Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Kahlil Gibran The Prophet

I never get tired of reading the Prophet. Siyempre ang paborito ko eh when he speaks about LOVE



Love

Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them.
And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.  
Kapag binabasa ko to parang medyo may pagka masochistic ang dating pero naramdaman naman na nating lahat ito.

Friday, June 10, 2011

June na pala

Medyo magiging busy ako this month kaya malamang hindi ako masyadong makapagblog. Ilang Linggo na rin akong hindi nakakapagfacebook (congrats sa sarili ko) kaya ito kahit madalas akong nasa harapan ng computer puro pagsusulat lang ang ginagawa ko. Medyo nag-aalala na nga sa akin ang aking nanay dahil hindi na nga ako nasisikatan ng araw pero kahit noon naman kinakatamaran ko na ang paglabas labas. At mula yata nung naggraduate ako eh puro panggabi naman ang trabaho ko pero ito medyo negrita pa rin.

Halos isang buwan din akong araw-araw eh nagsusulat ng romance novel. Nakadalawang story na ako at pareho ko na siyang naipasa sa precious hearts romance (PHR). Yung una kung nobela eh for revision which is okay naman dahil unang gawa ko naman yon atleast hindi binalik ng totally rejected. Narevise ko na sya at I'm waiting sa approval or another revision. Yung pangalawa naghihintay din ako ng feedback mula sa editor. Usually 2-4 weeks bago sila magsend ng email. Sana maaprubahan pareho dahil highschool pa lang akogusto ko nang makapagsulat ala Helen Meriz, Rose Tan at Martha Cecilia.

So habang naghihintay I'm working on my third Manuscript at magbabalik uli ako sa online writing at kapag may oras pa eh sa pagsusulat ng abstract. Kapag siguro mas naging regular ang kita ko rito hindi na ako kukulitin ni mother na bumalik sa call center.  Naiintindihan ko naman yung takot niyang walang security kapag hindi ka yung regular na employee but there are things you need to do para magawa mo yung matagal mo ng goal. 

Hindi kasi ko magaling mag-multi task. Kung hindi magkalinya ang ginagawa ko talagang hirap ako. I can probably get by but one task has to suffer in quality. When i was still in the call center industry talagang hindi ako makapagsulat ng maayos. Paano ka naman makakapagsulat ng puyat, stressed at masakit ang mata.  

Oh well kapag okay na yung MS na pinasa ko tsaka na lang ako magpopost ng bago. Goodluck sa lahat at sana matupad nyo ang mga gusto nyo sa buhay, kung ano man yon.