11 Self-portraits and 11 Shoutouts

What if fear is the only thing that separates humans from gods? What if we can do anything we can imagine, we're just so used to the limitations of the "reality" we're born into. What if our eyes and ears, nose, and skin don't really help us to see, hear, smell, and touch but just limit and debilitate our perception? What if the Big truth is just around us or in front of us and we only have to be fearless and free to get there?

Meaning. Still looking for one. More than ever.

Your words can't hurt me, you don't even know me. You can only push me deeper into my numbness.

Yesterday it's an idea. Now it's a dream and inspiration. Does it matter now what becomes of it tomorrow?

You always can do anything. You can just quit your job and volunteer in Ghana or be a nomad of the world. You can get out of your comfort zone if it's making you a hollow person and find yourself elsewhere. You can unschool yourself and your child. Taste the world first hand. You can. That doesn't mean you're a rebel, it just means you're choosing to be free.

Don't let your voice drown in the voice of many. Don't lose sight of your way to your heart. Sincerity sincerity.

Stop trying. Be your free self, not your 'best' self.

Marami kang lugar na dinadaan-daanan lang nilalagpas-lagpasan lang. And then may mga moments na bigla kang masisiraan ng sasakyan or other incidents na kailangan mong mag-stop and then the place will become real, makikita mo yung mga tao na kumikilos nagsasalita, mga bahay, mga pamumuhay, yung hitsura ng lugar up close and personal and then the place will become part of the graphical google map of your brain, it becomes more than just an image of a light post or a barangay name or a memorable landmark. And then you'll realize na oo malaki nga pala ang mundo not just in terms ng mga lugar na di mo pa napupuntahan but also in terms ng mga lugar na hindi mo napapansin o nakikita mo pero hindi mo natitigan. Like people, like things.

What is life if you always forget or postpone the have-fun part?

When you love someone you're not necessarily blind. In most cases, you can see more clearly. You can see him or her in perspective of his or her roots, his or her journey, how he or she is shaped to be the person that he or she is now. You understand because you see him or her in a much redeeming and forgiving light. Love opens the mind, other things close it.

Love comes in many different forms di kailangang isang direksyon lang lahat ng tao. Marriage is not be-all end-all thing.