"you take the pieces of the dreams that you have
'cause you don't like the way they seem to be going
you cut them up and spread them out on the floor
you're full of hope as you begin rearranging
put it all back together..."
--- Keane, Lover's are Losing
***the year is almost at an end... this song is on repeat... although it seems a sad song... i find it hopeful... brings back a thought of beginning...
i read in the papers that on new year's eve we have one leap second... as if... to extend things a bit... a extra breath, an extra thought, an extra heartbeat... may we all use that second to remember one great memory... or utter a quiet praise and thank you to our Maker...
have a blessed new year everyone! :)
****2become1 is the original tittle for this... for some reason doesn't go well with my thoughts..
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
May each of us make someone's Christmas wish come true... it's a great birthday gift for our Birthday Boy! :) Merry Christmas, everyone! :)
Friday, December 19, 2008
pick me
the other day was most toxic... i have a zillion things to do and was giving myself a peptalk so as not to give in to the 'sleep-this-off-mode' ... i went outside to watch my favorite light... somehow this little things seemed to scream at me... " remember you promised God you'll share Him through your work..." silly me... how can i ever forget that.... so back to work... :)
Friday, December 12, 2008
indios exibit at trinoma... please check them out!
my fave flickrgroup - flickristasindios is having a photo exhibit next week. so if you have time, please come see the works of these great talented people... even if i haven't met any of them yet, their works speak for themselves... i'm so proud to be part of this creative community! hopefully, i can sneak time to be there on opening day... but since the season is toxic... i am not sure... but i'm sure God will help me come up with something... :)Thursday, November 06, 2008
endo
"again ye come, ye hovering forms! i find ye,
as early to my clouded sight ye shone!
shall i attempt, this once, to seize and bind ye?
still over my heart is that illusion thrown?
ye crowd more near! then be the reign assigned ye
and sway me from your misty, shadowy zone,
from magic airs that round your march awaken.
of joyous days ye bring the blissful vision;
the dear, familiar phantoms rise again,
and like an old and half-extinct tradition,
first love returns with friendship in his train.
renewed is pain; with mournful repetition
life tracks his devious labyrinthine chain,
and name the good, whose cheating fortune torn them
from happy hours, and left me to deplore them.
they hear no longer these succeeding measures
the souls to whom my earliest songs i sang;
dispersed the friendly troop, with all its pleasures,
and still alas! the echoes first that rang.
i bring the unknown multitudes my treasures;
their very plaudits, give my heart a pang,
and those beside, whose joy my song so flattered,
if still they live, wide through the earth are scattered.
and grasps me now a long - unwonted yearning
for that serene and solemn spirit land;
my song, to faint aeolian murmurs turning,
sways like a harp string by the breezes fanned.
i thrill and tremble, tear on tear is burning,
and the stern heart is tenderly unmanned.
what i possess, i see far distant lying,
and what i lost, grows real and undying. "
--- Dedication from Faust, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; translated by Bayard Taylor
--- i never got to finish the book... this poem remain a favorite. today i feel i've ended something... even only in mind... i somehow felt free.
as early to my clouded sight ye shone!
shall i attempt, this once, to seize and bind ye?
still over my heart is that illusion thrown?
ye crowd more near! then be the reign assigned ye
and sway me from your misty, shadowy zone,
from magic airs that round your march awaken.
of joyous days ye bring the blissful vision;
the dear, familiar phantoms rise again,
and like an old and half-extinct tradition,
first love returns with friendship in his train.
renewed is pain; with mournful repetition
life tracks his devious labyrinthine chain,
and name the good, whose cheating fortune torn them
from happy hours, and left me to deplore them.
they hear no longer these succeeding measures
the souls to whom my earliest songs i sang;
dispersed the friendly troop, with all its pleasures,
and still alas! the echoes first that rang.
i bring the unknown multitudes my treasures;
their very plaudits, give my heart a pang,
and those beside, whose joy my song so flattered,
if still they live, wide through the earth are scattered.
and grasps me now a long - unwonted yearning
for that serene and solemn spirit land;
my song, to faint aeolian murmurs turning,
sways like a harp string by the breezes fanned.
i thrill and tremble, tear on tear is burning,
and the stern heart is tenderly unmanned.
what i possess, i see far distant lying,
and what i lost, grows real and undying. "
--- Dedication from Faust, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; translated by Bayard Taylor
--- i never got to finish the book... this poem remain a favorite. today i feel i've ended something... even only in mind... i somehow felt free.
