Stardust....

It was quite a wonderful weekend for busy people like me who hecticly spent the days entirely at work. Nothing else matters most than work. And its all the while always been...work...work...and work. Always work. How can't you be seduced by temptation of work when knowing the earning you'll be getting at the ned of the month? No work...no pay? The earning salary that really paays off in supporting a living in big city. And due to that reason, despite the idea of finding ways to pause my exhausted mind to slight rest, that had me pop up into the feeling of watching a movie last weekend. So I went and its the Stardust that I chose to watch, one selected movie title from the number of recent good movies listing on screening. Its just after the movie ended, felt like I just had a small deep breath and floating myself into a fairy tale movie of a fallen star, magics and in searching the values of 'true love' despite triggering my critical & practical engineering mind with the duo function of flying+sailing Cptn Shakespeare's Ship.

One of the main reasons people go to see movies is to escape the reality of their lives and immerse themselves in the story being told or to just simply be entertained. Instead of doing nothing or ended up in bed with lots of sleeps, I like to escape by watching a good movie. To me it’s like therapy. This one is a superb choice for doing just that. What a journey! Sure, this might not exactly be the best fantasy movie ever made, but it does the job of transporting you to another world full of magic and wonder. It’s like that bedtime story that you never got tired of hearing as a child. I would be so bold as to say that it’s the next best fantasy since the Chronicles of Narnia and the three sequels of The Pirates of the Caribean movies.

Stardust provides the awe-inspiring fantasy that usually attracts saucer-eyed young ones, but doesn't shy away from murder, dark magic, and adult jokes. It's a breath of fresh air after months of summer blockbusters aimed squarely at male teenagers. Stardust promises storybook adventure for grownups, who require (and deserve) a little fairy dust blown their way from time to time.
It's not a blimp, it's a zeppelin!

A good measure of the success of a fairy tale film such as this one is the connection one makes with its characters. This fairy tale does not fall short. The character development was just enough to get you hooked and to feel for each of them individually. From the star, Yvaine, to Tristan’s mother (Kate Magowan), down to the first mate on Captain Shakespeare’s (Robert DeNiro) vessel, you get attached. Speaking of Captain Shakespeare! Words cannot describe DeNiro’s role in this movie. You will not believe your eyes. Priscilla was speechless. Another shocker is seeing Michelle Pfeiffer look old and ugly. But as old and ugly as she looked at some moments, she looked just as beautiful in others. She is another case of someone who defies time. My favorite character has got to be Yvaine, the star. Even though this was not a flawless performance by Claire, and Yvaine at first was a little hard to swallow, Claire’s beauty totally illuminated the character, literally. There are few things more precious than making a beautiful woman glow.

The plot of this film was quite imaginative and yet simple enough to follow comfortably. The dialogue, however, did not keep pace at times. Luckily the talented cast helped you get passed the rough edges. The cinematography also helped. Beautiful views and sets along with a modest amount of special effects and CGI helped preserve the illusion of being transported to this place. Writer/Director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake) as a director in only his second major motion picture is off to a great start. We can expect wonderful things from Mr. Vaughn. In the meantime, be on the lookout for any falling stars, no not Lindsay or Britney, I mean from the sky.

If people would keep on comparing the novel with the movies, no one would ever make a movie from a novel if it would mean they have to please all those hardcore fans. There are certain limitations to a movie as there are certain limitations to a novel.

Anyways its a great FUN movie to watch. Dont watch it as a (trying) film critic. But instead watch it like when you were a kid. Just enjoying every second of the story and not counting how many deviations and errors it has from the novel. :)

Watching a movie is supposed to entertain... not to trivialize. To each his own i guess. :)

Parents need to know that although this highly entertaining fantasy will appeal to kids with its mix of swashbuckling adventure and romance, it's darker than cinematic cousins like The Princess Bride. It's surprisingly violent, with several deaths and lots of fights featuring knives and swords. The scenes in which an evil witch unleashes her fury are truly frightening (one with a voodoo doll may make even older tweens close their eyes), as is her transformation into an old hag. The subplots, including one about brothers vying for their father's crown trying to kill each other, may be too disturbing for younger kids.

Families can talk about what makes up a really good adventure/love story. Is it sword fights? Scary villains? Handsome leading men and ladies? What's the appeal of fantasy tales like this one? Are violent scenes any less scary when they take place in a world of witches and flying ships? Families can also discuss Tristan's relationships with Victoria and Yvaine. Is Victoria worth the trouble he goes to? How is she different from Yvaine? How does the movie show Tristan's changing feelings toward the two women? And why does Lamia want to stay young forever? Is youth valued above all, especially on film?

