A little less Doe.

I didn't expect to write this second entry so soon.

But quite unexpectedly, this blog has found it's first reader.

Or did the reader found this blog?

Will this entry ever be read? Will the page still be visited 10 entries later?

No matter.

Today, I am a little less Doe and a lot happier.

"Who travels for love finds a hundred miles not more than one." -- Japanese proverb

Weather for all moods

Based on what I can remember, it has been raining on and off (mostly on!) for the past few weeks.

Only in recent days did the rain show any signs of relent.

Coincidentally, the monsoon weather became my inner voice when I am silent.

The roaring thunder and lightening that tore the sky apart.

The hammering raindrops and frantic, violent winds.

The intensity, violence, and cold.

They formed an orchestra and played out my pieces of orderly chaos.

They sang my song of pain when all I could feel was numbness.

Many nights, the wind and rain of the storm caressed me, washed away my tears and soothed my soul.

But no rain last forever, as is with all things in life.

As the stir in my heart settled, so did the skies.

I no longer feel the pain.

And the raindrops, who really are angels, bring me a rainbow to say that the nightmare is over.

And the winds now lightly ruffle my hair, as if to tell me they like me.

As the rain subsides, all that one can remember, is how fresh the soil smells.

'Nam-myoho-renge-kyo'
'I am awake to the universal law of cause and effect' -- Chant of Nichiren Buddhism

我是小王子

When I first read "The Little Prince", I was 13 years old. I couldn't understand most of the content and thought it was a boring book.

By the second time I ead the book again, I was already 17 years old, then I understood basically what the author was trying to say, though I couldn't say I understood the book in it's entirety. The second read was a thought provoking experience.

The last time I read the masterpiece again, a little more than 24 hours ago, I concluded that I may never fully understand it's essence. But this time round I was overwhelmed with sense of embrassment and shame. I have became something I never wanted to be.

Perhaps, I should read the book at every interval of 4 years. Hopefully, that can aid me in retaining what little bit of "princely" spirit that is still left in my soul.

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The fox became silent and gazed for a long time at the little prince.

"I beg of you... tame Me!" he said.

"Willingly," the little prince replied, "but I haven't got much time. I have friends to discover and a lot of things to understand."

"One can only understand the things one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy ready made things in the shops. But since there are no shops where you can buy friends, men no longer have friends. If you want a friend, tame me!"

"What should I do?" asked the little prince?

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What should I do?

G
8/1/2006

"Live to make the child you were proud of the person you are." -- Taro Gold