Christmas?

What is the true meaning of Christmas?

[This originally occured as a response a friend's post on his blog page. He had rightly pointed out that the "true meaning of Christmas" is often lost today. However, the point I am making is that the "meaning of Christmas" IS equal to "the birth of Christ." Christmas wasn't meant to celebrate the life and resurrection of Christ. The reason for the birth of Christ WAS about more than just the birth of another baby... but the holiday of Christmas was meant to celebrate this birth... so let's not beat up Christmas for peoples' misunderstandings of the total importance of the Christian faith. Anyway, here's my post...]

I enjoyed the blog, but lately with all the talk I hear about people "missing the meaning of Christmas," I agree and disagree. I agree with the fact that many people miss the point of Christmas - like you said: Christmas has become commericial and all about money, etc. However, many Christians in an effort to "bring people back to the true meaning of Christmas" commit a subtle error (in my opinion, anyway).

Here's the way the argument breaks down in my mind: 1) Christmas is the most popular, upfront Christian holiday and it has to do with the birth of Jesus Christ; 2) We, as Christians, know that Christianity is about much more than just the birth of Jesus (as you have rightly pointed out); 3) People are missing this point that Christianity is about more than a birth; 4) Therefore, to argue against this tendency, we correct people by saying that the "true meaning of Christmas is about more than a birth."

I think the heart behind this is good, but I think we end up attacking Christmas for the wrong reasons. I feel more comfortable with claiming the following to statements:

"Christianity (not Christmas) is about more than a birth - the resurrection is key."

"The true meaning of Christmas (that being the BIRTH of Christ) has indeed been lost in our culture as a whole because of the commercial focus of the season."

My issue, I suppose is that believers often wrongly think: the meaning of Christmas = the meaning of Christianity. This isn't true at all. Christianity is just a holiday that we have set up (not even in the right time of year, mind you) to celebrate the birth of Christ. From my understanding, it wasn't even a celebrated holiday until the 4th Century. Before that, Easter was the main Christian holiday and the birth wasn't even celebrated.

I guess my beef is just this: Christmas is a HOLIDAY meant for us to celebrate the birth of Christ. Has the meaning of this holiday been lost? Yeah, I think so. But, let's not attack Christmas because people misunderstand that Christianity is about more than a birth. The holiday of Christmas is meant to celebrate one aspect of Christianity and it isn't meant to teach people about the sum total of Christian belief and practice. Was the reason that Jesus was born in order to die and resurrect? Yeah, and that is why Christmas wasn't even celebrated for hundreds of years while Easter was. So, in our arguing against misunderstandings about the Christian faith, let's not say more about the holiday of Christmas than what is meant to signify.

Life?

Life offers different passage of thinking. Science open our mind to the wonders of natural and physical dimensions of things. Philosophy open our mind to the different way people and culture mended together. Religion open our mind to the reason of life, it's purpose and meaning. Both these cognitive disciplines, help us understand ourselves better.

Our quest for what is good and true and beautiful in life give us a better sense of accomplishment. for if we are to live life, we want to better improve things. For living entails us to grow, to develop and nurture far beyond ourselves. To dream for beyond what we now know and understand. To reach the unreachable stars.

