beauty
love
joy
peace
faithfulness
gentleness
patience
self-control
(1) The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. His voice dropped to a whisper. "Let it come in. We think we dont deserve love, we think
if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man called Levine said it right. Love is the only rational act. (2) Sometimes, in the mornings, that's when i mourn. I feel around my body,
I move my fingers and my hands--whatever I can still move-- and I mourn for what I've lost. I mourn the slow, insidious way in which I am dying. But then, i stop. I give myself a good cry if
i need it. But then I concentrate on all the good things still in my life. YOU. (3) The culture doesnt encourage us to think about regrets until you're about to die. We're so wrapped up with
egotistical things, career, family, having enough money--trillions of little acts just to keep going. We dont have the habit to stand back and look at our lives "Is this all I want?" You need
someone to probe you in that direction. It doesnt happen automatically. I have found my teacher. Have you found yours? (4) Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. Listen to that bird
on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any time, you might not be as ambitious as you are. (5) Love each other or perish. Family-- nothing else can give you spiritual security. Not
money, not fame. (6) Learn to detach. Dont cling to things, because everything is impermanent. Let the experience penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it. If you dont allow yourself
to go all the way through them, you can never get to being detached. You're too busy being afraid, afraid of pain, grief and vulnerability. Throw yourself into these emotions. Dive in, all the way.
Then, you will know what the emotions are, and detach. (7) You have to find what's good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And age, is not
competitive. How can I be envious of where you are--when I've been there myself? (8) Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community and people around you, create something
that gives you meaning. Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you wont be dissatified, envious and longing for someone else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overwhelmed
with what comes back. (9) Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.Think of my voice and I will be there. (10) Respect, compromise and talk openly. Have a common set of values in life with
your partner. (11) The biggest defect we human beings have is our short-sightedness. Invest in the human family. Invest in those you love and who love you. In the beginning of life, when we were infants,
we need others to survive, right? At the end of life, you need others to survive right? (12) Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Tears are okay. Life is a tension of opposites. (13) As long as we can love
each other, and remember, the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. Death ends a life, not a rlnship. (14) I love you, Coach. He had finally made me cry.
Above-- excerpts fr Tuesdays with Morrie... (My entries, links and tagboard are in that order -> respectively.)
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Saturday, October 29, 2005
FREAKING. when i knew that i sent weekend mail in the morning, sth pissifying me gotta happen in the afternoon or evening. dammit.
my dear college principal wrote me a love letter that will be prompting me to move out of college. see. when you deprive a sagittarius girl of her freedom, this is what happens. she retorts, fights back and becomes more stubborn. grrr.. she's really freaking pissing me off.. i hate it when i am forced to do things.
realized that its really scary when you go to your friendster, and you discover your friend knows ur friend who knows another friend.. why cant just people leave me uncontactable.. leave me in my own world.. where i dunno anyone. like YA. may i live in my own world. is that alright?
and can it be better if i dont have to know anyone?
and isnt it scary that despite in Sg, where my circle of friends are getting married later and later.. friends being those who are like more mature in age n in thoughts.. the people in Australia are getting married younger and younger? not only the australians.. like the Sg students who study here... manz, getting married at 23-24 aint the right thing to go manz.. alright, that's my comments.. wont force my opinions on others.. but... nvm.. cant get it.
at some pt of life, family will take presidence over career. but at age 18 to 28, work n career take presidence over everyth. this might just be due to my upbringing.. might be due to my overly emphasized academic world (where i have been in schools who overly emphasize academic success and excellence in career.. cause my classes in my Sec sch n JC seem to be over-achievers as compared to pp i know here) its scary to know all these cause pp simply cant jus click w you.
studying cant get done at this freaking rate.
jh babe, if u reading this, and still not feeling good, jus pop me a ring. hope you're feeling better. :)
too much cursing in this entry. dammit.
-bree-
*brena*; timed 1:07 AM