I dedicate this journal to those people who are like me that pursue their dreams no matter what happens and those who never lose hope to strive and fight for their goals and ambitions in life.

      I also dedicate this to everyone that made successful decisions in their life as well as to those who learned from their misjudgments.

     This is also for those who are interested to know more about me and wants to learn how I decide and what are the factors that I consider in my decision-making that they may also apply to their own life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    I am Maureen Arabela Oliveros Ismael, 19 years of age, from the City of Navotas. I wrote this journal to record and share my happenings in life as well as my decision-making that is significant in me. 

    This journal will show how I pursue my dreams little by little with the help of my significant decisions in life. 

    This may also serve as an inspiration to everyone especially those who are also pursuers of dreams and those who want to know how I examine every factor that may affect my decisions.

    During this week, I was nominated by several members of the ministry of altar servers in San Ildefonso de Navotas Parish to be a Bible Formator also known as the Education Head of our ministry. With this, I was stuck in choosing between letting them nominate me or stopping them and canceling the nomination towards me. As to be honest, I have been the Bible Formator of our ministry for two consecutive terms where I teach catechisms for our members for them to gain knowledge about Catholicism as well as that is useful to our ministry and duties. However, during  this  year, I  had  a  hard  time balancing  my  time in