Askals

The cruelest thing is to be born abandoned

It is the most painful truth to be accepted

Unloved by the persons who created us

So we suffered while other people enjoy.

Should we consider ourselves alone and unlucky

Or should I say we're still lucky coz we're not alone at all

There are other kids who feel the same way

Were abandoned and taken into the world by mean people.

Is it our fate that we have to suffer like this

Some say we have to face it and make a good life instead

I wonder why, have they felt what we have in our hearts

The great sorrow and longingness of a son?

Yet, we are still searching for the love of a father and a mother

The streets had only given us suffering and pain

We were dogs after all, wandering in the streets for food

Avoided by people because we smell like garbage.

We are a menace, rotten rats rattling their minds!

A great problem of the society, non-humans!

Now, where is the earth created for us?

Or, are we a part of the earth created for them?

After all, we were a pleasure they were not able to control

And so we are here asking whys for the rest of our lives

If we die, and I will not live long for diseases have stricken,

What reward will we get with all of this contemplating.

With all the eyesores and irritation we didn't mean

What has in store for people like us

Well, I don't know and why we're even asking

We are persons who have lost hope and have given up.

People say we are sons of a king

I say, we are of the streets.

Sa Panahon at Pangarap

Unti-unting sinukat at tinimbang

Tama nga ba itong daang tinahak

Ang kalangitan ay nagbadya

Itim na mga ulap ay nagkiskisan

Kumulog at di kalaunay umulan

Isang kubo ang lumitaw, lumundag

Sa silong at sumandig sa kahoy

Nagpahinga sa kabila ng kaguluhan

Nagkalituan nang mga daho'y tinangay

Durog na mga bulaklak ang nilipad

Sa kinauupuan, tinignan

Ang kagandahang napukaw

Pinulot at pinagmasdan

Natanto ang panahong winaldas

Pinangarap na muling ibalik

Mga gintong araw na nagdaan

Nakatulog, ginising ng araw

Pisngi'y nag-init, tumayo kalaunan

Natantong may araw pa

May umaga pa, may panahon pa

Itinuloy ang pagtahak

Sa daang tungo sa pinagpalang ilog

Umaga, gabi, nagpursigi

Nakalayo ang mga paang kalyo na

Nagsumikap, ininda ang sakit

Ang gutom at pagal ng panahon

Ngayo'y nasa bughaw na ilog

Lumalangoy, naliligo.

Friday, June 21, 2013

11:09 PM

The Four Brothers: Eros, Storge, Philia and Agape

Every so often, we always find ourselves thinking of the future—finishing college, having a work, earning for a living, and finally getting into married life. Yes! Indeed, whatever we endeavor to do in the future, there will always be a time that we will be thinking of getting married and having a family.  This is something we have in common, and we should not wonder because we are all humans given the gift of love—to love and be loved.
I was just inspired to write about the different kinds of love because I know that this is crucial to everybody because marriage is not a game. I supposed that I will be writing for the youth and the people who are planning to enter into marriage in the future. However, I still considered that people who are already married might come and read this.

Eros, storge, philia, and agape are Greek words that would mean “love”. Let us talk first about eros, storge, and philia.

Storge is a Greek word for natural affection or familial love. Strong's Greiklek Dictionary gave a meaning on it as cherishing one's kindred, especially parents or children. Simple as it is, familial love is sometimes neglected by some family members. Some may even find themselves as victims of harassments and abuse right inside their homes. This kind of love is crucial in the growth and development of the children. Think about those people raised without their parents, those abandoned or simply not feeling the love of their father and mother. Parents should not forget that one of their responsibilities as parents is to spare time with their children, to have some quality time with them, and not just keep on working, working and working. They should be creative enough in dealing with this because children who usually grow out of familial love are likely rebellious and disrespectful. They may even become fathers or mothers who would do the same with what they have in their childhood in the future.

Philia is brotherly love. Some authors would say that this is the same with storge. I would agree on that in some perspectives. Brotherly love is the ‘love’ that we share with our friends, our companions, or what have you. A father and a son can also portray this kind of love. In the teenage years, this prevails among the other kinds of love. Teens would feel comfortable in the company of their peers or circles of friends. Brotherly love is often misunderstood by some individuals especially by opposite sexes. The male would perceive a female’s closeness as something greater than just brotherly love or vice versa. For me, the presence of this kind of love is important because it sometimes serve as a catching vessel to those who are unable to feel familial love. Where would someone seek refuge in times of loneliness especially when family members are not around? Of course, our friends are our heroes and our crying shoulders. That is why it is very important to value our friends.

