...it is not death, but dying, which is terrible ~

 "Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of which it has been said, that it is not death, 

but dying, which is terrible." 
Henry Fielding
 

Perhaps that’s why the new couldn’t take flight successfully and completely because this period is needed to fully cover the course of saying our final goodbyes to the past and to the old.

I remember posting something about this in February, why it still feels off? Why it still feels something is missing? Perhaps this is the period where a spark of epiphany will finally lit the confused heart.

Let’s be kinder to each of our friends and beloveds while going through this tough time. More importantly, let us be kinder to and more understanding of ourselves.

Cats in the morning

Meet Grey, the cat

This morning while looking outside our lawn, I spotted Grey (our cat) having her usual morning ritual

She loves lying on leaves as she gets her morning sun

Her eyes are as green as a freshly fallen leaf

After a while, she walked up the terrace and occupied her favorite spot! The glass table.

And Grey has many friends, Orange and Kuting-Kuting

And Lyka. We suspect that Lyka is Kuting-Kuting's mom, well she kept mum about it.

So, we've come to the end of a story of one cat morning. Furry-well everyone til' next time.

Spending weekend in my house

Yes, I am very productive

&Looking forward to new planner ^^

Til summer comes again

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know with a white quilt and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep darlings, till the summer comes again."

Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland

Keeping it Green (Article #1) Living less is living more

Remember I posted last June 22 my idea about Love the earth campaign, now the idea comes into fruition and this is my very first entry regarding that theme. So for my first post, it is about living simple. It is in a form of a mail that I sent early this morning to a special someone living thousand miles away from Quezon City.

Work is fine. Studies doing okai. I have been into this "tipid mode" for a month now and I am planning to be in this mode for a long while. I want to save up and be simpler in my choices day by day. Frugal living and simple living is the 'in-thing' right now, this is our shield for the world crisis hovering over our heads. This is what my friends do diligently -- hehe, it is good to be in their company because I know that life is easier if we know people who are doing the same thing. The reward is that we have bigger savings and we can be confident that 'living less is living more' -- wanting less in life is actually having more options in living an alternative lifestyle. 

So there, life is like this right now for me. The usual routine is keeping up with the big changes happening around me. Waking up early is still the best way in having sharp focus on the day ahead. And of course spending time at the library after work helps me recount the accomplishment I made all day. As a wise mentor said: If you want to have grains growing in your field on spring, then start plowing/cultivating the soil and plant the seeds of grain already. This will ensure that in proper time with right conditions you will attain what you have set to accomplish.

*title above "Keeping it green" is the creative title that I have for Love the Earth Campaign <3

Have a wunnerful day ahead everyone.

Good morning world

Observation and research mode.

It is the beginning of July week, so many possibilities, so many fresh insights. We should be prepared to take on the big world, but before anything else, we have to wear our thinking caps and be a meticulous researcher. Yup, that is my goal for this week, to be a discriminating researcher. Everything unclear will eventually get illuminated, so we should keep digging and keep observing. Good winds to all.

Embracing peace

Beginners

Denise Levertov

Dedicated to the memory of Karen Silkwood and Eliot Gralla

“From too much love of living,
Hope and desire set free,
Even the weariest river
Winds somewhere to the sea--“


But we have only begun
To love the earth.

We have only begun
To imagine the fullness of life.

How could we tire of hope?
-- so much is in bud.

How can desire fail?
-- we have only begun

to imagine justice and mercy,
only begun to envision

how it might be
to live as siblings with beast and flower,
not as oppressors.

Surely our river
cannot already be hastening
into the sea of nonbeing?

Surely it cannot
drag, in the silt,
all that is innocent?

Not yet, not yet--
there is too much broken
that must be mended,

too much hurt we have done to each other
that cannot yet be forgiven.

We have only begun to know
the power that is in us if we would join
our solitudes in the communion of struggle.

So much is unfolding that must
complete its gesture,

so much is in bud.

Against the grain

Positive Madness

Two big influences

This is called Blue Marble.
This picture is the view of earth from Apollo 17 travelling to the moon.
Taken in 1972, it was considered as a milestone in Space Photography.

His Holiness Dalai Lama talking with a girl.

My mind is non-communicative today. It would rather look passively at pictures, stories, blog entries, news, quotes than actively write or create. But for some weird moments, my mind alerted me about this story that I read somewhere, that the picture of our planet is a statement. For one, we have proof that our advanced technology can snap away at the profile of our blue planet. Also, it reinforces the idea that this fragile spherical mass is suspended on its own in this infinite dark space. Many environmental movements started out with this picture as their symbol. Some even mentioned that it can actually heal some people by just looking at it, though I am not really sure about that one. Perhaps, earth's picture is a good representation of one home -- despite varieties, despite diversities, despite differences -- there is wholeness/completeness. And we are all part of this one blue miracle.

Anyways I started searching for planet earth's pictures and eureka I found a lot! The one I pasted above is the 1972 photo called Blue Marble. If you want more pictures of earth go to Nat Geo or NASA.

Then on to His Holiness Dalai Lama. Last December I had read his autobiography My Land and My People. It was during a tumultuous time between Tibet and China (1960s) that He had to flee His land to keep the peace. Looking back, my life was also in a very complicated turning point last December and His endurance and positive attitude in the face of hardship helped me in my quest for peace during those times. I posted His picture because He is an image of stability and security for me. My moods are fluctuating lately, up one moment then down the next, must be quarter-life crisis, eh! And in this trying time, I guess I can count on him as a sturdy anchor as big waves attack me one after another.

Well, there, I posted two healing pictures for me.

*About busy days coming: Yes, I will start school tomorrow. My day will start at school, then office, then back to school library for research. Sounds busy, but I commit myself to it. Good winds everybody.

Rekindled light

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Albert Schweitzer