Tremours and Swirls

Houses burn amid flood waters on 11 March after a massive magnitude 8.9 earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a powerful tsunami. Hundreds are dead, thousands are stranded, and a handful of ships and trains remain missing along the country's northeastern coast. The earthquake and its aftershocks were felt as far away as Tokyo, about 400 kilometers from the epicenter.

Even as Japan struggled to assess the full extent of the devastation, the nation faced a growing atomic emergency as cooling systems damaged by the quake failed at two nuclear plants and residents in the area were ordered to evacuate.

In the face of mankind's fragility, the tremours and swirls left these imprints on the heart: Be grateful. Do good. Pursue your dreams.

And most profoundly, let go of all materistic desires. They are indeed intangible in times of great crisis. For afterall, how much can you bring along with you, when you have the one little opportunity to fled for your life? 

Finding Me

Its title may have be becoming a cliché but it has been a book that inspires me greatly nonethless. I read the book in 2007; the "Eat" section had brought comfort for a broken heart, "Pray" gave the enlightment for letting go and moving on, while "Love" offered the hope that in time, things would be made right again.

To use the book's title as a metaphor for my own life journey, I realised I had been indulging in "Eat" for most of the past three years. I feel that time is right to embark for the next phrase of the book - "Pray". I remembered it as the most difficult section to get through as I read the book, but the wisdom and solace gained had also been the most rewarding. I wish it hold the same truth for my own journey of self-discovery and inner beauty.
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And that some day, it brings me to "Love"...

"The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart."- Julien Green