“To the delirious eye, more lovely things of Paradise and Love-and all our own. Than young Hope in his sunniest hour hath known”-Edgar Allan Poe
November 28, 2007 at 8:43 am
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These days, it’s all about passion.
It’s about drive, and inspiration, and I maybe even hope.
But most of all it’s about the new and the unsure and the going beyond my "safety zone". The letting go of the past but surely not its forgetting. Because there are always always lessons to be learned (and as much as possible never repeated).
***
Sitting with him and talking to him on that bench that sunny afternoon, I realised, it’s all over. Just like that. Thank you. No more. It’s one of those moments you imagined to more dramatic and more black and white like. I’m done done done with drama. It’s so liberating.
***
And speaking of hope, I’m looking forward to someone’s visit to the Philippines next year. I really hope his plans will push through. Astig, I’m excited!
***
I realised that there are just some things you just cannot change. Like that everyday shuttling from home to work or the flickering of the computer screen or the food you eat at the cafeteria. But there ARE (after all) things that make the day something. For me, it’s meeting up with old friends (Eula and Mich!) or hanging out at the neighbourhood coffeeshop, or simply reading a good book. I have only recently discovered that passion does start with a spark and eventually illuminates life. I have also only so recently found passion in the mundane yet extraordinary. And I thank God so much for those moments. I am beginning to find something to smile about, to laugh about, to look forward to. It’s like doing things for the first time.
Think about this:
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
***
We’ve become so jaded (as Aerosmith’s song goes) that we forget the giddiness and the natural high that comes with doing something we love. I know A LOT of people share my sentiments. That routine is simply crazy. I hear you. Find something, anything that makes you feel brand new ( was that lame or was that lame?hehehe).But that’s so true no matter how boyband-ish it may sound!
Also I was inspired by the women featured in Marie Claire’s October issue (Philippines), how they look soooo young whereas they’re already in their late 30s! And I think the common factor was that they lived and loved with passion and did things they enjoyed. And it shows, really. No anti-ageing product can achieve such effect.
***
And for those who forget how it is to have teeny-weeny spark in you, get in touch with an old friend, read your old diary, or listen to your favourite song. And maybe then you’ll remember how it felt like (and perhaps do something about it?)
Good luck!
***
Don’t be blinded.
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Jean wrote @ December 30th, 2007 at 6:43 am
finally the light shines through for our favorite blogger. 
been wanting that for you for so long. good for you, girl. and good for me. your piece is, as always, an inspiration, a stirring in the depths of the soul. keep writing and sharing your beautiful thoughts, marga. i want more!
Jeanne wrote @ January 3rd, 2008 at 5:30 am
its a beautiful story………. i like it
Ezekiel wrote @ January 3rd, 2008 at 6:16 am
yeah thats a great thing to do when we get all muffled up with work.
jerry wrote @ January 3rd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
GALING! NAISIP MP YUN!
boggi wrote @ January 4th, 2008 at 1:10 am
low…
i’m boggi.
it my first time for trying this….
ok.. mm… it was good story…
i hear you girl, trying something out of the safety zonme may be risky, but it’s just something an individual has to deal with. It’s true of what they say about change. ES GOOD!
hayfee wrote @ January 5th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
i can relate…
hendi wrote @ January 5th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
everything needs a sacrefiece
DOLOVES wrote @ January 6th, 2008 at 5:39 am
WHEN I FOUND YOU…
When i found you my world was change,it turns into valuable things and i have found out thats its very to live in this world that full of love and happiness..and i had imagine my life before, its nothing until i found you…you taught me everything like how to give value on the things that i had and how to respect all people that around always there for me in failures and success…yu are my ideal man..!!! thats why i love you so much….you are my inspiration..and without you, i would be nothing in this wonderful world…..!! and i could gave up everything just to be with you for the rest of my life..!!! TO: JOHNATAN TAMPOS, IN ILIGAN, PHILIPPINES…FR: DOLORES CAPANGPANGAN, IN CONSOLACION PHILIPPINES…
Gus wrote @ January 10th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
hai cewek jangan pelit dong
Dhove wrote @ January 11th, 2008 at 1:44 am
yeah right..perhaps,everyone should do the things they LOVE to do..after all ”LIFE” is a gift to be enjoyed and cherished..”,)
mahleng wrote @ January 13th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Once in your life you will find someone who loves you truly never take them for granted….never let them go…coz if you lose them you can never find the same kind of person again…..