Love Story

Recently I read a book of a love story, in
which there was a very beautiful young lady
working in a vineyard. The vineyard was
owned by some very wealthy, influential king.
Because of working outside in the vineyards,
the weather and sun had darkened her
skin, and she thought that she no longer
looked feminine. She wanted to please her
“Beloved” and since she was tanned from
working outside, she thought he wouldn’t be
pleased with her appearance. She was in love
and she wanted to do anything and everything
to please him.
Her brothers, having discovered her love
for her “Beloved,” tried to break up the relationship
so they sent her up north where she
was now working, in order to separate and
put distance between her and her Beloved.
She left her own home, and her own vineyard
and was working someone else’s vineyard.
Her courtship was with a very handsome
young man, and he, himself was also working,
doing pastural work, as a shepherd, feeding
a flock, in another city.
He was trying to provide for himself and
also for her, as they planned to marry as soon
as they could. The thing that attracted each of
them in their relationship was not a physical
attraction but it was in the soul.
Now they had been dating and courting
for some time as they were waiting for the
right time for them to be married. In their
courtship they spent time banqueting and
they enjoyed taking a picnic together. They
took full advantage of the time they had
together and made it quality time.
Through this courtship and romance they
had come to know that there was no doubt
that they were right for each other. She knew
that he was designed for her and he knew
that she was designed for him.
This recognition was their protection, and
they both had no fear of any other person
being able to take either her place or his place
in this relationship.
She knew that she belonged to him, and
she knew that he belonged to her. She knew
that he was one out of a thousand, the fairest
of thousands. The more they were apart, the
more they longed for each other.
Absence didn’t make the heart to wander.
Absence just proved that they were right for
each other, distance did not cancel out their
love for one another. He could be where he
was, and she could be where she was, and
they had confidence because he was in her
soul and she was in his soul.
The more they were apart, the greater
became their desire to be together.
In her longing for her “Shepherd-Lover,”
she wished that he could be one of her brothers,
so that he could be living in the same
house with her and her mother and her
brothers, so that she could see him every day.
She wanted to share the affection that there
is in family among brothers and sisters. She
wanted to be with him, not even as her husband;
but the relationship merely as a brother.
She knew that her desire was for him and
his desire was for her.
Being apart so much of the time, one
night, the Shepherd-Lover couldn’t take it
any longer and so he decided to visit her. He
couldn’t stay away.
When he arrived in her room, she was
asleep. He opened the door and whispered to
her, but he decided it would be better if he
left, so he left, protecting her from both himself
and her, being so emotionally involved.
He left without even touching or kissing
her, protecting her virginity.
But she awoke and sensed that he was in
her room. She heard his voice, and she
became excited because love is tone oriented.
She could smell his aroma as she reached for
the door knob and it was familiar and exciting
to her.
He left and she went out looking for him,
but she couldn’t find him. She knew that his
love for her was protective and protected her
by not taking advantage of her when she was
extremely vulnerable.
Their relationship was challenged not
only by her brothers trying to separate them,
but the king on whose estate she was working,
was causing them some problems.
When he saw how beautiful she was, he
was attracted by her beauty and he tried to
entice her and win her away from her
Shepherd-Lover, to make her one of the many
ladies in his harem.
He tried to attract her with all his possessions,
he was the richest man on the Earth and
had everything and he tried to win her, not
only with wealth, but also offered her a prominent
position, as being a queen, the first lady.
He tried to win her with money, riches,
fame, and honour.
His vineyard produced thousands upon
thousands of dollars, he had 60 men who carried
him around in a chair, any where he went.
He had his own army. His men were expert
in war, and they rode in ornate chariots, made
of silver and gold with purple coverings.
He had so much money he didn’t know
what to do with it next, so he tried to bribe
this young lady and give her anything and
everything that she could ever hope or dream
of when it comes to being rich and famous.
Besides offering her the whole world, he
tried to win her by flattery, and he began to
tell her how beautiful she was physically. He
began describing her very graphically.
It was like he was going up and down her
body as he described her. He mentions her
eyes, and how rich and beautiful her hair
was, and that her teeth are white and that not
one tooth was missing or broken.
He speaks of her lips and her voice, and
how she speaks, and the temples in her head
and how her hair falls so beautifully over
them. He speaks of her neck and breasts and
thighs and naval and feet.
He is totally occupied with her physical
appearance, but doesn’t love her or even know
what she is really like, He is just attracted to
her physically.
Flattery from the wrong man is insulting
and obnoxious, but from the Right-Man it is
exciting, magnifying, and fulfilling.
This king has everything and he wants
everything and sees this beautiful woman
and he wants to add her to his collection, but
this is something he can’t have, and this frustrated
him.
He has 1,000 women in his harem, and
she would be 1,001, But if a thousand won’t
do it, one more won’t. But one will.
But this young lady working in his vineyard
remains faithful to her beloved and she
resists his advances and fast lines, because of
having her beloved in her soul, fulfilling and
completing her.
Some of the other ladies in the palace try
to put pressure on her, and try to get her to
push herself on her beloved to force him to
marry her before the right time to be married.
They try to convince her to go to the field
where her Shepherd-Lover is feeding the
flock, to visit him while he is on the job while
he is working and try to entice him to marry
her now. They think it is right for them to
marry and they think that now is the right time.
There is a Right-Man and a Right-Woman
and there is a right time
A relationship can be destroyed by a premature
marriage, not giving any time for
growth and maturity especially on the man’s
part.
With all these obstacles facing her, she
waited and waited for the right time. She
knew she had her Right-Man.
With her brothers trying to break them up,
with the king trying to turn her head wit
fame and fortune, and these ladies trying to
push her into an immature marriage, she
waits ...
When he visited her, she went out looking
for him. But she couldn’t find him. She wandered
through the streets even asking the
policemen if they had seen him and they said
no.
She finally found him, and when she
found him, she brought him home to her
mother, but not as a brother, as she one time
had wished. But she held him and would not
let him go and took him into her mother’s
chamber where she was first conceived.
Soul love always precedes sex love before
the marriage is consummated. The recognition
and identification is in the soul, and sex
is just one of many expressions of love.
The shepherd lover tells her the time is
right and he proposes marriage.
He says, Rise up my love, my fair (beautiful)
one, and come away.
They both know that the time is right.
And he repeats the invitation.
Rise up, my love, my fair (beautiful) one,
and come away.
And she responds by saying, “Make haste,
My beloved.”
And they ride off into the sunset and live
happily ever after.
“I am my beloveds. And my beloved is
mine.”

Forever!!

“Best Friends Forever!” Sounds familiar? I’m sure it does. I’m positive that everyone once had had a best friend at some point in their lives – whether as an adolescent, a teenager, or even an adult. What is a best friend? It is clearly someone who will listen to your thoughts, your complaints and someone who will share your emotions with you, someone you’re able to offer full trust and someone that you love dearly. This type of best friend is commonly revealed in films and television shows, but realistically, how often would we meet these types of people? How often would you meet a person that will almost always be there for you? Regardless of being a teenager or not, a true friend will remain a true friend. Yet, I do admit friends are best to be discovered during the teenage phase, considering that during this ten-year teen phase, we [teens] are changing. We become exposed to a slightly different lifestyle, we discover ourselves within the margins of conformists or within ourselves, and we struggle to define ourselves and what we truly believe. I have had many friends. I’ve lost some and I’ve gained some. They come and go.

