A Prodigy met the seasoned Iconoclast

Aha, so you are the famed Prodigy.
Here-on, I want you to be the Prodigal!
Being Prodigy is of no use if it does not induce change.

I have only two maxim, and drill this deep into your thick skull:

Learn to un-learn everything!
Nothing in your past matters.
Today, master the art of surrendering, to access intimate dark secrets.

Then learn to re-learn!
Master the tenuous art of re-discovery while treading fear and wonder.

Only through these,
Iconoclast you will:
Destroyer and Creator of Ideas.

A House facing the Light-house

House : How is the view, Mr Light House?

Light-house : Not much, just endless horizon of the blue sea.

House : Envy you a lot…during the day, you crown the hill…at night you dominate the sea.

Light-house : Much you see is not true. At day I am just a tower, at night I am just beacon.

If only someone believes in me as a vector to something essential that I become truly useful.

You see,  Mr House, I am only useful if they believe in me.

- near Racuh A Payaman, Batanes…May 2015 Summer Sojourn

Secret Prayer

The Lord God grants His grace in two ways; by inspiration and by enlightenment.
If we ask God for grace He will give it to us; but let us be willing to accept it.
And in order to accept it, self denial is needed.
Love does not consist in words or feelings, but in deeds.
It is an act of the will;
It is gift;
that is to say a giving.
The reason, the will, the heart - these three faculties must be exercised during prayer.

- An poignant small message tucked on the table-top of a friend that I known for decades. A friend known for his temperamental self, yet has hidden nobility of spirit. Always, life is full of surprises.

Familiarity does not breed contempt. It breeds ignorance to people we thought we already knew. In this case, a wonderful ignorance.