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eastwind prayer poems and bible quotes

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I burn your home so you can seek My shelter

I make you sick so you can seek My healing

I make you blind so you can see

I bring darkness so you can seek My light

first I sanctify you by sharing My cross

then I make all things beautiful for you

all in My time and in My way

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be reverent to small people who are poor

be defiant to big people who oppress the poor

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in the stillness of the night

I have walked in your streets

and My spirit has entered your houses

and your heartbeats were in My heart

and your breath was upon My face

and I knew you all

ay, I knew your joy and your pain

and in your sleep

your dreams were My dreams

and oftentimes I was among you

a lake among the mountains

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kahlil gibran, ‘the prophet’

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discernment is

seeing in total darkness or in blinding light

it is understanding the essential

without knowing the peripheral

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discernment is

intuitive not classroom learning

it is having the answer

before the question is asked

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discernment is

knowing God’s will thru prayer

it is the courage to act in peril

the wisdom to see in chaos

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forget about your eyes and see with your heart

forget about your ears and listen with your soul

only then can you discern

what you have known all the while

which wise men cannot comprehend

but children can see so plainly

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the people who walked in darkness

have seen a radiant light

upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom

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You have brought them o Lord

abundant joy and great peace

they celebrate before You as in harvest or spoils of battle

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for the yoke that burdened them, the pole on their shoulder

and the rod of their taskmaster

You have smashed as in the days of midian

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isaiah 43:2-8

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vanity of vanities, all things are vanity

rivers go to the sea yet the sea is never full

words are eloquent yet empty of meaning

the eye is never satisfied, the ear hears a lot

what is crooked cannot be made straightened

what is missing cannot be supplied

the greatest wisdom i have learned

is that all wisdom is chasing the wind

in much wisdom there is much sorrow

he who strives for wisdom strives for grief

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ecclesiastes 1:1-8, 14-18

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you hear His whisper amid the roar of thunder

you discern His wisdom amid the chaos and greed

He is the deluge in your drought

the Light in your darkness

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praise to You o Father

for what You have hidden from the wise

You have revealed to little children

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luke 10:21

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men seek power and fortune, tools of damnation

men evade pain and hardship, tools of salvation

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My kingdom is not found

in powerful and wealthy people

waiting to use your skills

but in beggars and prostitutes

waiting for your helping hand

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I am the resurrection and the life

he who believes in Me

even if he dies shall live

whoever lives and believes in Me

shall never die

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john 11:25-26

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amen I say to you

beware and be cautious

for you know not

the day nor the hour

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matthew 25:12-13

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when you put down someone

you put down yourself a hundred fold

when you uplift someone

you uplift yourself a hundred fold

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when you aid the weak

you strengthen yourself

when you give to the poor

you enrich yourself

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he who exalts himself shall be humbled

he who humbles himself shall be exalted

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luke 18:14

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I your Teacher and Lord

have just washed your feet

you then should wash

one another’s feet

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john 13:14

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Lord You are

the wind against my windless sail

the lull against the vicious storm

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Lord You are

the candlelight in my total darkness

the flower in my parched garden

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return to Me, your Lord and your God

for gracious and merciful am I

slow to anger, rich in kindness

relenting in punishment

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joel 2:12-13

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elijah prayed:

Lord strike the enemy blind

that they may not see

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when they were blind

elijah led them

to the king to be captured

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elijah prayed:

Lord open their eyes

that they may see

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and the king gave them bread and wine

and their feared enemy

left and never returned

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2 kings 6:20-23

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st francis of assissi

would pray for eight hours a day inside his hut

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his prayer consisted of five one-syllable words

‘my Lord and my God’

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he would say this repeatedly for eight hours

with different emotions

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from awe and reverence to contrition and penitence

‘my Lord and my God’

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it would fill him the whole day

at night his hut would glow from his intense halo

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come, blessed of My Father

inherit the kingdom prepared for you

since the beginning of time

for I was hungry and you gave Me food

I was thirsty and you gave Me drink

I was naked and you clothed Me

ill and you cared for Me

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amen, I say to you, whatever you do

for the least of My brothers, you do for Me

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depart from Me, you accursed

into the eternal fire prepared for the devil

and his cohorts

for I was hungry and you gave Me no food

I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink

naked and you gave Me no clothing

ill and you gave Me no care

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matthew 25:35-45

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I will show you the way

which surpasses all others

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love is patient

love is kind

love is not jealous

it does not put on airs

it is not proud

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love is not rude or self-seeking

it is not prone to anger

it does not brood over hurt

love does not rejoice

in falsehood but in truth

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there is no limit

to love’s forbearance

to its trust and its hope

its power to endure

love never fails

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there are in the end

three things that last

faith and hope and love

and the greatest of these is

love

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1 corinthians 12:31

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of what use is your vast empire

if your home lies in ruins

of what use is your endless wealth

if it has made you ill

of what use is your fame

if you have failed to love

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He will wipe every tear from their eyes

there shall be no more death or mourning or pain

for the former world has passed away

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revelation 21:4

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I am the Alpha and the Omega

the beginning and the end

to the thirsty I offer life-giving waters

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revelation 21:6

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CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS

