Tuesday, July 05, 2005



Little Black Book Quotes

I believe we write our own stories, and each time we think we know the end, we dont. Perhaps luck exists somewhere between the world of planning, the world of chance, and in the peace of knowing that you just can't know it all.

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God has been particulary good to me. Its embarassing how much I must have annoyed the Big Guy up there because for as long as I can remember, I have had the same conversations with Him all my life. The same ThankYous, Sorrys, Pleases, and ILoveYous have been included in my daily prayers. But of course, from time to time, these are all supplemented with personal intentions and earnest pleas for high grades, reconciliations, courage, new boys, daytrips, contentment, and whathaveyous.

He must have learned by heart all my constant nagging for world peace, for national sanity, for safety and security, for good health, for my loved ones happiness, for the non-existence of a Tsuanami/thunder&lightning storms/earthquakes/novelty songs/koreanovela re-runs, etc.

But if theres one particular thing Ive always talked to God about, its the uncertainty of this spacetime curvature that I reside in.

(Allow me to act all nerdy here, okay? Thanks to Sir Ezrel, I have come to understand the importance and glory of the theory of relativity. Haha)

I have always been the kind of person who takes things in one at a time without knowing their taste, texture, or even hazards. I just patiently chew on every bit until I finally end up with a rightful judgment. You see, my intake of perceptions, sensations, and insights are filtered by what my cousin would call the "isip-tibok" system. I dont know how many brain cells we use up on every waking day of our lives, but Im sure its worth a hell lot of energy, so why waste them right? And we are definitely not ghosts who hide within a machine-like physique that is our body. We have souls. A spirit that was given us. A life-source that we are to use to discern Point A from Point B.

But as amazing as this "isip-tibok" system may sound, it is still more of a miracle to see how we are unable to fathom the world we have opened our eyes to. Theres no telling when Ill fall off this chair Im sitting on (again), except if youre a really, really, really talented and credible fortune-teller like Madame Auring (Eek. Too much plastic surgery can really kill a person. Hihi) or if youre a mangkukulam holding a voodoo doll with my hair strand attached to it.

But kidding aside, I dont think anyone, not even Nostradamus nor Dr. Phil, can be more than 110% accurate in knowing. Just plain knowing.

An old woman in the province once told me that she knew what my fate was. She could predict who I was going to marry (wow, magaasawa daw ako!), where I was going to live, how I was going to succeed and all those things a normal, curious, human being would typically die to know. She actually got a certain prediction right when she told my cousin that her boyfriend would marry (Yes, marry) someone else (he married this girl he didnt love months after he separated with my cousin). And though that put an ounce of credibility on the old woman, I put my "isip-tibok" system to work and refused to take on the guessing game of my life.

Wheres the fun in knowing whats going to happen, right?

Were better of not knowing, anyway.
And just like how were better off knowing that we cant know the conclusion of our own versions of teen drama soaps, it will be more of an advantage for us to leave the whole picture to God.

GOK, pare.

(See, Ive just applied the quote already. I blabbed about a whole lot of unneccessary info, with the initial intention of making a point, but I obviously failed. And that ending phrase? What the heck is that? Lol. Pasensya na. =D)

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A clean break is easier. You can reset it, and it heals, and you move on, but if you leave things messy, and things don't get put right, then it just hurts, for ever.

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.



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