Why 1,575 haikus? Because my darlingest Annelies Marie Frank lived 15.75 years in this world.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Transmitted not Taught



Life inspiring life,
spirit ennobling spirit,
breathing and brightness.

Lead by example -
use no words if possible,
virtue kindling hearts.

Some lessons
must be lived.
---<--@



Friday, September 21, 2012

Love is a Circle (The Dance of Destiny)

If you can't act on a kind thought,
put it in reserve - never dismiss it!
---<--@



Love is a circle
going ever round and round,
encouraging hearts.

Love is what gathers -
in darkness embracing all;
shining like the stars.

It is light.
It is sight.
---<--@



When you give compassion freely to others, 
you likewise guarantee compassion for yourself.

In this way, the circular law 
(karma or the law of compassion for all beings) 
- in its great and unseen spirals of spirit and time - 
pushes out from the universe the darkness 
and leaves in the light.


The Dance of Destiny


This is the structure of the universe... an interplay of spirit and energy, matter and truth -
of things seen and things unseen... set in motion - like a great unstoppable dance,
the very dance of destiny.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A Recompense for Suffering

No matter the cause of the hurt
- whether one had a part in it - or not,
apologizing acknowledges that the person is hurting
and duly expresses the sincerity of one's desire
to accept responsibility, wherever necessary,
mend what is broken, whenever possible,
or simply to acknowledge the pain
and listen with attention.
---<--@



What was lost, is lost!
- the finality of things -
do we not feel it?

This permanence hurts.
- this hurt may be felt by all -
for the pain lingers...

For this pain,
I'm sorry...
---<--@

To the one Chinese nation
and in particular to the families and friends
of the innocent victims of the August 2010 tragedy -

I am sorry for your loss.

There no such a thing as Filipino suffering or Chinese suffering. There is only one kind of suffering and that is human suffering.

Therefore, I feel your grief and know that what you have lost that day can never be replaced. We can only hope to always remember them by the actions we take to make the present world a better and a safer place.

In my nation we have taken the necessary steps to help prevent this kind of tragedy and make tourism as safe as possible for all our guests. Our tourist police or "bantay turista" is now in full implementation and I can tell you that our security forces are better placed to handle untoward incidents against welcome guests of the one Filipino nation.

Tourism is important to the Philippines not only as an economic resource but as a medium of peace and cultural enrichment for the peoples in our region and in our world.

The benefits of peaceable tourism as a whole redound not only to help prosper the lives of many of my own compatriots who deserve a much better quality of living but also to endow the spirit of our nation with good will for other nations through direct people to people contact.

What had happened in August 2010 is indeed a tragic thing for your people and mine.

My nation still mourns with you to this day.
---<--@



Leung Song-yi, Jessie and Leung Chung-see, Doris
and the innocent victims of the August 2010 tragedy -
Leung Kam-wing, Ken, Tse Ting-chunn, Masa,
Wong Tze-lam, Yeung Yee-wa, Yeung Yee-kam,
Fu Cheuk-yan - via con Dios. ---<--@

UPDATE: 20130930, Monday - I think we have improved now... still, the hurt remains. Peace be with each of you who we lost that day... and my love to all your love... via con Dios.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Prescription for a Smile

When life gets me down
instead of wearing a frown -
my vitamin A!

My vitamin A,
cheerfulness to save my day -
how can I not smile?

One sweet thought,
goes a mile...
---<--@