Meekness

"Impatience, irritation, bad temper, and hatred."
All are displays of weakness.

Mastery of self - part of true meekness - is for the strong.
It avoids answering back too quickly, speaking wounding words...
Moves which we regret afterwards.

Know how to wait for the right moment to express judgments with conviction.
This is meekness.

The lack of it results from pride and produces "loneliness and sterility."
...And provides the reason to be surrounded by "indifference, coldness, resentment, and lack of trust."

Remember: "The meek shall inherit the earth."


Ref. Patience: The Path to Victory (Charles Belmonte)

New Life

New Year. New beginning. New resolutions.

But, why wait for the "next year"?!

One's got the "next day" (better yet, the next hour or even, the next minute!)...

It takes 365 days to count 1 year (too long!)... while it takes only 24 hours to count one day.

Don't delay...

Goodbyes

A poem I wrote way back in high school:

When we had to part and said goodbye,
I thought this feeling would easily die.
I wish there'd be others I'd find,
but still you're always on my mind.
When I remember those days that went so fast,
I feel so sad 'coz now they're just memories of the past.

Time and again, one's brought back to this trail.

The world keeps turning. People are moving.

Life's full of twists and turns!

It's a wonderful life!