Monday, September 15, 2008
God's will and grace
i have trusted God with everything that is happening.
i know that if i continue to doubt and fear it is like insulting Him...
that i do not believe in His love for me...
that i do not believe in His power.
so whatever this thought may make me believe...
even if facts remain evident and true...
i trust in God's will at things...
He didn't lead me here to leave me hanging.
unlike others He's not gonna put me on stealth mode.
He's always on line as it is...
a prayer away...
each thought a prayer...
and as i am in constant thought...
i am never really away from God.
from Godspeaks billboard: the Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.
Monday, August 25, 2008
here's to another 525,600 minutes! :)
****just finished celebrating a blessed day with my kins... i cooked for them, siempre... and requested cakes... everyone brought one from different cake shops... hehehe... still i was surprised by this huge ensemble of little cakes my cousins,inc gave me.. they're pretty famous for this....
super thank you to everyone who remembered. and to God for giving me another year to bask... :)
Sunday, March 30, 2008
divine gift
"faith is a gift from God. it is not something we can earn or acquire by our own efforts. there is a mystery about how God grants this gift. a person can read the whole Bible, study the best of theologians, and listen to the most persuasive of preachers without coming to faith... some of us may think we have faith because we were born of catholic parents who saw to it that we were baptized as infants. but some people, baptized as infants, have rejected the faith later life. others may have become converts as adults and think that faith came from the good example and teaching of others. some however have witnessed good example and heard sound teaching without converting. in the final analysis we must all stand before God in wonder that for His own good reasons, without merit of our own, He has freely chosen to give us faith as a gift. and faith makes all the difference in our lives." --- Fr. Denny Lucas, SVD, from the Words in other words book
Sunday, March 23, 2008
easter thoughts and all
" the first good friday was not good at all. it was bad, very bad, for it was a day when an innocent man was tortured to the max before he was crucified. let us make today's good friday really and truly good by being good and doing good. good friday was not some friday that happened some 2000 years ago. good friday is today and every day when we remember with gratitude Jesus's personal love for us, and respond to this love by living a good life that overflows into love of others, especially the 'little ones'. there's really isn't much to say, especially today. let us just listen and ponder deeply on the fact that Somebody died for you and me..." --- Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD from the Words in other words book
"...mary magdalene... the first to visit the Lord's tomb and later the first to see the risen Lord... john... the first to believe in the resurrection , beginning at the empty tomb... peter... the first among the deserters to witness with his own eyes the empty tomb... three diverse personalities! three different points of view of the empty tomb! three different intensities of believing! three different ways of relating the story of the resurrection! all three are among the closest friends of the Lord. all three loved the Lord each in their own peculiar ways. all three have seen the risen Lord. all three were transformed by their personal experience of the risen Lord. all three bore witness to the truth of Christ's resurrection through their personal lives. the story of the first Easter begun at an empty tomb, but did not end there. the story traveled from place to place, from one time to another, through the Spirit working in the church, and the people whose lives bore the marks of an encounter with the risen Lord. we, too, can truly claim to be the children of the resurrection if we learn to relinquish the empty tomb and witness through our lives the greatest truth of Christ's resurrection. Have a piece of the good news of Easter. happy Easter! " --- Fr. Nielo Cantilado, SVD from the Word in other words book Christ is risen! spring starts... we, too, begin again... one of my fave quotes says.. " there is absolute and unbroken continuity..." everything has eternal beginnings... nothing ever ends, only stops for a while... things set aside to continue another time... it's all in the way we think and see things... HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!
"...mary magdalene... the first to visit the Lord's tomb and later the first to see the risen Lord... john... the first to believe in the resurrection , beginning at the empty tomb... peter... the first among the deserters to witness with his own eyes the empty tomb... three diverse personalities! three different points of view of the empty tomb! three different intensities of believing! three different ways of relating the story of the resurrection! all three are among the closest friends of the Lord. all three loved the Lord each in their own peculiar ways. all three have seen the risen Lord. all three were transformed by their personal experience of the risen Lord. all three bore witness to the truth of Christ's resurrection through their personal lives. the story of the first Easter begun at an empty tomb, but did not end there. the story traveled from place to place, from one time to another, through the Spirit working in the church, and the people whose lives bore the marks of an encounter with the risen Lord. we, too, can truly claim to be the children of the resurrection if we learn to relinquish the empty tomb and witness through our lives the greatest truth of Christ's resurrection. Have a piece of the good news of Easter. happy Easter! " --- Fr. Nielo Cantilado, SVD from the Word in other words book Christ is risen! spring starts... we, too, begin again... one of my fave quotes says.. " there is absolute and unbroken continuity..." everything has eternal beginnings... nothing ever ends, only stops for a while... things set aside to continue another time... it's all in the way we think and see things... HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
colored stress
this was the cause of my stress this week... had to make decorations for 27 gowns with these and had no idea where to begin... how can such pretty colors make ones head ache? but all's done now... thank God! i have done my best...
