Creativity

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Oh yes, it does. No creativity's coming out of my brain for the past days. I need some creativity in my life. Have I been too coward lately? Summer break's about to end, and I haven't dipped my fingers to any colored paint yet. I better get my hands a little dirty with a bunch of happy colors before the coming school year sucks it out of me again.


Happy colors on my hands please. :)

It's about time

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In the grown-up world, they deal with money, investments, and legality of all things. Papers and contracts have to be signed, and all things important have to be kept in a safe. In the grown-up world, it isn't just about freedom and independence, but more importantly knowing that you are accountable for what you are doing. In the grown-up world, you have to know how to deal with people professionally, clear-headed and calm, because chances are you'll get to nowhere if you let your emotions run you down. In the grown-up world, there are more things that have to be dealt with seriously because the consequences are far too great, and it doesn't just concern you, but the people around you.

I've always thought the grown-up world is too scary. I've always thought responsibilities beyond homeworks and academic responsibilities are too serious and heavy enough to weigh down one's disposition in life. Adults speak in a jargon that's difficult to understand if you're not in the know. Adults can do so much to you if you don't know what you are doing. But I also realized, in the grown-up world there are those who disguise themselves to be mature people in number and in age, but in actions, they're not. I realized there really is nothing to be scared about in their world, because as long as you keep yourself informed and be guided with respect, you will get yourself fairly well through their world.

Things I learned in their world:
1. It's okay to ask questions, you just have to know the right people to ask these questions to.
2. Always be informed to counter those poser adults who only know to take advantage of people in their ignorance.
3. Be confident. Age has nothing to do with confidence. Rather, it comes from the fact that you know something.

In the grown-up world, people can be far too serious with their work. I realized to smile, to laugh, to be charitable to these grumpy people are the things they miss from their childhood days. It's good to remind them of these because it helps them to go back, that hey, they once had a happy life.

Cheer up, you grumpy old people. And stop taking advantage of people you think are ignorant of what their doing... that's just so childish.

Fly Me to the Moon

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Because the moon tonight has been lovely and smiling, I'd like to fly to the moon and feel its happiness. I wonder what makes the night sky so happy tonight. I wonder what beauty it sees in the universe to make it smile so lovely tonight. Is it because of Venus so near to it that gives a smile of sublime beauty?

Happy night, happy sky. :) I hope your night is a happy one, too.

In a little while

 

When the current goes crazy, a good pause will do. Get off the river, and see how it slowly calms itself. The river can go on without us, so it's up to us if we want to continue on with our travel. Look at where the river is going. Is it still where we envisioned ourselves to be?

We could float on with the current, but in the riverbends we'll have to direct our rafts better. There will be more bends to conquer along the way, but it will certainly get us to the end. We won't lose our way, as long as we're certain with what we want.

In a little while I'll be getting on the raft again. Are you coming with me? In a little while we'll be on the next bend. Are we ready for it?

Infinitely Defined

Dear God,
In the best effort that I live each day for you, you have given me experiences and opportunities, both mundane and significant, to understand what you wish  to tell me. I'm starting to see that each day is like a postcard with your message in it. I wake up in the morning, rush to my letterbox, and see a postcard waiting to be appreciated and read. Each day is a postcard from you. :)


At times I would care to appreciate your postcard, but more often than not, I just read and look at it without much thought --- like those days that have gone by without noticing you so much. And yes, I might have missed on a lot of sweet nothings from you already. Those postcards, which I failed to keep in my memory box, are already lost in the past without a chance to be appreciated better. 


From now on, I should ask myself towards the end of the day, what are you telling me with all these? What's my postcard today all about? Thank you for the postcards, God. I think I will reply to one of your postcards soon.


Love, 
Karen

Who Killed Who?

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If Serif's dead, who's next?

Gaudium cum Pace

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Never have I sought for thought of happiness in this way before. I have long fascinated myself over the idea of happiness and how it is found, but I only came to realize that happiness is not sought for its own sake.

At first there were the simple things that made me happy as a little girl. Being able to draw, color, play with my friends, watch the television and read books were the simple things I enjoyed doing. Grades and achievements have made me happy as well. Until disappointments one by one introduced themselves to me. Then, it became harder for me to just hold on to simple things that made me happy.

I don't like disappointments, (well, who does?) but my decision to be happy kept me well and... happy. From this, I have proven to myself what others would say, happiness is a decision.

For a relatively long and uneventful time, I have kept myself happy such that people say I'm a sunny person who never had a gray cloud hover her head. Major failure in exams, trying times in the family, and even death of a loved one, never stopped me from having a positive outlook in life. Wow, what strength, you might say. And yes, even I am overwhelmed by how God led me through these trials in my life. From this, I realized, happiness is not just a mere decision, but allowing God himself to make me happy by abandoning myself to Him in times of trouble.

But what else can I do to be happy? A wise man told me: think of the others. He told me, that when I think of the others, all my problems will go away, because the only concern I will be left with are the concerns of the others. And well, he said it like it was magical. To me, anything that makes its own vanishing act that's unexplainable is like magic. But the wisdom to his teaching is nothing magical. Rather, the wisdom to his teaching lies in the very idea of love.

Happiness is not sought for, it is merely a consequence of doing good out of love. I realized, to think of the others is what will lead me to my gaudium cum pace. I realized that only with love will I be able to seek for the Good, and only true good will give the consequence, joy with peace. And when this happens, when you're able to love unselfishly, happiness comes with peace.

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It takes humility to receive a no
It takes humility to say yes despite all the odds
It takes lack of pride to be pathetic
But lack of pride does not necessarily mean humility.

It takes wisdom and courage to stop being pathetic.

Today said I love you

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Today said I love you

to her dearest Tomorrow

But the two could never meet

not until they're both in the past

Humor Me

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I love it :)

Poof

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Oh great Poofer, please don't burst my bubble today! :)

Look Up

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And I look up as I try to search for answers. Unexpectedly, Your blessings came in pouring without ceasing. You caught me again with a beautiful surprise. :)