Seeing the old with new eyes.

We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions.
Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away.

{ Alan Moore }

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Photo: Bench at Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila.

What If?

Her: What if I'd forget you?

Him: That will never happen because your brain is not the only place where you could find me.

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Photo: Balloon Festival. Pampangga, Philippines.

When I'm Old.

When I'm old, I want to look back
and say, "I lived."

{ Nicole Kidman in an interview with Oprah
about being in the moment and experiencing it all. }

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Photo: Batanes, Philippines.

When We Look Back.

When we look back at our lives as a whole, we are most haunted by things left undone --
romantic opportunities untried, career changes unexplored, friendships left untended.
The first suggestion is simply to act.

{ Neal Roese }

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Photo: Batanes, Philippines.

Counting.

Friends, family, a job that I love,
sea breeze, sand between my toes, quiet weekend afternoons,
chocolate-malt shakes, and butterfly kisses --

just counting my blessings.

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Photo: Edeena, Chris, and Imee at White Island, Camiguin.

Get On.

Don't brood.
Get on with living and loving.
You don't have forever.

{ Leo Buscaglia }

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Just exactly the words I need to tell myself today.

♥
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Photo: Balicasag, Bohol.

A Question.

What is the good of having a nice house
without a decent planet to put it on?

{ Henry David Thoreau }

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Photo: Coron, Palawan.

Home.

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

{ Christian Morgenstern }

I miss home.

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Photo: Coron, Palawan.

Traveling.

It is not down in any map; true places never are.

{ Herman Melville }

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Photo: Coron, Palawan.

The Sweetest Sound.

The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.

{ William Goldsmith Brown }

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Photo: Manila Bay