Love

Stumbled upon this and I really wanted to share and keep a copy of it here. Cos its one of the most amazing takes on love I've ever read, other than the one in the Bible.

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran:

When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

Giving thanks

Been up to many things recently and I`ve been wanting to post up pics of my mountain climbing trip with my research lab ppl. But fate has it that I`ve been swamped with stuff to do. Lots of stuff and i just keep going and going and taking breaks to cool off and going at it again.

Kinda hit a rut today and my body just says `No more` and im like `Come on, you`ve stuff to hand in tomorrow` and it goes `blah......`

and this goes on and on and I go online to read motivational stuff to get going and I daydream of living in a beach side hut doing nothing but paint and play all day and listen to Jack Johnson.

and finally it all clicks and I realize how lucky i am to be here doing this. How many people can say they have a full scholarship, in a first world country, getting a degree. I mean i have freedom to do anything and everything i want to and that is more than enough for me.

Lesson learned today is to never have anything get in the way of you remembering to always give thanks. Give thanks for the gifts that are bestowed on you. Every single little thing is a gem. Always, always give thanks every single day. Never forget.

Hello blog

Hi there readers, if there are any left that is. It has been awhile since I last wrote in here. Been busy with stuff, life, and to be honest with you, I went through an all time low sometime last year and that made me stop writing here. Simply because I could not do it at all. Was basically wrung dry and all the creative juices stopped flowing.

Anyway, that was last year. A long long time ago. And since then I did so many things, learned so many things and I practically feel like a new person inside now. Funny thing is, everything around me is still almost the same. Sometimes I look around in amazement because I don`t relate to things that I used to hold true.

I guess the credit goes to my amazing trip to Europe with Joann, starting my new part-time job as an English teacher and moving on to fourth year in university. Little changes here and there might not seem like much, but they actually make a world of difference. Going to Britain and Paris has helped to open my eyes to the world in a subtle yet profound way. Everyone knows that traveling and journeying is one of the best ways to enrich oneself but, I am always struck by the magnitude of it all on each and every voyage.

And working as an English teacher has got to be the best thing that ever happened to me in Japan. Haha....sometimes I feel kind of guilty because its easy money. So easy and so enjoyable are my lessons that I don`t think of it as work but as having fun chatting with people. And the staff there are all so interesting to talk to. Its like a mini English/Japanese cultural experience every time I pop by.

And fourth year in uni is kinda fun, less classes and more on research lab stuff plus design stuff im working on. Its totally more cool.

I seriously thank the high heavens and the universe for everything that has and will come to be. I think through all the journeying that I have done, I am finally more at peace with myself and with life and I think that I am inching closer to my answer as the days pass by. So grateful and at peace. I just hope everyone gets it too, eventually.

Anyways, since I`ve got my groove on, I will be posting up more stuff in the days to come.

Till then take care and have a great day wherever you may be.