Sunday, February 10, 2008
secret hope in the waiting room
" will you see me in the end?
or is it just a waste of time
trying to be your friend?
just shine, shine, shine
shine a little light
shine a light on my life..."
--- keane, hamburg song
where ever i go...i'm often equipped for boredom... a book, a sketch pad, a journal for writing, mp3 for music and cam phone for taking flckr shots... the simplest things catch my interest and if worthy holds it for a long time... so if there's no one to chat with... i go entertain myself with them boredom gears...
but there are other kinds of waiting that sucks! waiting for replies that never come...whether it be through emails, letters, phone calls, text messages or a little note... i am guilty of late replies but i do try to reply when i have the time... i try to see if things are in urgent need of such or can be postponed... often, if possible, i send my apologies, so that... if i forget... at least, i didn't keep whoever it was waiting in vain... i believe, i have kept a lot of folks waiting in some way...that is because it takes ages for me to decide... do i sever? do i keep relating? often still, i think i usually end up explaining myself to walls and to the wind...because no one seems to have the right mind to understand... there are people who left me hanging, never certain if i'll be attended on... wish they will just be clear with stuffs and tell me so... so i can move along...
my immediate world is as diverse as can be:
there are people who demands too much attention,
there are people who wants less,
there are those who gives a lot of concern
and there are those who couldn't care less...
there are those wise
and there are those who pretends to be,
and there are those who are just plain silly...
there are those who gives good advice
and those who gives advice but never heeds them
and there are those who forgets giving the advice at all...
there are those who teaches me a lot of things,
more so in actions than words...
there are those who just be and influences me greatly...
many are loud,
others silent..
many are seen,
some shrouded...
many are too real,
others fantastic and arcane...
some are simple and ordinary,
others are orphic and sublime...
my world is one and all...
but mostly it's the same as everyone else's...
God given and full of blessings...
i read somewhere... that the secret of waiting is doing something else for the meanwhile... true... but still what is there to do, if you are a thinker like me... always in constant thought... a zillion thoughts will wage a war in my head and i will lose... darn! think! think! think! think! always thinking!but hey! i win, anyway in the end of it all...for God is waiting with me...
but still... a reply would be lovely!
or is it just a waste of time
trying to be your friend?
just shine, shine, shine
shine a little light
shine a light on my life..."
--- keane, hamburg song
where ever i go...i'm often equipped for boredom... a book, a sketch pad, a journal for writing, mp3 for music and cam phone for taking flckr shots... the simplest things catch my interest and if worthy holds it for a long time... so if there's no one to chat with... i go entertain myself with them boredom gears...
but there are other kinds of waiting that sucks! waiting for replies that never come...whether it be through emails, letters, phone calls, text messages or a little note... i am guilty of late replies but i do try to reply when i have the time... i try to see if things are in urgent need of such or can be postponed... often, if possible, i send my apologies, so that... if i forget... at least, i didn't keep whoever it was waiting in vain... i believe, i have kept a lot of folks waiting in some way...that is because it takes ages for me to decide... do i sever? do i keep relating? often still, i think i usually end up explaining myself to walls and to the wind...because no one seems to have the right mind to understand... there are people who left me hanging, never certain if i'll be attended on... wish they will just be clear with stuffs and tell me so... so i can move along...
my immediate world is as diverse as can be:
there are people who demands too much attention,
there are people who wants less,
there are those who gives a lot of concern
and there are those who couldn't care less...
there are those wise
and there are those who pretends to be,
and there are those who are just plain silly...
there are those who gives good advice
and those who gives advice but never heeds them
and there are those who forgets giving the advice at all...
there are those who teaches me a lot of things,
more so in actions than words...
there are those who just be and influences me greatly...
many are loud,
others silent..
many are seen,
some shrouded...
many are too real,
others fantastic and arcane...
some are simple and ordinary,
others are orphic and sublime...
my world is one and all...
but mostly it's the same as everyone else's...
