a bug's life

What do we get when we are able to step on a pesky bug?

Is it the same feeling of satisfaction we get when we look down on people?  
As the eternal Desiderata says, 

If you compare yourself with others, 

you may become vain or bitter, 

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. 

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. 

Those who know they are greater than others, but remain mum about it, my utmost admiration. 

And to those who brandish the flag of pride, woe to you.


And for those who feel they're greater than others, enjoy the attitude that freedom accords you. 

Barriers

Barriers are set in our minds and distance is relative.

Most of my barriers I realized are only in my mind.

Globetrotting friends showed me borders are not barriers, you can go wherever you want to go. You just have to go!


People who love freely and passionately showed me that life is too short to dwell on what might-have-beens, you have to live in the moment.


People who have encountered barriers in life and love showed me that these barriers are not barriers at all. Rather they are just bumps on the road or a structure that we can catapult over.


Barriers, should there be, shouldn't limit our capacity to explore, imagine and enjoy.


Much has been said of a borderless world, so much has been said of limitless possibilities, and yet barriers bug us down because we let them.


No highways would have been completed if the engineers see mountains as barriers…..rather than structures by which they would carve a path.

So when the road gets rough and unnavigable, I will not fret. There could be a path less traveled by, friendlier to my feet and my butt.

You've Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman

My Toy Story fever has not subsided yet. 


You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me

You've got a friend in me
If you've got troubles, I've got 'em too
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
We stick together and can see it through
Cause you've got a friend in me 

Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, it's me and you 

Boy, and as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me

Epiphany

One Sunday, the pastor talked about things that give us counterfeit security. These may be our material possessions, career, relationships. It could be anything that may offer us a semblance of stability in our most human desire to feel secure about ourselves.

Everyone has his own version and it's only a matter of time before one of these fail our expectations.

So what now? As Christians, we believe that God is our only stable anchor. But some may view it as escapism, like a sinking vessel, do we choose to seek to believe in a higher being to explain everything that cannot be explained or some may deem it is a coward's way out.

Growing up in Sunday school, my brain is wired to believe without question, a fact which is detrimental to my testimony as a Christian. I'll have to spend more time trying to delve deeper into the faith I profess. What do I believe? Why do I believe? So that I can have a better testimony as a believer. Not for my glory but for His alone.  

Toy Story 3

It was a simple story of toys getting left behind by their owner who's going away for college.

It was supposed to be one of those brilliant Pixar creations. It was all that and more.

From the very creative minds which brought us A Bug's Life, Up, Wall-e and all those amazing masterpieces, outdid themselves again.

Woody, Buzz and the gang  scared me tonight. They scared me because of the way they were able to manipulate me. As if they know me that well.

They should really do better next time. And if that's impossible, it's their fault. They keep on raising the bar with their every creation.  They own animation now. I have no choice but to expect nothing less.

"No owners, no heartaches." (I just have to insert this)

Blog 2.0

It has been two years since I started this project. Somehow this blog has been a life map for me. Although I don't chronicle everything. (God forbid if i did) This project gives me an idea where I was a few months ago. What was going through my head, what was my emotional state. I could've chosen a less public journal. Instead, I chose to share some of my thoughts with the universe. Even if the universe don't give a hoot.
This month is a slow month for me and my project. I haven't logged for quite some time. Maybe when life happens, there's no need to hit the record button.

It's 1,051,200 minutes to this day.

And in the ebb and flow of words, life always happens, whether we hit record or not.

Lost

Sometimes I’m such a study in contradiction that I shame myself. I just came from a refreshing three-day retreat in Tagaytay which set my course straight again. And I am grateful for this wonderful experience.


Oftentimes, I wander from the path that is set for me. Whether as product of my own selfishness or folly, I fell into the traps set before me.

And yet during the times when the urge to pull away gets stronger, somehow God pulls me back into his loving arms.

And like a prodigal daughter, I welcome His embrace like a wayward child finally reunited with her Abba father.