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Thanks

In the midst of darksome night

There's a brilliant glow of east twilight

A single ray you shine far and wide

Trying your best to give the world a brand new light

You've shared with us everything you know

Taught us about the world that's going to unfold

You told us that it'll forever be only a vision

If we ourselves don't uphold our own convictions

We've learned that true happiness comes

When material and Divine civilization are one

Both will fall if without the other

The only way is to progress together

You have taught us where true beauty lies

In an idea, a theory, one's character, even in a child's eyes

If one's outer eye is so accustom to ugliness

The inner eye can't fully serve its purpose

We've realized that there's only one reality and one truth

And that we fragment them into different groups

Man has been created noble by God

Why do we choose the path to rot?

The nobility of human being can only be

Expressed through a life of service

One should be the source of joy to others

And know that all of us is a leader

You've shown us that learning is never ending

And humility serves as a base for a true posture of learning

The more we learn the less we know

Be like a tree, the more fruits abound

The closer it bows to the ground

Faced with the disastrous effect of social disintegration

We've come to realize the importance of transformation

We should lay the foundations of a world civilization

The fairest fruit of thousands of years of social evolution

You've lead us on a discourse on social action

And gave each one of us a special mission

Mere words can't really express our thanks

To thee, a guide, a special friend!

Life

(Especially dedicated to Erica and Mei Xia for their life saving efforts!)

With dull eyes and constant shiver
He stayed still powerlessly in the drain
It may have been days over
Waiting for someone to ease its pain

Green fungus covered his abdomen
His limbs are filled with open wounds
The drain is just his height’s high
Yet he wouldn’t, he couldn’t

Water is draining his strength away
His body is agitating with pain;
His eyes have no room for hope to stay
As he watched them pass by again and again

He put his head down with a sigh
The coldness of people is killing from within
He closed his eyelids tight
There’s not a single ray of light can be seen

As the clock of life is ticking weakly
He felt something wrapped around him
It’s a touch that is so heavenly
And he opens his eyes to take a glimpse

“Finally there’s someone who noticed me
Who cherish life even how small it seems
There’s no way I can thanks thee
For the strength and hope you restore in me”

Life is precious, life is a gift
Cherish all lives as you would to yours
For all have only one life to live
Be it a man, an ant, or a dog in the drain!



y.ho 27-3-2007 23:20

fall

Feelings come
And feelings go
Maybe some are just
Not meant to be shown

Be bold to let go
Or gather strength
Follow your heart
To let it show

Whichever path you choose
Make sure you can wake up
With no regrets or guilt

And through every fall
We learn how to stand tall

y.ho 27-3-2007 1116

words

Words

Words can be encouraging

To us a smile it brings

Words can be deceiving

Blurring the truth of everything

Words can be uplifting

Healing souls with all means

Words can be hurtful

Like a spear it pierce right through

Words hold promises

About a tomorrow we all yearn

Words can be poison

Bringing no benefit to any person

Words can be honey

Soothing everyone that needs a remedy

Words can bring despair

Like clouds of storm darken the days

Words can bring hope

Like rays of light lighten up the road

Words can be anything

Anything you want it to be

So be sure to utter after you think

For words are the builders of memories

y.ho 2300 17-3-2007

myself and i

I found myself today
Starring at the crossroad
Not a word to say

I moved towards me
Put up a smile
So I can see

I turned myself away
With frust and fear,
This is not the day

I reached for me
Swiftly I pulled
I merged with me

A rush I felt n I knew
Life just keeps going on
N there’s no time to start anew

Turns after turns
The road ahead is long
Twisted and no return

I held my head high
Pray to God for signs
And head out without a sigh

Choices are to be made
There’s no wrong or right
Courage is all it takes

I will be strong
And I will hold on
Even if it’s me all along

N I won’t break down
Because deep in me I knew
Sooner life’ll turns around

y.ho 2100 13-3-2007

some say life

Some say life
Is like a river
With an endless
Flowing endeavour

Some say life
Is like a theater
And all of us
Are it's characters

Some say life
Is like a flower
It grows, it blooms
Finally it withers

Some say life
Is like a dream
When you open your eyes
Everything'll be fine

Some say life
Is like a puzzle
And we strive each day
To put the pieces together

I say life
Is like a journey
And we won't make it
Without each other

y.ho 23:10 11-3-2007

letting go

A kite longs to soar
As a bird yearns to be free
A seed willingly dispersed
As far as it can see

