Author Archives: Spirit Moments
Life Everlasting
Life is such a wonderful experience many people are loathe to leave it. Death is such a great unknown many people are loathe to face it. Yet, there is life and it is meant to be eternal. Once you are, … Continue reading
Who Am I?
Who am I? Really? Sometime ago, I wrote this in answer to that question: “As I think of the defining moments in my life, I realize that I can never fully define myself except in relationships with others. One person … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Photography, Presence, Relationships, Source
Tagged Gratitude, Home, joy, Love, Peace
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What Are The Odds?
Recently, all of Manila was agog over a first-time ever one billion pesos Lotto jackpot. Many who haven’t played Lotto before did so for the first time. There ws an air of pregnant expectancy in the air for several days … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Faith, Mystery, Nature, Principles
Tagged Beauty, Photography
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Dryness
Someone has just turned off the tap in my life. I had always assumed and taken for granted that the water will simply just keep on flowing. Water to slake my thirst for the novel and the adventurous Water to … Continue reading
Mysteries And Roots
The world we live in is a simple and yet a mysterious place. There are simple truths that are self-evident. Like, what goes up must come down. There are some truths we do not see but feel deeply in our … Continue reading
The Presence We Call The Spirit
I am more than the sum of my parts. In my deepest being, I am no different from everything else that exist. Yet, when I look into my deepest being, I know that I am different from everything else … Continue reading
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FOMO
In nature, nothing is ever out of place. The beach looks as natural with or without footprints. With footprints, the scene suggests there are humans around with stories, to tell. Without the footprints, the pristine scene makes on wonder how … Continue reading
Love Colors Everything
St. Augustine once wrote: “Love and then, what you will, do.” Seconding that emotion, Fr. Arrupe the former Jesuit General wrote: “What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.” Who and what I love make … Continue reading
Three More Mothers
Today is Mothers’ Day. And Facebook and social media are awash with greetings for mothers. There is a veritable avalanche of paeans and acclamations for all mothers. There is a massive deluge of gratitude, appreciation and undying love from … Continue reading
When Nighttime Comes
I am feeling adrift on a dark and dreadful sea It is all shadows and darkness lurking around me The light of reason had been snuffed out suddenly Where to go from here is now difficult to see. Just yesterday, … Continue reading