Sunday, April 06, 2008
Seek
Sometimes we lose sight of what we seek, but that does not mean that it is no longer there... it just means we have to look harder for it... if we forget why we seek what we seek we stop seeking... and that is why we must always remember the reasons for our crusades... lest we forget...
Monday, March 24, 2008
One day...
When we offer someone the gift of friendship, we open our hearts to them... Shouldn't that be what friendship is? Letting someone know you, reaching out to them and showing them who you are...
Or is that just what we want to believe?
When we were young, it used to be... But now, away from our sheltered lives, friendship just does not seem as simple as I used to remember...
There are just so many hidden agendas and vested interests when it comes to making friends... Everyone wants something...
The beautiful simplicity of making a friend has become completely lost in the process... Swallowed up by human greed and personal gain...
So much so that sometimes it makes it so difficult for us to open our hearts to make new friends... There grows the fear of betrayal, of being used and carelessly tossed aside... But, we must still try, for it is friendships that teach us, that nurture us and mould us into what we are...
And maybe one day we can make friends like we once did...
Or is that just what we want to believe?
When we were young, it used to be... But now, away from our sheltered lives, friendship just does not seem as simple as I used to remember...
There are just so many hidden agendas and vested interests when it comes to making friends... Everyone wants something...
The beautiful simplicity of making a friend has become completely lost in the process... Swallowed up by human greed and personal gain...
So much so that sometimes it makes it so difficult for us to open our hearts to make new friends... There grows the fear of betrayal, of being used and carelessly tossed aside... But, we must still try, for it is friendships that teach us, that nurture us and mould us into what we are...
And maybe one day we can make friends like we once did...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
London Rain
It looks like rain, it sounds like rain...
But, it doesn't feel like rain... It doesn't even smell like rain...
Just because it appears to be like rain, it doesn't mean that it is real rain... Like so many other people and things around us...
"I'd rather shower in my own piss, cos at least I know its sterile."
But, it doesn't feel like rain... It doesn't even smell like rain...
Just because it appears to be like rain, it doesn't mean that it is real rain... Like so many other people and things around us...
"I'd rather shower in my own piss, cos at least I know its sterile."
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Times That Stir Our Souls
Nothing is certain, only change... and indeed the winds of change will blow...
But, change and uncertainty comes hand in hand... The passing of what was leaves a gaping hole in our lives... This is the hole where doubt, if we let it, grows...
However, it is at times like these, when we have nothing to fall back on, or lose for that matter, that we realise our potential... These are the times that bring out the best in people... And when we strive, we will find the light at the end of the tunnel... That ray of hope that signals the break of a new dawn... For stumbling in the dark we learn to see not with our eyes, but with our minds and through our thoughts...
It is for times like these we live...
Even more so when we once again have something to believe in ...
But, change and uncertainty comes hand in hand... The passing of what was leaves a gaping hole in our lives... This is the hole where doubt, if we let it, grows...
However, it is at times like these, when we have nothing to fall back on, or lose for that matter, that we realise our potential... These are the times that bring out the best in people... And when we strive, we will find the light at the end of the tunnel... That ray of hope that signals the break of a new dawn... For stumbling in the dark we learn to see not with our eyes, but with our minds and through our thoughts...
It is for times like these we live...
Even more so when we once again have something to believe in ...
Monday, March 03, 2008
Hope
Why do I hang on?
Clinging with that dogged depravity to what I believe... What we used to believe...
Will the dying embers of what was give birth to new life? Renewing, rewarding hope? Or will they, like everything else disappear, washed away by the flow of time...
Why then should we continue to hope?
Like an autumn oak holding on to its leaves... I wait, aware of what will come to pass, but hanging on ever so desperately...
And the seconds tick on...
Clinging with that dogged depravity to what I believe... What we used to believe...
Will the dying embers of what was give birth to new life? Renewing, rewarding hope? Or will they, like everything else disappear, washed away by the flow of time...
Why then should we continue to hope?
Like an autumn oak holding on to its leaves... I wait, aware of what will come to pass, but hanging on ever so desperately...
And the seconds tick on...