How is agape different from the other types of love? Agape is the unconditional kind of love or God’s kind of love. It doesn’t require any conditions nor based on conditions. It is the no-matter-what love. You are just happy that you love this someone. Period.

Eros is the romantic or passionate kind of love. Eros love will always fall into the concept of sex. As a Christian, I value the sanctity of marriage, that is, pre-marital sex or extra-marital sex is a sin and that eros is only reserve for married couples. It is the only kind of love that God restricts to a one-man, one-woman relationship within the bounds of marriage.

A Message to the Youth

Let us enjoy our days as youth the best possible that we can but let us protect ourselves from the evil and immorality. Many different people will come our way. Many people would destroy us if we let our guards down. Let us not fail our parents by breaking or losing the dreams we have promised to them. There is a time for everything. Let us not be in a hurry.  One of the problems we are facing today is love. I don’t believe that love at first sight is love. That “love” that you are feeling will fade in the long run. Why? It is not love. Public display of affection (PDA) is a no-no. Don’t let your boyfriend/girlfriend do that! Come on! I wish is that may we grow as children our parents would be proud of.  May we live our lives to the fullest and may we find the happiness God has promised us. God bless!

Masaya ka ba Ngayon?

Nasaan ka na ngayon? Kumusta na? Pagod ka na ba? Suko na? Bakit? 

Maraming mga pagkakataon sa ating buhay ang nagpapabago ng ating pag-iisip at pananaw. Ito ang mga pangyayaring kadalasan ay sumasalungat sa ating minimithi, pinaghihirapan, at ninanais. Minsan, hindi natin maiiwasang manatili sa lungga ng ating pagkabigo at kalungkutan na kung hindi natin malabanan ay posibleng bagtasin natin ang isang daang hindi natin pinangarap o pinapangarap.

Ang kalungkutan ay nararanasan ng lahat. Hindi naman masama ang pagiging malungkot, mas maganda pa nga minsan kapag may kasabay na iyak. Masakit ngunit pagkatapos ay nakagiginhawa. Nasa pag-iisip at paghahawak lang natin ng problem ang pinagkaiba. May iba-iba tayong pagtingin at reaksyon sa mga pangyayari. Basta ang pagbangon siguro ang pangkalahatang iniisip natin.

May iba-iba tayong pagtingin at pag-react sa mga pangyayari. Basta ang pagbangon siguro ang pangkalahatang iniisip natin.

Masaya ka ba ngayon?

Isipin mo. Kung masaya ka, gaano kasaya? Saan ka masaya? Bakit ka masaya? At hanggan kailan ang kasiyahan mong iyan?

Magkakaiba tayo ng basehan ng kasiyahan. Kaya minsan, nami-misinterpret natin ang ilan kung bakit sa isang pangyayari malungkot tayo habang sila ay masaya. Bakit kaya? Ano ba ang iniisip mo? Ano ba ang ine-expect mo? Ano ba ang ginawa mo? May mali ba? Ano ‘yun? Minsan dapat hindi lang tayo basta nalulungkot, kailangan nating alamin ang rason kung bakit tayo malungkot. Ito ‘yung mas malalim na rason, ang ugat ika nga nila.

Ang hindi pagkakontento ang kadalasang rason ng kalungkutan. We expect so much. Kaya masakit kung hindi naabot ang ating expectation. Napaka-ironic kasi sabi nila “let us not limit ourselves,” pero kung hindi naman natin nililimitahan ang ating sarili, maari tayong umasa sa mga bagay na kadalasang nagiging rason ng ating pagkadismaya. Ito na lang siguro ang pwede nating sang-ayunan, dapat nating alamin kung ano ba ang ating ipinaglalaban, nasa ating kamay ang kasagutan, at nasa pag-iisip natin kung paano natin baguhin ang isang sitwasyon at gawing rason sa ating pag-usbong at pagsulong sa buhay.

Hindi lahat ng nakasasaya ay nagbibigay ng kasiyahan at hindi rin lahat ng nakalulungkot ay nagbibigay ng kalungkutan sapagkat lagi naman, hindi nawawala sa atin ang karapatang pumili. Lagi lang nating isipin na lahat ng ating pinipili ay may karampatang katumbas na tayo rin ang nakakaalam o makakaalam.

Press on Toward the Goal

While listening to some songs in my pc, I felt a sudden feeling of writing a story I have been thinking since last week. I paused and thought of the best way to introduce it, but I can’t still start to write about it. After a while, the word “start” just popped out of my mind, so I wrote this one.