Procrastination

 "I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. " ( William Penn )

We are all Explorers. Adventurers. Seekers of the Unknown. Curious of what lies beyond. That the place we live in is a globe. It must be round. That is the world. Your world. Our world. 
 
What we need is to view our world in a different, new way. 
 
Observe. Meditate. Think. Make sense, right? 

Look up at a clear blue sky. Beautiful. Lower your view. You see green grass. Charming bushes and wildflowers.

We are Adventurers. We must strive to have a strong desire for change.

The Secret

Footprint makes sense on the shore of Time

The mighty mark of the Creator

Like a song, sweet and filled with rhyme

We don't know Him, but He is our Savior

Humans are a perfect creation

They have everything in common sense

Just find it without frustration

They are a wonder with your own lens

For a moment, you have to ponder.

The intricate mind of the Creator

Puzzles us on what really lies yonder

When all is there in our interior

When sick, we have our hospital

The pharmacy is waiting and ready

For all you know, things are essential

They are all in us: aren't they?

                       

A Happy Family

" A happy family is but an earlier heaven, "  -George Bernard Shaw

After all is said and truly done
The Lord's prayer is our greatest wealth
There's no more place to hide or to run
Like your shadow, so follows your guilt.

One More Time

 "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always

 to try just one more time," - Thomas Edison

Is April the month for a young lover?

When a Cherry Blossom is in bloom

Or the backyard has the full power

In giving the heart and soul a room?

One of my sons gifted me a book

And a Siamese cat for the rats

A painter's masterpiece in a stroke

That no one really cares so much.

In life's journey, we must never give up

As we don't know what's in store for us

It might be smooth, or it could be rough

Focus is the key to moving fast.

Trying one more time to reach a goal:

Dream. purpose, vision, and much love

Closed door, open window, a thick wall:

A moment of silence from up above.

On my Bedside

The Ideal Place

The ideal place for reflection

Is a moment for deep craving

On life's longing for transformation

Mind, body, and soul are crying.

Looking East, the view of the backyard

Yonder is the newly barbered park

Police officers are always on guard

While music comes from the happy lark.

Southward, Cherry Blossoms are budding

Soon the flowers shall perfume the air

And the robins would be singing

Then life is worth living and fair.

 

Memories

 Come to think about it, dear guys

The falling rain is fun-tastic,

And listening to it, time just flies,

That the falling leaves are tree-refic.

When you clear the untouched patch of earth

You actually change the scenario,

Plow, harrow, and cultivate the dirt

Giving you a life-enhancing view.

Memories open a time to pray

Confessing on why I'm here, dear God

Help me clear the doubts, and let me stay

I am your son, a questioning lad.

The Lover

 The Anniversary

'' The most difficult thing - but essential one - is to love LIFE, to love it even while one suffers because LIFE is all. LIFE is GOD. "  ( Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace.)

In Memoriam- Birthday of "  beloved wife, nee Evangeline Rueles Caermare: March 03, 1940 - Born to eternal Life - Nov. 29, 2015.

Love has its beauty and splendor

Delicately woven with joy

Her absence no one can ignore

And even Time cannot destroy.

Yes, joy for all the luck of Life

That she is with me forever

And no tears nor sorrow can wipe

Away love's undying ember. 

Joy is deeply planted in my heart

So nourished by the memories

That was built from the very start

And was beyond our reveries.

And the fires of faith keep on  burning

That we shall meet again someday

Because our Love is always yearning

For a lovely Anniversary.

(N.B.) The marital vow was on May 29, 1973, at St. Mary's Chapel, Dipolog City, Philippines, solemnized by Bishop Felix S. Zafra, with Msgr. Salvador Mora. Indeed, it was An Affair to Remember

and beyond oblivion in the Journey of Life. Until then...

In the Morning

 Confidence

Out of the night that I know not

What will I be in the morning

This tells you what I got

Of the dream as a human being.

In the dark hour of circumstance

I have the urge to cry aloud

Then comes the whisper: you have the chance

Your dream is shattered  yet unvowed

When in the years that come and go

Looms the advent of another day

The sky above with its stars aglow

Then your strong will lead you the way.

It matters not what this life may bring

As dear Lord is there to lift you up

And don't worry, but pray and sing

In confidence, you'll sit on His lap.

 

The Musketeers

 The Cardinal Guard

I woke up and went to the CR

The best place to remember a friend,

The spark that lights like a wondrous star

In the wide blue sky without the rain.

I remembered the Cardinal Guard

Of Athos, Portos, and Aramis

Of D'Artagnan, who was in charge

All these valiant men, you'll never miss.

That's also a story of a friend

A member of the Knights of Rizal

Who is now in the other terrain

With the Creator on His portal.

Life, my friends, also has an option

It's up to you to select and choose!

What is vital for your opinion

Hang to it and never let it loose.