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the best christmas gift you can give

to your family or to friends is your time, yourself

a gift wrapped in ribbons is fine

but a gift of yourself is even better

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you must never forget

that the essence of christmas

is more spiritual than material

christmas is giving and forgiving

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your happiness is in giving happiness

happiness from material gifts are for now

happiness from spiritual gifts are for forever

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SANTA KULAS

Isang kwentong pang-Pasko

A ten-minute stage skit

English summary at the end.

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EKSENA 1

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ALAS OTSO NANG GABI. PLAZA FERGUSON SA ERMITA. PASKO. MARAMING CHRISTMAS DÉCOR SA PALIGID. ANG MGA PUNO MAY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. SI MANG KULAS AY 55 NA TAONG GULANG. HINDI NAMAN GULAGULANIT ANG DAMIT NGUNIT SIMPLE LANG. NAKATAYO SA LABAS NG BANGKONG SARADO, MAY MALIIT NA LA MESANG PUNO NG TSOKOLATE. SI JOSIE AY BIHIS NA BIHIS, SEKSING SEKSI ANG DAMIT, ISANG G.R.O. NA PAPASOK SA NIGHT CLUB NIYA. HUMINTO SI JOSIE SA HARAP NI MANG KULAS.

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JOSIE

O, ano, Mang Kulas, nasaan na tsokolate ko?

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INABOT NI MANG KULAS ANG ISANG BAR NG TSOKOLATE KAY JOSIE.

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MANG KULAS

Maaga ka ata ngayon.

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JOSIE

Pasko e. Maraming biyaya ngayon. Ano ba talaga ang gusto mong mangyari? Tatlong taon ka nang tumatambay dito sa teritoryo ko, namimigay ng tsokolate tuwing pasko, pero sa batang grasa lang at sa mga seksing GRO na katulad ko.

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MANG KULAS

Sila … kayo … ang nangangailangan ng tsokolate at konting ligaya, di ba?

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JOSIE

Sabagay. Ano ba talaga ang nakukuha mo riyan?

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MANG KULAS

Wala lang. Masaya lang ako pag nakapagpapasaya, di ba? Nawawala ang lungkot pag pasko.

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JOSIE

Ewan ko nga ba. Sa akin, may konting sayad ka na yata.

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MANG KULAS

Si Josie naman. Ayun, ayun ang may sayad.

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TURO NI MANG KULAS ANG ISANG BIHIS NA BINATILYONG MARAMING REGALONG DALA. TAWA ANG DALAWA.

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JOSIE

Tingnan mo ha. Dyanitor ka lang dyan, uubusin mo ang sweldo mo (biglang malakas na boses) SA WALA!!

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MANG KULAS

Hoy. 13^th month pay (pasigaw rin).

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JOSIE

O sige na, 13^th month pay. Tsokolate para sa mga taong ni hindi mo kilala, di mo ka-ano-ano. Yan ang may sayad.

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MANG KULAS

Oy, oy. Di ba kilala kita?

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JOSIE

Oo naman. Ako lang.

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MANG KULAS

E si Buknoy, Pitong, Andres … si … si … yung mga batang natutulog sa film center … si …

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JOSIE

Oo na nga.

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MANG KULAS

O etong tsokolate para kay Ester, kay Rose, kay Julie, at kay Remy. Saan na ba sila?

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SABAY ABOT NI MANG KULAS NG APAT PANG BARS NG TSOKOLATE KAY JOSIE.

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JOSIE

Luneta beat. Akala nila mas okay doon kasi maraming tao. Hirap pumulot doon, panay lovers o bums, chess player. Walang kostumer. Di nila alam dito sa Ferguson, mas okay. Tahimik. Di sila nahihiyang lumapit.

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MANG KULAS

Dahil diyan. (Sabay palo sa puwit ni Josie)

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JOSIE

Di katalo, Mang Kulas. E kung seksi ako, what can I did? In demand ito, oy.