Violence
Surprising amounts of fantasy/swashbuckling violence, including swordfights, knifings, and sorcery that ends in murder (a man drinks poison and keels over, another man is pushed off a ledge) and destruction. In one particularly brutal scene, a witch drowns a man with a voodoo doll and uses his body to try to stab another. In another scene, she slits a victim's throat. Animals are also killed for witchcraft, and Yvaine is being pursued so a sorceress can eat her heart.

Social Behavior
Backstabbing, literally and figuratively, of Shakespearean proportions. A father pits his sons against each other. Brothers murder each other (with knives, poison, etc.) in a bid to take their father's throne. Witch sisters scream at each other as they try to find Yvaine and kill her. A young woman demands a present from a suitor she doesn't like that much. A young man engages in a one-night stand that produces a son. There are also homophobic overtones in terms of how a pirate is portrayed.

The film is very much a fairy tale executed with tried and true formulas. There is nothing especially new or outrageous here, but there is a tremendous cast, a good script and much laughter. It’s loaded with charm and romanticism.

In all, Stardust is a joy.

A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really...”Do the stars gaze back?" Now *that's* a question.

Words & sentences said by Yvaine, the Fallen Star, from the movie script that really triggered my exhausted mind and make me drifted away in a romanticism & humanism are:-

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"The little I know about love is that it's unconditional. It's not something you can buy.

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"This wasn't about me trying to buy her love. This was to prove to her how I felt. And what's she doing to prove how she feels about you?"
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"You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no fits. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine."
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The pitch is: it's Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Princess Bride...It has the same sense of humor as The Princess Bride, but it also, hopefully, matches Pirates in terms of the swashbuckling action and [special] effects.

Gazing at the shining stars at nite...is my best interest since my small years as a kid. It makes me feel the peace inside...and to look up at the open dark sky and makes me feel so free & humble... and in peace it teaches me to appreciate the greatest POWER of the Great Creator..

I thank God for making the entire universe so perfectly...and its us human who never know how to appreciate to its best.

Life is a journey...

Life is a Journey

What is meant by The Journey of Life?
By conventional definition for journey of life, it is defined such as a conventional metaphor in which life is represented as a journey having such things as layovers and obstacles to be gotten over.

Our Journey of Life.
Over the years, I have discovered life is a journey, a pilgrimage, a sacred adventure. Within everyone’s inner solitude, there is that bright and warm hearth where the spirit dwells waiting to be roused. There are many paths to enlightenment, their teachings rich and varied offering wisdom and “food for thought” and everything we need for our journey to awakening lies within us. In the beginning, spirituality appears like the bud on a bloom, opening gradually, tempting us with a glimpse of its splendor and unfathomable depths. It is here we create the blueprint of our collective existence. And how many of us really prefers to look back on our past in order to make steps in moving forward? Does we see the origin ground where did we come from? On what base does we initially footed on and where are we going? In what ways does it contribute much to our highest vision & mission? Where is exactly our destination?

Each of us from time to time does experience crises from different life changing events and transitions, all unpredictable moments arriving and intruding into our “well groomed” lives. We didn’t ask for this interference and we wonder why it has arrived bringing with it havoc and confusion. BUT no matter what the source, each crisis has a common bond…a threshold. A holy summons inviting us to cross a threshold involving both a leaving behind and a stepping toward.

During these times of roadblocks, dead ends and detours, we often choose to ignore that inner calling. Transformation takes an enormous amount of trust in the voice that urges us to take note. We need to pay attention and ask ourselves what is it we are being summoned to learn? Has the time arrived to push past our comfort zone and begin the slow process of transformation? Are we ready to accept responsibility for our life choices and embark on this soulful journey? Many of us have learned to be afraid of the feelings inside of ourselves. We tend to bury or ignore them. Perhaps even run from them pretending they don’t exist. We cannot deceive ourselves! Until we claim and embrace these “unwanted” pieces of our shadow, they will continue to resurface, haunting us and making their presence known, one way or another.

The invitation to re-kindle our authentic self wears many disguises and often arrives in some of the most unexpected ways and always with a revelation. Life passages can mystify and overwhelm us, causing pain and grief. It is frightening to veer off the well-worn path, better known as our “comfort zone.” But if we are willing to take the time to acknowledge and reflect on each passage, they can bestow wisdom and knowledge expanding our vision of our authenticity.