God given and full of blessings...
i read somewhere... that the secret of waiting is doing something else for the meanwhile... true... but still what is there to do, if you are a thinker like me... always in constant thought... a zillion thoughts will wage a war in my head and i will lose... darn! think! think! think! think! always thinking!but hey! i win, anyway in the end of it all...for God is waiting with me...
but still... a reply would be lovely!
rsvp
"some things are sacred, baby
why have you gone and trampled them lately?
i guess it's just all a part of your way
you should be ashamed
i'm getting tired of fighting
i guess i should ask
'do i go quietly down?
do i kick? do i scream when i'm bound?
are you coming
to open the door?
are you near,
are you near, is it far?' "
--- sixpence none the richer, the waiting room
*** one leaf, makes me think of someone... the other, makes me think of something... i am bound in a way... trying to let go and yet couldn't... enlightened yet shrouded...
i have said time and again that i am letting God do what must be done... but there are still moments when i question... tempted to throw in the towel... but always... always... still holding on... why it is such... i am never certain... all i know is... i am here... waiting... and God is waiting with me...
why have you gone and trampled them lately?
i guess it's just all a part of your way
you should be ashamed
i'm getting tired of fighting
i guess i should ask
'do i go quietly down?
do i kick? do i scream when i'm bound?
are you coming
to open the door?
are you near,
are you near, is it far?' "
--- sixpence none the richer, the waiting room
*** one leaf, makes me think of someone... the other, makes me think of something... i am bound in a way... trying to let go and yet couldn't... enlightened yet shrouded...
i have said time and again that i am letting God do what must be done... but there are still moments when i question... tempted to throw in the towel... but always... always... still holding on... why it is such... i am never certain... all i know is... i am here... waiting... and God is waiting with me...
Sunday, January 27, 2008
tree sketch series (eighteen)
"a woman has strength that amazes men.
she can handle trouble and carry heavy burdens
she holds happiness, love and opinions
she smiles when she feels like screaming
she sings when she feels like crying
cries when she's happy
and laughs when she's afraid
her love is unconditional
there is only one thing wrong with her...
she sometimes forgets what she is worth... "
--- from a text message sent to me
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
hmmm??? possible...
| Your Birthdate: August 24 |
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i'm older than you think!
| You Act Like You Are 26 Years Old |
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
filipinoness/pinoyness... more or less... :D
***due to the busyness of the holidays i never got to read the newspapers... recently i had the time to peruse on my fave articles and one of my favorite authors (GCF - i so love what she wrote!) have this to say:
the life drama of the pinoy
is like filipino cooking
no recipe, no formula,
all pakiramdam,
kutob and tantya.
a whole lot of rekado
sama-sama, halo-halo
tikim timpla,
tikim timpla.
once removed from the stove
you think tapos na?
hindi pa!
now comes fine tuning:
patis, kalamansi, bagoong,
vinegar, garlic, toyo
and siling labuyo!
ay - sarap na!
don't edit a french chef
like that - lagot ka!
adobo ni lola is different
from adobo ni nancy
and adobo ni rosa.
one hundred ways to cook adobo
pati lumpia, pati pansit
iba-iba.
the pinoy's tastebuds
are variegated --
to originality and muti-tasking
he's fatally oriented.
in the restaurant each pinoy
will order his own,
but "waiter! put everything
in the middle kasi everyone
will share-share."
one slice of cake
-- six forks!
please pass that tuna belly,
patikim naman ng teriyaki!
in da future to come
when experiences abroad
come home to roost
ano kayang bagong potahe
ang susunod
sa choc-nut ice cream,
durian pie and bibingcrepe,
taba ng talangka pasta,
sinigang na corned beef
and kamote bread?
shall we ever sit down quietly
to a meal, agreeing finally,
tamang-tama ang timpla
oh my gulay, okay din pati kulay
the pinoy has drunk the dregs
of sour tuba and bitter eggs
husto na! tama na!
huwag makibaboy, makibaka!
we're descended, after all,
from lemurians and maharlika,
we've tasted diwata wine -
we know what it is to be sublime.
we mounted a revolution
we replaced the whole cast,
the company we've chosen
is honorable at last.
joke lang! sori, pangarap!
tinatawag na forecast.
aalsa ba ang masa?
puputok ba ang upper crust?
kaming palaman ng sandwich
shake, rattle and roll
whom do we trust?