mahleng wrote @ January 13th, 2008 at 7:35 am
la lang emote lang ako….
donna wrote @ January 13th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
i luv it!!in fact i can relate on that…it’s really letting go of the past but not forgetting about it..coz u learned a lot from it and with that, it’s a new you…in fact a BETTER YOU…
bert wrote @ January 16th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
nba 2007
juLz iAn wrote @ January 18th, 2008 at 1:29 am
hi teach me how to make a blog?
marj wrote @ January 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
what a good one,,, i really like it,,,,
Sansan wrote @ January 18th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
You have wisdom of emotions, you’re good ^^,
sheenz wrote @ January 20th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
i like d story..
maniez wrote @ January 21st, 2008 at 1:02 am
very good….
nadira wrote @ January 21st, 2008 at 7:38 pm
hi how are you? what are you doing.
VILIPUS wrote @ January 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 am
defrys
jAzPeR wrote @ January 25th, 2008 at 2:14 am
hai poh everyone…
lyndon wrote @ January 25th, 2008 at 5:14 am
nice
BiM wrote @ January 25th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
very nice story its my first time to read like this.
as i was reading thoughts for the blinded i felt a twinge of pain in my heart, its probably about the letting go thing and not forgetting the past…i had my share of pains and heartaches in the past, my hurts would’t just go, it’s only when i realized that i’ve kept them so long in my heart and i hesitated to let it go..but when i finally found tyhe courage to face the uncertain,and let go, i was blessed with the greatest gift, a new found inner peace, a more loving heart and a more forgiving spirit …
as i was reading thoughts for the blinded i felt a twinge of pain in my heart, its probably about the letting go thing and not forgetting the past…i had my share of pains and heartaches in the past, my hurts would’t just go, it’s only when i realized that i’ve kept them so long in my heart and i hesitated to let it go..but when i finally found tyhe courage to face the uncertain,and let go, i was blessed with the greatest gift, a new found inner peace, a more loving heart and a more forgiving spirit …
lanie wrote @ January 28th, 2008 at 12:49 am
that’s amazing!!!!napa isip tuloy ako!!!
gelikoi wrote @ January 30th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
thanks for the illumination..never thought about that before..
Leigh wrote @ January 30th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
im blessed
jennelyn wrote @ January 31st, 2008 at 7:53 pm
hmmm…wah aq m say…
need q ng kausap..
ung mbait @ d pikunin
catrina wrote @ January 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pm
..+aUmf xAnAh eqUh mAg bAu ‘eN xAnAh alAh qOe qUnAh bizyUh qUh..oitAh mUh.. mingAt qOe lAgi..
catrina wrote @ January 31st, 2008 at 9:36 pm
..+aUmf xAnAh eqUh mAg bAu ‘eN xAnAh alAh qOe qUnAh bizyUh qUh..oitAh mUh.. mingAt qOe lAgi..
datz gret!!!!!!! ok un blog muh ah!!!!!!!!!! hope mkpgblog dn acoh!
Janet wrote @ February 2nd, 2008 at 5:46 am
i believe that when a guy fall in love he keep it in his heart..when a girl fall in love she keep it in her memories…thats why it is harder for us to let go of that feeling that also slaves us to keep on hoping that someday it will come back…even if we want to forget the more we cherish those wonderfull moment,that torture us…sometimes it feels like your dying…to see his smile that capture your heart…But time heals the wound of a broken heart..
Revania wrote @ February 2nd, 2008 at 10:52 pm
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE…
^^V
o sige!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anna wrote @ February 3rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
yeah…
well, life must go on gurl!
live life to its credit limit!
girley wrote @ February 3rd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Thoughts to the Blinded
These days, it’s all about passion.
It’s about drive, and inspiration, and I maybe even hope.
But most of all it’s about the new and the unsure and the going beyond my “safety zone”. The letting go of the past but surely not its forgetting. Because there are always always lessons to be learned (and as much as possible never repeated).
***
Sitting with him and talking to him on that bench that sunny afternoon, I realised, it’s all over. Just like that. Thank you. No more. It’s one of those moments you imagined to more dramatic and more black and white like. I’m done done done with drama. It’s so liberating.