Celebrating, mourning or wrestling with a life passage is an extraordinary act. Slow down and be in touch with your feelings. Be kind and loving to yourself. Act from your spirit and heart and don’t forget to breathe!

Life is a journey, not a race.
To regard it as anything different will only lead to disappointment. Run the race in such a way as to win but does the first place winner of the games was an indicative metaphor of how life should be pursued? Not hardly, to my opinion. However, it was meant to have a deeper meaning -- to strive to finish the race in such a way as to have eternal worth. I quit "racing" the running events which I entered couple of years ago. I believe that God allows me to enjoy barefoot running and to enjoy the "journey". It's not about winning anymore but more about who and what I am during the journey. So, how does God teach you about your journey? For me, it is my running and more pointedly my barefoot running. Are we so consumed about the finish that we have not considered the journey for some time now? I am not implying that I have a constant focus on the journey, myself. I fall incredibly short some days and have to ask again for guidance on what's really important.

God has been so good to me. He has allowed me this little distraction in life, namely barefoot running. The irony is that what may seem like foolishness in some people's eyes is one of God's main instructive tools in my life. Today, I thank God for the journey I am on and only wish to cross the finish line when He calls! I seek to live life and ends under His great blessing.

Life is actually a journey filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations and special moments that will ultimately lead us to our destination, our purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth; in fact, throughout our travels, we will encounter many challenges.

Some of these challenges will test our courage, strengths, weaknesses, and faith. Along the way, we may stumble upon obstacles that will come between the paths that we are destined to take. In order to follow the right path, we must overcome these obstacles. Sometimes these obstacles are really blessings in disguise, only we don't realize that at the time.

Along our journey we will be confronted with many situations, some will be filled with joy, and some will be filled with heartache. How we react to what we are faced with determines what kind of outcome the rest of our journey through life will be like.

When things don't always go our way, we have two choices in dealing with the situations. We can focus on the fact that things didn't go how we had hoped they would and let life pass us by, or two, we can make the best out of the situation and know that these are only temporary setbacks and find the lessons that are to be learned.

Time stops for no one, and if we allow ourselves to focus on the negative we might miss out on some really amazing things that life has to offer. We can't go back to the past, we can only take the lessons that we have learned and the experiences that we have gained from it and move on. It is because of the heartaches, as well as the hardships, that in the end help to make us a stronger person. The people that we meet on our journey, are people that we are destined to meet. Everybody comes into our lives for some reason or another and we don't always know their purpose until it is too late. They all play some kind of role. Some may stay for a lifetime; others may only stay for a short while.

It is often the people who stay for only a short time that end up making a lasting impression not only in our lives, but in our hearts as well. Although we may not realize it at the time, they will make a difference and change our lives in a way we never could imagine. To think that one person can have such a profound affect on your life forever is truly a blessing. It is because of these encounters that we learn some of life's best lessons and sometimes we even learn a little bit about ourselves.

People will come and go into our lives quickly, but sometimes we are lucky to meet that one special person that will stay in our hearts forever no matter what. Even though we may not always end up being with that person and they may not always stay in our life for as long as we like, the lessons that we have learned from them and the experiences that we have gained from meeting that person, will stay with us forever. But it will be the luckiest charm if that special person stays with us and shared the journey till the last. And it’s the best time to learn what appreciation should means. God has despairs the best tool for us to learn our lessons.

It's these things that will give us strength to continue on with our journey. We know that we can always look back on those times of our past and know that because of that one individual, we are who we are and we can remember the wonderful moments that we have shared with that person.

Memories are priceless treasures that we can cherish forever in our hearts. They also enable us to continue on with our journey for whatever life has in store for us. Sometimes all it takes is one special person to help us look inside ourselves and find a whole different person that we never knew existed. Our eyes are suddenly opened to a world we never knew existed, a world where time is so precious and moments never seem to last long enough.

Throughout this adventure, people will give you advice and insights on how to live your life but when it all comes down to it, you must always do what you feel is right. Always follow your heart, and most importantly never have any regrets. Don't hold anything back. Say what you want to say, and do what you want to do, because sometimes we don't get a second chance to say or do what we should have the first time around.

