The Archetypal Hero

True self-expression makes heroes of us all.

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I think there is a hero
hidden in every person.

We all have our right moments...

When this hero inside of ourselves arise
to uphold something good in this world.

The wonderful thing about this
I have found is:



Each time the hero in ourselves arise to save something good,
it arises to save that something good in ourselves first...

That something good in ourselves reflected in the other person
that the hero in ourselves implicitly recognize...

Whether we know it or not, when it arises, within that moment

we act.

In a way, it might be meant
that we save each other,
you see.

Because in a way, we are all heroes.

It just might be the way it is.

- selah -

The question then is this:

This hero spark,
our precious Starshine,
from Whom did we get it?
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A different kind of different, are you up to it?

One Garden, One Door

You alone may enter the door to your own dreaming.

You must never seek to enter into your dreams by any other door.

You alone may nurture the garden within your own soul.

You must never seek to compare it. Nor must you abandon it for others.

There is only one garden. There is only one door.
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The Power of Belief

Whether we believe the Philippines can succeed or not.

We are right.
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Starshine dearest,

To the dreamer, the Dream -

and to the Nation, the dreaming.

To the beholder of dreams, the vision.

To the lovers of the Republic, the Republic
To the friends of tomorrow, tomorrow
To the stewards of Liberty, Liberty
To the keepers of hope, hope.

To the believer, everything.
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The Brightest of Stars

Do you know the absolute magnitude of Polaris, the (present) north star, is -3.64?

Many a time, the brightest of stars isn't exactly the most useful. 

Starshine, be yourself... that is all.

:::Think and Unlock:::

Standing Still

Only in the silence shall you know the words.



Be!

Say nothing for once,
and embrace everything;
forget all thy words and love!

Accept!

Knowing thy unknowing -
to refresh... and to remember...
and to live...

Hope!

Hoping all hopes bravely,
making them one
in thy heart...

Build!

Cherishing not
just the dream itself,
laboring to always dwell
within the dreaming...

Forgive!

Remove
all thy barriers
to the making us one...

   ...a better peace awaits.

Save thyself.
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Salutation #109

A scorpion can be rendered harmless BUT only without its sting.

In likewise manner, irreverent humor can be made to be funny BUT only when it is free of direful contempt.

BE MINDFUL of the comings and goings of thy heart!

(Noynoying)

NOYNOYING is nothing more

than a reflection of how harsh we can be

(meaning it is a choice made

and one which can be unmade)

toward each other.

Come alive to it and listen,

those of you with hearts to listen!

We elect a president

so that we can mock our own choice?

If the voice of the people

does not emanate from the heart of the people,

where are we?

Who is this people?

If the voice of the people

is not accepted by the same people

as an able representation

of the will of Divine Providence

in our Country - then -

Who defends our choices?

Instead of building up, we tear down.

Is this how we wish to utilize our hard-won freedoms?

Where is the spirit of our remembrance in all this?

So what if President Noy isn't doing a stellar job at the moment?

Is this entire Country run by just one man?

Does one man sow and reap, pasture and tend,

sew and rend, buy and sell, nurture and raise,

counsel and lead, labor and toil, craft and teach,

paint and color, love and serve, laugh and play -

here in this, our one Republic of the Philippines?

To each of us is entrusted the responsibility

to better govern ourselves as individuals - and -

as citizens to serve each other freely in the nation.

Are we not a nation of millions?

Are we a nation (among nations) truly fit

only for the cruel yoke of a dictatorship?

NO, my beloved people,

we should never again tempt fate!

The person of every President belongs

- to the one Office he or she represents -

do we judge the person with the Office

or do we judge without understanding?

To where or to whom

do we properly owe this irreverence?

Let us ever be aware of ourselves as ourselves!

- selah -

I think those people

who spend their time

crafting clever mischief

- like "Noynoying" -

are lot worse.

In a democracy, we all must pull together!

We must pull together

so that even the most lackadaisical soul

shall feel the fervor of our will of Country

- and feel it so strongly -

so as to be inescapably inclined

to bend to the building of the times!

And what of other nations?

In their eyes,

this "Noynoying" must appear to be

the very judgement we heap on our own selves.

And what of the eyes of heaven and God?

For the LORD requires

compassion and kindness,

and mercy tempering the truth.

Christ Himself spoke of it!

- selah -

Indeed, we have a long way to go.

(But we will get there,

my beloved brothers and sisters of the Promise,

we will reach that promised shore - together this time.)

Mabuhay, God bless the Philippines!

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Laughter Does Not Defeat