***
And speaking of hope, I’m looking forward to someone’s visit to the Philippines next year. I really hope his plans will push through. Astig, I’m excited!
***
I realised that there are just some things you just cannot change. Like that everyday shuttling from home to work or the flickering of the computer screen or the food you eat at the cafeteria. But there ARE (after all) things that make the day something. For me, it’s meeting up with old friends (Eula and Mich!) or hanging out at the neighbourhood coffeeshop, or simply reading a good book. I have only recently discovered that passion does start with a spark and eventually illuminates life. I have also only so recently found passion in the mundane yet extraordinary. And I thank God so much for those moments. I am beginning to find something to smile about, to laugh about, to look forward to. It’s like doing things for the first time.
Think about this:
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
***
We’ve become so jaded (as Aerosmith’s song goes) that we forget the giddiness and the natural high that comes with doing something we love. I know A LOT of people share my sentiments. That routine is simply crazy. I hear you. Find something, anything that makes you feel brand new ( was that lame or was that lame?hehehe).But that’s so true no matter how boyband-ish it may sound!
Also I was inspired by the women featured in Marie Claire’s October issue (Philippines), how they look soooo young whereas they’re already in their late 30s! And I think the common factor was that they lived and loved with passion and did things they enjoyed. And it shows, really. No anti-ageing product can achieve such effect.
***
And for those who forget how it is to have teeny-weeny spark in you, get in touch with an old friend, read your old diary, or listen to your favourite song. And maybe then you’ll remember how it felt like (and perhaps do something about it?)
Good luck!
***
Don’t be blinded.
chacha wrote @ February 4th, 2008 at 1:31 am
mb’…..
mbL photoNh d Cianjur yak????
tp gpp,
tteup bguz kq bLogNah,,,
Evy wrote @ February 6th, 2008 at 3:18 am
great! nice writing, refreshing!
mary ann wrote @ February 6th, 2008 at 5:29 am
there are too many people who wud want to express themselves(how they feel inside) but there will only be few who wud have the courage.
isa ka don sa kokonti.
_eiBmAb_ wrote @ February 6th, 2008 at 6:43 am
that’s something to ponder.. keep inspiring people. u go girl!
blah blah no comment
wait for my next post
see yah mwah
ciao!
mary anne wrote @ February 6th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
beta sigma lambda is always in my heart whatever what happen i live and die as a sigman wishing to bring honor to my brother and to my sister in the Sorority/Fraternity called Bete Sigma Lambda…………………….
Hazel wrote @ February 7th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
True… sometimes we just faded into the ritual of things. We never even noticed that there’s no longer any spark until the time that we have drifted into the depth of nothingness. I guess one really needs EFFORT to find happiness out of things. Be inspired out of the simple things in life and burn it into full passion. Nice one!
find wrote @ February 9th, 2008 at 7:28 am
okey
Abigael wrote @ February 12th, 2008 at 4:45 am
i 2nd emotion
………………………………………….
nHadZ wrote @ February 12th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
get nothing with that..
Laudemer wrote @ February 14th, 2008 at 12:09 am
http://oasisofthoughts.blogspot.com/
edvords wrote @ February 14th, 2008 at 1:13 am
it’s so very nice!!!there are so many people inspired like this…gogogo!!!guys!!!
rheylyn wrote @ February 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
hi ate…im rheylyn garcia of STI college Lipa.. pede ba q magpaturo sau on how to create blog?? kelangan lng kz project..please khit po ndi tau mgkkilala??
hope you accept my request..
Emmalyn wrote @ February 17th, 2008 at 4:11 am
Well, it’s so real for me! I like your piece girl. It is the 1st time I read a blog and maybe some other time I’ll post mine. I am asking why girls are so prone to heartaches..pasintabi sa other guys! Why we tend to loose ourselves when we’re in a relationship? It is very hard esp. to those who loved only once. Parang di ka maka move-on! Tnx anyway! I’ll look forward for your another blog ha!
melanie wrote @ February 17th, 2008 at 4:12 am
inspiring!!!!
melanie wrote @ February 17th, 2008 at 4:13 am
inspiring
hAnNa wrote @ March 28th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
i reaLLy loVe yoUr writing..iT reaLLy iNspires me..
No brushstroke is in vain..even the crude twisted line has it’s place in the design…Life is a cycle of holding back, of letting go.
yen wrote @ January 19th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Wow. Good job marga!
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