today is the first day of hanukkah. although i am not jewish, i have many friends and loved ones who are. some very devout, orthodox and kosher and some just celebrate for the holidays. in either case and all the other cases in between and to the extreme, i would like to wish everyone a very happy and blessed hanukkah.
~adieu
over the years, i have done my best to help those that pop into my life. many have come and many have gone. some names i can still remember and some faces i can still see. i like to think that i made a difference to people’s lives, in most cases i am sure of it. in some, i know i could have done better. for a few, i know i could not have done worse.
God put me here, for what it seems me, to aid those in need of me. not in terms of a social butterfly – though i do have wings – but more like i always seem to end up being that guy who comes in at the right time to help. i am never sure about whats behind the next door, or around the corner. i cannot predict the future, though i can draw logical conclusions to their end.
i am just me and i am here.
nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be
…sometimes, its easy.
~adieu
confiteor Deo omnipotenti,
beatæ Mariæ semper Virgini,
beato Michæli Archangelo,
beato Ioanni Baptistæ,
sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo,
omnibus Sanctis, et vobis, fratres (et tibi pater),
quia peccavi
nimis cogitatione, verbo et opere:
mea culpa,
mea culpa,
mea maxima culpa.
Ideo precor beatam Mariam
semper Virginem,
beatum Michælem Archangelum,
beatum Ioannem Baptistam,
sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum,
omnes Sanctos, et vos, fratres (et te, pater),
orare pro me ad Dominum Deum nostrum.
Amen.
i keep getting asked “why are ‘we’ here?” or “what does God want from ‘us’”. here is your answer:
“What a wonderful world”
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin’ hands, sayin’ “How do you do?”
They’re really saying “I love you”
I hear babies cryin’, I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Oh yeah
oh, Allah.
i ask of you to remove those who wish to inflict harm upon me. i ask of you to bestow blessings upon those i love and hold very dear to my heart. please grant them mercy and good tidings. i beseech you to grant mercy upon those in harm’s way, in what ever land they are in or leader they follow. guide to the path of light those who inflict their harm so they may be repentant for their actions and/or indifference.
i thank you.
ameen