It is often said that what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. It all depends on how one defines the word "strong" It can have different meanings to different people. In this sense, "stronger" means looking back at the person you were and comparing it to the person you have become today. It also means looking deep into your soul and realizing that the person you are today couldn't exist if it weren't for the things that have happened in the past or for the people that you have met. Everything that happens in our life happens for a reason and sometimes that means we must face heartaches in order to experience joy.

Life is a journey we travel together, walking hand in hand with our sisters, brothers and friends. Our lives, though different, are interwoven, creating a beautiful weaving of love in our world. Take a moment to be present to someone in need. Show that we care, reach out and plant a loving seed. Men and women, young and aged, no matter of different colour skin, in solidarity we stand together, united from within. Together let us work to build God's Kingdom here today: justice, equality, sharing, compassion, peace will be our way.

I believe that as long as we live, there will be lessons to learn in our daily lives. A journey through life is a journey of lessons, one after another. Each life lesson, it will continually present itself to us until we have learned it. Then, the next lesson will then be revealed for us to learn from. These lessons can be just about anything at all. It may be a lesson to learn about patience, when we get stuck in jams or when things just don’t go our way. It may also be a lesson of compassion and forgiveness when someone hurt our feelings. It may even be a lesson to learn how to say ‘Thank You”.

Some of these lessons will be easy and a walk in the park to comprehend and learn. However, there will also be lessons that will challenge our very own outlook of life itself. And as long as there are lessons that present themselves to us, we will have to accept these lessons if we wish to continually grow ourselves.

Who says life is easy? It doesn’t really matter if we are rich or poor, tall or short, a sports person or a genius intellectual. There will always be lessons to learn. The only difference is that you will learn difference lessons. The genius intellectual will probably need to learn about interaction or humility. The rich may need to learn about compassion or sharing. And here’s the best thing about life as well. There is no mistakes if we fail to learn these lessons, there simply is just more lessons!

The key to learning life lessons is to be open to them. By understanding that life is all about learning, then it’s easy to accept the challenges that it may present to us. But on the contrary, if we reject or close our minds to new lessons, then we will simply not see these lessons. Everyday will just be like any other day, and we will continue to stay stagnant as we are for as long as we avoid new lessons to learn. The more lessons we reject, the less we are able to grow ourselves.

So ask yourselves, what have we learnt today? Did life presented us with a new challenge to tackle? Or perhaps we may realise something that we have always been practising to be wrong. What are we going to do about them? Only us can answer these questions and choose to either accept the lesson or just reject them.

Life is a journey

From weakness to strength

From imperfection to perfection

From impurity to purity

From hatred to cosmic love

From death to immortality

From slavery to freedom

From pain to eternal bliss

From diversity to unity.

From ignorance to eternal wisdom

There have many known and un known difficulty in our life, but that is life, we must keep optimistical, life is colourful just because of many different things maybe, so we just go on and come on.

Yes, life is a journey through time, not space, and most of us are conscientiously trying of avoid reaching our final destination. It seems, however, that far too many people forget that a journey is to be enjoyed, else what is the point of taking the trip?

During the journey one must take a moment to smell the flowers that spring up unbidden by the roadside. One must always be mindful of the way-stations that appear and fully explore them, seeking out all the attractions that station has to offer, the love of your journey's companion, the birth of a child, the recognition of our peers, small acts of kindness that cost you nothing and brought happiness to another and those times of serene contemplation when you feel the journey has been worthwhile. Those are the times that are the fuel that give you the energy to take the next step and continue the journey,

Our journey should have purpose to provide our spirit with meaning, for aimless wondering is a waste of time and energy. Granted, there can, on occasion, be moments when even aimless wandering can fill the spirit with the sights of unexpected and unplanned for beauty, but those times are even more glorious when stumbled upon by the purposeful mind that is aware of the road being travelled and why we are travelling it.

And in the end before the final station comes into view we can look back with satisfaction and delight in all the stations stopped at and all those times of joy remembered, savoured and cherished. Then we can enter the final station with the supreme satisfaction of a good journey well travelled.

I thank God for making my journey of life so colourful with so many lessons to be learned.

The Blessings of Ramadhan...

The blessings of Ramadhan & the celebration of Syawal

Goshhh... Its been almost two months this blog didn't get its touch of updating. Not that I'm running out of articles to be shared but its the most precious time that need to be occupied with other priorities. Of coz.. work...work...and work... plus other main responsibilities as well along the line of life's journey. Especially in the month of Ramadhan. I will never get any chance for blogging to appeared in my mind at all so as many other much important things were in line to be performed at priority. Time is so much more precious during the month of Ramadhan. I will like to keep it that way. As for those who knows how important to be in the blessings of Ramadhan is will understand well.