Peoples long to keep
Lovers within their reach
And friends closer still
Leaving no space in between

Yet when you grasps too tight
Everything begins to slip
Like a tender patch of sand
In our tiny lil hand

And sometimes all it takes
Is to open up our hands
Maybe some wanna soar
There’s a joy called letting go

0815 y.ho

lil things

Little Things


Too often we don't realize
what we have until it is gone;
Too often we wait too late to say
"I'm sorry - I was wrong."
Sometimes it seems we hurt the ones
we hold dearest to our hearts;
And we allow foolish things
to tear our lives apart.

Far too many times we let
unimportant things into our minds;
And then it's usually too late
to see what made us blind.

So be sure that you let people know
how much they mean to you;
Take that time to say the words
before your time is through.

Be sure that you appreciate
everything you've got
And be thankful for the
Little things in life
that mean a lot.

ponder awhile

when the skies are grey
and rain starts to fall
when you've waited so long
but there's no rainbow at all

when you flap your wings
you can't reach the sky
instead, just mud and dirts
cover up you sight

when the road ahead
seems tough and rough
when you look around
there's no one to be found

don't panic, don't worry
don't ever give up in a hurry
just pause and close your eyes
take a rest and ponder awhile

listen to the voice inside
" Be firm and bold and strong
and no matter what you do
never loose the will to hold on"

now gently open your eyes
put up a smile and never sigh
buckle up with faith and strength
and set off once again

live life to the fullest
'cos you only get to live it once
never be afraid to fall
if not you'll never learn at all

11.20am 1-3-2006 y.ho

dream

be dare to dream
be dare to soar
high above the clouds
and reach for the door

dream of future
dream of success
dream of yourself
reaching for the best

hold fast onto your dream
don't let it slipped
that beautiful dream
in your heart you'll keep

have faith in yourself
make your dream comes true
take the courageous first step
very soon it'll be through

and though along the way
you stumble and you fall
be brave to rise again
you'll never lose it all

when you've reached finally
just turn back and see
you'll find that dreams indeed
do become realities

20-2-2006 y.ho

Today..

tomorrow is uncertain
filled with mysteries from heaven
N you can only dream 'bout it
till the day you finally meet

yesterday has fade away
nothing can be done to let it stay
it formed a part of you and me
it filled the pages of history

today is still in your grasp
so savor every bit you have
for today will be yesterday
in just a matter of a day

do the best that you can
so that in the very end
you won't regret nor repent
even though you falls on your hand

have faith in everything you do
strength will always comes to you
fills the pages of history
with joyful and sweet memories.

22-2-2006 y.ho

FOOD!

hey starting 2nd of march i'v been fasting..... On the beginning few days foods are so damn tempting for me..haha, luckily there's prayer on steadfastness, kekeke! now seems to get use to it oledi, just take waking early is still a " can't i sleep five minutes more" thingy for me, ou ya , i just finish my work as guru ganti somewhere around telupid, FinalLy! haha, sold my phone too, nothing to do ma, hehe! anyway, happy fasting to all Baha'is!! here's a lil somethin i would like to share if u r curious of baha'i fasting......

The Bahá'í Fast

The Baha'is around the world started fasting on the 2 March and this will last for 19 days (1 Baha'i Calendar Month) ending on the 20 March where we will then usher in the Baha'i New Year - Naw Ruz on the 21 March. 21 March also marks the beginning of spring in the Northern hemisphere.

Here's something to read about The Baha'i Fast:

The Bahá'í fast is established in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and occupies much the same preeminent position that it does in Islam. Several passages in the writings of Bahá'u'lláh lay stress on its importance, listing it with the obligatory prayer as among the greatest of the ritual obligations.

