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By Philipina A. Marcelo
July is a special month for me… because it’s my birthmonth! :)
On my birthday this year, I felt very fortunate and so blessed to have received a number of very touching
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messages… the kind that I wish I’d get as eulogy. It seems sweeter to get them while I’m still up and about, trying to run the last miles to the finish line. They make the final dash to the finish line all the more exhilarating! Although all messages were very special, I received one that I just know will serve as my rally chant while I try to complete this painstakingly beautiful, absolutely marvelous, insanely hilarious... and sometimes painfully sorrowful... but definitely joyful marathon along this scenic path called life:
God is life
Forever is measured
not by years nor months
but by moments that inspire life’s unfolding.
And moments are bounded
not by space nor time
but by meanings too fragile for human knowing.
To live and love
each present moment
in its utter meaningfulness,
only then can one be immortal
and hold close to one’s heart
the secrets of eternity.
Happy birthday!
And I had one, too, thanks... especially that Roger Federer won his record breaking 15th singles Grand Slam title on the day I celebrated my birthday with my whole family (see photo)! :)
Indeed, it feels like I have been re-born, given a new set of spectacles to view life from a new and refreshing perspective... while I marvel on the finish line emerging in the horizon.
So... race you to eternity? :) Naah, I prefer a leisure walk... but I'll see you at the finish line. All roads seem to lead that way anyway....
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