The Gift of Time

When Evangeline told me in a letter that she did not love me, I thought I could not recover anymore. I was totally busted. 

But time heals. The scars would always be there, and it's fine. It's a precious part of my life.

Time is God's way of healing us, of making us understand that He is not in a hurry to mold us. And we should not be too hard on ourselves either. Everything will fall into places... as God has planned.

An Insulting Gift

All we could do was to look at each other after we opened the 'gift' for our daughter during her Christening day years ago. Until now, my wife and I could not understand why a well off family friend gave our beloved daughter a USED, discolored toy.

Christmas True

I was in Manila the other day.  Street kids and still abled adults were swarming the streets and jeepneys. Some came with more sophisticated envelops, some simply sang their Christmas Carols.

I did not usually give money to any of them. But, that time I allowed my self to give justice to the two boys who sang really well in duet . I tossed some coins and said, "You did well."  I thought, they deserved it.

The Zen of Benevolence

May the sun shine
Upon your darkest moments.
May the moon shine
Upon your cold nights.

Everything We Do

When Namie, my four-year-old daughter noticed some of my grey hair the other day, she said: 'Daddy, you've got lots of grey hair already." I said, “yeah, I'm getting old, huh?" Then, looking sad, she said, "Daddy, I don't like that." I said "why?" She answered without looking at me, "I want you to be strong... always..."

Time + Energy = Space

My first girlfriend must have hated me so much for breaking our bond. But I had to say goodbye; I got so busy with my studies that I could not give her the due time and energy she deserved. I failed to love her.

No time, no energy: no space... no love.

Las Tres Falacias del Amor

The 3 Fallacies of Love

1.  Love at first sight.However, romantic it sounds, it isn't possible.
True love begins with infatuation or illusion,
then  intimacy,
then delusion;
and matures when one DECIDES to love him/her in spite of...

Old Dogs Don’t Dream

When I was a kid, I had this theory that puppies dream a lot, but when they grow old, very old... they stop dreaming.

Locked Out

Over the last two weeks I met with young people who talked about their greatest fears in life. One of  the notable answers was the fear of letting somebody in their lives.

Rainbow!

This morning, Namie kept on yelling just outside my window, "Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!" I went to look up the sky for a rainbow, but there's none. I asked her, 'Where's the rainbow?" Kyle answered, "here daddy" He was shooting his water gun towards the sunlight and every time he did,  it created a prism of colors to which Namie shouts, "RAINBOOOOOWWWW!"