Huwag Mabahala

Pabugso-bugso
man ang dilim at sigwa,
ganyan talaga...

Biygan mong dunong
at ito'y maglilinaw
sa 'yong isipan.

Ang tala
ay ilaw.
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Kanlungan

Nakalilito man
at madilim ang mundo,
mga kapatid ko sa Pangako,
huwag tayong mabahala
at huwag mawalan ng loob -
huwag matakot sa gabi!

Pananalig sa Diyos,
kapayapaan sa ating bansa;
kagandahang loob sa bawa't isa
bunga nang pagkakapatirang
namumuhay sa ating diwa,
at pagmamahal natin sa ating
nag-iisang sambayanang Pilipinas -
ito ang lagi nating maaasahan;
ang ating kanlungan sa gabi
at daan tungo sa umaga.

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.
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Punctuality

Punctuality - is -

respect of self and others.

T'is a well regard!

We hold it as truth

that time is something we share -

and love it as such.

Time: yours, mine,

ours - always.

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Punctuality is being on time, all the time.

The Academy

The Academy.

Thou cradle of leadership,

O school of the brave!

Thou home of heroes!

Guardian of martial virtues -

O flame that inspire!

My desire

rests in thee.

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Courage that defends.

Integrity that inspires.

Loyalty that preserves.

The Hero of Tirad Pass

Remember,

O noble Filipino soul -

you gallant keepers of the peace,

the virtues that keep thee steadfast

in the spirit of the defense.

Love of God,

love of Country,

love of Sacred Life

- even to the point of giving it -

in the midst of the nation in thy selves

and the assembly of the nations before God

- freely and with joy -

with courage and honor intact

for that same cause.

Remember our own

General Gregorio del Pilar,

the Hero of Tirad Pass!

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Faithful Keeper

I am yours only through desire now.

Life has led me down another path.

I was never so clear in my youth -

many things kept me from myself.

But the inspiration thou gave to me,

O Academy, I have kept as a trust.

And from this trust I have gained,

for thou taught me from a distance.

From thee I learned many things,

for thou has truly kept my desire.

And in the darkest times of my life,

thou was to me a light upon my way.

O Academy! Let all questions be -

How then can I not honor thee!

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Simplicity

Our firmament - is -

as vast as the dreaming - that -

gives it form and shape.

Each life is a piece

of this heaven from within;

one star in the sky.

And you work to gain

from the LORD above - a piece -

of heaven on earth.

So you dream a dream

in the midst of all these dreams...

a star among stars.

And you set a course

to bridge thy heaven and earth

to make thy dream true.

Adrift in the sky

- you gaze at a million suns -

all of them not yours.

And in the darkness

- set afire by thy hunger -

you find yourself lost.

Life is a big place!

It is easy to get lost.

And to get lost fast...

Simplicity - is -

A return to thy own truth.

It is thy anchor.

"A piece of my dream -

it does not have to be big...

somewhere to return."

It guards thee

from excess.

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Simplicity is giving my Anne the most expensive bar of dark chocolate I can find - in the whole of the universe. Because seeing my Miyang happy is a significant piece of my own sky.

This thought gives me a very real sense of joy. It is a treasure I know I'll always have.

I am familiar with it, it is familiar with me.

So when life gets too complicated for me, I use these as my anchor. For I have more than one.

And it never fails to leads me back to my own better, clearer, truer self.

Alleluia, God is good!

The First Cause -

What causes the motion of all things (and the mystery in all things) in the visible universe IS the longing that lives within ourselves.

Each of us is a dreaming that exists within the greater dreaming of God.

Indeed, the motion of the stars and the galaxies mirror the motion of our love; for everything here is engaged in a vast and inescapable journey of return -

everything here is like - life longing for God,

everything here is like - love longing for Itself.

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Manong Jose

Cosmopolitan!

A Global Filipino -

that's Jose Rizal.

Remember Rizal

and his great generation

and believe again...

...in Peace and

brotherhood.

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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (18610619-18961230 of valor and love of Country, illustrious hero of the one Filipino nation, martyred scion of the one Republic of the Philippines, beloved son, brother, compatriot via on Dios.)

Equality is not a singularity.

If all our cultures were the same, we wouldn't be a family of nations. If all human beings were the same, we wouldn't be nations at all.

Every nation has something to bring to the table. Every person has something to share. This is why we are so arrayed as one family of nations and as nations distinct but not apart from each other respectively.

Remembrance as Virtue

Remember Now,

my brothers and sisters of the Promise -

Our remembrance is a virtue.

It is born from the cardinal virtue of Justice.

One who is guided by remembrance

can not be by evil inspired.

For no virtue may be used for evil purposes.

Remembrance does not serve

to throw the present into the confusion of the past.

It serves to add to the momentum of the present

the present hopes of every generation past.

If the present seem dim, O my nation,

it is because the future seem distant.

And the future seem distant

because the glories of the past is somewhere forgot.

Remember the good things and build upon it.

Remember the evil things

and let this lead you to a remembrance of the good things.

Never build upon evil inspiration.

It is not remembrance to hold on to a hatred of past misdeeds

and remain in thrall of the gravity of War.

For what redeems is virtue sufficient for every generation.

By virtue the long night is overcome.

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

Evil Inspiration

How does the heart see
that rejoice in the darkness
and evil profit?

The single-hearted
in seeking imperfecty
God and God alone -

Abandons
the darkness.
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Do not be by evil inspired!

For we profit not from evil,
my dear friend,
but from the good;
our motivation being derived
from purposes that are good,
our hopes being anchored upon things
that are true and therefore, good,
and the wings of our surrender to prayer
being ever vigilant and discerning
in its ascent
to the one Giver of all good things.

For evil no longer hold us captive.
We have come to know it
and forever bless the LORD for His Light.
Therefore, we seek now to unknow it
upon paths of repentance
that lead away from darkness
and into peace -
peace in our hearts -
peace with our fellow human beings -
peace with all of heaven -
and peace with our God.

Excerpted from Salutation #5

Joy in the Soul

Pleasure is a snare -
the mire of concupiscence!
The lust of the flesh...

Joy is in the soul -
our thirsting for life's fullness!
The cloth of virtue...

Wedding feast
of our LORD!
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Sword

If swords are evil
for virtue has ignored us,
woe to us, O LORD...

God of all virct'ry,
when Thy enemies rise up,
bind us to Thy will!

And evil
shall tremble.
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Peace is over War.

Good Work

Good and honest work,
the kind that makes you happy,
isn't 'bout money...

Build ye first - within -
the Kingdom of our LORD God,
all else shall follow.

The wages
of virtue.
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Coin

What is the measure
of the profits of talents
entrusted to us?

Coin is a product
of the graces we receive
and not it's measure!

Virtue is
currency.
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Virtue

Virtue is ascent -

it is a power to act;
a habit of grace...

Virtue opposes
sin, uproots vice, creates good
with God through our hearts.

Virtue builds
and defends.
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