Required Reading

Definitely, you know the three books that I will talk about. But, in case you don’t, let me introduce to you three of the best books ever written. They were introduced in High School and I have read these three a lot of times, but I never get tired of them.
Remember, The Little Prince?

The boy who taught us all to not rely on our eyes, because what is important is always invincible to the naked eyes. His journey to earth has always been fascinating. :)

Rember, Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

Jonathan dared to be different and he succeeded. While his flock thought that flying was just for getting food, He braved the challenges that came his way and he became better in flying. And in spite of all the things that he achieve, Jonathan never forgot his flock, hence, he became a mentor for everyone.

Remember, Hope for The Flowers?
 

Hope for The Flowers will always remind me how important it is to dream and to always believe that there will always be something more about life aside from what you already know. The tale of the two Caterpillars will make you understand that to achieve something, you must really rely on yourself. :)

These books really mean a lot to me because they started my interests in being boring reading books. Maybe they will also start yours. Haha! The links will show you the PDF files, just buy a book and give someone who doesn’t have any access to the internet. All photos, were from Google by the way.
Keep it awesome! :)

Henry’s Story

I am currently reading a book; I haven’t finished it so up to this point I cannot write it on my book blog but something about it really wants me to write something about it now.

The story was all about Henry, a 33 year old gay guy who still hasn’t found the right one. To make things worse for him, everything around him seems to not work. His best friends were getting married. He met Luke, a twink who was really into him however he thought that the twink was after his writer friend. Then he met Gale, a guy who really wants however Gale wants his first male sex experience to last. Yes, Gale was the relationship type. He then met Evan, a guy who has everything he wanted for Mr. Right; however Evan was married with another gay guy. Lastly, he met Martin, someone he met on an unusual circumstance who gave up a 21 year relationship.

All of them were connected to Henry in a weird and complicated way. And what was so frustrating about it, Henry cannot understand why he was still single. He even has moments where he contemplated on how miserable his life is. Because he was in love with his best friend’s fiancé, he still cannot move on with his Exes, and the world seems to be playing a big crazy game on him?

Sounds familiar?

I found the need to close the book and start writing this post because I cannot take this anymore. Have you ever felt that something is giving you a straight on, unforgiving reality check on where you at here in this crazy world? The book just gave me that!

Right now, I really cannot stop getting hard on myself because partly, the book gave me an understanding of the things that I am at. Everything about Henry seems to transcend about my life, my relationships and how shitty I am feeling now. Maybe I have the same ego like Henry, or I have his vision of Mr. Right, or maybe I am still single now.

Damn! It’s hard explaining how the book affected me. Now I remember my friend telling me how fortunate I am and how some people look up to me. That I have a good job, I am smart, and I should be confident about myself and though I may think that I am happy with everything that I have, I still need someone. Though I may think I am happy, part of me, like Henry is still hoping, longing and wanting to pull me up in this madness.

Part of me, like Henry, still wants a happy ending.

Enough of the emo post. :D

Favor Bank

i first encountered the idea of a favor bank from paulo coelho’s book zahir. the thought was simple; you have to give favors to people in order to return the favor back. while i was on my way home, this thought suddenly entered my mind. crazy as it may seem, i had this feeling that i really need to write about it. 

a favor bank established trust. they create influence. true enough.

but we are not paulo coelho. we don’t have influence like he have. we are just mere humans who really strive hard to survive a day without worries and angst. though we have connections, sometimes, it’s really hard to rely on it. 

i am not saying that paulo coelho is wrong. but sometimes, i think the best favor bank that we can have is a bank within ourselves. yes, we should also start giving ourselves the favors that it needs. that way, when times get rough and all the favor banks that you established around you suddenly collapsed, you have yourself to rely to.

but, favors are favors. and it will be best if you gave them out without expecting something in return.

Soulmates

The Book Brida will give you an understanding what soulmate is. When I was still in high school, the idea excites me, having someone that is really meant for you. Reading the book answers all my questions.

What are soulmates?

"We are eternal because we are all manifestations of God.

That is why we go through many lives and many deaths, emerging out of some unknown place and going toward another equally unknown place. You must get used to the fact that there are many things in magic which are not and never will be explained. God decided to do certain things in a certain way and why He did this is a secret known only to Him.

The fact is that this happens.

And when people think of reincarnation, they always come up against a very difficult question: if, in the beginning, there was so few people on the face of Earth, and now there are so many, where did all those new souls come from?

The answer is simple.

In certain reincarnations, we divide into two. Our souls divide as do crystals and stars, cells and plants.

Our souls divides in two, and those new souls are in turn transformed into two and so, within a few generations, we are scattered over a large part of Earth.”

How will i know who my Soul Mate is???

By taking risks.

By risking failures, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.

Another thing strikes me, YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE SOULMATE IN A LIFETIME.

The essence of Creation is one and one alone.

And the essence is called Love.

Love is the force that brings us back together, in order to condense the experience dispersed in many lives and many parts of the world.

We are responsible for the whole Earth because we do not know where they might be. Those Soul Mates we were from the beginning of time. If they are well, then we, too, will be happy. If they are not well, we will suffer, however unconsciously, a portion of their pain. Above all, though, we are responsible for reencountering, at least once in every incarnation, the Soul Mate who is sure to cross our path. Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.

We can also allow our Soul Mate to pass us by, without accepting him or her, or even noticing. Then we will need another incarnation in order to find that Soul Mate. And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture of humankind ever invented for itself: LONELINESS.

There you go. Everything about soul mates. Now, I believe that you just have to wait – wait and take risks. Eventually, that special someone you are waiting for all your life will be knocking on your doorsteps soon.

How about you? Do you believe in soul mates? Or are you together now?