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MANG KULAS

What can I do. Ulol.

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JOSIE

Me sayad ka pa rin. E kung bumibili ka na lang ba ng pang noche buena para sa pamilya mo.

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MANG KULAS

Wala akong pamilya.

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JOSIE

Oops sori. Oo nga pala.

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MANG KULAS

Nag-iisa ako.

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JOSIE

Gusto mo reto kita. Di ka pa naman above the hill, di ba?

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MANG KULAS

Over the hill, ulol.

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PINALO RIN NI JOSIE SA PUWIT SI MANG KULAS. BAGO MAKASAGOT SI MANG KULAS, MAY DUMAANG AMERIKANONG TURISTA, MGA 50 ANYOS NGUNIT BIHIS NA BIHIS. HUMINTO SA HARAP NILA.TUMINGIN SA TSOKOLATE.

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TURISTA

How much?

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JOSIE

Ten dollars. (Napaatras ang kano). Joke lang. One dollar. (Inabot ng turista ang one dollar. Inabot ni Josie ang isang tsokolate at binigay ang pera kay Mang Kulas.) I have something better than chocolate. (Sabay kembot).

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TININGNAN SIYA NG TURISTA NANG MATAGAL.

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TURISTA

You know a nice restaurant around here?

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JOSIE

You like Chinese food?

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TURISTA

Sure.

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JOSIE

Me too. Okay let’s go. (kay Mang Kulas -) O sya. Trabaho na ko. Dollar na ito, baka makaalpas. Eto ang tatlong daan (sabay abot ng pera kay Mang Kulas). Pasayahin mo ang buong mundo. Medyo maganda kita ko kahapon. Arabo.

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MANG KULAS

Di na. Okay lang ako.

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JOSIE

Ulol. Tinatanggihan mo ang grasya? Baka sapukin kita. Hindi para sayo yan. Para sa mundo Pasayahin mo silang lahat. Magsawa ka. Bye!!

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INIPIT NI JOSIE ANG PERA SA MGA TSOKOLATE SA LA MESA. PINALO ANG TURISTA SA PUWIT, UMAKBAY AT SABAY SILANG UMALIS. DUMATING SI BUKNOY AT PITONG, DALAWANG TEENAGER NA BATANG KALYE, MADUNGIS, NAKA TSINELAS.

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BUKNOY

Tsokolate po namin, Mang Santa Kulas.

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BINIGYAN NG TIG-ISA ANG DALAWA. SIGAW ANG DALAWA AT NAG-GIVE-ME-FIVE SA ISA’T ISA.

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MANG KULAS

Bantayan nyo to sandali.

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BUKNOY

E kung itakbo namin?

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MANG KULAS

E di puputulan ko kayo.

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PITONG

Si Mang Santa Kulas naman. Nagbibiro lang, e.

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UMALIS SI MANG KULAS. BUMALIK SIYA MAY DALANG DALAWANG SUPOT. INABOT KAY BUKNOY ANG MAS MALAKING SUPOT. TINABI SA ILALIM NG LA MESA YUNG MAS MALIIT.

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MANG KULAS

O yan, hapunan natin. Bigay ni Josie.

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PITONG

Bait talaga ni Josie. Di nakakalimot. Pero mas mabait kayo, Santa Klaus ng mahihirap at nang mga seksi. Kelan kaya ako pagbibigyan ni Josie?

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BUKNOY

Neber. Pangit mo.

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PITONG

Nagsalita ang di pangit.

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MANG KULAS

O sya. Lakad na kayo. Walang rugby ha! (sabay salat ng mga bulsa nila).

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BUKNOY

Wala po. Pass na kami diyan buhat nang pinabugbog nyo kami sa pulis. Buti nga di kami binilanggo. Wala na yan sa amin.

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MANG KULAS

Yung construction diyan sa may Adriatico. Pinuntahan nyo na ba yung hepe?

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PITONG

A, si Mang Boy. Opo, opo. Umpisa na kami bukas. Mababa ang sweldo.

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MANG KULAS

Kesa wala. Wag na kayong umangal. At pagnagluko kayo roon, puputalan. Naintindihan?

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BUKNOY

Oo na. Mang Kulas. Tuloy na po kami.

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PITONG

Kawawa naman si Josie pag naputulan ako.

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BUKNOY

Ulol. Fantasy ka na naman.

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UMALIS ANG DALAWA. BUMUKAS ANG ILAW SA BANGKO. LUMABAS SI PETE, MGA 25 TAON, NAKAKURBATA, LUMAPIT KAY MANG KULAS.