Eyes on Me

Eyes on Me

( Faye Wong )

Whenever sang my songs

On the stage, on my own

Whenever said my words

Wishing they would be heard

I saw you smiling at me

Was it real or just my fantasy

You'd always be there in the corner

Of this tiny little bar

My last night here for you

Same old songs, just once more

My last night here with you?

Maybe yes, maybe no

I kind of liked it your way

How you shyly placed your eyes on me

Oh, did you ever know?

That I had mine on you

Darling, so there you are

With that look on your face

As if you're never hurt

As if you're never down

Shall I be the one for you

Who pinches you softly but sure

If frown is shown then

I will know that you are no dreamer

So let me come to you

Close as I wanna be

Close enough for me

To feel your heart beating fast

And stay there as I whisper

How I loved your peaceful eyes on me

Did you ever know

That I had mine on you

Darling, so share with me

Your love if you have enough

Your tears if you're holding back

Or pain if that's what it is

How can I let you know

I'm more than the dress and the voice

Just reach me out then

You will know that you're not dreaming

''Tears of War''

Tears 0f War

by: Rafael Enrico Sy

There are tears to being a woman,

Tears no man can cry.

Women cried is pain at cause of life,

and bore each pain out of love.

Man cried is war at cause of death,

and fight each pain out of honor.

Humanity to what end to we want these,

or it is the pain that cause the war.

The war that cause the pain,

can time really erase the tears of war?

An history ever regret the plight,

Of man and women against man's inhumanity,

Against his fellow man?

Can God ever forget man's crime against

humanity?

Humanity to what end to me want,

these tears to end?

Helping 0ne Another

The family is the basic unit of our society. In the Philippines, families are basically closely - knitted. We tend to take care of each other more responsively. We stand by each other in times of needs and trials. Laugh and dance together in family re-union, weddings, fiesta's etc. We are motivated by the idea that time spent together as a family and as a member of a group of healthy individual will result in a stronger family unit, giving each other, especially the children a greater sence of society in the family, in society and also in God. Maybe that could be one of the basic reason why the Philippine stand to be more of less 90% a christian society. We grow up basically as a family nurtured in the belief that God is a part of us, a member even the head of our family. Today, as we travel in diffirent direction in our lives, as we go on further with our goals in life.It is still the family that give us so much hope as we take part in educating ourselves, interacting with our friends and neighbor, take part in our responsibility to society and give to our God. All these we do because we believe in ourselves that tommorow because of our dream we will grow and make our nation great again.

Faith in Love

Have you ever fallen in love? Have the pain caused you to feel miserable? All of us have our fair share of loving. To love and be love is the most splendor of all. The beauty of which when shared with equal sensitivities bought to life an intensity and passion so unlike any human emotion.
Loving entails us to give of ourselves. To share our dreams. To create a world of our own. To express the different sides of our being. All of these gives us a glimpse of the person we are. Our different value and views, our stand and position, our fight for a place under the sun, our friends and association, our religous belief, social status, our political stand, our economical background, our family upbringing and our financial capabilities.
Our faith in love create in us a dream of a life shared all of these are integral part of ourselves and our loveone. The beending of two minds, two emotions, two bodies, two feelings, and two souls. Once we found ourselves falling in love and foresee the future ahead with these person, we start to share our innermost feeling. What we are inside we tend to express potrey. Yet sinpili of these, somehow along the wad we lost our sight of our love, we lost the faith to carry on. We give in to a love once so beautiful and loving.
Once we love we should find the time, the passion and the determination to go on living and fighting for that person. For love to go on we should learn to nurture each other with time, consideration, our faith in our love one, faith in ourselves and faith in God can be a strong ground for love to florish. It has to workboth ways. It has to be a nutual.
Love is patient, love is kind, it's not jealous or filled with pride, does not boast and is not rude, has no selfish attitude, keeps its anger in control, is not easily provoked. Now, until the end of time, Faith survives and stand forever, Hope can live and breathe forever, Love endures forever, but the greatest of these is love, when sinned against, does not keep track, doesn't think of paying it back. Does not delight when evil rules, instead rejoices in the truth, ready to defend a friend, ready to believe the best, always hopes and always trusts, never ever will give up. Faith is Love brought us the greatness of the human spirit in it's quest for a life worth giving and living for.

Past Desires, Thanks My Friend

I tire from walking, the raindrops hit my face, out here chasing an uncatchable dream. I can see deep into your eyes, like the bubbling water in depths of a dark sea. You're calling out to me. I'm right here. Where should I go to satisfy these desires? Let's get home, and then tommorow will you smile and say "Everything is All Right"? I call out your name, I'll give you a warm embrace, just close your eyes and remember our childhood days. You make up for the areas that I am lacking Ive forgotten all about the sad times, so I'm not scared at all. Now I've lied, and I feel remose... Somehow, I managed to grow up. Now I feel ashamed, and I nervously sweat. But even still, I've found a reason to continue the dream. I scorch my soul. I'm yelling out to the heaven! If I just open that door, I'll be saved. Let's meet that dream on the dark side of the moon. We'll be laughing in our bare feet. Now if I can just tell this to my heart, this desires will be satisfied.

