a love affair with life
Friday, March 23, 2007
the past few days have been a blast!
saw a white-tip reef shark and a pawikan yesterday while diving in bahura in anilao. got to have a short chat with rachael yamagata, had my picture taken with her and had my r.y. cd autographed. had an amazing time in singapore, hopping on busses and getting lost in suburbs not normally gone to by tourists. had great conversations with my brother, cousin and friend (on different occasions in the course of the past few days). getting to watch the seminar/talk of johann olav koss over the net about the social enterprise and was actually moved by actually hearing my childhood hero talk about purpose, vision and empowerment (thanks, dave!). sharing stories with my groupmates in a class that i have with landmark education and really being present to life. had a (muy excelente!) date earlier.
i just realized that my life now is the way i want to live it. (wow.)
posted by lex @ 3:42 PM,
who says you can't mix hot air balloons with rave music?
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
posted by lex @ 10:46 AM,
letters to a young poet
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
years ago, a philosopher friend of mine introduced me to a world of inquiry of the self, of what it really means to be human. he also allowed me to step into the world of rainer maria rilke -- a world of fascinating mentoring, of which questions about life itself is not denied, but in fact, lived. it would have been great to have a correspondence and a conversation with such a poet.
*****
last night, i was browsing again through rilke's book 'letters to a young poet'. searching through characters, words and paragraphs that i highlighted in the past with a blue marking pen, i read and unearth his words (coming from where i stand as of the moment). i find that his words still comfort me and bind me to the eternal. here's one of the passages that struck me:
"believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance and trust that in this love there is a strength and a blessing, out beyond which you do not have to step in order to go very far."
*****
indeed. indeed.
posted by lex @ 3:31 PM,
