open up!

if you want to experience beauty, allow the bud to take its time to bloom, caress it with the tenderness in your eyes, and soon it will unfold its petals.

if you want to experience change, marvel at the process of how a caterpillar metamorphose into a delicate butterfly.

if you want to experience silence, comb the beach barefoot and watch the waves dance; climb a mountain and find shelter under a blanket of skies; still your inner turbulence and listen to your heart beat.

if you want to experience life, open your mind and yourself to alternatives and possibilities; variety and unpredictability; chances and challenges.

the most pleasant of all experiences of beauty, change, silence and life is not your own, but the ones which God generously provides.

i Yield

teach me to care like dewdrops that water the roots teach me to shelter like the embrace of leafy branches teach me to smile like the sunshine in your eyes teach me to dance like the undulating gyrations of the ocean teach me to magnify like the stars that light up the night teach me to wonder like the new-born babe in its mother's arms teach me to understand like the silent transcendence of the skies teach me to love like the rain of your laughter teach me to live like the flora and fauna of the fields teach me Your ways nurture me in your steady embrace above all, love me with the intensity of your emotion ever becoming the wonderful tide of reason in the seasons of my heart.

what's for today?

~('o')~ little flowers were blooming on the concrete pavement alongside a quiet village we passed by. each petal is as unique as the variety in its leaves and as lovely as the various blades of grass that grow with it. ~('o')~ no two clouds were of the same form and shape. they may be the same cirrus, same cumulus, same nimbus types but no two were ever alike. they maybe be fluffy, feathery or just a streak of white, all in their majestic abode in the sky. ~('o')~ sometimes when i'm traveling, i can't help but be amazed at how fast the shades of light would change from sunny to gray to slightly in between. it gives the funny assurance that somehow the Divine is playing with either my moods or His own. ~('o')~ when all is pitch black at night, i look up and amuse myself that when i find twinkling stars God is smiling back. and the message He sends through my beloved makes for a restful night. ~('o')~ enjoy today with everything it has to offer, along with the Giver and Creator of time. today is yesterday’s tomorrow and the only reality we can hold. today does seem like a series of yesterday’s tomorrows continued on again today and will be yesterday’s tomorrow as soon as today unfolds anew.

{{ musings }}

~(‘o’)~ this day unfolding, bringing hope and newness, likened to a nascent bud anticipating bloom. the rain was pouring, welcoming the day with ripples of care and blessing the land with its nourishment. my heart is ready for the embracing, while patiently awaiting the promised thaw. ~(‘o’)~ if i am permitted to create a lively variety in life, i would celebrate, blue summer, pink winter, silver spring and violet autumn. as the lunar and celestial cycles take their appointed turns i will repaint the seasons a different color each time. ~(‘o’)~ soft and gentle whisper, the wind has left its kiss, i giggled and wondered. relaxing, i sighed and know with understanding the message that it brings from the faraway land where i know you’re looking up and blessing me with your care today. ~(‘o’)~ an acoustic melody plays in my mind and the memories i hold are like the movies presenting its fascinating run. each musical strain, each hypnotic beat, the way the guitar sings, a harmony of spirit mingles from mine to yours, coming full circle when yours mingle with mine. ~(‘o’)~ a language with no words, but the emphasis is beautiful in its brevity – the dance moves between, among and within our tortured and triumphant souls, coming and parting, closing and releasing, turning and swirling, its dynamics surprising and unceasing. ~(‘o’)~ if courage were only for the strong, and bravery its natural armor, who then will challenge and conquer the tempests and trials of the changing times and our evolving humanity? who will then end the war against injustice, discrimination, hypocrisy, ignorance, indifference, poverty, criminality and slavery? ~(‘o’)~ today i will welcome solitude, with my mine and its own musings as part of our conversation. i will let solitude receive the warmth of comradeship and the comfort of a friend. if solitude so chooses, it can stay on for the night, listen to my prayers, hopes and little dreams and snuggle under the sheets of tender bliss. for my great redeemer, the author of my life and this article, a resounding praise that no words can convey ~ thank you for the thoughts and these musings. _huggin_