Ramadhan had now past but Syawal is still in the air. Its kinda sad to be left by the blessing of the month of Ramadhan where its the only one month in the cyclic year that we could felt so closed to God and being so much blessed by Him. Its the month full of forgiveness and most of the prayer being accepted. And now Syawal is the month of celebrating the victory of fighting the inner self negative's altitude strongly during the fasting month of Ramadhan. Its not only the month of celebration but the best part of it, is the time to keep the distance away. People all over are travelling everywhere back to their hometown to celebrate the Syawal with the family members all over. This is the time, to make the swayed away relationship, being kept close again. We visit one another, families and friends, and trying to keep the realtionship in groom again and to freshens up the dull and distant relationship and keep the interaction going on again. This is the time whereby most hands are shaken for forgiveness among us for all the beings and misconduct between us during the journey of life.

I'm glad I had a wonderful Ramadhan & Syawal this year. Being re-unite with my family members, parents & siblings is such a great joy and hapiness which we hope we all can see and appreciate. It has been almost a year I've been craving for mom's Ketupat and only on Syawal, mom will get it ready for my return on celebration of Syawal together.

I seek most forgiveness from all who knows me... from far or near.

I seek most forgiveness from the great Creator & always pray for His blessing in my humble journey of life.

May God dispair my life longer to seek His blessings for next Ramadhan and Syawal.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA

MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN

Friendship...

I just received an email from a dear friend very early this morning. The content may looks like something humourous but the message is kinda deep into penetration of some lessons of life.
It may be positively or negatively translated by any of the individual but let just make it easy and crystal clear. And I would like to share it with you here. Friendship is important in life...One can't just live on his own or by his own. Its always everyone will need someone in his/her life. They are so called 'friend'. A friend to share and comfort your soul when you need one. A friend to talk to... and a friend who listen. A friend to share your joy and sadness with. A friend to share your laugh and tears. A friend who rest his/her shoulder for you to cry on and a friend who dare to tease you for a sweet smiles on your face. A friend can be from ayone in your entire list of crowd. Your parent can be your good friend. So as your other family members.. or any one who is ever close to you. What a miracle if your life partner is your most best friend you ever had which you willing to share almost everythings together. That shall be concluded as... you're never alone in this world.

Sharing ideas and opinions with each other is part of having a friendship. Holding different ideas is normal and these differences may lead to arguments. You may feel hurt, disappointed, angry, sad or lonely when you disagree with a friend. These feelings may make it difficult to manage the argument. But one must remember, working through a disagreement may make the friendship stronger.

So... my positive message here is...

Appreciate the good friends you have and all the effort they had taken to always

'stand by you' and 'support you'

So Have a good day :-)

To all my friends out there....

May You Find Your True Love...

I have never met a man who didn't want to be loved. But I've seldom met a man who didn't fear marriage. Something about the closure seems constricting, not enabling. Marriage seems easier to understand for what it cuts out of our lives than for what it makes possible within our lives. When I was younger this fear immobilized me. I did not want to make a mistake. I saw my friends get married for reasons of social acceptability, or sexual fever, or just because they thought it was the logical thing to do.

Then I watched as they and their partners became embittered and petty in their dealings with each other. I looked at older couples and saw at best, mutual toleration of each other. I imagined a lifetime of loveless nights and bickering days and could not imagine subjecting myself or someone else to such afate. And yet, on rare occasions, I would see old couples who somehow seemed to glow in each other's presence.They seemed really in love, not just dependent upon each other and tolerant of each other's foibles. It was an astounding sight,and it seemed impossible. How, I asked myself, can they have survived so many years of sameness, so much irritation at the other's habits? What keeps love alive in them,when most of us seem unable to even stay together, much less love each other? The central secret seems to be in choosing well.

There is something to the claim of fundamental compatibility. Good people can create a bad relationship, even though they both dearly want the relationship to succeed. It is important to find someone with whom you can create a good relationship from the outset. Unfortunately, it is hard to see clearly in the early stages. Sexual hunger draws you to each other and colors the way you see yourselves together. It blinds you to the thousands of little things by which the relationship eventually survives or fails. You need to find a way to see beyond the initial overwhelming sexual fascination.