Together We Can Make it

Trying to touch that which we could not see and that which we did'nt know hurt more that we could have known. I just wanted to cry and get the hell out of there but that how I am, so don't think you're the only one. There's no such thing as wasted effort or a pointless encounter. So just put up your faith... No matter how far I reach out. I can't reach that by myself, but if we held hands, we'd grab it in a second. We keep missing each other and having misunderstandings. And we agrue with one another in order to build our trust. Even though I'm drenched in tears after you hurt me today. Let's keep moving on to a future together. Even when we graduate and get old. You'll still be you and I'll still be me. The sky above us will continue on forever and they'll be nothing to stand in our way. Whatever I'm lacking, you'll give to me. And whatever you're missing. I'll make you complete. Friends Forever.......

Experience Having A First Love

Loving one together gives so much inspiration. Each day pass by as if things suddenly become a special occasion. A simple, a gesture of kindness, a touch of comfort means so much for us. Having love for the first time gives us a different feeling of joy at the same time pain.
The child has turn into a new man. As I recalled the occasion I can't but feel overwhelmed at learning to love that girl. In her I have found the women of my dreams. She was a picture of a beautiful flower to me. A purple lavender, so beautiful, so charming and gentle. Her skin so soft, her lips ever smiling, her nose small but pointed and her eyes tantalizing and beluitching. She walk graceful as a gizelle, her body as slewder bamboo lade free flowing with the breeze of the wind, so undemanding yet strong and fexible. It was this strength of her that make me cling to her. Like a babe in his mother's arm I want to hold her. She was a picture of a bright and intelligence women of today. A rare specimen of her kind. Yet as time went by, she remain but a picture for me to behold.
I love her so much. I see her as a queen in my life. Even if I let her fell my intention yet it remain to be like friendship. Today is not yet the right time. Even if I know deep within her my love is being reaprented I will rather finish my education and prepare the future for us. When that time come after graduation and the feeling remain nutual, I know that our love have sees us though the passage of time, different obstacle and trials... then it is really love meant for both of us. An everlasting love ment to be nurtued to bloom more intensely and personality.
Yes, to my dear angel. Our love can wait. The time will come when I am able to stand strong by myself, to give you the best life can offer then I will come back for us. ''Help me God.''

Dearest friend Smile ^_^

I was looking at you and you did'nt notice. I dream that your mine. Your kissable lips and your shiny smile. Can been seen on the sky. Dont look at me or my heart will melt to say. Your smile, makes me fall in love with you. Everytime you move me my world stops. The song in my heart is for you. I hope you know my feelings about you. Some people hang on even their suppose to let go. You don't know that I love you. I hope you dont get mad. My heart is really in love it used to be a secret. Forever in love. We're still not that close but i'm still nervious. My heart screams your name. My heart only for you, is only for you. I love you enough to fight you, compromise for you, and sacrifice myself for you if need be. Enough to miss you incredibly when we're apart, no matter what length, of time it's for and regardless of the distance. Enough to believe in our friendship, to stand by it through the worse of times, to have faith in our strength as a friend, and never to give up on you. Enough to spend the rest of my life to you, be there for you when you need me or want me, and never, ever want to leave you or live without you. I love you this much.

Inside of Me

If you could see inside my soul, see inside my heart, you would know how I long for you. Whenever we're apart, if you could see inside my head, if thoughts were things to seeyou would know how I cherish you. How much you mean to me. In all the ways you comfort me, the way you hold me near, the way you know just what to do, to chase away my fear. The sparkle in your beautiful eyes, your smile, laugh, your touch, are just a few of many reasons. I love you oh so much. Knowing I can talk to you, about any and everything and knowing together we will get, through whatever life may bring. I could search the whole world over and this I know is true. I would never find another love, like the love I found with you. Though with each new day, each sunrise. We can't know what's in store, there is one thing I know for sure, each day I love you more. So if you could see inside my head, if thoughts were things to see, you would know I blessed I feelto have you here with me...

Love Never Dies

Love is Eternal, Love is Forever. Love Never Dies. Whatever is true, whatever is good, whatever is beautiful, think of these things. Because bornout of these thought, everything we do, everything we say, everything we feel makes loving a metamorhosis of a life worth living and dying for.
Love in its greatness open for us a better world. The finest measure of which cannot be held nor touch but can only be felt by the heart. Love nurture into us new visions and new horizons of that kind which encompasses everything, ''Love that is unconditional.'' ''Love that is redemptable.'' Love that flows freely without self. Love that give itself for the sake of others. Indeed, a passion of immeasurable grandeur.

Endless in its capacity to give. Love enjoin us to share ourselves beyond the threshold of pain. Giving without expectation. Walking an extra mile. Sharing with compassion. Endless in its capacity to hope. Love let us see things in a lighter heart. To dream the impossible dream. To stand strong amidst all odd. To see hope in the eyes of everychild. To mend the broken pieces of a lost past. To forgive and forget. To let go. To live and let live.

Endless in its capacity for faith. Love extend itself to believe in the goodness of the humanspirit, and to trust in the mercy of an omnipotent God. A love so great it was bought for us by an ever forgiving God. Faith in love is pure, gentle, kind, patient, joyful, peaceful and humble. Love commands us to be as the child in a manger. God in a child.

Yes! This love is everything. This is that love that encompasses. For these is no greater love than a man who is willing to give up his life so that others may live.

She was My Choice?

She was perfect. The girl of my dreams. Smart, Pretty, Talented and Inteligent. As I look into her eyes, I knew that softness and getleness are so much a part of her nature. I was mezmerized as she sung among the church choir. At that Instant, I felt in love with her.

