I wrote this bit down on an e-card for Valentine's Day last year. Went through my e-mail & saw a copy of this while I was at it.
"Beauty does not solely lie upon the superficial features of a person or an object or what not... but also on what the main, inner traits & value of that certain individual or thing and what have you. Sometimes what is unseen by the naked eye is what really matters, or has the most weighted significance... never mind the flaws; focus on the well-placed intricacies."
Something I got from Siva. A poem from Berton Braley. Thanks, "alternick". ^_^
START WHERE YOU STAND
Start where you stand and never mind the past;
The past won't help you in beginning new;
If you have left it all behind at last
Why, that's enough, you're done with it,
you're through;
This is another chapter in the book;
This is another race that you have planned;
Don't give the vanished days a backward look;
Start where you stand.
The world won't care about your old defeats
If you can start anew and win success;
The future is your time, and time is fleet
And there is much of work and strain and stress;
Forget the buried woes and dead despairs;
Here is a brand-new trial right at hand;
The future is for him who does and dares;
Start where you stand.
Old failures will not halt, old triumphs aid;
Today's the thing, tomorrow soon will be;
Get the fight and face it unafraid,
And leave the past to ancient history;
What has been, has been; yesterday is dead
And by it you are neither blessed nor banned;
Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead;
Start where you stand.
Dammit. Where do I stand? In quicksand? Uhm, OK... yikes. I just hope I won't sink in.
My best bud sent me a dainty e-card earlier today, with a spectacular view of a deep blue rocky oceanside, reminiscent to that of volcanic Hawaiian shores. But what got to me the most was the poem inscribed on it. And I quote...
Why get stuck on your fears
when you can face
your hopes and dreams instead?
Why let your frustrations get to you
when there's so much
that makes you happy?
Why focus on your failures
when you can put your energy
on what's still possible?
Why regret what you've done
when you can make tomorrow
so much better?
Why get down on your imperfections
when you have so many gifts?
Why frown
when there are so many reasons
to smile everyday?
Each day is another chance
to do better,
to try harder.
Each day will bring you closer
to your dreams.
Up to now I still sit here dumbfoundedly pondering on them thoughts.
There's practically nothing left to snack in this house! ARGHHHH! But good thing there's lemon iced tea to soothe my nerves. I also just bought pandesal from a guy who does daily rounds of rationing them simple, yummy stuff from house to house in this subdivision.
I can practically live with pandesal - with cheese, butter, bacon, franks, &/or ham - everytime I get hungry. I mean it.
Only not when I get cravings for pasta, meat, potatoes & rice. Heh.
I'm eating oatmeal tonight, even if I have dinner yet to prepare & finish for the kids. I'm trying to get myself together somehow.
Got my 3rd postcard from fUse, but missed his call five times a few hours back. Damn.
It just dawned upon me that Life is actually one big lottery game at certain instances. There's a one in a million chance that you'd win, & in order to make your chances grow, you invest the more on winning. Not everybody gets lucky everyday, but trying insistently & hoping might actually just do the trick. One cannot just hope to win by mere wishful thinking or moping that the chances of striking the jackpot are way too measly under normal circumstances.
Anyway, got this bit linked up to this really neat e-diary I'd like to keep. *drool* Merci!
I'm trying to add pizzazz to this blogpage - but I'm all yet jittery to do so. Anyway, I have a new project up now. Do you actually think I can maintain two e-journals? I'm keeping my fingers crossed, even as I type this post up. Hehe.
A lot of people from the "pool" are going "bah, humbug!" on Valentine's Day. Sheesh. I know how it is to grumble, mope, & lash out angst about the whole subject, but for now I'm just downright cool with it. ^_~
Had a late lunch [around 5pm] yesterday & a late dinner [around 5 hours ago]. My perpetually screwed-up bio-clock is at it again. I had it all "nyum²" anyway. I just love my mom's beef with brocolli... although my butter & garlic chicken sucked a bit, methinks.
The trouble with deep introspection is that OK, you'd have everything clearly scribbled down in your head [& I mean EVERY little darn bit of detail], then when you're about to contain it all in black & white, you lose track. WTF.
God, I'm getting sick of all them one-liners I'm making. Damn. I hope I get to stay online from hereon. By then I'll be saner, I promise.
Back to the old drawing board.
I'm trying to make my wits work as I keep my sanity intact. But Battle Realms have been so much help. Thank God for pastimes like that.
I'm dead broke, though, & I hate myself for that. I wish I knew where I'm going. I have a pretty clear idea where anyway. Maybe the trouble really lies on how will I get there, & how long will it take me.
*sigh*
And the now-and-then languid downpour isn't making things any better.