God Is Never Too Far Off

There are times we feel so low and overwhelmed with all our worries. I am feeling that way now. When you think so much of your problems and worries, you feel as if you’re all alone. I just came from the church this morning, and as always, after I poured into Him all my worries and dilemmas, I feel that God is always in control and He is just strengthening me once again. Most importantly, I am reminded that all my problems are merely challenges I can overcome and solve. There will always be a solution.

While looking for some old papers, I found my old booklet titled, The Road of Life. It is a compilation of various inspirational poems published by the Salesian Missions. Again, I don’t know where I got it, but I have it way way back. Anyways, I just left it beside my laptop before I went to church. As i sit here thinking of what to write, i just flipped its pages and found this beautiful poem, as if answering my woes. God will always be here with us. Read the rest of this entry »

Kahlil Gibran on Marriage

I love reading Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. I don’t know where I got that book, but I had that since college. Black covers, a little tattered, yellowish-brown pages. But I love the drawings in the book, I wish I could sketch the same way. My book is published in June 1945.

I don’t know much about Kahlil Gibran either. All I know is that he was a great poet. So I just googled about his life. According to Wikipedia, Kahlil Gibran (6 January 1883 - 10 April 1931) is a Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer. He was born in Lebanon but raised in the USA. Ooops, same birthday with my brother, January 6th (1981). Since he had had no formal schooling in Lebanon, school officials placed him in a special class for immigrants to learn English. Gibran’s English teacher suggested that he Anglicise the spelling of his name (then Khalil) in order to make it more acceptable to American society. Kahlil Gibran was the result.

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T-R-U-E L-O-V-E : The Secrets to a Happy Marriage

According to US statistics, about 50% of all marriages fail and many of those don’t even make it through the first year. Whooa, not a pretty picture, which means that having a successful marriage has now become a 50/50. Serious. But don’t fret. Everything can be worked out.

My blog is inspired by the article of Boboy Sze Alianan, The Secrets to a Happy Marriage, published in the July 2006 issue of Good Housekeeping. It is a very nice piece, so I decided to write about it. I just tweaked it, added my own bits (with some research) and changed the definitions for each letter/word but still used the same acronym used in the article, that for one marriage or relationship to be successful it needs T-R-U-E L-O-V-E! Read the rest of this entry »