But everything become a big dream to me. I saw her face almost everyminute. My mind send pictures of a lovely girl, so very often that I started day dreaming and forget my studies. I look at my books but it is her face I see. I sung with the choir but my voice echoed the voice of an undying love song. All of these makes me feel unhappy and frustrated. I know I have to make a decision. My grades are falling. I am listless and silent the whole day and my classmates notice a difference. At the age of sixteen(16) years, I am still young to let love control my being. ''Let Go'' that's what i did. I stop writing love songs, the poems I wrote for her, I now put under my drawer. I cannot make a decision to court her right now. I want to finish my studies first. I want to go to college. I cannot love her and study without neglecting her. I don't want to hurt her by not giving her time and effort. I have a big future. To want to help my mother. She is now sick and still unable to walk. I want to help my brother and sisters. I can work after high school and study at the same time.

Today, I know I made the right choice. We are both so young. We have to study first so we can have a bought future ahead. I know if we are both for each other, time will come that we can be together once more. God will open the way, in his time...

You Will Stay Here In My Heart Forever!!

From open road album, love it has so many beautiful faces, sharing lives and sharing days, my love it had so many empty spaces, I'm sharing a memory now I hope thats how it stays, now I'm deep inside love and still breathing, she is holding my heart in her hand, I'm the closest Ive been to believing, this could be love forever, all throughout my life the reasons Ive demanded, but how can I reason with the reason Im a man, In a minute I'm needing to hold her, In an hour I'm cold, cold as stone, when she leaves it gets harder and harder to face life alone, now my dreams are filled with times when were together, guess what I need from her is forever love. Always and forever each moment with you It's just like a dream to me that somehow came true and I hope tomorrow will still be the same cause we got a life of love that won't ever change every day lend me your own special way melt all my heart away with a smile take time to tell me you really care and we'll share tomorrow together there'll always be sunshine when I look at you something I just can't explain It's the things that you do if you get lonely call me and take a second to give to me the magic you make. I'll always Love You Forever and Ever!!

Unforgetable Memories...

Memories are all that remains,Of a perfect love gone wrong,Memories of your warm smile,Of your soft loving caresses,And your sweet tender kisses,Memories so bitter yet so sweet,Where my lips curl into a smile,Yet the joy never to reach my eyes,As unbidden tears streak down,Memories of a classic love story,That ended on a rain soaked day,As if the sky saw and empathized,And weeped along with my heart,Moments we had spent together,Will live and last forever,As unforgettable memories,To be played over and over,Memories are all that I have left,Of a love that once burned bright,Now masked, dimmed and dying,But it is in this eternal moment,That I love you the most,But it is too late to turn back now,For we have taken a one way road,To memories and might have beens,And used up all our given chances,So now, while I hurt and ache,I will also pray, hope and wait,For a gentle and loving heart,To heal and revive this love broken soul,And give a new home to this orphaned heart...…

Memories!!

memories that come to my mind every time I turn somewhere that reminds me of her. ( a girl I still love.) As I look at the light of the starsIt reminds me of your beautiful brown eyesWhen you used to be always at my side...Every time I drive at night and go by your houseIt brings memories when we used to be so close.Memories of you and when I learned everything about loveMemories that I try to rejectBut sometimes I end up cryingbecause I can't forgetAll the love you brought and left in my way.Sometimes I wonder whyAll this memories come to my mindWhen I thought it was easy to leave you behind.I was wrong because my broken heart still misses and call for your hands,To feel it pump for you.Now all I have is memories,Memories that brings emptiness.Memories of the days we used to talk,When we used to think we were the only lovers in this crazy world,When I used to think our love was the more valuable than all the pearls and gold,When I said our love was brighter than the sun,When we were louder than love,When we were two young persons filled with joy.Memories sealed forever by my side,memories I will always keep deep inside.

/-`riendship!!

Friendship isn't always easily described. The Eskimos, they say, have a hundred different words for snow. Unfortunately, the English language isn't quite as innovative, though it has vast opportunities to differentiate meaning. Certainly, Love is one of those opportunities. And so, too, is Friendship.
Instead of different words, however, we're stuck with simple adjectives. Close friend. Best friend. Childhood friend. Intimate friend. Trusted friend. Beloved friend. But whether you use adjectives or different words, few could deny the nearly infinite meaning in such a simple word.
Friends are special people. We can't pick our family, and we're sorely limited in the number of them at any rate. Society and mores (and often our own conscience) dictate we select a single mate. But our friends can be as diverse and infinite as the adjectives we choose. Our friends, in a very real sense, reflect the choices we make in life.