Sunday, March 02, 2008
We break, we mend ...
Do we break things so we can mend them? How can we break something we love?
How do we bring ourselves to pick up the pieces, arrange them so they are the way they were and expect them to mend?
Maybe that is what love is about... Mending things that break... Putting the broken bits back together...
And when will mending not be enough? When will the glue called love not be strong enough to hold the broken bits in place... What then?
Maybe somethings are better left broken...
How do we bring ourselves to pick up the pieces, arrange them so they are the way they were and expect them to mend?
Maybe that is what love is about... Mending things that break... Putting the broken bits back together...
And when will mending not be enough? When will the glue called love not be strong enough to hold the broken bits in place... What then?
Maybe somethings are better left broken...
Monday, February 25, 2008
Rest in peace....
Have you ever had that feeling of wanting something a lot? So much so that thinking about it just brings that surge of excitement... Leaving you almost momentarily numb and positively buzzing with happiness...
And when you get what you've been wanting... But find out that it has all changed... the essence of what you dreamt it would be like ripped out, dead, gutted... What you wanted is gone, and all that remains is a shell of what was, a body without a soul...
In that case, would it be better to still get what you want or to remain happy in the knowledge of what could have been?
All the hopes and expectations are gone...
What remains is a memory that will never fade...
And when you get what you've been wanting... But find out that it has all changed... the essence of what you dreamt it would be like ripped out, dead, gutted... What you wanted is gone, and all that remains is a shell of what was, a body without a soul...
In that case, would it be better to still get what you want or to remain happy in the knowledge of what could have been?
All the hopes and expectations are gone...
What remains is a memory that will never fade...
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Marianne
How can a person love something/someone that does not love it back?
Is it wrong to expect returned affection?
And if that 'love' is returned is it for the right reasons or is there more to it than that?
At the end of the day we never know, we just love, sometimes blindly, without understanding the complexities and subtleties of this 'love'. In the end will it be worth it? Will it make us or will it break us?
I love my country, but does it love me?
Is it wrong to expect returned affection?
And if that 'love' is returned is it for the right reasons or is there more to it than that?
At the end of the day we never know, we just love, sometimes blindly, without understanding the complexities and subtleties of this 'love'. In the end will it be worth it? Will it make us or will it break us?
I love my country, but does it love me?
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008
Persistence
What do you do when life beats you down?
Ands as you lay there... it gives you a kick for good measure...
Sometimes you've given your all and yet it demands so much more from you...
That feeling of being hopelessly lost, of biting off more than you can chew, of being so helplessly overwhelmed, drowing in your own expectations and dreams...
Life teaches you to hang on... It might be a lesson worth learning...
Ands as you lay there... it gives you a kick for good measure...
Sometimes you've given your all and yet it demands so much more from you...
That feeling of being hopelessly lost, of biting off more than you can chew, of being so helplessly overwhelmed, drowing in your own expectations and dreams...
Life teaches you to hang on... It might be a lesson worth learning...
Sunday, January 06, 2008
One of those days...
Its one of those days....
The birds (imaginary as they have all migrated south due to winter) sing their sweet melody...
The trees sway gently (branches really...) to the breeze that passes by...
The warm, gentle rays of the winter sun caress my face...
The pastel blue sky calls to me...
A cloud rolls by lazily...
And my heart pines to go out....
But I'm stuck here... Crap...
The birds (imaginary as they have all migrated south due to winter) sing their sweet melody...
The trees sway gently (branches really...) to the breeze that passes by...
The warm, gentle rays of the winter sun caress my face...
The pastel blue sky calls to me...
A cloud rolls by lazily...
And my heart pines to go out....
But I'm stuck here... Crap...
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Mistakes
Will saying sorry ever be enough? Will it right wrongs that have been made?
Probably not at first, when wounds are still raw...
As time heals, maybe saying sorry will be the difference between leaving a scar and healing completely...
Its about time some apologies are due...
Probably not at first, when wounds are still raw...
As time heals, maybe saying sorry will be the difference between leaving a scar and healing completely...
Its about time some apologies are due...
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Unappreciation
Talent doesn't just grow on trees...
