong.

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There moments in our lives that we tend to forget of own selves, most of the time we think about our students, our families and our problems. Most of the people will say that "That is not right! You have you think of yourself too." But when the time comes that we decided to think and love our selves, other people would still say "You are selfish."
I truly agree with this quote of St. Thomas Aquinas. Loving our own self is not "selfish". It is a way of taking care of your whole being. You are the master of your own life.
In addition to that, to love yourself means to accept yourself as you are. It is also important to remind our selves that nobody is perfect. We have to accept our on flaws and be happy of who we really are. You can not be able to love others, if you don't love yourself more.

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This quotation from St. Thomas Aquinas reminded me of one person: Jesus. We all know him by Scriptures; He was teaching and preaching the Jews about the things that came from His Father. He was teaching to complete strangers and He was doing this without any pay or reward from someone. He was not doing this to become popular. All His toil and suffering were done and experienced for one noble goal: to let every people know of the truth He claims to bring. He offers it to every one his hands and feet could reach and the rejection or opposition of people did not stop Him. If Jesus' hearers proved true His claims, what Jesus' has done is a very good example of showing the greatest kindness to others.
I believe that not all of us can offer truth to everyone. Even to our loved ones, we hold back to some degree, correction or information for many reasons; it may be because of fear, jealousy, greed, etc. I believe that as humans, it is our nature to make mistakes and not to be knowledgeable of everything. If we have learned something, especially if this particular wisdom or knowledge benefits us, it feels like we are better persons. However, as humans, we are also prone to greed, fear, and other negative forces. Many times we hold back the truth or correction from others for fear of being rejected, witted and if someone whom you correct will be better than you.
I believe that leading someone from error to truth is the noblest thing on earth; it is definitely a selfless act. It is like taking the courage to break someone, bring that person from nothingness to knowingness so that he or she will not furtherly ruin himself/herself.

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“The greatest kindness one can render to any man consist in leading him from error to truth.”
This one really struck me the most because I would really love to be guided in following God’s word (truth). Human as we are, we tend to commit mistakes, we are sinners by nature. Being here on earth and choosing to follow Jesus is not a guarantee that you will always do the right thing. This greatest kindness was best portrayed by Jesus Christ when He came here and made great impacts to everyone’s life He would encounter. He was not angry when he corrected His disciples, He corrected them with concern and love.
Growing up, I was naughty, and I tend to be scolded by my father and by other adults in the family. Yet, I would always appreciate the way my mom and my grandmothers would correct me. They do it with gentleness and with concern.
This is significant to me as a Christian and an educator, it is my greatest task to be able to share the truth to my students. But when we correct our students, we must do it with gentleness and without judgment. When we correct others, we also do it with concern and without judgment. I would also appreciate to be corrected without judgment. The challenging part of this, is to be able to lead others without looking like the ‘boss’ or the ‘righteous’, in leading others, we must also accept that we may commit mistakes, we are not perfect. Being a good leader is a being a good follower. Sometimes, we must be able to reflect and listen to some advices or corrections when we commit mistakes.

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I my understanding, Thomas discussed his concept of LOVE in two viewpoints. One, about the love for God and common good or others and the other is about self-love or love for oneself. Understanding this concept, I would say that I strongly agree with his words "Well-ordered self love is right and natural." For Aquinas this refers to the kind of love that fulfills the natural inclination of seeking happiness in order to fulfill shall I say the love tank of the others or love for God and common good. Just like the common statement, "We cannot give what we do not have." Fulfilling the self-love that we seek before loving others is natural and valid. We cannot constantly give and give the acts of love to others if we haven't satisfied ourselves with the love we need. One can only truly love others when he/she have fully loved himself/herself. Just as they say, self-love is not selfish. These two kinds of love co-exist. One cannot separate the self-love and the love extended for God and the common God because even in loving others or for common good, one cannot take away the "self-centered self-love" in the picture because again it is a natural inclination and it is valid.

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HAMODIONG, CARMELA M.     "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible". -St. Thomas                            I certainly agree with this quote, it means that if we have faith in ourselves and in God, we don’t need an explanation because deep within us, we already know that we are not going to get lost in finding and understanding the reason in every situation. To those who have no faith, it will be difficult to find the reason why because they can’t choose the right path for them.                           Just like me, I’ve been through a lot such as my difficult times, problems, trials, and anxieties and we all experience it because it’s a human thing. Whenever I feel like the world is letting me down, I know that I can go through it and I won’t give up because I have my family, friends, and God who believes in me. There is always a reason for everything that we've been through and if we have a strong faith in our God, we don’t have to worry because we are on the right path and we are strong enough to face everything with God.        

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HAMODIONG, CARMELA M.     "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible". -St. Thomas                            I certainly agree with this quote, it means that if we have faith in ourselves and in God, we don’t need an explanation because deep within us, we already know that we are not going to get lost in finding and understanding the reason in every situation. To those who have no faith, it will be difficult to find the reason why because they can’t choose the right path for them.                           Just like me, I’ve been through a lot such as my difficult times, problems, trials, and anxieties and we all experience it because it’s a human thing. Whenever I feel like the world is letting me down, I know that I can go through it and I won’t give up because I have my family, friends, and God who believes in me. There is always a reason for everything that we've been through and if we have a strong faith in our God, we don’t have to worry because we are on the right path and we are strong enough to face everything with God.        

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TEJADA, ALECKZA-MAYEEN B.

In today’s world, society chooses to live life according to their terms regardless of it being the truth or not. It’s like a horse having blinkers on both eyes in which the person is focus without minding its surroundings. This can be a good characteristic of a person. But as they say, too much of everything is not good.

In our everyday life, we experienced acts of kindness by people we know or even from strangers. One common example that we often see on the internet is when a complete stranger defends a person from being bullied. This stranger corrects the bully and leads him to the truth that what he is doing is completely wrong and should not be tolerated. This stranger is not only showing kindness to the bullied person, but also to the bully for educating him of the correct values a person should possess. If a stranger can show this to us, what more can our family or friends do? It’s beyond imaginable.

Kindness is free and should be passed around. It is a nourishment to humanity.

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DEL ROSARIO, CARL LOUISE
TIME STAMP: 6:58PM
7 OCT 2020

Aquinas' quotes are all really note-worthy but this one stood out to me the most. I definitely agree with this one as this is one of the principles that I follow in life. There is nothing more satisfying and fulfilling than knowing the truth about certain topics and situations.
Take for example, encountering fake news and believing in it. This is alarming and most would often believe in fake news. However, if someone could verify the information, tell you it's fake and direct you to the real news, you would definitely fully understand better and maybe feel a sense of relief.
However, as we all know, not all truths are good. There are times wherein knowing the truth is the hardest pill to swallow and accepting the truth would hurt one's pride. Despite this, one would need a lot of courage to face the person living in error and encourage them to face the truth. Not everyone will accept this as most would just prefer to live and believe in a lie, the comforting lie, rather than face the harsh reality.
So, as this quote says, it is the greatest kindness one can offer another as it will make one face the mistake or error that one has made and finally know and face the truth they didn't know, realize or confront.