in the mood", Selasa, Juli 29, 2008

'only a lonesome joker can see through delusion'

"I don't belong anywhere.
I am neither a heart, a diamond, a club, nor a spade. I am neither a King, a Jack, an Eight, nor an Ace.
As I am here - I am merely the Joker, and who that is I have had to find out for myself.

Every time I toss my head, the jingling bells remind me that I have no family.
I have no number - and no trade either.
I have gone around observing your activities from the outside.
Because of this I have also been able to see things to which you have been blind.

Every morning you have gone to work, but you have never been fully awake.
It is different for the Joker, because he was put into this world with a flaw: he sees too deeply and too much."


Truth is a lonely thing


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from The Solitaire Mystery - Jostein Gaarder

in the mood", Minggu, Juli 27, 2008

what lies ahead...

in the mood", Jumat, Juli 18, 2008

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Berseru Supaya Tetap Selamat - Dan Yakin


Pada suatu hari seorang nabi tiba di sebuah kota untuk menobatkan para penduduknya. Mula-mula orang kota mendengarkan khotbah-khotbahnya, tetapi lama-kelamaan mereka tidak datang lagi, sampai tidak ada segelintir orang pun yang mendengarkan kata-kata sang nabi.

Pada suatu hari seorang musafir bertanya kepada nabi: 'Mengapa Anda masih saja terus berkhotbah? Apakah Anda tidak tahu, bahwa tugas Anda itu sia-sia saja?'

Jawab sang nabi: 'Pada mulanya aku berharap dapat mengubah mereka. Kini aku masih terus berseru, agar supaya mereka jangan mengubah aku!'


(Burung Berkicau, Anthony de Mello SJ, Yayasan Cipta Loka Caraka, Cetakan 7, 1994)

in the mood", Senin, Juli 14, 2008

all that remains are sweetness

if only we can keep things that are dear to our hearts
but each moment is a moment of its own path
each life is the rightful master of his own life
and our presence is transient, save for the memory

in the mood", Jumat, Juli 04, 2008

HOME



Michel Bubble - Home

Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh, I miss you, you know


And I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
"I'm fine baby, how are you?"
Well I would send them but I know that it's just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another airplane
Another sunny place
I'm lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I've got to go home


Let me go home
I'm just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I'm living someone else's life
It's like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
'Cause this was not your dream
But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
In even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I'm surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I've had my run
Baby, I'm done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all be all right
I'll be home tonight
I'm coming back home