#183 life

Life’s a merry-go-round – yesterday, an encouragement to have fewer babies as the world population was exploding today, more babies needed as baby boomers disappearing; the young wise-up – no time for babies? Stress and strains…a lacking? … In life, what goes up must come down – that’s cyclical! … Life’s a competition? Perhaps to a young 20-something,  X and Y generation?

#182 prayer

Prayer is a way of life which allows you to find stillness in the midst of the world where you open your hands to God’s promises and find hope for yourself, your neighbor, and your world.” Henri Nouwen

#158

Living in these days of uncertainties and a sense of hopelessness pervades – senseless killings where suicide bombers and terrorists made war on the innocents and civilians by planting bombs around the most crowded and unexpected areas; mother nature wreaks havoc — global warming; earthquakes, droughts… perplexing economic crises — staple food crises, fuel hikes, subprime and credit crunch, etc; [...]

#149 customers

Today, everything and everyone are pegged to the dollar! Everyone is treated as customers: schools, hospitals… Are schools not centers or institutions of learning? Customers mean you have to pay and pay! Where are the state services providing for citizens? Will there come a time when education is so expensive that parents cannot afford to educate their [...]

#147

Ha! I’ve yet to come up with a 3rd career after retirement — to reinvent self. A year past yet… Life is getting restless and meaningless! Sad huh? Surely I’m mature to fill my time well. To a measure, I have but…something is amiss, i.e. little or no challenges to test one’s mind and strength [...]

#126 who am I

Life is full of changes, adaptations and adjustments — living through the stages of life: infant-childhood-teen-adulthood-old age… At every phase of adult life we were confronted with life issues to cause one to discover and rediscover self — time waits for no man… The first time I asked ‘who am I’ was during the teen years. I questioned meaning of life and purpose [...]

#107 earthquake

Lately the forces of nature is wreaking havoc beyond measure, man’s control and words to describe. Can one predict or foresee this earthquake coming? According to a source, this was predicted 5 years ago… “Sichuan is virtually certain to experience an earthquake measuring above 7 in the next few years,” Chen Xuezhong, a senior researcher with the [...]

#06

In life, we need something to do; something to look forward to; and someone to love and be loved.