-- Gilda Cordero-Fernando, lutong pinoy
*** galing! she so got it right! :D
the life drama of the pinoy
is like filipino cooking
no recipe, no formula,
all pakiramdam,
kutob and tantya.
a whole lot of rekado
sama-sama, halo-halo
tikim timpla,
tikim timpla.
once removed from the stove
you think tapos na?
hindi pa!
now comes fine tuning:
patis, kalamansi, bagoong,
vinegar, garlic, toyo
and siling labuyo!
ay - sarap na!
don't edit a french chef
like that - lagot ka!
adobo ni lola is different
from adobo ni nancy
and adobo ni rosa.
one hundred ways to cook adobo
pati lumpia, pati pansit
iba-iba.
the pinoy's tastebuds
are variegated --
to originality and muti-tasking
he's fatally oriented.
in the restaurant each pinoy
will order his own,
but "waiter! put everything
in the middle kasi everyone
will share-share."
one slice of cake
-- six forks!
please pass that tuna belly,
patikim naman ng teriyaki!
in da future to come
when experiences abroad
come home to roost
ano kayang bagong potahe
ang susunod
sa choc-nut ice cream,
durian pie and bibingcrepe,
taba ng talangka pasta,
sinigang na corned beef
and kamote bread?
shall we ever sit down quietly
to a meal, agreeing finally,
tamang-tama ang timpla
oh my gulay, okay din pati kulay
the pinoy has drunk the dregs
of sour tuba and bitter eggs
husto na! tama na!
huwag makibaboy, makibaka!
we're descended, after all,
from lemurians and maharlika,
we've tasted diwata wine -
we know what it is to be sublime.
we mounted a revolution
we replaced the whole cast,
the company we've chosen
is honorable at last.
joke lang! sori, pangarap!
tinatawag na forecast.
aalsa ba ang masa?
puputok ba ang upper crust?
kaming palaman ng sandwich
shake, rattle and roll
whom do we trust?
-- Gilda Cordero-Fernando, lutong pinoy
*** galing! she so got it right! :D
Monday, January 07, 2008
ngayon
"ngayon ang simula
ng hiram mong buhay
ngayon daidig mo'y
bata at makulay
ngayon gugulin mo
nang tama't mahusay
bawat saglit at sandali
magsikap ka't magpuyagi
maging aral bawat mali...
ngayon
bago ito maging kahapon
ang pakakataon
sana'y wag itapon
ikaw tulad ko rin
ay may dapit hapon
pag ika'y napalingon
sa nagdaang bawat ngayon
nasayang lang na panahon...
ituring mong kahapo'y
waring panaginip lang
ang bukas pangitain n'yang
ganda'y sa isip lang
kung bawat ngayon mo
sa'yo ay laging sulit lang
kay ganda ng buhay
bukas mo'y matibay
dahil ang sandiga'y
ngayon..."
-- lea salonga,ngayon (a basil valdez original) -- from her songs from home album
i have vowed to be more steadfast in my pursuit of learning and wisdom... i have told myself to be absolutely firm on my decision not to be bothered by the past afterthoughts that meddle my brain... but i can still feel the enemy creeping in ... breathing close by... yet couldn't get close enough to get a grip... the above song talks about living in the moment... basking in the now of things and never looking back with regret and expecting too much from the future... this God-planned journey... this steps of faith... mostly uncertain... i could be like whom i was before and worry to death... but there is a difference now... i wish i could shout it out and be proud about it... but i can't boast that much... i'm still under repair... i can just smile my secret smiles and know i'm doing far well than what others think i'm doing... because i have learned to trust God... even if i have looked and acted rather silly at the start of the year before and maybe even now... but what is yesterday but history... and what is tomorrow but a maybe... now is here... even if i'm sometimes not in tune at all... i am aware... i know... i see... i sense... i feel... that is our difference... in my silliness i sometimes look oddly stupid that i may seem to be incapable of learning anything... yet...i can... i did... i have... and continue to do so... come along... now. blessed be!
ng hiram mong buhay
ngayon daidig mo'y
bata at makulay
ngayon gugulin mo
nang tama't mahusay
bawat saglit at sandali
magsikap ka't magpuyagi
maging aral bawat mali...
ngayon
bago ito maging kahapon
ang pakakataon
sana'y wag itapon
ikaw tulad ko rin
ay may dapit hapon
pag ika'y napalingon
sa nagdaang bawat ngayon
nasayang lang na panahon...
ituring mong kahapo'y
waring panaginip lang
ang bukas pangitain n'yang
ganda'y sa isip lang
kung bawat ngayon mo
sa'yo ay laging sulit lang
kay ganda ng buhay
bukas mo'y matibay
dahil ang sandiga'y
ngayon..."
