Growing Old with Friends

as i grow in age i realize that not all friends stay in your life. you have to let go of them.
although some remains to be there even if you don't often see them. for so many years i haven't seen this friend of mine, he was looking for us since we moved out from our old address. it was by accident that i saw our mutual friend and he was the one who told our friend that we have moved from our old place. it's good that we have given our mobile number, and he was able to contact us last Holy Week. we're glad to see him, a different person from the past who was once a drug user and has no direction in life. now he is earning more than what we are earning and has bought a house and car. he is living in japan with his wife and daughter. he still looks the same. we were recalling the good old days that we had. relationships have also its ups and downs, but what matters most is you learn to forgive and forget. time heals all wounds. real friends are like jewels to be treasured, some come and some go. oftentimes we fail to appreciate friends while they are still there, later on when they are already gone, it is the only time that we realize how important that person is.

DUST IN THE WIND

i close my eyes only for a moment

and the moment's gone

all my dreams past before my eyes a curiosity

dust in the wind

all we are is dust in the wind

same old song

just a drop of water in an endless sea

all we do

crumble to the grounds through we refuse to see

dust in the wind

all we are is dust in the wind

don't hang on

nothing lasts forever

but the earth and sky

it slips away

all your mone won't another minute buy

dust in the wind

all we are is dust in the wind

dust in the wind

everything is dust in the wind.



This is a song by Kansas. i wrote this to remind us all that we are "dust" in this world. Life is temporary, so we have to live life to the fullest. when it's time to go how do we want to be remembered with. We should not wait for death before we change ourselves. Tomorrow maybe too late, we have to do it now. What is that precious legacy that you can give to your loved ones.



Death is life's greatest invention. (Steve Jobs)

I HAVE YOU
I have always been a dreamer
Followed visions of my own
I was born to belong to the lines of a song
And make them my home
I believe in happy endings
Though I've only known a few
For as rare as they are
Like a bright falling star
I found one in you
Sometimes all the world can seem so friendless
And the road ahead so endless
And the dream so far away (sometimes)
Sometimes when I'm almost to surrender
Then I stop and I remember
I have you to save my day
Often my imagination
Has me reaching out too far
When I fell you were there
With your hand in the air
You knew from the start
Sometimes after all you've done to save me
Through the love you freely gave me
Every step along the way
Sometimes people ask what keeps me going
And in truth it comes from knowing
I have YOU to save my day.
Sometimes feeling helpless when I held you
Wishing words would come to tell you
I have YOU to save my day.

I attended a retreat this afternoon about Death and Fullness of Life. The priest started the talk with the gospel regarding Mary and Martha, the two sisters who welcomed Jesus. Martha was busy preparing for food and Mary was there listening to Jesus. He compared the retreatants as Mary (we have chosen the best part). Martha on the other hand is not to blame for what she did because she has served Jesus in her own way. Are you lost? The question hit me, I can deny the fact that I am always at a lost. When we are lost, we don't realize it immediately, we pretend that everything will be fine, but the more we pretend to be on the right path, the more we get lost.
There are certain things that lead to our lost. One is success when want success by all means and all costs. How do we measure success, we are misled by the world because we measure success by the wealth we acquired, by the power, who we are and what we have become. We take pride of our achievements. Second one is LOVE it so nice to fall in love but it has to be with the right person at the right time. We are often misled by this word, just like the song "What I did for Love" in the name of love. It is such a beautiful thing and yet it lead us to sin and temptation. Another word is Fame or Power. If you want to slay a dragon you become a dragon yourself in the process. Sometimes we try to do everything or anything just to hang on to dear power just like the politicians do. Another one is money, they say that money is everything, but they're wrong money can't buy everything. When we are focused on those things we become at a lost. When we are at a lost we have this devil's beatitudes
Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, and too distracted to have time for God
Blessed are those who wait to be asked, expect to be thanked
Blessed are those who are touchy with a bit of luck they may stop going to church
Blessed are the troublemakers
Blessed are the complainers I'm all ears to them
Blessed are they who are bored with the minister's mannerism and mistakes
Blessed are they who expects to be invited to his own church
Blessed are they who are easily offended
Blessed are those who do not give their offering to carry on God's work
Blessed are those who refuse to forgive
Blessed are those who always sees the fault of others not his own
You had a good life
Why did this happen?
How did this happen?
Temptation is convincing and easy it is deceiving us. We have to listen to our "inner voice" which is our conscience. It serves as our reminder that what we are doing is either bad or good. As Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life." Walk that way, believe in Him, and the truth will set us free and will give us a happy life. Relationship is always the source of strength and inspiration but it can also be a great source of pain, if we have wrong relationships especially for married people having affairs. Same is true with our relationship with our brothers and sisters, parents, friends etc. Perhaps if a relationship will lead you to be good then take care of that relationship but if it will lead you to evil or break other relationships then avoid it. Our relationship are with God, with our self, with others and with life situation. We find joy in our relationships so we treasure this relationships that we have although there are relationships also that brings us pain so that we will become stronger like gold tested in fire.

I met this friend four years ago. How can i forget during her first day in office. on my mind i asked she is an applicant and yet she is with her mother. we didn't click it at first but she knows the way to my heart.
even if she always teases me and talk about mean things on me, i still love her as a friend. sometimes i get hurt but i forget and forgive her and we end up as very good friends. we love to talk, and gossip about our officemates, frustrations, triumphs and victories, blessings and sometimes even artistas. we like laughing out loud on the phone , or even when we are at the office talking. lately we are not seeing each other because i transferred into a new location. we still communicate, i love this person very much, i was worried when i heard that she has a CA . i know that there are many people praying for her and she has already finished her chemotherapy and she is now healed. she is back to work now. welcome back my dear friend JOY. you are really a joy to us.