Yet it goes unappreciated...
Forsaken by those who have it for cheap thrills and the lack of determination to fight an addiction...
Until its gone...
Yet it goes unappreciated...
Forsaken by those who have it for cheap thrills and the lack of determination to fight an addiction...
Until its gone...
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
A Fresh Start...
The streets are empty... Its almost like Christmas day again... No hustle, no bustle...
Sometimes when you're stuck in this rat race of a city you wonder when its all gonna stop...
Pause
for 10 seconds to take a deep breath.
for 1 minute to take in the view.
for a couple of minutes to brew a cuppa.
for 10 minutes to clear your head.
for 20 minutes to call home.
for half an hour to exercise your body.
for a couple of hours to read a good book.
for a day to find some fun.
for a weekend under the stars.
for a fortnight to recharge your batteries.
for a month to learn something new.
for a summer to be a kid again.
for a year to see the world.
for a lifetime to work out what it all means.
or for just five minutes to do absolutely nothing.
So remember, pause...
Have a great year....
Sometimes when you're stuck in this rat race of a city you wonder when its all gonna stop...
Pause
for 10 seconds to take a deep breath.
for 1 minute to take in the view.
for a couple of minutes to brew a cuppa.
for 10 minutes to clear your head.
for 20 minutes to call home.
for half an hour to exercise your body.
for a couple of hours to read a good book.
for a day to find some fun.
for a weekend under the stars.
for a fortnight to recharge your batteries.
for a month to learn something new.
for a summer to be a kid again.
for a year to see the world.
for a lifetime to work out what it all means.
or for just five minutes to do absolutely nothing.
So remember, pause...
Have a great year....
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Reflections: 2007
Another year has come and gone... well, is about to go that is...
Have i achieved what i set out to do? Maybe...
Could i have done more? Definitely...
Well, next year is about possibilities isn't it?
Something is bothering me though... I can't seem to remember the new year resolutions i made at the start of the year... Grrr... Well, at least i can't say i failed to stick to them then... i should really make a checklist or something this coming year...
Overall, I felt that it was a good year... Well, it definitely had its ups and downs, every year has... but, 2007 probably had more ups than downs for me...
If i could go back to the start of the year, i can't say that i would change anything... Making new friends, rediscovering family and all the experiences i had, it was all good... and its something that i wouldn't give up for anything...
One regret though as the year draws to a close... Losing touch with old friends... I can't say i have been a great friend or even a good friend on that note... I have barely been there... and there's no excuse for that... Technology doesn't let people down, people do...
Hopefully, its not too late to change that...
And to all the faithful readers of this blog, Happy New Year! Have a great one...
Have i achieved what i set out to do? Maybe...
Could i have done more? Definitely...
Well, next year is about possibilities isn't it?
Something is bothering me though... I can't seem to remember the new year resolutions i made at the start of the year... Grrr... Well, at least i can't say i failed to stick to them then... i should really make a checklist or something this coming year...
Overall, I felt that it was a good year... Well, it definitely had its ups and downs, every year has... but, 2007 probably had more ups than downs for me...
If i could go back to the start of the year, i can't say that i would change anything... Making new friends, rediscovering family and all the experiences i had, it was all good... and its something that i wouldn't give up for anything...
One regret though as the year draws to a close... Losing touch with old friends... I can't say i have been a great friend or even a good friend on that note... I have barely been there... and there's no excuse for that... Technology doesn't let people down, people do...
Hopefully, its not too late to change that...
And to all the faithful readers of this blog, Happy New Year! Have a great one...
756 days...
Its been 756 days since the last post... I've been a little busy...
2 years and 26 days after we have parted I wonder if you wonder where everyone is and what they are doing... each one of us have gone down different paths in this journey of life... when will our paths meet again?
maybe sooner than we expect...
maybe not at all...
check back in 756 days... maybe sooner...
2 years and 26 days after we have parted I wonder if you wonder where everyone is and what they are doing... each one of us have gone down different paths in this journey of life... when will our paths meet again?
maybe sooner than we expect...
maybe not at all...
check back in 756 days... maybe sooner...
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