“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.” - John Betjeman. The Age of Reason is upon us!
reading a blogpost (ironic lolz i think he used more 'God' and 'He' than i've ever used in any of my posts haha) made me realize that the role of reason in my life has suddenly diminished. it started fading the moment i let aesthetic pursuit become my vision but now with the onslaught of sow teachings (drillings rather O.o) lolz i think i can say that rationality has taken the plunge. and in that spirit, i'll post this even tho i don't see the logical link in my own argument at all. it just Feels right~
"Things break all the time.
Day breaks, waves break, voices break.
Promises break.
Hearts break."
- From Handle with Care
There are times when I miss certain people. I miss them with the gaping emptiness of the loss of an identity – with aching loneliness. And the most disillusioning thing about this fact is that these people change. It’s someone different all the time. It’s so transient. It’s so futile.
I tell you solemnly, there is nothing that lasts. We live in a world of impermanence. Everything changes, morphs, mutates, and then decays.
They say Dream is Endless. But I tell you - Heroes are fossilized in legends, then revered in myth, memoired in stories, then whispered in fairy-tales, evanescent in memory, and finally, fade into nothing but wispy dreams of greatness that never was.
They say that faith remains. But I tell you – the zealous backslide, dogs turn on their masters’ hand, marriages end in divorce and cardinals de-convert.
They say that hope remains. But I tell you – suns set, idealists become jaded, and cynicism pops the bubbles.
And they say, greatest of all, that love remains. But I tell you – lovers spurn, loved ones disappoint, great passions flare and die.
And so, there is nothing that lasts, except that which we can and we do choose to last. And of all that there is that we are granted a choice, it is these three that are the most worthy of permanence – faith, hope and love.
Faith goes beyond the head and the heart; it is in the sustained action. So even when we don’t feel like it, when we can’t accept it, we can still choose to have faith and continue to do the things we do and ultimately, that is enough to bring our head and heart back.
Hope is ever-present; the night is darkest just before the dawn and dawn lingers on in the fringes of foresight, the way the glimmer of the morning sun can be seen on the horizon, despite the darkness of despair. It’s simply whether we turn to face the morning sun.
And of course, there’s love. Brother Jo taught us there are 3 steps to loving: to know, to love, and then to truly love. And it is when we truly love that we go beyond the elements of desire, attraction and goodwill; it becomes an act of will. Love becomes a matter of choice.
Faith, hope and love - they endure eternal, not because they do last, but because it is within our ability to make them last. It is precisely because of their potential to last, that they do indeed last.
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love." -1 Cor 13:13
Name: Foo Guo Zhong Melvyn
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Bday: 14th Nov
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“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.” - John Betjeman. The Age of Reason is upon us!
reading a blogpost (ironic lolz i think he used more 'God' and 'He' than i've ever used in any of my posts haha) made me realize that the role of reason in my life has suddenly diminished. it started fading the moment i let aesthetic pursuit become my vision but now with the onslaught of sow teachings (drillings rather O.o) lolz i think i can say that rationality has taken the plunge. and in that spirit, i'll post this even tho i don't see the logical link in my own argument at all. it just Feels right~
"Things break all the time.
Day breaks, waves break, voices break.
Promises break.
Hearts break."
- From Handle with Care
There are times when I miss certain people. I miss them with the gaping emptiness of the loss of an identity – with aching loneliness. And the most disillusioning thing about this fact is that these people change. It’s someone different all the time. It’s so transient. It’s so futile.
I tell you solemnly, there is nothing that lasts. We live in a world of impermanence. Everything changes, morphs, mutates, and then decays.
They say Dream is Endless. But I tell you - Heroes are fossilized in legends, then revered in myth, memoired in stories, then whispered in fairy-tales, evanescent in memory, and finally, fade into nothing but wispy dreams of greatness that never was.
They say that faith remains. But I tell you – the zealous backslide, dogs turn on their masters’ hand, marriages end in divorce and cardinals de-convert.
They say that hope remains. But I tell you – suns set, idealists become jaded, and cynicism pops the bubbles.
And they say, greatest of all, that love remains. But I tell you – lovers spurn, loved ones disappoint, great passions flare and die.
And so, there is nothing that lasts, except that which we can and we do choose to last. And of all that there is that we are granted a choice, it is these three that are the most worthy of permanence – faith, hope and love.
Faith goes beyond the head and the heart; it is in the sustained action. So even when we don’t feel like it, when we can’t accept it, we can still choose to have faith and continue to do the things we do and ultimately, that is enough to bring our head and heart back.
Hope is ever-present; the night is darkest just before the dawn and dawn lingers on in the fringes of foresight, the way the glimmer of the morning sun can be seen on the horizon, despite the darkness of despair. It’s simply whether we turn to face the morning sun.
And of course, there’s love. Brother Jo taught us there are 3 steps to loving: to know, to love, and then to truly love. And it is when we truly love that we go beyond the elements of desire, attraction and goodwill; it becomes an act of will. Love becomes a matter of choice.
Faith, hope and love - they endure eternal, not because they do last, but because it is within our ability to make them last. It is precisely because of their potential to last, that they do indeed last.
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love." -1 Cor 13:13