I knew I found love
The moment your lips touched mine
My heart skipped a beat
Telling me you’re the one
I’ve been waiting for all this time.
It was so easy for us to be friends
You tell me things no one else knows
While I wonder deep inside
What’s going on
I guess I’ve been loving you all along.
You complete me
In ways I never thought is possible
For better or for worse
I will be here for you
My one sweet love.
-August 11, 2011
Just finished attending the First Friday Mass here at ABS-CBN's chapel. I was feeling out of sorts with all the stuff I have to accomplish today so that I could make it to my friends' meet-up in Makati before we head off to our Tagaytay escapade. I couldn't leave the office earlier as planned though since I have to cover an event later.
But thank God I heard today's gospel which is about the multiplication of loaves and fish during one of Jesus's preaching in Galilee. I love the priest's homily because it was about the true meaning of “eating” and “dining”. With the fast-paced lifestyle that we lead nowadays, he said that people often take for granted the need for conversation/interaction when dining either with your loved ones or in social functions.
He stressed that “eating” also means “sharing” especially in light of The Eucharist or The Last Supper where Jesus Christ broke the bread and shared pieces of it with his disciples. The whole act was made not only for the sake of eating but for sharing the good news about humanity’s salvation and the great mission that lies ahead of them.
He talked about keeping our hearts open to hear what others have to say and not just concentrate solely on filling our stomachs with food. Such is our tendency when we’re so busy we don’t have time to talk and enjoy the company of our friends and loved ones. In the same way that he encouraged us to keep our hands open to the needy for the more we give, the more we receive.
It was a very striking homily for me because the priest also shared his thoughts about faithful love and the modern couples' tendency to grow apart “para mag-kanya-kanya”; when the real essence of love in the context of marriage is staying committed to each other and being ready to give up anything for one’s partner.
And I realized, that is not martyrdom because love is made perfect with God at the center of any relationship. Whatever happens, whatever decision that you make, you just know that you’ll never go wrong. Because true love is never wrong. It’s so powerful that it actually covers all wrongs.
Indeed, such is the POWER of love. :)
Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a stranger,
Only to someone who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife
Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.
Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive.
Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.
There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me”
There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness. - Paolo Coelho
It's amazing how Coelho put into words the feelings and thoughts that people often have a hard time expressing to the one they love or even admitting to themselves. I was inspired from the moment that I read the first line of this entry in his blog, for it reminded me that THERE REALLY IS NO ROOM FOR PRIDE IN LOVE. I’ve seen many times how expectations, doubts and fears stop a person from showing someone how much he/she really means to him/her. Because the truth is, people can't help but expect to be loved in return. And it would be heartbreaking once the person finds out all his/her efforts were made in vain. But in the end, what really matters is that you live the present moment, say what you wanna say, do what you wanna do and be able to stand up for it no matter what the consequences. Just remember that you should know when to let go if it's time to move on or to stay in that person's life if he/she wants you to.
Yes, fear is the cheapest room in the house...
I don't wanna be scared...
But I still am.
Chuck Noland: We both had done the math. Kelly added it all up and... knew she had to let me go. I added it up, and knew that I had... lost her. 'cos I was never gonna get off that island. I was gonna die there, totally alone. I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen. So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over *nothing*. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? (Cast Away, 2000)
I’m feeling sleepy and a little bored when I came across this excerpt while surfing the net for nothing in particular. Just you know, waiting for something exciting to happen in the middle of a slow and uneventful Wednesday afternoon. As I read the striking lines, which I put on bold above, I remember the simple truth about how good it is to be alive, to be able to breathe the air around you, no matter how polluted the city have become or how monotonous your daily routine is.
It’s so easy to take for granted the simple things that we should enjoy like taking a moment to look out the window of your office building and appreciate the harmony between God’s awe-inspiring creation and man’s ingenuity—the cityscape juxtaposed against the clear blue skies and rolling mountains beyond or the city lights and the twinkling stars at night. Such simple pleasures never fail to amaze me, most especially during the moments in your life when you want to give up the fight, surrender to your weakness and let darkness overcome you.
To lose hope is effortless. And so we are challenged every waking day to find a reason to believe that our lives are worth living. Whether good or bad, whatever circumstances we find ourselves in, remember that you are exactly where you are meant to be. Don’t rush and just enjoy the journey! J