Some people choose to involve themselves sexually and ride out the most heated period of sexual attraction in order to see what is on the other side. This can work, but it can also leave a trail of wounded hearts. Others deny the sexual altogether in an attempt to get to know each other apart from their sexuality. But they cannot see clearly, because the presence of unfulfilled sexual desire looms so large that it keeps them from having any normal perception of what life would be like together.

The truly lucky people are the ones who manage to become long-time friends before they realize they are attracted to each other. They get to know each other's laughs, passions, sadness, and fears. They see each other at their worst and at their best. They share time together before they get swept up into the entangling intimacy of sexuality. This is the ideal, but not often possible as regard to culture and religion plus moral obligations.

If you fall under the spell of your sexual attraction immediately, you need to look beyond it for other keys to compatibility. One of these is laughter. Laughter tells you how much you will enjoy each other's company over the long term. If your laughter together is good and healthy,and not at the expense of others, then you have a healthy relationship to the world. Laughter is the child of surprise. If you can make each other laugh, you can always surprise each other. And if you can surprise each other, you can always keep the world around you new.

Beware of relationship in which there is no laughter. Even the most intimate relationships based only on seriousness have a tendency to turn sour. Over time, sharing a common serious viewpoint on the world tends to turn you against those who did not share the same viewpoint, and your relationship can becomebased on being critical together. After laughter, look for a partner who deals with the world in a way you respect.

When two people first get together, they tend to see their relationship as existing only in the space between the two of them. They find each other endlessly fascinating, and the overwhelming power of the emotions they are sharing obscures the outside world. As the relationship ages and grows, the outside world becomes important again. If your partner treats people or circumstances in a way you can't accept, you will inevitably come to grief. Look at the way she cares for others, and deals with the daily affairs of life. If that makes you love her more, your love will grow. If it does not, be careful. If you do not respect the way you each deal with the world around you, eventually the two of you will not respect each other.

There are many other keys, but you must find them by yourself. We all have unchangeable parts of our hearts that we will not betray and private commitments to a vision of life that we will not deny. If you fall in love with someone who cannot nourish those inviolable parts of you, or if you cannot nourish them in her, you will find yourselves growing further apart until you live in separate worlds where you share the business of life, but never touch each other where the heart lives and dreams. From there it is only a small leap to the cataloging of petty hurts and daily failures that leaves so many couples bitter and unsatisfied with their mates. So choose carefully and well. If you do, you will have chosen a partner with whom you can grow, and then the real miracle of marriage can take place in your hearts. I pick "m" words carefully when I speak of miracle. But I think it is not too strong a word. There IS a miracle in marriage. It is called transformation.

Transformation is one of the most common events of nature. The seed becomes the flower. The cocoon becomes the butterfly. Winter becomes spring and love becomes a child. Only marriage allows life to deepen and expand and to be leavened by the knowledge that two have chosen, against all odds, to become one. Those who live together without marriage can know the pleasure of shared company but there is a specific gravity in the marriage commitment that deepens that experience into something richer and more complex.

So do not fear marriage, just as you should not rush into it for the wrong reasons. It is an act of faith and if contains within it the power of transformation. If you believe in your heart that you have found someone with whom you are able to grow, if you have sufficient faith that you can resist the endless attraction of the road not taken and the partner not chosen, if you have the strength of heart to embrace the cycles and seasons that your love will experience, then you may be ready to seek the miracle that marriage offers.

LOVE

When I saw you..

I was afraid to talk to you..

When I talked to you.

I was afraid to hold you..

When I hold you..

I was afraid to love you...

Now that I love you.

I'm afraid to lose you..

Sometimes love hurts..

But if it doesn't hurt...

Then it isn't love...

Hold on 2 the person u love ...

Before they slip away..

Or else u can never get them back...

I was born when you kissed me.

And I died when you left me..

But I lived for the lives you loved me.

Until there was you.

I cried myself to sleep.

While I had you, I fell asleep with a gentle smile on my face..

Before I lost you, I worried myself to sleep..

Now that I know you're gone.

I sit up at night, waiting for you to come back.

THIS IS LUV

Life is short to waste on the wrong person.

It is better to meet the person

Who alwyas love you for yourself

And who will truly love you later,

Than meet someone beautiful

Who promises to love you

But only love for what you have

And sooner or later leave you forever.

Never try to impress someone

To make him/her fall in love with you

If you do you will be expected

To keep the standard for the rest of your life..

Fate determines who comes into our lives

The heart determines who stays

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