Despite a non-existent lovelife, I still got chocolates this Valentine's Day from my best friend Marvin. Yay, thanks Flippy! (#^_^#)
46/365 : Carefree Dance
These orange leaves caught my eye as they seem to be dancing despite the rain and the cold. They seem so happy, so carefree amidst the gloomy weather. Let's strive to be like these leaves, always finding a reason to celebrate, a reason to be happy, a reason to be here, a reason to JUST BE.
47/365 : All About Perspective
After a very busy and tiring day, my mind went blank on my way to the train platform and was mesmerized by the escalator steps. It is quite clear that the escalator was going down, but if you stare at it long enough and tell yourself that it's going up, your eyes will actually begin to make your mind believe that it is. As they say, it's all about perspective - how you see things and how you believe things really are. A good thing? Yes, but sometimes it leads us to rationalize situations that are hurting us into things that "can't be helped", "necessary", or "just the way it is". There are even times when we get so good at rationalizing a certain situation that we think it is actually helping us and it is actually good. SNAP OUT OF IT!
48/365 : Ice Castles
Ice Castles often come to mind whenever I pass by this artwork in Tokyo Midtown. And walking home that particular day, I thought how people can sometimes be like ice castles. It may look so strong and grand - a fortress impenetrable by hurt, by pain, by grief. But what we don't know is how fragile it actually is, the slightest tremor can shatter it into a million pieces.
I may look strong, unaffected, happy, but understand that my heart is at capacity - one more hurt and it may shatter into nothingness, shatter into something incapable of holding another's again.
49/365 : A Sign of Something Good
Lorelai in Gilmore Girls believed that snow is a sign of good things. Took her word for it. Went to the office happily enjoying the snowfall. ^_^
50/365 : Your Slightest Look Will Easily Unclose Me
I am a quiet, reserved person by nature, but there are certain people that I feel so comfortable with that I find myself opening up to them without hesitation. This, and the photo below, kind of reminds me of another e.e. cummings fave.
somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
your slightest look will easily unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose
or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing
(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands
51/365 : No Harmony By Chance
A wonderful melody, a perfect harmony are not created by chance. They are a product of adjusting our strings to each other's differences, of helping others overcome their weaknesses with our strengths and at the same time letting others shine with their strengths.
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