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PETE

Pabili po ng tsokolate.

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MANG KULAS

Hindi ako nagbebenta.

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PETE

Ows naman. Pinamimigay mo? Gaya nang sa mga batang grasang mga yon? (sabay turo kay Buknoy at Pitong na malayo na). Nakita kong may inabot ka. Kanina pa kita pinagmamasdan doon sa bintana ko (sabay turo sa pangalawang baiting ng bangko). Seksi naman ng girl pren mo, pre.

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MANG KULAS

Huwag mo akong ma-pre-pre. Baka pre-hin kita. Mukhang ober taym ka ngayon ano? Ako si Mang Kulas.

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PETE

Ako si Pete. Oo nga, e. Naalpasan na nga ng hapunan, e. Mawalang galang. Totoo ba? Pinamimigay mo lang yan? Ang martir mo naman. Santa Klaus kunu.

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MANG KULAS

Masaya akong nagbibigay kaysa tumatanggap. Para lamang ito sa mga nangangailangan.

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PETE

E ako, nangangailangan din.

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MANG KULAS

Excuse me, no. Nakakurbata ka, may trabaho ka. Hindi ka nangangailangan.

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PETE

Yan ang mali. Hindi lang ang mga batang kalye ang nangangailangan. Ako rin nangangailangan.

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MANG KULAS

Oo, pero ang pangangailangan mo hindi malulunas ng tsokolate. O ano, di ba? (Matagal na tahimik. Tiningnan mabuti ni Mang Kulas si Pete.) (Pasigaw) Aha! Malungkot ka, ano?

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PETE

Galing mong manghula, mister Santa Klaus. Baka yung girl pren mo may kaibigan. Hanap mo naman ako, o. Paskung pasko, wala akong sweetheart. (Inabot ni Mang Kulas ang isang tsokolate.) O akala ko ba e pang batang grasa lang yan. (Tinanggap ni Pete).

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MANG KULAS

Nangangailangan ka, di ba?

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PETE

Oo, pero hindi tsokolate.

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MANG KULAS

Sa tingin mo tsokolate lang ang binibigay ko?

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TUMAWA SI PETE, SABAY NGATA SA TSOKOLATE. BUMALIK BIGLA SA BANGKO. KUMATOK. BINUKSAN NG SECU. PUMASOK. LUMABAS MAY DALANG DALAWANG MONOBLOC. NAUPO ANG DALAWA.

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PETE

Alam ko naman yon, e. Hindi talaga tsokolate ang binibigay mo. Magandang loob. Nakakahaw yan, di ba? Parang trankaso. Nakakahawa ang magandang loob. Yon ang pinamimigay mo. Parang virus. Ako nga gusto atang mahawa.

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MANG KULAS

Masyado kasing ang pang aginaldo natin ngayon puros na lang yung mamahaling bagay. May regalo rin namang ispiritwal hindi material, di ba?

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PETE

E hindi ba mahal din ang tsokolate, at material yan?

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MANG KULAS

Kaya nga pinamimigay ko lang sa mga nagkukulang ng … hindi sa bulsa … kundi sa diwa. Gaya mo, di ba? Qualified ka na rin.

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PETE

Saan galinlg ang perang pangbili mo nyan.

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MANG KULAS

13^th month pay.

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PETE

Saan ka ba nagtratrabaho.

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MANG KULAS

Dyanitor.

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MATAGAL NA WALANG NAGSALITA.

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PETE

Salamat Mang Kulas at binigyan nyo nang konting ilaw ang pasko ko, gaya nang sa mga batang kalye at dalagang kalye. Naiinggit ako sa iyo. Ang tagabigay ng ilaw laging may ilaw, di ba? At siyempre mas maliwanag … May request sana ako.

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MANG KULAS

O ano?

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PETE

Bisperas ngayon. Pwede ba kitang imbitahin kumain? Favor yon sa akin, hindi sa iyo. Kelangan ko ng ilaw.

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MANG KULAS

Okay, basta yung simple lang. Chicken Joy, okay na yon. Two pieces. Extra rice. Extra gravy. Tara.

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KINUHA NI PETE ANG LA MESA AT TSOKOLATE, BINIGAY SA SECU NG BANGKO. SINOLI ANG MGA MONOBLOC SA BANGKO. LAPIT ANG ISANG MADUNGIS NA BATA, TATLONG TAONG GULANG, WALANG PANTALON, MAY MADUNGIS NA T-SHIRT BUTAS BUTAS.

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BATA

Sarado na po kayo, Mang Kulas? Tsokolate ko.

