It's hard sometimes to see the good in people, especially when you've encountered and heard of the bad things they have done.

Tonight I learned that to see the good in people, you need to persevere in the hope of finding that little ray of goodness. I had almost given up on one person earlier, but to my surprise he delivered and proved that he's ( Read more... )

I long to feel, I need to shake away this blanket of numbness I've been wrapping myself in.A little white book fell into my hands so long ago. I admired its cover, reveled in the smallness of it, but never bothered to even glance at what's inside ( Read more... )

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Sometimes life is not about the material things that we have or we get. Getting past your discontent and irritation towards other people and ignoring (or if you will, make lemonades out of) the bad lemons that life throws at you can sometimes be much more rewarding. And even if you don't feel rewarded, at least you're one heartache poorer, because ( Read more... )

I cannot believe this year is drawing to a close so soon. It has simply gone really really fast, especially the second half of it. I believe I must have operated on auto-pilot for some parts of it..

Anyhow, since everyone's doing the yearly review list thinger, I thought I'd join in the fun of reminiscing. I started jotting down some of the stuff I ( Read more... )

Seven in the morning.

I looked out my window and it was still dark. Something unusual, just because the past two months would see a very bright seven in the morning. I held my blanket closer and closed my eyes again, almost groaning to no one.

Break is over. Break is over and I have to get to my morning class in the rain! And I'm like a cat. I hate ( Read more... )

Was just watching Oprah's "Forgiveness in Action" and I just thought I'd post the next few quotes (said by different people during the show):

"Unforgiveness is exhausting"

"So long as you're bitter and angry, someone owns you"

"Forgiveness is peace"

"Forgiveness is a journey"

"Holding a grudge is poisonous"

and Mahatma Gandhi's 
"Forgiveness is not for ( Read more... )