Empty Heart

My heart didn't brake, It's fine and true . But it might and yours just might too., if you don't do what you know you should do. cause the last part of your awesome poem just doesn't ring true , for me and my darling dear, it didn't really for you. Have faith do what your heart says to do, don't answer to past owies that aren't relevant to now or an awesome future in His Glory and Might. Art.. Love is not just words you say, Love is feelings from the Heart, that's alive
each day!! And to know A Loved One is not gone until they are forgotten, To live in your heart their love will live forever! Being in love at any age these days, Brings so much happiness in so many ways. Fills your heart with tender feelings you see, Makes your life so complete as can be. Sharing of feelings you never knew were there, A bonding feeling of love you handle with care. A roller coaster ride through life sometimes you feel, Sad times and bad times your love seems to deal. Both sharing in feelings from your heart as it flows, Grasping all that love as fast as it grows. Waking each morning with more love to share, Yelling from that mountain top it will always be there. All of your love has gone away, None of your Feelings seem to stay. You just didn't need me any more, Turned your back and walked out that door. You didn't stop to say good-bye, You didn't give any reasons why. You didn't turn to see my cries, You walked away with closing eyes. I had loved you from the start, With all my feelings from my heart. An Angel entered my life some time ago, Her spreading of wings held my life as I know. Each day and night with sharing in love, Her brightness of love like stars from above. Her gentle touch sent shivers from feelings to my soul, Her passionate kiss brought desired love to grow. The warmth from her heart gave feelings with care, An enchantment of love seem to always been there. She held me in love with feelings she knew, Then I awaken from a dream that didn't come true. It's you that makes my dreams come true, Only you can stop my heart from being so blue. Think of all the times of love we shared, Imagize of all the fun times in life we cared. It's only you that can bring love back again, And forgive my sad words I gave this to end. I have learn from errors and my ways, Let me try to prove my love in coming days. Only you can make my life complete, So we both can share in love we seek. Love or friendship, are they the same, Two words a like, but different name. Look upon the past to be, With-in your future your heart will see. Was it true love you will find, Or needed friendship with-in your mind. If it were love, you still would care, If only friendship, you still would share. If you walk away from both, you will see, An empty heart of loneliness there will be. I searched with-in my heart to find Both love and friendship makes life divine.

With Reason

With Reason

I found the phone

I must've missed your message

You got it wrong, It wasn't what your friend said.

Tell by your tone, I've taken it too far again.

(Just when I thought I'd gone and fixed it all again.)

Your friends are telling you, You gotta move on.

(Just when I thought I'd gone and wrecked it all again.)

You turned around so I could tell you what took so long.

I don't know why i ever waited to say.

Cuz I'm just dying just to see you again.

Instead of holding you, I was holding out.

I should've let you in, but I let you down.

You were the first to give ,I was the first to ask.

Now I'm in second place, to get a second chance.

I should've known, took you and I for granted

Gotta let you know, I was never underhanded.

Tell by your tone, I've taken it too far again.

(Just when I thought I'd gone and fixed it all again.)

My friends are telling me they saw you with someone.

(Just when I thought I'd gone and wrecked it all again.)

You turned around so I could tell you what took so long.

I don't know why i ever waited to say.

Cuz I'm just dying just to see you again .

Instead of holding you, I was holding out.

I should've let you in, but I let you down.

You were the first to give, I was the first to ask.

Now I'm in second place, to get a second chance.

My last mistake, putting my friends first.

I tried to laugh it off but I made things worse.

You were the first to give, I was the first to ask.

Now I'm in second place, to get a second chance.

What you give is always what you get.

There's so much I haven't given yet.

If you could give another second chance.

(Just when I thought I'd gone and fixed it all again.)

My friends are telling me they saw you with someone.

(Just when I thought I'd gone and wrecked it all again.)

You turned around so I could tell you what took so long.

I don't know why I ever waited to say.

Cuz I'm just dying just to see you.

Instead of holding you, I was holding out.

I should've let you in, but I let you down.

You were the first to give, I was the first to ask.

Now I'm in second place, to get a second chance.

My last mistake, putting my friends first.

I tried to laugh it off but I made things worse.

You were the first to give I was the first to ask.

Now I'm in second place to get a second chance.

Instead of holding you, I was holding out

I should've let you in, but I let you down

You were the first to give, I was the first to ask

Now I'm in second place, to get a second chance.

Friendship is More Important than Romance

"If I could go back in time, knowing what I know now..." These words have been said by all of us at some point in our lives. We all wish we could go back in time to correct our wrongs, to change what was, to turn bad into good. My truly heartfelt story, Return To Yesterday reminds me not to take love for granted, that second chances rarely come, and if they do, we should take them in our grasp. What is done cannot be undone. We must always try to do the right thing the first time to avoid regrets, as not everyone is given a chance to Return To Yesterday and don't let second chances get away!

Does anyone here believe in first love? well I do believe in first love. First love can bring tough guy down and lovely girl to bad girl. We can do many crazy things for first love. For example, you’ll take a bungee jump from a 20+ story of building to tell someone that you love her. I even do crazy stuff for my first love, well don’t ask me what it is. ::) All I can say I’ll do anything for her. Many people says that most of the first love is puppy love no one really understand what is love on this period of time. Well I can’t fully agree about it. I’m stand on the neutral ground here. When I think back my first love it brought back many sweet memories and even bad memories. Does anyone try before getting back to your first love? Me? Let it keep it a secret till you tell me more about yours. ::) Sometime we would ask “God, why you let me see her again.” this is the first things that come over your mind when you meet your first love.

Do you know to handle the situation? Act as a long lost friend who you never see him or her for quite sometime? or pretend you can’t see her or him? Many things will come over our mind and we need to make a fast decision before we regret doing it. Okay, when we get to know that he or she still has feeling towards you and what will you do?(*you must be still single okay ) so you have given both a second chance to be together. Both will appreciate each other because you all will think it is not easy to get back. Remember one thing that “God has given you a second chance to amend your mistakes that you’ve done at the past, please use it wisely. There is no more second chance after this.”

