"the nativity" made by an anonymous artist, thank you so much :) ...my forever wallpaper, nothing could ever beat that :>... Jesus' b-day tops most of the celebrations on earth. it's the time for caring, giving and loving. time for true joy and rejoicing. time for get together and laughter :>...time for family and friends to spend time with each other...it's just too bad that xmas just comes once a year...
in any given society oppression in any form like shipping jobs overseas for more profit at the expense of taking away the livelihoods of your countrymen is abhorable. at the end when your limits is pushed you do not have any other recourse but to voice out your frustrations in the form of a protest so the "occupy wall street" movement came about here. disgruntled people who lost their grip to the american dream. they are in the millions for corporate america moved their businesses out of the U.S. leaving millions to lose their jobs. without a job people can't pay the mortgages of their homes. bonding together they can go arm in arm and fight the greed that is prevalent amongst the wealthy here and hopefully can provoke change in a peaceful way...let's give them support and pray for their victory :)...they wait in patience out in the cold for justice and equality. while 50,000 U.S. manufacturing companies moved out and landed in china where there is boom in jobs and you see economic progress everywhere. i'm not against any progress but if the way to attain it is you are ruining lives, then that must be some kind of progress for your pocket only and we call that selfishness...rich men might have forgotten that they can't take their cash with them when they die...
happiness, that elusive emotion for a lot of people now adays. just these occupy wall street protesters are great example. would you be happy if your job was shipped overseas, then you lose your home and now you're one homeless human being with your family living in the streets. 13 million americans are jobless and unemployed when 50,000 manufacturing companies moved to china in the past ten years. the american dream for them just vanished in a flash. where is the joy of xmas... it is nowhere. even at this time of year when winter is fast approaching i can see some homeless people huddled under overpasses. i just can't help but cry in silence. strange because i seem to suffer as well. maybe because we share the same human traits, the same humanity, the same skin that we feel pain which ever way it is rendered. my 20 dollar bill is not enough to alleviate their suffering. i wish i could do more and the sooner, the better...
lots of us try to catch happiness in the best ways that we know how. accumulation of ridiculous amount of wealth, buying a hummer, a Hermes bag, music, art and the list goes on and on. but what is really true happiness means? knowing that you've helped someone in need, the knowledge that someone truly cared, a genuine smile, a touch of a hand, a kind word, a clean heart, forgiveness, acceptance of what life has dealt us and making the most of what is given to us by God instead of the notion of what if i have this and that then i will be happy...today and now is to be happy. if you think of someone or somebody and you smiled then pass that smile along, make someone happy as well and fast it forward while we still can. tomorrow is not yet in our hands and who knows if it will be ours... no one knows the future, no one was promised tomorrow... no one...
and always please be kind to the old. your mother, your dad are old and you will get old too someday. it's just a matter of time. this if you're lucky enough to be given years as a gift by our almighty God :) for as we all know your life can be taken away at any time by God. it isn't yours to keep forever :) He gave more life to others and less to others. it's no use dishing our older folks for that is just a sign of lack of empathy or immaturity, in short ...(^&*)... nevertheless, it is true that we think less and less as we grow older and this behaviour is one sign of it... i have a favorite painting of an older man done by john singer sargent, 100 years ago :) i call it the beauty and the blessing of getting old :) yes, you get it it's a top art plus the beauty of the surroundings made it more a feast for the eyes and the soul. enjoy for we will all get there. the journey of life, your life and mine will travel into our older years... of course before we met our end which is six feet underground to some and turning into ashes for some as well. thanks to Mr. JSS for not discriminating to the love of our lives... our grandparents and older parents and our older relatives and friends :) Mr. JSS you certainly rock! plus thanks to the artist who did Mother Teresa, beautiful art :)
the golden years...
help is from my cane
eyes is from my glasses
love is from you
who never despise
and discriminate on us
thanks for that respect
thanks for that insight
and thanks for that art
we may have been gone
but others will speak for us...
old age is always a topic that younger ones use to step on their dads and their moms plus grandparents and the likes... just too bad that you will get old too, right? maybe you just forgot... so we forgive you :) it's Christmas soon after all ...(^_~)... a gift of understanding from your older folks, laughs. oh well... and we are measured by our thoughts and our responses to the challenges of our lives, let's always remember that :) did we pass or fail? that is the question. but the truth is no one cares except God, of course. God who watches what we do and God who knows what we think, always ...(^&*)... so let's not be naughty but nice :> ...
and that is the spruce tree aka the pine tree or Christ's tree :) we have lots of varieties of this tree...and do not record anything after your night shift for even your voice wants to sleep, laughs. oh well. and yes, the evergreen tree is true to its name, always an evergreen in any season of the year even in very cold winters. their leaves stay put forever :) would it be nice if love is just the same? but as we all know sadly it isn't ...(^&*)...