-- lea salonga,ngayon (a basil valdez original) -- from her songs from home album
i have vowed to be more steadfast in my pursuit of learning and wisdom... i have told myself to be absolutely firm on my decision not to be bothered by the past afterthoughts that meddle my brain... but i can still feel the enemy creeping in ... breathing close by... yet couldn't get close enough to get a grip... the above song talks about living in the moment... basking in the now of things and never looking back with regret and expecting too much from the future... this God-planned journey... this steps of faith... mostly uncertain... i could be like whom i was before and worry to death... but there is a difference now... i wish i could shout it out and be proud about it... but i can't boast that much... i'm still under repair... i can just smile my secret smiles and know i'm doing far well than what others think i'm doing... because i have learned to trust God... even if i have looked and acted rather silly at the start of the year before and maybe even now... but what is yesterday but history... and what is tomorrow but a maybe... now is here... even if i'm sometimes not in tune at all... i am aware... i know... i see... i sense... i feel... that is our difference... in my silliness i sometimes look oddly stupid that i may seem to be incapable of learning anything... yet...i can... i did... i have... and continue to do so... come along... now. blessed be!
Saturday, January 05, 2008
travel on
"blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed. "
-- Alexander Pope
*** beginning or continuing... i go now... pressing on... much to be and do... yet nothing planned but an advance thank you to God for whatever is coming my way.
there is much to watch out for... but i have learned to take things one day at a time... i sense a light film of worry somewhere near but there is nothing major to be bothered of... if i let the enemy in... what is the use of learning all my lessons... i am not perfect yet... nor will i ever be... i will just level up at times and improve a bit... society and the people around me will dictate what they believe is supposed to be... but God will tell me otherwise... He will send an assurance that i'm doing well... in whatever it is that i am doing... before, i have always let things get to me... pretending to know and understand... yet totally clueless of many things... i have gone passed that... maybe only a few steps... maybe within hearing and seeing distance... but far enough to be out of reach... no turning back... because that means giving up... as long as i have my belief that God is with me... " i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..." my journey is long... may never truly end... i may not have any travel companion to aid me in my hour of need... i may be the most boring and disappointing being you'll ever know... but then what do you know... you may think what you think but that is all there is... you do not know me nor do i know you... we end there... roads unmerged... lives parallel now... stuck in the middle of strangers... all figuring out what to do and how to be... press on, jdt, press on... no other letter can affect you anymore... no matter how great... blessed be God forever.
-- Alexander Pope
*** beginning or continuing... i go now... pressing on... much to be and do... yet nothing planned but an advance thank you to God for whatever is coming my way.
there is much to watch out for... but i have learned to take things one day at a time... i sense a light film of worry somewhere near but there is nothing major to be bothered of... if i let the enemy in... what is the use of learning all my lessons... i am not perfect yet... nor will i ever be... i will just level up at times and improve a bit... society and the people around me will dictate what they believe is supposed to be... but God will tell me otherwise... He will send an assurance that i'm doing well... in whatever it is that i am doing... before, i have always let things get to me... pretending to know and understand... yet totally clueless of many things... i have gone passed that... maybe only a few steps... maybe within hearing and seeing distance... but far enough to be out of reach... no turning back... because that means giving up... as long as i have my belief that God is with me... " i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..." my journey is long... may never truly end... i may not have any travel companion to aid me in my hour of need... i may be the most boring and disappointing being you'll ever know... but then what do you know... you may think what you think but that is all there is... you do not know me nor do i know you... we end there... roads unmerged... lives parallel now... stuck in the middle of strangers... all figuring out what to do and how to be... press on, jdt, press on... no other letter can affect you anymore... no matter how great... blessed be God forever.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
leap year of faith
minutes to go... and the leap year begins... i am not outside as you know... staying away from firecrackers... hello! i got burned (not from firecrackers). that's enough blast for the year... but that doesn't mean i'm not celebrating... i am... will just be watching the fireworks from the neighbors'... the air smells of it already... but i sense something more thick than the firecrackers' smoke... boundless hope and a whole lot of faith... gosh! i'm having a secret smile moment again! :)
wrote this a few minutes before midnight at my flickr page... happy new year to all!
wrote this a few minutes before midnight at my flickr page... happy new year to all!
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