Hush reality, step softly... My heart dreams of peace, it slumbers deep to flee from thy brutality....



All the charms and accompanying allures may only shine so bright as to blur your vision of the bitter facts hidden beneath. They come with a pretty mask but all it takes is one scratch to see the monster lurking beneath.

We live in a materialistic world and everything comes with an expiry date, as soon as it’s reached … all that you once so preciously kept is now good enough to be thrown out the window! It’s like every smile; every reason to rejoice is more of a time bomb ticking away… As soon as the time runs out, your world of hopes, expectations and petty dreams will meet its fall, leaving you with nothing but smithereens and; a condolence in form of “wake up call”…

All these thoughts flowing in, as birds gliding; all these hopes ascending like eagles soaring … alas, unaware of the ruthless nature of gravity... it can only tolerate your ascent to such a height before it pulls you back down, the fact being the larger you are, the more it would hurt…

Musingly enough, the Divine One crafted life to be like a bouncing ball with invincible inertia… Resistance and gravity seem equally futile…. It would take you up to the climax, where your ecstasy knows no bounds…. but after a moment or so, too brief which often seems…. an unforeseen downfall is to follow, with everything you ever believed in, also coming tumbling down.

And each time I fell, my heart cried out loud with my soul seeming to shed brine as well… and I’d wonder why…. why He chose this turbulence to be the mode of my life? Was he just breaking my down so he could build me back up again… was he letting things fall apart so better may fall together? Or was I the stallion that must be broken down before it’s built up? For they say

A heart can only be unsealed after it’s broken….

I don’t know… I can’t say for sure… I am still learning, I am still growing, I am still evolving and I am ignorant! But after all the ups and downs, all the expectations shattered, all the hopes demised, all the dreams unrealized, all the secrets unveiled and when all former glory to misery came… I realized that despite all my efforts to forget Him, He never left my side. Despite all opportunities wasted to please Him, He never let me down… When I failed to acknowledge Him beside me, He still never abandoned me.. All the trials and tribulations though not as harsh as those of many others.. I came to know that He will always be there for me… I repeatedly fail Him but He never failed me… All the crap life has put me… has put us through, it has only been just a wakeup call to make us realize the one always masked truth…

So can you open your eyes yet? Or is your slumber just too deep???

Something I found while stumbling.. a few heart-rending anecdotes. Author unknown but whoever the person is, he sure knows what he is talking about.
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1. First Important Lesson - "Know The Cleaning Lady"



 During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade.

"Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say "hello."

I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.


2. Second Important Lesson - "Pickup In The Rain"

One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.

A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home.

A special note was attached. It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others."

Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole.


3. Third Important Lesson - "Remember Those Who Serve"

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked. "50¢," replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. "35¢!" she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left.

When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.


4. Fourth Important Lesson - "The Obstacles In Our Path"

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand - "Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition."


5. Fifth Important Lesson - "Giving When It Counts"

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save her."

As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?".

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.