If freckles were lovely, and day was night,
And measles were nice and a lie warn’t a lie,
Life would be delight, —
But things couldn’t go right
For in such a sad plight
I wouldn’t be I.
If earth was heaven and now was hence,
And past was present, and false was true,
There might be some sense
But I’d be in suspense
For on such a pretense
You wouldn’t be you.
If fear was plucky, and globes were square,
And dirt was cleanly and tears were glee
Things would seem fair, —
Yet they’d all despair,
For if here was there
We wouldn’t be we.
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Currently living in Singapore. Soontiong.
Currently pooping in Melbourne.
"If you ask me, and you should, why this wonderful, beautiful child- who had so much to give- had to die, i can't give you a rational answer. i don't know"
"but in a commentary to the bible, tradition tells us that Adam, our first man,was supposed to have lived longer than any man, a thousand years. but he didn't. our sages, in quest of an answer, related the following:
Adam begged God to let him see into the future. so the Lord said, "come with me.". He took him through the celestial chambers, where the souls that were to be born awaited their turn. Each soul was a flame. Adam saw some flames burn purely, some barely flicker.
then he saw a beautiful flame, clear, strong, golden orange and healing. and Adam said,"oh Lord,that will be a great human being. when shall he be born?"
The Lord replied,"i'm sorry, Adam,but that soul, as beautiful as it is, is destined not to be born. it has been preordained that it will commit sins and tarnish itself. I have chosen to spare it the indignity of being besmirched."
Adam pleaded. "but Lord, man must have someone to teach and guide him. Please, do not deprive my children."
The Lord gently answered, "the decision has been made, i have no years left to allocate to him."
Then Adam boldly said,"Lord, what if i am willing to bestow on that soul some of the years of my life?"
And God answered Adam, saying,"If that is your wish, that i will grant."
Adam, we are told, died not at 1000 years old, but at 930 years. and eons later,there was a child born in Bethlehem. he became the ruler over Israel and a sweet singer of songs. After leading his people and inspiring them, he died. And the Bible concludes:" Behold, David the King was buried after having lived 70 years."
"My friends, when sometimes we are asked why someone perish, someone so young in age, I can only fall back on the wisdom of our tradition. It is true that David did not live for his day, but while he lived, David taught, inspired and left us with a great spiritual legacy, including the Book of Psalms. One of the those Psalms, the twenty third, is read sometimes at funerals.
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake.
Is it not better to have known Rinah, my daughter, for four years, than not to have known her at all?
grandma, where are you now? 阮在叫你你甘有听到 I'm calling out to you, can you hear me? 阮的认真甲阮的成功你甘有看到 can you see my success and how i've come to treat life seriously? 阮在叫你你知影没 Do you know that i'm calling out to you right now? 阿嬷你今嘛过的好么 Grandma, how are you now? 甘有人块甲你照顾 are there people taking care of you over there? 希望后世人阮搁会冻来乎你疼 i hope in the next life to come, i'd still be able to have your love 作你永远的孙仔 to be your grandchild forever 搁叫你一声阿嬷 and to call you grandma again
To an amazing grandpa who lost an inevitable but courageous fight against cancer.
