just what the world needs.

When i heard the 12-noon mass a while ago, there were two adorable 3-year old kids in the church. They were strangers to each other but in the middle of the mass, they started talking to each other, playing together, and soon, becoming friends. The girl, seated in front of the boy, would sometimes lie down so she could talk to the boy through the open back of the pew. They were distracted from listening attentively to the mass, but who could blame them? they wouldn't understand the mass, anyway. The boy had a toy matchbox car that he was playing with, while the girl had a nokia 3310 which she imagined to be a car, too. Well they were not completely distracted from the mass, because when it was the consecration of the Holy Eucharist and they had to kneel, the girl was kneeling down with both her arms stretched out as if wanting to hug Our Lord. The boy wasn't kneeling down because he'd be too short if he did, and both his hands were open as if waiting for Our Lord to give him candies. The girl would look back to check on the boy and would tell him in whisper to kneel down. And the boy indeed knelt down. At the end of the mass, they had to say goodbye to each other and part ways. They did not cry nor looked sad when they said goodbye. They just seemed happy to have met each other and to have spent that time playing, talking and praying together. :)

just what the world needs. when we look at kids like them we are reminded about the simplicity of life. How they find joy in the simplest of things and among the most important things in life --- friendship, playing (studying/working for us a little older than toddlers), and God. When you look at their eyes you see evidently the shine in their eyes --- the shine that shows their being innocent and the purity of their hearts.

Whenever i see such eyes, i can't help but pray for their souls. Pray to their guardian angels to take good care of them, and pray to God that their souls be blessed and graced that they may grow to be good and loving people --- just what the world needs.

[but of course my being distracted from the mass for watching the kids is not an excuse]

published at last.

i've gone past the exit
and i didn't miss it this time
i look back once in a while
but couldn't see past through the bend

i could never get a clear picture of the past
but the blurred memories are all i need
to be smiling of nostalgia
to feel relieved and be thankful

*sigh*
for the long journey i've been through
*hold my breath*
for the long journey ahead

Thank You, Lord, for guiding me through, and for keeping Your promise to never let me let go.

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smile people! it's a beautiful day to love and be loved :) today, try to smile at the people who are usually taken for granted. have you thought of one yet? yay!

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happy birthday, dino! :)
[ikaw 'yung sa "usually taken for granted" ko. hahaha joke lang. half-truth pala 'yun :p]

patches

Life's a big puzzle. Each of us, like a puzzle piece, can only fit perfectly in a single place.

in the middle of the dark alley,
i called upon a sweet stranger
he looked back and smiled.
'hello stranger,' i said
it took a while before his smile wore off
oh but his pleasing eyes
you could never forget.
it put me in a daze
i couldn't get myself in perfect consciousness
it was real, and yet felt so surreal.
'why am i here?' i asked myself.
'why are you here?', i asked him
he gave me a downcast look
as if hurt by my question.
perturbed by what happened
i couldn't look at him directly
my heart was beating fast
as i try to look for the right response
but no words came
until i just found myself walking back
leaving the dark alley behind
leaving my sweet stranger alone.
'till our next rendezvous,
i'll be waiting patiently.

Dear Stranger,

i write to you for no significant reason, but just to let a few things off my mind. It wouldn't make much sense to you, but then i'd rather you hear me out, anyways.

the days went by like it has no time to let me think through the day and yet went by as if i had all the time for breathing. they were unfathomable days that i could hardly remember how i got to this day. when i woke up earlier this morning, the sun was unusually orange-r than its usual sweet shade of pale yellow. and i don't know what this means to me, but i'd rather share it anyway because i deem it has an importance in this life-changing days i'm going through.

i looked through a misty glass, and saw the lights in a blur. they were beautiful. it was their beauty hidden in their blinding light.

there's nothing to understand here. just some random thoughts i couldn't quite give meaning to.

always,

grimace