The Living Peace

We can only be reminded of what we're leaving behind
to know what future we want for our world...



Planted in our hearts
that Man may long persevere
as nations - in time.

Peace is like a seed
of good thoughts, of words, and deeds -
loved and remembered.

'Tis many small things
nurtured, sheltered, and gathered -
and embraced as one.

We know it.
It knows us.
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Peace is not something we must fight for, 

peace is something we must allow.

Peace is not something unfamiliar to our nations 

nor is peace something our nations must force upon our world; 

it is both familiar as well as natural 

to our order and purpose.

What we must 

- as nations and as individuals -

constantly strive for is the truth of these things

to make full our remembrances

and make safe our generations in time.

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Our-Story

The unfulfilled dreams of Mankind and the freedom of God -
these are the primary causes for the expansion of space and time.

We are, therefore, we must.



I am one story
one thread spun among countless...
expanding time... space....

Each life is a thread
- as important as others -
woven by His will.

These stories,
this is us.
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The House of Humanity

The house of humanity is the house of God.
And in this house there are many nations.
The nations of the children of Mankind!

All of us, without exception,
nurtured by the living waters of the firmament,
being born upon the earth under one God, the LORD,
dwelling in each our hearts under His heaven,
our one native sky.

Starshine,
if this house of humanity is divided,
shall it ever persevere?

- selah -

Peace maketh our house thy home.
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Love Rises

The world forgets - in -

memories and photographs,

and old books forlorn.

Of faded lives - and -

tales too numerous to tell,

we are just as vague.

Like darkness fades

with the passing of the night

remembrance stays not.

Remembrance stays not -

till beheld as beautiful

with a heart of love.

Love rises,

truth remains.

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Unless you love history, unless you see it beyond the pages of books, its teachings shall remain closed to you.

History when seen through the eye of the heart looks much different than words on a page...

Words on pages eventually fade, but if through history you learn to love your own nationhood (and even those of others not unlike your own), its memory will preserve you.

Therefore, the goal of the study of history is for its story - in its entirety - to be welcomed and accepted more than for its exact details to be known; for its spirit to be deeply loved more than for it to be instantly recognized.

Inherited Hope

From our history -

we learn our identity

so pay attention.

Listen to our past.

Let them bestow upon you...

inherited hope!

Make your peace

with your past.

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Making Peace with the Past -

Did our Jose Rizal die because the Spanish authorities of that time decreed he must die by firing squad?

Or did our Jose Rizal die because he loved our Country so much he was willing to accept death rather than betray his love for us?

- selah - listen and think, starshine.

Do you admire our Jose Rizal because you hate the Spanish authorities of that time who decreed he must die by firing squad?

Or do you admire our Jose Rizal because he loved our Country so much he was willing to accept death rather than betray his love for us.

What guides your remembrance - a heart of War or a heart of Peace?

Do you love the Philippines because of a hatred of an enemy whether real or imagined - does your love of Country rely on hatred or division?

Or do you love the Philippines because it is simply the truth - does your love of Country rely on a subtle sense of peace within yourself abiding and constant in times of calm, or conflict, for richer or poorer, in life and in death?

What guides your remembrance - a heart of War or a heart of Peace?

Does the person of the enemy rule your love?

Or does the reality of Country rule your love?

What guides your remembrance, starshine - a heart of War or a heart of Peace?

Are you by darkness deceived? Or are you by goodness inspired?

Do you value evil inspiration or the inspiration of virtue?

How do you remember today Jose Rizal and his great generation?

You decide.

June 19, 2011 is the 150th Birthday of Manong Jose.