My goal in the future is to help others and to bring this silent condition to the forefront -- too many are suffering. We live in a world of selfishness; everyone is in a hurry. We need to stop and take time to look at this earth for it is a beautiful one.
Never give up because you are not alone -- get help, never be ashamed and work at it. Surround yourself with beauty and positive influences. And lastly, pray -- the power of prayer is important. This we can overcome -- we are strong people -- and these trials are put before us so we look at ourselves and become the people we were meant to be... FREE, FREE, FREE!!!

Undying Love

Endless Love

I write this for a girl

For I hold her so dear

I wish that she would love me

But it is love she fears

She knows how i feel

And thinks it's all a mistake

She thinks that i do not know

The pain that comes from heart break

She tells me that I'm hopeless

Underneath her breath

But when she denies my love

I can't help but think of death

I am filled with delight

When it's her voice I hear

And although it will never be

It sounded so sincere

I will always love her

Until my life comes to an end

I'm just so glad

That she will still be my friend ...

Never Give Up Your Dreams!!

It is by fully expressing your dream that you fully attain that dream. To try and jump ahead to the attainment without filling in all the details will leave you with nothing but an empty and worthless shell.
Know the depth of why you seek what you seek. Then, when you do reach it, you will experience the rich fulfillment that you desire.
Give real life to each dream by giving it color and texture, taste and feel, emotion, and layer upon layer of substance. Imagine all the stones along the pathway to that dream and then travel the reality of your path, step by joyous step.
There is nothing too far away for you to reach. Yet if striving is all you ever do, the objective will never be attained.
To a greater and greater extent as time goes on, be the dream that you seek. Arrive as soon as you begin to go, and continue to arrive more fully as you infuse more life into the dream.
Anything that you can imagine, you can already begin to touch. Continue touching your dream, and building that connection, until it fully becomes who you are.

Failure is Important!! =P

Failure is not the opposite of success. Failure is an important component of success.
Suppose you set an objective, take action, and then fail to reach that objective on the first attempt. Even though you have experienced a failure, you're in much better shape than you were before you started.
Because you've just learned, in a compelling and meaningful way, what doesn't work. And that puts you well on the way to finding what does work.
The greatest achievements of all time are built upon multiple failures. The greatest achievers are those who are willing to experience failure on their way to the success they know will most certainly come.
No one sets out with the intention of failing. Yet when failure comes, it is nothing to be ashamed of, and no reason to give up.
Learn to see failure as just another step in the process of success. And even when the failures come, they will serve to move you forward.

Do Your Best!!

The critical time for accomplishing anything is in the here and now. Every day is a day to dare to do my best. Each day provides opportunity for self-improvement/self-renewal. Today's accomplishments, not yesterday's or tomorrow's, produce the most satisfaction as what I accomplish today can give me an immediate feeling of self confidence and direction.
The critical time for accomplishing anything is in the here and now, today. The most important ingredient in future performance is present performance. The most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by consistent daily application of the best I have within me.
Practice is an opportunity to improve my skills. Approach each practice with enthusiasm, as nothing great has ever been accomplished without it. Challenge myself mentally as well as physically and I will start to enjoy the price of success rather than pay for it. Desire... the "want to" is the extra which enables an athlete to take whatever ability he/she has and utilize it to the maximum. Total effort gives an athlete a special kind of victory... victory over himself/herself. I will make this the best day and the best practice ever.

Recovering Your Romance

Your aim is to get the heart of the problem and recover this romance if it's worth it and possible. Don't waist time speculating about how your love really feels about you and whether there's any hope left. You've probaly done too much of this already. If things have gone sour for a time, you really can't speculate anyway. You may be too full of self-doubt and your self-esteem mat be too low to make a good evaluation, which is why you probably go in circles every day as you think about relationship.

Instead of speculating, follow the steps that I am going to give you now. If you do, you are likely to restore your romance, and you will certainly restore your self-esteem. If she's the wrong lady, you'll find this out too. Remarkably, following these steps will tell you not just where you are overgiving but also why. As you follow them, you are going to learn the truth about this love, and also a great deal about yourself... like I done before...

We all yearn for relationship, whether we are aware of it or not. A truly intimate relationship is a deeply satisfying one which allows each person to be fully themselves. At the same time, intimacy is part of creating a strong and lasting relationship. However, intimacy is difficult for many of us and, without realising it, many of us actively avoid it. Using their experience as therapists and drawing on their own relationship.

It's Over can't say Goodbye!!

It's Over??

I'm 99% sure that you don't like me but 1% is enough for me to hold. If not forever stay with me even for the longest time you can. Just because my eyes don't tear, doesn't mean my heart don't cry. I just because comes off a little strong, doesn't mean that nothing's wrong. My friend just ask if you love me? I just closed my eyes and said, ''I know what she will said,NO.'' If it's not you, it will be never be you, no matter how much I love you.. But if you really are for me, then, we will always be no matter how i set you free.. It's sad to think that you will never be mine, But its sadder to realize that, i know it all from the start. What I'm supposed to do? Just when I thought I was going to get you back, you go away from me again.. If it's over, give me that last chance to say goodbye, but don't think I dont care at all, co'z that goodbye is my simple way saying, I Love You... But I have to sacrifice...

