mushic

everybody needs a little time away
-hard to say i'm sorry-

BUT

i still want you by my side
-first cut is the deepest-

AND

don't you ever think that i don't love you
-anything for you-

COZ

i'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else
-i'd rather-


just playing around with lyrics, hehehe... bored while listening to random music. =p

go where you are most moved to love

i was browsing my 2005 posts awhile ago for no particular reason and stumbled on the quote "go where you are most moved to love." i searched for it in google, because until now i can't remember where i got the quote. it's probably from college, but i wanted to know who the author is.

i was surprised and amused to find that the top result for the quote.... was written by me! hahaha.. such a laughable treat! nope, it wasn't my 2005 post here - my blog didn't even show up in the results (due to its inactive state?). it's actually my comment on a friend's controversial blog entry entitled Should I Stay or Should I Go:


Time: April 6, 2006, 5:52 am

just a few points:
we are all unique. what works for some (e.g. living simply, living abroad, putting a religious spin on everything) will not necessarily work for others. let’s respect one another’s individuality and review what we post to make sure we’re not (or we don’t seem to be) passing quick and uncalled-for judgments.

to address the blog entry:
all we can do is try our best. and of course, this is not enough. but if we know that we already did our part (the discerning, the planning, the preparing), then we can just let go of the worries and let God take care of the rest (the challenges, the opportunities to serve Him, the things we need to iron out, etc). kerol i believe you’ve done your job on this already. feel what’s in the heart. if you feel the need to experience something different, then go. if there’s a sense of something that needs to be taken care of in the Philippines, then stay. just make a choice and present it to Him. go where you are most moved to love. ;)

some excess thoughts…
we have to recognize our strengths and weaknesses, and live life maximizing our strengths and talents. then if things still don’t work, just continue moving on. keep the faith that it’s better to have gone out to try the unknown than to be stuck in the comfort zone. and believe that there’s a good reason for whatever turns out in the end. =)

dinibdib ko na, kasi as you know, i also have a similar question in my mind right now..

funny how you search for something, and discover an entirely different thing in the process.. ;)

easy does it

during the past few days, i felt the need to take it easy for the coming year. i don't even want to review the past year coz it's gonna take some effort to do so. but here i am in the first week of 2009, wondering how i can fit everything i want (and need) to do for the next weeks. so what the heck, right? i'm gonna have to keep telling myself (again) to JUST DO IT! till i run out of energy.. this is all good training anyway. i just have to remind myself to be careful also, and add REST and SILENT MOMENTS to my schedule.

i'm being challenged. and i don't want to back down..

i feel a smile from somewhere out there. so i want to shine the brightest SMILE i can muster so i can share it out there!

=)

in 20 minutes

i wanted to post something real nice and all, but seeing that i've only got 20 minutes till i log off, i'm just gonna write whatever comes to mind.

let's see what i can share today..

* i feel thankful for my relatively good health throughout the year.

* i'm loving the cold weather right now. not yet too cold for me..

* i'm juggling all sorts of stuff - sacrificing some, trying out others, and hoping that i'm making the right choices as i go along.

* ooh.. house almost caught on fire. had to evacuate and all! made me think of reorganizing & reducing my 'senti+important' stuff at home.

* almost time for the periodic reflection of the year that was. followed by the planning for the year to come.. i actually have a list of a few events/activities for the coming years, but it needs to be constantly reviewed/updated accordingly.

time to go!

no matter

you will never truly know yourself,
or the strength of your relationships,
until both have been tested by adversity
-jkr

i love jk rowling's writing. that's why i enjoyed reading not only the harry potter series, but also her recent commencement address at harvard a few weeks ago. =)

in my early years, i stayed away from things that involved any risk of getting hurt and/or rejected. but there's no escape from these types of adversity. it's only during my college years did i begin to accept whatever hardship came my way.

in recent years, i've made efforts to take a few steps further. i try to explore my world bravely now. even when i see that there are a lot of falls and traps involved in an experience, if i desire it that much, i willingly plunge right into it.

quietly. but with as much determination that i can muster.

i fumble. but no matter.