Tag Archives: Suffering

Struggles and Life

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Spirit Moments

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Everyone longs for rest from labor and toil. This is specially true for peasants working the soil. But even those who in everyday life … Continue reading →

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Love in Ordinary Times

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Spirit Moments

I choose to see all the love around me. A son, burdened by his own personal concerns and anxieties, reaches out to a parent and checks out on how the parent is doing. He stays with him. A parent, caring … Continue reading →

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To Love and Forgive, Be Brave

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Life is full of disappointment, conflict, bickering, and struggle. Some of these are of our own making. Others are inflicted on us by others, either unwittingly or out of spite and hatred. Most, if not all, come from the fact … Continue reading →

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The Beatitudes of True Love

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Right now, I am despondent. Someone dear and close to my heart is hurting because of unrequited love. No human experience can surpass the thrill and joy of falling in love. But the danger in falling in love is that … Continue reading →

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Happiness and Pain

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Childbirth, I have heard and read, is one of the most painful if not the most painful experience a woman can go through. Nothing a man endures can ever approximate it. I remember stories from friend-doctors in Fabella Memorial Hospital, … Continue reading →

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Easter Hope

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Anabelle has a regular practice of going through her things and stuff and throwing away the old, the worn-out and the unnecessary. On the spiritual side, this activity of hers is a good practice in learning detachment and living a … Continue reading →

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The Depths and Emptiness of Good Friday

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Joel is a good friend. His was a life most people could only imagine in their wildest dreams. He was a respected doctor, having come from a family of doctors and married to one. He was a smart, not a … Continue reading →

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Betrayals I Have Been Guilty Of

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Spirit Moments

One of the great burdens I carry in my heart are the many times I have betrayed people – sometimes even for something less than thirty pieces of silver. I have betrayed people I love and those closest to me. … Continue reading →

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A Dark Moment

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Spirit Moments

How I miss my younger days when life was easy and uncomplicated. I had but a handful of options then but I felt I could build a happy life. And build a happy and meaningful life, I did. Even when … Continue reading →

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No Less Than The Trees And The Stars

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Is it just human folly to think I am the center of the universe? For the longest time, men thought the universe revolved around the earth, and, by extension, around man. We now realize we are but a small planet … Continue reading →

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