.
The Great Way has no gate;
there are a thousand paths to it.
If you pass through the barrier,
you walk the universe alone.
~Wu Men~
there are a thousand paths to it.
If you pass through the barrier,
you walk the universe alone.
~Wu Men~
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Wednesday, 8 August 2007
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
August 07, 2007: I am Thankful
I am thankful I can walk;
there are those who have never taken their first step.
I am thankful I can see the beauty all around me;
there are those whose world is always dark.
I am thankful I can hear music playing;
there are those who entire life has been spent in silence.
I am thankful my heart can be broken;
there are those who are so hardened they cannot be touched.
I am thankful I can move about freely and express my beliefs;
there are those who live in constant fear.
I am thankful I have been loved;
there are those for whom no one has ever cared.
I am thankful I can work;
there are those who have to depend on others for even their most basic needs.
I am thankful to wake up in the morning and take a deep breath of fresh air;
there are those who never got that far.
I am thankful for the opportunity to help others;
there are those who have not been so abundantly blessed as I.
I am thankful for the gifts of friendship and love;
there are people like YOU I am blessed to have in my life.
Larra: Dear God, for all the above ..... I am thankful to You!
Sunday, 5 August 2007
August 05, 2007: It's Sunday Again!
Come, join me for my morning walk!
Don't worry, if you're late.... just watch the slide show! 
August 05, 2007: Kasih Tercipta
This is for You: Kasih Tercipta
Kasih hilang tiada bicara
Setelah cintaku kau puja
Rintihan rindu terus melanda
Redup cahaya oo hati lara
Bisiklah kiranya aku bersalah
Sedetik tersirat rasa
Kau cipta kasih yang kumiliki
Cinta ku jujur selama ini …oooo…
* Carilah aku dalam hatimu
Sayang sebutlah kau rindu oooo
Hanya…pintaku
Kasihmu kekal setia
Usah biarku ooo terus terluka
Ooo… Kasih tercipta …
Ooo… Carilah ku sayang …
Mesra suaramu …kini berbeza
Gagal sembunyi sedih
Kenangan lalu menusuk jiwa
Manis seindah berganti pedih
* Carilah aku dalam hatimu
Sayang sebutlah kau rindu oooo
Hanya…pintaku
Kasihmu kekal setia
Usah biarku ooo terus terluka
Pabila bersamamu, debaran
Darah arus mengalir, cinta,
Lahir selamanya
Berilah…kucupan sayang
Biar terukir wajah …kasih tercipta …
Berilah…kucupan sayang
Biar terukir wajah …kasih tercipta …
Ooo…Kasih tercipta …
Kini ku mengerti
Walau berbisa …
Ku rela kiranya kau bahgia …
Saturday, 4 August 2007
August 04, 2007: The Shape of Leaves
Ginkgo, cottonwood, pin oak, sweet gum, tulip tree:
our emotions resemble leaves and alive
to their shapes we are nourished.
Have you felt the expanse and contours of grief
along the edges of a big Norway maple?
Have you winced at the orange flare
searing the curves of a curling dogwood?
I have seen from the air logged islands,
each with a network of branching gravel roads,
and felt a moment of pure anger, aspen gold.
I have seen sandhill cranes moving in an open field,
a single white whooping crane in the flock.
And I have traveled along the contours
of leaves that have no name. Here
where the air is wet and the light is cool,
I feel what others are thinking and do not speak,
I know pleasure in the veins of a sugar maple,
I am living at the edge of a new leaf.
Arthur Sze
our emotions resemble leaves and alive
to their shapes we are nourished.
Have you felt the expanse and contours of grief
along the edges of a big Norway maple?
Have you winced at the orange flare
searing the curves of a curling dogwood?
I have seen from the air logged islands,
each with a network of branching gravel roads,
and felt a moment of pure anger, aspen gold.
I have seen sandhill cranes moving in an open field,
a single white whooping crane in the flock.
And I have traveled along the contours
of leaves that have no name. Here
where the air is wet and the light is cool,
I feel what others are thinking and do not speak,
I know pleasure in the veins of a sugar maple,
I am living at the edge of a new leaf.
Arthur Sze
Friday, 3 August 2007
Wednesday, 1 August 2007
August 01, 2007: God Speaks to Each of Us
God Speaks to Each of Us
God speaks to each of us before we are,
Before he's formed us then, in cloudy speech,
But only then, he speaks these words to each
And silently walks with us from the dark:
Driven by your senses, dare
To the edge of longing. Grow
Like a fire's shadowcasting glare
Behind assembled things, so you can spread
Their shapes on me as clothes.
Don't leave me bare.
Let it all happen to you: beauty and dread.
Simply go no feeling is too much
And only this way can we stay in touch.
Near here is the land
That they call Life.
You'll know when you arrive
By how real it is.
Give me your hand.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
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