C-Razy ideas!

Today…I made a promise
Not to cry for any reason,but love
It seemed impossible a task to keep…

So i made another promise
To love and be loved for love’s sake
Then it seemed worthwhile to feel…

So i loved, and still love
And will continue to love
To my heart’s content, until i can
Then, i did no promise…

For what good does promises bring
When all you can do is feel…and care
and… LOVE
Always!

They said: Friends are hard to find…
I say: They are much harder to forget!

I have here a poem which is entitled: It is YOU. I thought of it two years ago @ home and decided to have it documented here. This is also published over  @ my other weblog (blogsite): Sweet moments…  (Special thanks to Fr.S.A.C.) 

I miss you today my friend
Just as i miss most of life’s best

It’s you i’ve always wanted
To be near and sit beside with
In that small but cozy bench

It’s you i cherish and care
It’s to you i give my promise
And
It’s only you whom i can be open with.

It’s so good to know
How lovely life is
With you on my side
Today and Always!

You can find out more of my poems @ this address: http://www.logbet.blogspot.com

After my trip to Italy, i went over to my sister who is in Spain (since 1980). I consider my Italian trip which i made on that cold December winter- extra-ordinary, because i experienced God’s love in action! You see, when i arrived in Rome, my friend priest was the one who met me. Then when i left for  Spain, another friend of mine also a priest sent me off. They both are very close to my family. And i am very thankful for them because that Europe trip won’t be as as exciting as it was!

So, i came to Spain after only six (6) days in Italy. My sister met me there together with her daughter. Their eyes were quite teary and so was mine. I think it was more than two years since she came over here for a visit so it was our reunion in a way.It was almost snowing in Rome (like 5 degrees C) but in Canary Islands, Spain where i was,it was all sunny weather! No wonder they consider it  the "Florida" of Europe.

This is the sunset i experienced in that great place. They have a two mile-stretch  beach plus  nude section near  its entrance. Interesting huh.

ROME, Italy- The eternal city. So many reasons why it is called as such. One of these might be : Rome is comparably alive @ night and on daytime as well. For a very short but pleasurable stay in this magnificent and Holy City, i can still reminisce quite clearly how lovely Rome is. Thanks to my dear friend who stood by me not only as my confidant, my personal tour guide but most specially as my true guide- spiritually speaking.

As we traversed the long narrow streets of Rome by foot (yes, we sure did after a short ride from Piazza Bologna where i stayed over for roughly 6 days only) stretching as far as Basilica of St. Peter to Piazza Venezia climbing up Emanuele Monument then to the ever-famous Collouseum while passing by the Roman Forum and again we went to the foot of the Spanish Steps and climed up a few steps there too; down to Piazza del Popolo, where two twin churches (S. Maria dei Miracoli and S. Maria in Montesanto) proudly stand as if guarding the Piazza(Italian for Plaza) - i can’t help but be amazed with much awe to the sights and sounds of this beautiful place! Imagine being in a place as wonderful as Rome! I can’t recall now which Piazza we went first because there are lots of Piazzas all over Rome.

This is the Fountain of four Rivers in Piazza Navona. It is set on rocks with four large figures symbolizing the four great rivers of the four quarters of the world namely: the river Danube for Europe, the Nile river for Africa, the Ganges river for Asia, and the river Plata for the Americas. Also next to it is the Moor Fountain.  Anda special church really caught my fancy: Sant’ Agnese in Agone - the church where martyr St. Agnes who was stripped naked, was saved from dishonor by the miraculous growth of her  body hair.

I learned now as i studied the places in a comprehensive map here i keep remembering the names and i’m pretty sure we went to where a few vendors lined up their goods for the tourists and to all other sites including the amazing Trevi fountain. It is said that when you throw a coin over your left shoulder, there is a possibility that you can be back to that place.

So i did throw a coin with hopes of going back there. After that coin-toss we went inside the Pantheon - the place dedicated to the twelve Olympian Gods. You’d be magnitized to this particular place.

The next few days i went over to Sta. Pudenziana- the church …"designated as National Church for Filipinos in Rome". My friend who was serving as one of the nun there told me about the martyrs (St. Pudentia or Pudens and St. Praxedes whose remains were kept down the very deep well located inside this particular church. Some three thousand catholics died defending their faith in those early times.

Ahhh! ROME! The very place where the Pope resides! And take note, it was not just my very first time to travel to a foreign land but also- it was my first to be away from my homeland -Philippines. It definitely felt like away from all the hustles and bustles of everyday fuzz. Not to mention i get to see the Pope just a few feet away from his Papal see-thru car while His Emminence was about to crown Mama Mary on Her Feast day (December 8th). Those days were trully great, indeed! … @ least for me.

It was more than two years now but mind you my heart is deeply rooted there after that tiresome but fun-filled trip plus the true experience i can not simply forget in my entire life! And i am positive i will be back there in due time.

I titled this "Winter in Rome" because i wanted to portray (in my own personal observation) how cold winter should be compared to our Philippine climate. I thought it would snow on that december-2002 air but didn’t. Although there wasn’t any snow but i felt the 5 ‘C degrees as if i was about to freeze! I heard it snowed the year after that but i wasn’t around! Grrrr!

Oh akong pinalangga,  Pasalo-a ako

Nagabasul na kining timawa

Sa wala pagtug-an kanimo sa tanan.

Wala na lang unta ako nangahas pa

Sa pagsamok-samok kanimo

Sa pag dumili pag tug-an

Sa mga butang nga angayan ra mahibalo-an.

Unta imong mabatyagan

Nga gibasulan ko na gayud kining tanan.

Tingali dayag lang nga ako pagasilutan lamang Ibutang sa kalimot

Ipahilayo… O dili ba hinu-on… Paga sunugon

Ug kon dili pa gayud kini igo

Mahimo pa nga mahanaw na ni-ining kalibutan.

Apan sa dili pa kini nimo buhaton

Pasagdi ako nga musulti ini

Nga ikaw akong gimahal

Sa tumang pagbati

Dinhi sa akong kasing-kasing.

Gusto lang unta ako nga mahidu-ol kanimo

Nga mag-hatag sa tanan

Ug mag mahal kanimo hangtud sa kahangturan

Ug luyo ni-ining tanan

Ako naga basul sa higapon.

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrong doing on your part or an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.

They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.

Believe it! It is real… But…only for a SEASON.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;

those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.

Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (anyway);

and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.