A hole-in-being

I need to write.

Before drawing, I really planned to make a sculpture-like 3D figure, abstract, but would show “me”. But something came into my mind – a hole-in-being. A topic discussed in our philosophy subject (Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl). So I thought about drawing a doughnut – an illustraition of an object with a hole which is likened to human beings having something missing in their being. This hole is described as something that is naturally present in humans and is to be filled as they live on their lives. I don’t know, maybe in searching for meaning, we eventually fill this hole up.

So I was planning to create a replica of myself. Something that is sculpture-like, shows the fullness of a figure, and doesn’t exactly show the hole in it.

And here it is. It actually looked like a teardrop with a hole so evident. I just used pencil marks to give some depth to it.

Then an idea came, more like a realization. Teardrops or any drop of liquid which are irregularly thrown, with holes, deformed or in whatever way, will eventually seek its most stable, founded form, a sphere, perfect with no holes. It attracts molecules of its own, obtaining the least surface area, becoming full before it touches the ground.

To reality!

i'm called to be back to reality! Haha!

Yeah, i've actually been asleep in my comforts and little luxuries these couple of weeks... i'm on our semestral break - no school. i spent the days helping Ma and Pa and my siblings keep the house in order, watching TV shows and movies, doing stuffs on computers, etc.  it was a good way to spend time.. i've actually learned a lot from the movies i've watched - Something Borrowed, Leap Year, The Hunger Games, She's the Man, Anastasia (1997).. But somewhere inside me i know i should be doing more.. i feel like i'm in deep slumber, nothing to offer to the world.

Fortunately, today, i've read a post on our university group challenging an assembly of leaders in the school. WOAH! As in overness!! Haha! it really received lots of comments and criticisms and likes!. if you could see the comments, you could really witness a heated debate going on. Haha! But, more than the fun it brought me, it actually moved me to really be vigilant about the things and issues going on around us.. we might not notice, but they can actually kill us day by day, if that's their motive.. i'm not very good at expression, but let me tell you this, the post moved me enough to wake me up. Of course, with due credits to our commenters. .:)

i'm not so sure though about what i should do.. but, now, i am certain that more than reflections, i should act on something. i understand that it is the Lord's will that should be done, but man also has to do his part.

May God bless us all! :D

~ Thanks, Mr. Karlo David! :)

”Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do.” 
   ~ Helen Keller 

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Jesus

He hungered - but He fed thousands...
He was wearied, but He is the Rest of them that are weary...
He was heavy with sleep, but He walked lightly over the sea...
He prays, but He hears prayers.
He weeps, but he causes tears to cease.
He asks where Lazarus was laid, for He was Man; but He raises Lazarus, for He was God.
He is sold, and very cheap, for it is only thirty pieces of silver; but He redeems the world...
As a sheep He is led to the slaughter, but He is the Shepherd of Israel, and now of the whole world also.
As a Lamb He is silent, yet He is the Word...
He is...wounded, but He healeth every disease...
He dies, but He gives life...

If the one gives you a starting point for your error, let the others put an end to it.

Gregory Nazianzen, c329 - 389/390 AD
(from T.Oden's "The Word of Life", p185)

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T.Hu.G.

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." ~ Dolly Parton

A picture paints a thousand words. How about a film?

from 

 http://hungergamespics.com/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-brought-to-life/

I. Watched The Hunger Games today. Beautiful. But more than the beauty it brought me, it reminded me of something very valuable - People Power. Most of the Filipinos forget its worth. But you should know that it is not dead. Perhaps it has to be rekindled. But how? 

More than thinking of ways to do it, let's just do it. 

II. The film setting was very unlikely to happen. Given that people nowadays are so into Human rights protection, civil liberties, protection for children, etc., how could people turn to be monster-like in the future? But that's what it does - films intend to capture you into another world and make you believe that it exists. And perhaps that is what Suzanne Collins needs to do to convey her message.

III. When i thought about the impossibility of people turning into monsters. i thought for a while, "how could that be impossible?" Today, you could see people killing other people, brutally, mercilessly. It really is not surprising that someday, more people would do the same. How could this become a reality? Being a human being, i am aware that i have limitations, although i don't know all of them. Being a Christian, i know that people could do things beyond their limitations. How is this? - through the help of the Holy Spirit! In relation to people doing things humans are not supposed to do, one party to blame here are the evil forces. You see, it really is up to us to submit to anything. We could submit to these "evil forces" and start being really bad. Or we could submit ourselves to the power of God and start doing things that would give people a glimpse of heaven. It really is up to us. 

As for the world. A lot of people end up being slaves of evil while some are fools for God, but there are also people who chose nothing. For all these people, let us pray for them. For those slaves of evil, may they be free, truly free and heed the call of goodness inherent in their being. For the fools for God, may they continue to be steadfast in their faith and touch more people with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. For those who chose nothing, may they become the best person they could be by choosing the common good. May we all do something to make this world more beautiful. A lot of work is needed to be done. i may die before getting there, but it is the journey that matters.

IV. i sparked with hope when president Snow said, "Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear." And indeed it is. We just have to hope, and do something.. as in do something. 

Help us, Lord.

**written and typed on different days