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back. You hug her good-bye it's like nothing.. while all you want to do is hold on forever... I used to smile when I told people that you were my friend... but now, I can't even smile and say your name at the same time.. As much I love you, I have to say goodbye.. I'm sorry if I made you cry, I'm sorry if tears fell from your eyes.. But remember, for every tear that fell from your eyes, two fell from mine.. I'll never forget the times we onced shared, and I'll always remember how much you once cared.. Now it's over, time to move.. It's never easy to see you turning back.. but, i have to take the pain... and cry all the way home coz i know it will be never the same...I know when you leave, distance will keep us apart... But distance no matter how far, can't change these feelings in my heart... Just turn your head when you see me I will understand.. One day, I will be able to look you in your eye.. Without feeling the pain I've caused you.. I hoped in time, you will be happy as you call my name once again.. Happiness is too far for me now but even if it's near, I know it will be hard for us to get there... Liezl, It's never gonna work out.. ''I Love You'' ''Goodbye.''

I guess if you're done breaking my heart, I should go.. As I stared in your eyes, you asked me why i was about to cry, coz i knew you're going to say goodbye. Why can't you see how much you hurt me this time? You used to say were sorry, now you don't. You don't even care anymore.. I never hated you for not loving me, but i hate you, for me making me fall even more when I'm trying to let you go.. I'll never going to let you see through me. I'm never going to show you how broken I am inside.. My friend tell me to let go, or atleast to try, but what do i do when I start to cry? I'm holding you back yet I dont want to let go.. I'm fighting back emotions I never fought before... When you said I'm nothing, I'm didn't expect you to be right.. My head rest on my pillow, I let tears flow and ask myself, why can't I let go..? I know I have said goodbye so many times before, but all roads lead me back to you.. But now, as I say this goodbye, i have this feeling that I can never talk you again.. Honestly I dont wanna cross your path in the future, coz I dont want all these feelings to come back and hurt me once again.. I know I can't let go of my feelings, but, I have to let you go.. ''Sorry!,'' if it took me so long to let you go.. I still love you, and I probably will love you for a very long time... But somehow I know, I have to move on and get over you. And the only way for me to do that, is to be not around you anymore... Like what they say, we can't forget someone we loved, we may want but we can't... Love cannot be forgotten, no matter how hard we try, and how much we think it will ease the pain.. It will always be there, Forever..!! Maybe faith will smile upon us, and we'll talk each other again... someday...

My Broken Heart!!!!

Of a broken heart I sit and grieve. My soul has been torn from my body and mind. My eyes cry both night and day. My destroyed heart keeps pouring out such sad sorrow of my love gone away...Of a broken heart the pain is so great. My soul is empty, My mind is left searching for answers, My heart weary and sad. My spirit has died inside and out, looking for some comfort knowing there's none to be had...Of a broken heart I wonder why my love is gone. My soul is hurting so deep within. My head left sore from continuous weeping. My mind dwells on those sweet moments of when we were one. Memories go back to when we first met and life with my love was so much fun....Of a broken heart I could only live for my love. My soul is shattered and mourns day after day. The times we shared together were a blessing sent from Heaven. My love was my Angel in disguise. Oh, my sweet, my precious, my baby, my love, how can I ever say goodbye?..Of a broken heart I will miss my love for the rest of my life. My mind, my heart, my soul will never be the same without my love. I am empty within, I am lost, I am nothing, all I ever needed and wanted was "My Love"!

It was an important part of my life. To experience the rise and fall of myself in a few weeks related with something called love. Something that should be better treated carefully, but sometimes we failed to do that, resulting in painful moments. Yet even the painful moments could become meaningful if we could treat it as a good experience. Or to turn it into songs, books, or others. Day by day went by, I began to realize that I might not be a good person to stay beside her. and can't forget the words ''Hopeless'' she said to me, "So, this is the beginning of my broken heart time," I thought. Actually, the hardest part of that moment was not the broken heart itself. But the perception of the surroundings. Like when one night I turned the radio rather loud, my cousins easily related it with my broken heart. Though actually I like music since before having a broken heart. Yet when it was me who played the music, in our house, it was easily related to my way of releasing a broken heart. From my previous friend's experience of having a broken heart, I could learn that the important thing to do in such a broken heart moment is to make a priority. Actually it is also applied in other moments of life. Whereas by thinking that my priority was to make her happy, and I could not do that to her by keep on becoming her boy friend, then it would be better to let her with someone else. That was all.

This will be my last node, this phase of my life is over. Although my time on everything2 has been interesting it has some pain with it I want to rid myself of. I started noding due to love, and I'm stopping due to the lack there of. will never forget falling in love for the first time. Unfortunately all those people that told me I would get crushed were right. It took some time, it was a hell of a ride, but here I am, crushed. As realization as to what is happening enters your brain and it all clicks, your throat closes up, your chest feels crushed. You begin to go back over what has happened and you wish somehow you were wrong. I haven't felt anything more painful than needing someone that didn't need me. The person you were always true to doesn't need you any more. Maybe they even have someone new. Some pain is the kind you can ignore, other is apparent and takes your attention. This is worse, it's everywhere and nothing can shake it. I cry a lot and I feel very alone, my connection is gone, my soul is torn. It's my fault as much as hers, but still very painful. Someday maybe I'll be needed again. For now I'm alone. I don't regret falling in love, I regret not knowing what was happening until it was too late.

While in bigger radius, the priority of my life is to devote myself on God, so the others should be number two or number three or other. It is my responsibility to fill my life with important things, rather then merely suffering from a broken heart for a long time. And if I could fill my life by becoming useful to others, it would be much better.