quickly fading light
I always seem to catch
last surf of the day
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Evanescent
Tag: Sunset
The Setting of Multiple Suns
If our life was only for a day, then we would see the sunset only once.
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Reflecting
Temporary
(Sunset at Manila Bay)
Today I Passed the End of Day Test
“Each day is a new canvass to paint upon.
Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness,
and at the end of the day you don’t look at it
and wish you had painted something different.”
– Author Unknown
It’s not perfect, but I’ll take it. And tomorrow I’ll paint another one.
(Pico de Loro Cove, Batangas, Philippines)
Go Placidly Amid the Noise and Haste
“And remember what peace there may be in silence…”
As the year comes to a close, we often reflect and take a look at the past as well as the future.
Life is a journey, our path not always straight. This has been a year of surprises. Many of them were like flowers that bloomed by the footpath, some were like rivers we had to cross, and others were like a sudden downpour that invited us to dance instead of dampening our spirits.
Yes, life is a spiritual journey too, and I hope yours has been meaningful too.
And we keep moving forward.
I have read this poem from long ago, but every time a surprise comes along the path of life, it always takes a new meaning.
May your path be always filled with pleasant surprises…
Desiderata (excerpts)
“Go placidly amid the noise and haste
And remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself…
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass…
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness…
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul…
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.”
– Max Ehrmann
Pulling in the Net at End of Day
It’s Not Always a New Horizon We’re Looking For
Sometimes we just need to look at the horizon that’s in front of us.
And imagine what lies beyond.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
– Henry Stanley Haskins
Tiger Jumping Over the Sun
Remember when we were children? We were constantly filled with wonder and amazement, the world was full of surprises and joy.
We believed that everything was possible, that clouds became rabbits, and tigers can jump over the sun.
We could do anything, be anything. Magic was natural. Imagination and reality were one. The universe was not enough to fill our curiosity.
“All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince.
Looking Up once in a while might help us remember.
