Get ready to die…
December 2, 2007
one of the fountain scene at malacca before the sun sets.
taken last 05 oct 2007.
Excerpt from Bo Sanchez's Kerygma…
“That day come upon you suddenly like a snare”, Luke 21:34
Do you know how priests, nuns and monks pray each evening?
Every night, they say this prayer from their prayer books: Grant us oh Lord a restful night and a peaceful death.
It’s a wise prayer!
Let me tell you why: Because when we sleep at night, no one is sure of waking up the next day. (Do you know that there are thousands of people in the world who slept last night and didn’t wake up this morning?) You bet. Lesson? Every time we fall asleep, we should get ready to die. And why peaceful death? All of us will die, but I’d rather die peacefully than in agony.
Right? So it’s a great prayer.
I recommend that we follow this three-step night prayer:
First, enumerate God’s blessings during the day and thank Him.
Next, go through your day and ask, “When did I love? And when did I not love?” You call this an examination of conscience. Ask forgiveness.
Finally, pray for protection. You can pray Psalms 91. Or even that child’s prayer, “Angel of God, my Guardian dear…” Why? When I die, I want angels to surround and protect me. By the way, let me wish you a restful night and a peaceful death.
REFLECTION:
Tonight, if God took you home, would you be ready?
Lord, thank You for life. Thank You for death. Give me a peaceful death!
life->a game, love->a gamble
November 30, 2007
Life is game, play it well and you will never lose. Falling inlove is a gamble, you bet everything not knowing if you will win in the end.
i love you…
November 7, 2007
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silhouette shot of me in my room behind the butterfly curtain…
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Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control.
- I love you… don't ever think that I don't, and don't ever forget that I do.
- I don't say I love you to hear it back, I say it so you don't forget.
analyze this…
November 6, 2007
a view while lying down at the beautiful beach of tagbilaran bohol.
taken last 12 april 2007.
How you feel is not the result of what's happening in your life - - -
it's your interpretation of what is happening!
my biggest fear
a fountain scenery at night in malacca.
taken last 05 oct 2007.
My biggest fear is that I will become too comfortable with the idea of being lonely for the rest of my life.
unconditional love defined from STARDUST movie
i love this monologue about unconditional love from "Stardust" movie. i hope i could also feel the same way again…
"You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate… It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves… You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and… What I'm trying to say, Tristan is… I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart… It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no fits. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine."
-Yvain (Claire Danes character in STARDUST movie)
never settle for second best!
November 5, 2007
one of the trees sceneries in malacca, malaysia.
taken last 05 oct 2007.
Second best is not what i want.
And I refuse to let my life be second best.
I have one life and I need to make sure that everything I do is the best.
I AM WORTH THE BEST POSSIBLE!
And second best is settling for less than I deserve.
love does not…
one of the Tarsiers in Bohol.
the world's smallest monkey…
Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.
on marriage…
sunrise in bohol…
No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.
my life…and you in it…
tagbilaran scene in the morning…
"I don’t wanna waste anymore of my life without you in it. "
love is…
I love this quote from a movie… Am pretty sure you've heard of it…
"It's not what you say about Drew, it's what you don't say. There's not an ounce of excitement, not a whisper of a thrill. This relationship has all the passion of a pair of titmice. I want you to get swept away out there. I want you to levitate. I want you to sing with rapture & dance like a dervish. Be deliriously happy or at least leave yourself open to be. I know it's a cornball thing but love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? I say fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love — well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived… Stay open. Who knows? Lightning could strike."
- Meet Joe Black
change in my life
Standing cold and scared on top of blue hill,
There came one moment, when I lost my will.
I prayed for mercy, please lord take me away.
Oh give me sunshine where I only see grey.
My past had a hold on me, it can't be denied,
And the changes don't come easily.
* I've been lonely, I've been cheated,
I've been misunderstood
I've been washed up, I've been put down,
And told I'm no good
But with you I belong,
Cause you help me be strong,
There's a change in my life,
Since you came along.
Now I don't mind working so hard every day.
And I don't pay no mind to what people say.
'Cause after all the pain I've been through
Lord knows I'd give up everything
Just to love only you
All my life I'd held my head bent in shame,
But now I've found you, and with you
I'll remain, Lord knows.
* Repeat
A man gets crazy when his life is all wrong,
And a heart gets weary when it doesn't belong.
When the road gets rocky Lord
You've got to keep on.
Let the new light come shining on through.
* Repeat
on happiness
November 1, 2007
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have…
but rather, of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
pain in a relationship
August 17, 2007
A dragonfly on one of the plants in the
Quite colorful.
Taken last 12 Aug 2007.
Pain in a relationship is not an indication of how good a relationship is (as in, “I can't believe how much I love this person; I want them so much it hurts”). But rather how much is wrong with the relationship. Pain is telling us when it is time to move away; to pull our hand out of the flame. The problem is that too many of us come to worship the pain, believing that it is the pain that makes the relationship real.
And usually for too long we don't realize that it really is pain that we're feeling, and not some other emotion instead.
