in the silence

Sunday, September 30, 2007

my psyche....

Your Psyche is Blue

You are deeply emotional and very connected to everything (and everyone) around you.
By simply understanding other people, you are able to help them heal and let go.
While you are a very deep and thoughtful person, you do have a very silly, superficial side.

When you are too blue: the weight of the world's problems hangs over you

When you don't have enough blue: you lack perspective and understanding

my power element

Your Power Element is Water

Your power colors: blue and aqua

Your energy: deep

Your season: winter

Like the ocean, you evoke deep feelings and passion.
You have an emotional, sensitive, and spiritual soul.
A bit mysterious, you tend to be quiet when you are working out a problem.
You need your alone time, so that you can think and dream.
What's Your Power Element?

hehe medyo nagustuhan ko yung lumabas dito
totoo siya... hehe

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

tama nga naman....

Life According to Charles Schultz

This is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. Read on.

1. Name the ten wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. There are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Here's another quiz. Let's see how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
6. Name half a dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you.

Easier?
The lesson:
The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money or the most awards. They are the ones that care.

" Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
- Charles Schultz

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

nang maisipan kong mag-isip....

Ranier Maria Rilke's "Letters to a Young Poet"

I agree with what the article was saying about the mistakes many young people tend to commit: forming relationships with other people at a very young age, that is romantic relationships, going beyond their years. I believe that young people nowadays are more aware of what it is like to be old people (at an early age they are given roles that are way beyond their years. Some teenagers act as parents to their younger sibling while other are asked to act as adult in order to earn a living or just be able to get through a day's work (in school or at home). Today's society is somewhat forcing the younger generation to learn to understand how things happen even at a very young age. Because of this, the younger generation tend to have this false sense of maturity. They believe that they could already handle things like the adults do. They try to do what the older people are doing. Because of this, they enter into relationships and assume adult roles. When they are already immersed in the way adults live, they realize that they are weak. They realize that they don't like what is happening. So they tend to escape from the responsibilities. But sometimes its already too late, and as the readings says, they lose themselves, lose the other and many others who still wanted to come. Many possibilities were inhibited.

--> nakalulungkot lamang isipin na ang mga nagnanais magligtas sa mga kabataan ang siya ring naglilibing sa kanila sa hukay. hindi man napapansin ng mga nakatatanda, nariyan ang katotohanan na ang pagnanais nilang ituro ang mga bagay-bagay batay sa kanilang mga karanasan, may pagtatakda na ganito rin ang posibleng maranasan ng mga kabataan. para bang iniharap na sila sa pintuan nang hindi pa naman pumapasok sa bahay. inihaharap na sa kanila ang mga opsyon bago pa man nila kinailangang pumili. ang pagmamadaling ito ang minsan nagiging sanhi ng mga suliranin ng maraming kabataan. iniisip nilang ito nga ang mangyayari sa kanila kaya naman kumikilos sila batay sa isang naitakda nang balangkas, na batay sa mga higit na nakatatanda.

We then talked about line 176. I interpreted this line in this way: The love situation described in line 176 is like a meeting between two individuals. They are individuals, meaning they have clear and defined boundaries. The are two solitudes, meaning they have unique identities that are not dissolved or consumed by the other. When two people meet in genuine love relationship, they grow together, nurture each other without necessarily dissolving each other. Their solitudes protect or border each other from getting dissolved in each other. One does not demand the other to be like him or her. But this solitude is not like the walls of an enclosed box. It is like the walls of a house, with windows where one can communicate with the other. They are "greeting" each other in a loving relationship. They accept each other as they are and grow through what each other has, through what each other is. It is a situation of constant communication and growth. Communication though no word is said and growth in silence. Cams was able to think of an image for this. An image that somewhat exhibit this but not quite. It is like the collision between two object. The two things meet at one point but they don't get absorbed into each other. They remain as two separate entities. The big difference is that in collision, the two object that met at one point then separate and take two separate paths. This is the opposite of the love relationship since after meeting each other, they make a decision to be with each other wherever one goes, the other also goes. It is a serious decision to be with each other no matter what happens.

--> kaya marahil hindi pa ako pumapasok sa isang seryosong relasyon, dahil hindi pa ako handa. naniniwala akong marami pa akong dapat matutuhan at gawin bago ko marating ang puntong ito ng aking buhay. sa ngayon kasi, nais kong magkaroon muna ng mga pamatayan sa buhay, mga ideolohiya at pagpapahalagang kakapitan ko. maaaring mayroon na ako nito ngayon ngunit nais kong mapatatag ang paniniwala ko sa mga ito. alam ko na magbabago pa ang mga ito batay sa mga magaganap sa hinaharap ngunit nais kong magkaroon ng mga panimula. para naman hindi ko susuungin ang agos ng buhay nang walang pinanghahawakang kahit ano...

Saturday, September 01, 2007

mga katanungang hinahanapan ng sagot....

bakit ba ganun ang buhay...

kung ano pa ang mahirap makuha, siya pang mabilis mawala
kung ano yung mabilis makuha siya namang mahirap tanggalin

bakit kung ano ang pilit mong nilalayuan, pilit mong iniiwanan, siya pang pilit humahabol sa'yo
sinusubukan mong kumawala pero ayaw kang pakawalan...

pahirap sa buhay ang pag-alaala sa masasakit na karanasan, sa madilim na kahapon,
sa mga luhang tumulo, sa mga taong umalis, sa mga panahong nawala, sa lahat ng kalungkutan at sakit...
pero kung ano pa yung nagpapahirap sa iyo,
siya pang mahirap malimutan, siya pang patuloy na naaalaala at binabalikan