In my life there have been many different levels of challenges when it comes to offering forgiveness. Sometimes it’s not that hard because the hurt wasn’t very grave. Sometimes it’s a lot harder because the person in question still keeps hurting me or the people I love. The hardest case I’ve ever had in trying […]
Category: Faith & Spiritual
Compassion
Something I didn’t know… that the Latin root of the word ‘compassion’ means “to bear with” or “to suffer with” (com + pati). Nouwen writes that, “to live with compassion means to enter others’ dark moments. It is to walk into places of pain, not to flinch or look away when another agonizes. It means […]
Love. Pain. Freedom.
To love at all is to be vulnerable….If you want to make sure of keeping [your heart] intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket of your selfishness. But in […]
Thanksgiving
For the air I breathe, For the food I eat, For restful sleep and the love of friends, I give thanks. *************** It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. And I have so many things to thank God for. Beautiful days with crisp cool air and azure blue skies that keep me gazing up. The joy of […]
E-mail Exchange
Been following your blog dear, somehow must say I half-envy you for being so introspective. Yet on the other hand, it seems so far from the daily hustle and bustle I face. Especially with the complicated human relationships I see at work every day…sigh. Really not easy to manage people’s expectations. You remember the chinese […]
My Reply to YW's comment for "Wounded But Beloved"
*smile* Thank you dear, for such an engaged response. In all the instances you raised of people loving when it is difficult, they are instances of unconditional love in the way I meant it. But of course, no human being is capable of offering that kind of love all the time. The same people who […]
Travelogue IX: Wounded But Beloved
Over the past 6 weeks or so, I’ve had the privilege and the pleasure of a few personal, deep, and thought-provoking conversations with a couple of friends. Much of what these friends have shared touch on the same themes of my own journey. As I reflected more deeply on my own meditations, the reading I’ve […]
Only This I Want
Two Sundays ago during mass, the communion hymn seemed to pierce my being. I’m sure the fantastic choir and the amazing tenor who sang the solo had something to do with it. But as usual, it was the lyrics, especially the refrain, that seized me. Only this I want But to know the Lord And […]
Precious Lessons
Mom left Toronto early this morning for L.A. And right at the moment when we hugged and kissed good-bye at the airport, it suddenly hit me how much I missed her already. The past 10 days were very special for us, because we rarely have such a big block of time to spend together anymore. […]
Grateful
I’m tired beyond belief. Physically, mostly. Cumulative. Too much travelling and errand-running… not enough rest. The last few days were in particular packed and exhausting. It has also been emotionally trying. And I had every opportunity to put into practice a lot of the new insights that I’ve been learning through my reading and reflection. […]
Journey of the Heart 