Monday, May 18, 2015

Saudade

So...

A lot has happened since my last post - which was in November. I planned that the next thing I would talk about in here is the wedding that I attended last December. But, it looks like I can't talk about that yet.

Confession: Life got to me. I got really busy during the first half of 2014. And by the second half of it, when I finally had the time, I found out that words escape me. I couldn't process my experiences - there were a lot of learning experiences. And that made me really sad about myself. I felt like I have gained all this knowledge about people and how the world works but I couldn't tell anyone.

Another confession: I still can't. I don't know the exact reason behind what I'm going through right now but it's the way things are right now. Sometimes I think that maybe I need to get myself checked by a psychologist. But, most of the time, I just tell myself na nag-iinarte lang ako (that I am just being emotional).

Bottomline: I don't like myself right now. Which makes it difficult for me to like people. Which means that as much as possible, and now more than ever, I don't want to be with people right now. I have very few exceptions - family and friends who have suffered with me in the past.

Anyway...

The title behind this post is Saudade. It's a word that I have recently learned about. It's Portuguese/Galician that doesn't have a one-word translated meaning. It means ALL this:



For me, the beloved is myself. If you're judging me right now, I don't blame you. Haha. I mean, I understand if you have thoughts about how whiny and egotistical I sound right now. It's alright - because I am thinking the same thing.

Earlier in this post, I mentioned about not liking myself right now. It's because I miss the "old me". The me before life got to me - before I got totally disenchanted and skeptical and somewhat calculating. I miss being genuinely caring towards people the most.

I can't go into details right now - and most probably, I never will. So... I will end this post here. And begin writing my new entry.

Don't worry. It's not as gloomy as this one. :)


Love the Lord your God 
with all your heart 
and with all your soul 
and with all your mind 
and with all your strength.’ 
 The second is this:
 ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 
 There is no commandment greater than these.

Mark 12:30-31

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Peace At Last


In the darkness

                in this light

I am reminded

                that everything I did

I did not do for you.



Above the noise

                inside my head

In the quiet

                of my aching heart

I hear a gentle voice
- assuring

                that I did it all for Him.



It wasn't for you

                you were not my end goal

nor was it about me

                all care for myself I threw away.

It was all for Him,

                It was all about Him.

It still is,

                Always.



Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.
   Colossians 3:23 NLT



The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
John 10:10