Rather,this post will allow me to express my heartfelt thanks to a very dear friend of mine Rebecca, whom i met thru the blogosphere and this may also convey to all of you how delighted i am to have her in my life as my bosom friend, as my catalyst and inspiration to keep me going with the difficult but fulfilling, and a boring (to the people out there) but satisfying kind of life i live inside the four cornered-walls in the portals of my contemplative monastery...
what i am talking here?... well, to make it simpler, I already got the package she sent me sometime last week containing the music Cd of my favorite song "Lord I Offer My Life To You". It was picked up by a pinoy friend-Oblate of my community Carlo( who plans to eventually join the community once he finish ironing out some work related problems in his workplace) last night.
so, as soon as i got inside my room from our 7:30Pm last prayers of the day which we call COMPLINE, with my long habit still on, i excitedly opened it and was so delightedly amused to see three dried petals enclosed on the Cds...yes, she also enclosed another cd box of modern-day worship songs.....
i was so speechlessly overjoyed while opening it....
i was so amused while holding the Cds, they practically sent me to cloud nine...rebecca's gesture of thoughtfulness has tremendously touched me.
then, i remembered that i was still in my black habit but it took me a minute to take it out so i could comfortably listen the Cds in my iTunes.....
the songs penetrated deep down to my bonemarrow...they made me float.....and made me shed water from my eyes' tearducts......
i ended up listening to the last song with my eyes so heavy and blurry....their lyrics captivated me....the songs brought me to my reality especially the ones from the song "Lord I Offer My Life To You".
Rebecca captivated the picky heart in me...
words are not enough to convey to you Becca, how grateful i am....for having you in my life...
Thanks be to God!
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oh you finally got it...
I included the rose petals from our garden so para na din ako nakarating dyan di ba? At naalala ko din yung sinabi mo na makatanggap ka lang ng rose petals ay heaven ka na...
Anyway, let me just say also that I too am so grateful for knowing and having you in my life...all my love to you dearest brother! Have a wonderful and blessed week...
I always do hold you close to my heart...
@rebecca
amen amen i say to you, tama ka nga dahil with those petals, para ka na ding nagpasyal dito sa mundo ko.....bu ti still hope you can come over personally once ok na ang skippy na puso mo...and i don't skip from my prayers for that though hahahahaha...
happy sunday my dear dahling frend...
ingats lagi-i always hold you close to my prayers....
Wow naman! Buti pa petals ni Rebecca nakarating na pala dyan kuya hehe.. Nakakatuwa when we meet people online tapos they become really good friends. Been blogging for so long now, kuya and I can truly say na maraming totoong tao sa blogworld. Been friends with one for a couple of years now. Tapos nito lang I transferred to blogspot (and eventually got my own domain), dami ko na na-meet in person. Kung ano sila sa blogs nila, ganun sila talaga in person. And I thank God na puro ganong mga bloggers ang nakikilala ko.
I'm so glad I saw Rebecca's blog through BlogCatalog. Ang alam ko dyan ko nakita yung SkippyHeart nya, if I'm not mistaken. Then through her I saw your blog. And I met you and gained another kuya! :)
Good morning! Work mode na muna uli kuya hehe... Been out the whole weekend halos. We went to Bulacan to visit my mom's grave :)
Have a great week ahead, kuya ko!
ay may bago ka na namang na receive na package! tuwang tuwa ka siguro.. pang finale ata yung sa amin. hehe.
@sasha
yeah, i guess you were right there my sis... sa blogworld, unang kilala mo pa lang sa isang blogger ay agad yun na yun...kung meron mang pagbabago ay kunti lang...mas tutuo kesa sa kung makikilala mo sa personal na ang daming pretenses...that makes you crazy...here, you will see them as they are..and will continue to deal with them in the future with their own real selves- no ifs no buts- no pretensions---...i am grateful too, that i met you here..and will kook forwrad to meet you in person when i go home....
the week that passed was truly a blessed one for me...i keep you in my prayers for a blessed one too...
@ironnie
uy yun nga ang suspetsa ko hahahahaha--baka panbg finale yung package na padala nyo ni jeff....
ano kaya nangyarikay bluepanjeet? he was so invisible this past few days? do you have any news about him? i am just worried. something may have came up with him?.....
yung nabasa ko post mo umabot hanggang dito ang kasiyahan mo. hehehe. ngayon ko lng nakita na mas kakaiba ang ngiti mo sa mga pictures mo ngayon (kakaibang aura) compared sa previous posts mo. wahehe.
narinig ko na rin yang song na yan and many more worship songs from my secondary christian school. truly inspiring at nakaka-touch ang song na iyan. Sabay mo pa pakinggan ang "Power of Love" with "Lord I offer my life to you", grabe (no words can describe it)hehe.
HI KUYA DOM!
wew! nakaka touch nman... for sure ur both happy...
ask lng... if ever ba na hndi mo call ang maging Monk... both of u ba may chances??? wat a silly question... nevermind... bigla lng na pasok sa utak ko e...
very malaman ang entry mo... GOD BLESS to YOU nd to ur FREND REBECCA...
ciao!
@elmo
ay ganun ba? eh kasi feeling ko nasa langit na ako habang pinakikinggan ko yung songs--at saka talagang masayang masaya ako at overwhelmed sa kabaitan ni becca...at talagang umiyak ako ng umiyak sa bandang hulihan ng mga pinakikinggan kong songs lalo na nga yung Lord I offer my life to you...kasi masyadong naka relate ako sa mga lyrics nya--my past life has been so so....na in the end ay inoffer ko lahat kay LORD---kaya in the end ay andito ako sa loob ng monasteryo nag mo monghe!/......
@vera
o well, talagang nasa sa ITAAS na lang talaga ang aking pinag di desisyun sa buhay ko hahahahahaha.....becca is a bosom frend--- she is so cool and so kind......she is so great..... and i love her to the max na ayaw kong may masamang mangyari sa kanya, kaya i am keepin her in my prayers everyday --- kapalit ng sakripisyo ko sa loob ang paggaling nya...she has a skippy heart eh....but i am positive she will get over this rough moments in her life and will emerge a healthy one...... i hold her closed tight in my prayers.....
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