According to Bahá'u'lláh Himself, the Bahá'í fast is adapted from the fast ordained in the Bayan. The Báb's fast, mentioned in both the Arabic and Persian Bayans, occupied the last month of the Bábí calendar, the month of `Ala', roughly 2-20 March. Believers were to fast from the age of eleven (numerically equivalent to huva, `He') until forty-two (bala, `Yea'). Children could fast until noon for the first eleven days. Those over forty-two were exempted from fasting. Those fasting had to abstain from food, drink and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset -- preferably from slightly before sunrise until slightly after sunset. No exemptions are mentioned. The real meaning of the fast, the Báb said, was abstention from the love of other than the Manifestation of God. The continuation of the fast was contingent on the acceptance of Him Whom God shall make manifest.

Although Bahá'u'lláh accepted the fast of the Báb, He altered the details of its regulations in many important respects. The Bahá'í fast is binding on all believers from the age of maturity, which for Bahá'ís is fifteen, until seventy. There is no provision made for children fasting. The following individuals are exempted from fasting: Travellers, providing their journey is to last at least nine hours or two hours on foot. If they break their journey for more than nineteen days, they are only exempt for the first three days after their arrival. If they return home, they must begin fasting on arrival. The sick. Women who are pregnant or nursing. Women who menstruating, who must instead repeat the phrase `Glorified be God, the Lord of Splendour and Beauty' ninety-five times between one noon and the next. Those engaged in heavy labour, who are advised to be discrete and restrained in availing themselves of this exemption.

These groups are also exempted from fasting in Islam. Bahá'u'lláh does not require missed days of fasting to be made up later, nor does He mention abstention from sexual relations. An individual who is exempt from fasting at any part of a day is exempt from fasting the entire day. Smoking, `Abdu'l-Baha explained, is called `drinking smoke' in Arabic, and so smoking is banned while one is fasting.

The fast is binding on Bahá'ís in all countries but it is an individual obligation, not enforceable by Bahá'í administrative institutions. The secondary regulations of fasting, such as the prohibition on smoking, are at present only binding on Bahá'ís of Middle Eastern background.

Bahá'ís are allowed to fast at other times of the year but as this is not encouraged, it is rarely done. Bahá'u'lláh permitted the making of vows to fast but preferred that such vows be `directed to such objectives as will profit mankind'.

While in Edirne Bahá'u'lláh revealed a number of prayers for fasting (munajat or alvah-i-siyam), although one of them contains a reference to `Akka. These prayers, some rather lengthy, are the most important statements on the spiritual meaning of the fast in the Bahá'í scripture: for example, '. . . Thou hast bidden all men to observe the fast, that through it they may purify their souls and rid themselves of all attachment to any one but Thee . . ' Fasting itself is only acceptable if it is done purely out of love for God.

Ripple effect

Ripple effect

The world today is full of hate

Even we meet, nothing is said

A word “sorry” is considered mad

Is this destiny? Is this fate?

Yet somewhere out there, I know

There’s still love, ready to show

Though the number is less and small

They keep radiating, melting the snow

Goodness still there tough it’s scarce

Trying hard to wash darkness away

If each of us just do our part

Ripple effect will be on his way

18-01-2006 waiho

lost

Lost

In the forest of self

I’ve lost my way

With nothing to guide me

Here goes another day

In the forest of self

There’s mirror everywhere

Shatter it to pieces

I tried but I don’t dare

Tomorrow is uncertain

Maybe it’ll be grey

With no sense of direction

All I can do is pray

I prayed for some guidance

A light to show the way

To lead me out of this forest

To bring a brand new day

Suddenly I heard voicecs

Calling me to be dare

“Be steadfast, strong and bold,

and face all come what may.”

To let go everything

Is not easy, I dare say,

But I’ll try my best

In exchange for a brighter day.

17-01-2006 waiho

Fireflies

A glimpse of light

In the darksome night

It opens the eyes

Of you and i

A meek weak blink

Seconds in between

Trying to take a glimpse

Of that tiny thing

Just like stars above

They shine with endless love

Trying to show to us

A purpose they all serve

Twinkling in the night

Making it full of light

What a wonderful sight

Lights of unity are bright

Yet when will men realise

Thus let go of their pride?

For when they come as one

They’ll be shinning bright

Just as fireflies

Lighting up the night.

