Our Greatness is a Silent Cry of Victory

Our journey seems like forever… as our search for answers and truth to many questions never ends… surmountable like the vast and deep oceans. Nothing in this world will ever satiate our hearts and minds burning with vigor. So let us be – free as a flying bird… free as a woman shaving her head… free as if no one is watching; wild with imagination; creative expressions in manner of words... thoughts... ideas... shapes... fashion… movement… captured moments… painted realities... dreams... and understanding; discovering the unknown; passionate with our heart’s desires. We must never be satisfied because man has yet to discover his full potential… because we must prepare ourselves… because we must toil to endure and rise from all sorts of storm in our lives. We must never be satisfied from the mediocrity man has established. We must never be afraid to breakaway from stereotypes, rather recognize that we must toil, endure and rise because we are all destined for greatness. Though the magnitude of our wonderful beings may not be acclaimed by our fellow man because we will not find our satisfaction and sense of fulfillment in him. More often than not, our greatness is a silent cry of victory that only He hears… sees… understands, but then we are content.

What We Have

What we have…it’s not about who’s right or who’s wrong. ‘Coz somewhere along the way…during our misunderstandings and disparate views, we hurt each other more than we think. Yes, we hurt the ones we love and we are hurt more by people we love…sometimes by carelessness or by the desire of perfection.

What we have…it’s about acknowledging our mistakes. It’s about humbling our pride and ego. It’s about saying I’m sorry so we can kiss and make up…and say ‘I love you’. It’s about the feeling of rebirth, new beginnings, that 2^nd or 3^rd or 4^th or 5^th chance of renewed promises and restored dreams…that for a moment we thought we’ve lost, broken in bleak darkness.

What we have…it’s what we have fought for. It’s what we have built strong from its very base…the roots that have seeped deeper and deeper that they may never break us apart. Only we have the power to do so.

Where shall we rest that power? To Him do we entrust everything. What we have…it is Him.

What we have…it is love. Our packages that we have brought together…that which we have laid upon ourselves.

What we have…we are the masters of it. We are the author of our story…the actors in our story.

What we have…it is you and I.

Sun is Shining...Weather is Sweet...Yeah!

…the following day, I wake up to an alarming sound…my phone alarm that says 5:45AM.

To wake or to sleep? That is the question…

I snoozed the alarm and decided to lay and close my eyes for mere 5 minutes. Ok, good.

…all dressed up…ready for the world…the melancholic weather…fast cars…annoying jeepnies…bad traffic! I thought to myself, “Late nanaman ako”! Hehehe.

…surprisingly, the world was half asleep…the weather looking fine (so far)…fast cars indeed…annoying jeepnies still…very light traffic (no school)…wow!

It was a blissful ride while listening to the local radio…Magic 89.9…I’m an avid listener to their morning show.

And the song by Bob Marley just came over me…as I sing…

“Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah

Make you wanna move your dancing feet now

To the rescue here I am

Want you to know, ya’ll, can you understand?”

…and now I sit on my office chair…sip my coffee…look out the window…

hmmm…no sign of rain yet…so I hum to the tune of the song once more…

Wake up Manila! The sun is shining...the weather is sweet...yeah!

Our Guarantee

We muse a great deal to what is worldly… impart sense to earthly desires. Because depositing efforts to the ideals are just too much to handle…as if unreachable by our mere essence. But this is refuted that our mere essence are indispensable for our value that we are created in His image and likeness. Knowing this gives me a great deal of respect…that indeed impossible to Him is nothing…that we must put our faith in Him…winning our battles for us…guaranteed!

What Equals 100% in Life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer the question:

If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

If:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And:

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But:

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%


Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
get you there, It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!


*Got this from a forwarded E-mail with subject: Beauty of Math

The Vicenarian Song

After years of expensive education,
a car full of books and anticipation,
I’m an expert on Shakespeare and that’s a hell of a lot
but the world don't need scholars as much as I thought.

Maybe I'll go travelling for a year,
finding myself or start a career.
I could work for the poor though I’m hungry for fame
we all seem so different but we're just the same.

Maybe I'll go to the gym, so I don't get fat,
aren't things more easy with a tight six pack?
Who knows the answers? Who do you trust?
I can't even separate love from lust.

Maybe I’ll move back home and pay off my loans,
working nine to five answering phones.
Don't make me live for my friday nights,
drinking eight pints and getting in fights.

I don't want to get up, just let me lie in,
leave me alone, I'm a twenty something.

Maybe I'll just fall in love that could solve it all,
philosophers say that that’s enough,
there surely must be more. Ooooh

Love ain’t the answer nor is work,
the truth eludes me so much it hurts.
But I’m still having fun and I guess that's the key,
I'm a twenty something and I'll keep being me.

doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah

I’m a twenty something.
Let me lie in, Leave me alone.
I’m a twenty something.

doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah

Twentysomething written & sung by Jamie Cullum