It’s not all love and light In the age where being positive is hailed And many tactics are tried to get to bliss We forget to be authentic We forget to be real We forget to human We make every effort to cast away our heavy feelings But instead of longing for the euphoria of…
This maze in our inner world It seems separated all these dots, It feels disjointed all these parts. All our different roles All our different gifts All our different jobs All our different sub personalities How can we hold all of it in just one being? Then we allow ourselves to come home…
Sharing with you this piece I wrote that got published on Thrive Global website on 5/28/19. Read out loud or click on the video above. Shackled in the humdrum of the beaten path Stuck in gridlock, crawling in bottleneck highways, labyrinths leading to nowhere We spin round and around. Train zipping, horns blowing,…
The choir began singing Catholic hymns in the Tagalog native language. Tears started streaming down my face. It had been a while since I last attended a Catholic mass, and it had been eons since I last heard Tagalog hymns during mass. All the nuns were in a table upfront. I didn’t recognize any of…
Some say that our biggest fear is the fear of death. Others say it is the fear of public speaking. I say our biggest fear is the fear of the Unknown. We all seem to be addicted with the need to know. We avoid the Unknown at all costs. It is not only uncomfortable, it is…
My oldest sister asked me not too long ago, “Why were you like that when you were a child? Dad told you that his friend had a daughter that goes to your elementary school and asked you to make friends with her, and you said “I don’t want to be friends with her cuz she’s…