25-01-2006 21:45 waiho

Lost

In the forest of self

I’ve lost my way

With nothing to guide me

Here goes another day

In the forest of self

There’s mirror everywhere

Shatter it to pieces

I tried but I don’t dare

Tomorrow is uncertain

Maybe it’ll be grey

With no sense of direction

All I can do is pray

I prayed for some guidance

A light to show the way

To lead me out of this forest

To bring a brand new day

Suddenly I heard voicecs

Calling me to be dare

“Be steadfast, strong and bold,

and face all come what may.”

To let go everything

Is not easy, I dare say,

But I’ll try my best

In exchange for a brighter day.

17-01-2006 waiho

childhood doesn't wait

Childhood Doesn't Wait


I was sitting on a bench
while in a nearby mall,
When I noticed a young mother
with two children who were small.

The youngest one was whining,
"Pick me up," I heard him beg
but the mother's face grew angry
as the child clung to her leg.

"Don't hang on to me," she shouted
as she pushed his hands away,
I wish I'd had the courage
to go up to her and say...

"The time will come too quickly
when those little arms that tug,
Won't ask for you to hold them
or won't freely give a hug.

"The day will sneak up subtly
just as it did with me,
When you can't recall the last time
that your child sat on your knee.

"Like those sacred, pre-dawn feedings
when we cherished time alone
Our babies grow and leave behind
those special times we've known.

"So when your child comes to you
with a book that you can share,
Or asks that you would tuck him in
and help him say his prayer...

"When he comes to sit and chat
or would like to take a walk,
Before you answer that you can't
`cause there's no time to talk.

"Remember what all parents learn
so many times too late,
That years go by too quickly
and that childhood doesn't wait.

"Take every opportunity,
if one should slip away
Reach hard to get it back again,
don't wait another day."

I watched that mother walk away
her children followed near,
I hope she'll pick them up
before her chances disappear...

cleaning house

Cleaning House


Last Week I threw out Worrying,
it was getting old and in the way.
It kept me from being me;
I couldn't do things my way.

I threw out those Inhibitions;
they were just crowding me out.
Made room for my New Growth,
got rid of my old dreams and doubts.

I threw out a book on MY PAST
(didn't have time to read it anyway).
Replaced it with New Goals,
started reading it today.

I threw out childhood toys
(remember how I treasured them so)?
Got me a NEW PHILOSOPHY too,
threw out the one from long ago.

Bought in some new books too,
called I CAN, I WILL, and I MUST.
Threw out I might, I think and I ought.
WOW, You should've seen the dust.

I ran across an OLD FRIEND,
haven't seen him in a while.
I remember His name is GOD,
Yes, I really like his style.

He helped me to do some cleaning
and added some thing's Himself.
Like PRAYER, HOPE and FAITH,
Yes I placed them right on the shelf.

I picked up this special thing
and placed it at the front door.
I FOUND IT...its called PEACE.
Nothing gets me down anymore.

Yes, I've got my house looking nice.
Looks good around the place.
For things like Worry and Trouble
there just isn't any place.

It's good to do a little house cleaning,
get rid of the old things on the shelf.
It sure makes things brighter;
maybe YOU should try it yourself.

one planet one people please

One Planet One People Please

The world today is torn apart

Breaking into pieces like shattered glass

The wind of despair is blowing tough

Into the hearts of men that never last

Pride and ego men stand tall

Above others, superior to all

Selfishness starts creeping in

Pulled the trigger, he’s goin’ to fall

Kindness today is just a game

People use to climb the stairs of fame

They just don’t give from heart anymore

Help is given in a hope to gain

A mask is everyone’s new best friend

No one wants to show their true self again

Outside he maybe full of joy

Behind the mask he could be in pain

Love is the essence of life they say

And armed with it you’ll conquer the day

I believe in miracles, I believe in God

Love is all it takes to cure the world today

‘The earth is but one country,

and mankind its citizen’, cant they see?

Underneath the skin of you and me

Is a unique soul waiting to be free

All of us are brothers and sisters

But why hatred exists among us?

Do we really differ from each other?

Look deep in the eye, there’s the answer

Maybe we should learn to trust

Have faith in yourself, u need no mask

You’ll find that the world is brighter

When you face it without your mask

Be sincere in what you do

And believe that dreams do come true

Spread kindness everywhere you go

Who knows you’ll save a life or two

To change the world it starts in me

I’ll try my best to let em see

The earth is but one country

One planet one people please..

01-08-05

waiho