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PETE

Gusto mo ng chicken joy.

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BATA

Ano po yon? Di ko po alam yon.

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MANG KULAS

Hindi pa yan nakakapasok sa restawran buong buhay niya. Ikaw ngayon ang Santa Klaus. Ha ha.

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PETE

Yung prayd chicken sa restawran.

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BATA

Talaga po. Sige po, pero pwede ho bang magbaon para sa nanay ko? Gutom din sya, e.

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PETE

Oo ba. (Humawak ang bata sa kamay ni Pete.) Mang Kulas, ang sarap palang maging Santa Klaus. Pag nagkasakit kayo, take over ako sa inyo dito, ha?

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MANG KULAS

Isang kondisyon. Tsokolate lang ang ibibigay mo sa mga GRO.

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PETE

Si Mang Kulas naman. Anong kala mo sa akin?

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MANG KULAS

Manyakis. Ano pa.

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TAWA ANG DALAWA. TAWA RIN ANG BATANG HINDI NAKAKAINTINDI. PALAYO ANG TATLO. KINARGA NI PETE ANG BATA.

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EKSENA 2

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LUMIPAS AND MARAMING TAON … 1989 … 1993, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2008.

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PAREHONG ORAS AT LUGAR. SI MANG KULAS, PUTI NA ANG BUHOK, UUGOD UGOD, NAGBIBIGAY PA RIN NG TSOKOLATE SA IBA’T IBANG TAO, MGA BATANG KALYE, MGA G.R.O.S. SI PETE NA KANYANG ASSISTANT SANTA KLAUS AY LAGING NAROROON.

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DUMATING SI JOSIE. MAY EDAD NA RIN PERO SEKSI PA RIN. MAY KASAMANG POGING ITALIANO MAS BATA SA KANYA. HINILA NIYA ANG DAMIT NG ITALIANO. NAPILITANG BUMUNOT NG WALLET AT BINIGYAN NG DOLLAR SI MANG KULAS. SINOLI NI MANG KULAS SA ITALIANO. INAGAW NI JOSIE, SINAKSAK SA BULSA NI MANG KULAS, SABAY HILA SA ITALIANO AT NAGPAALAM.

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MADALING ARAW NA. SI MANG KULAS AT PETE AY NAROROON PA RIN, NAG-UUSAP. WALA NANG TAO SA PLAZA. MAY DUMAANG PULIS. BUMUNOT SA SAKO SI PETE UPANG BIGYAN NG TSOKOLATE ANG PULIS, NGUNIT IISA NA LANG PALA. NAGTINGINAN ANG DALAWA, SABAY HALAKHAK NANG MALAKAS.

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PULIS

Oy, oy. Lasing ba kayo? Magsiuwian na kayo, pwede ba?

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LALONG LUMAKAS AND HALAKHAK NG DALAWA.

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PULIS

Aba, aba, kinakalaban niyo ba ako?

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MANG KULAS

Oy, hindi ka pa pulis, nandito na kami taontaon tuwing pasko. Bakit, bawal ba? Plaza ito, maski sino pweding tumambay.

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HALAKHAK ULI ANG DALAWA. BUMUNOT NG BATUTA ANG PULIS.

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MANG KULAS

Kilala mo si Lieutenant Joe Cruz?

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PULIS

Bos ko yon. Bakit?

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MANG KULAS

O eto, bigay mo tsokolate niya. Buti umabot siya. Last na yan. Tuwing taon meron siya. Pag hindi niya ito natanggap, patay kang bata ka.

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TINANGGAP NG PULIS ANG TSOKOLATE, SABAY ALIS NANG WALANG IMIK. HALAKHAK ULI ANG DALAWA.

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PETE

Napakasaya ng pasko natin, ano. Hay naku, makauwi na nga.

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HALAKHAK ULI ANG DALAWA.

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EKSENA 3

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LOOB NG BANGKO. SI PETE, NAKABARONG, AY NAKAUPO SA DESK NIYA. MAY NAKALAGAY ‘PETE DE LE FUENTE, MANAGER’. TINAWAG ANG SECURITY GUARD NA NASA PINTO.

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PETE

Jerry, nasaan na si Mang Kulas.

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SECURITY GUARD

Ewan ko po. Hindi na pumupunta rito. Wala siya buong pasko.

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PETE

Sabihin mo kay Efren sunduin.

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SECURITY GUARD

Opo.

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EKSENA 4

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DATING LUGAR SA BANGKETA SA HARAP NG BANGKO. GABI. MAY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. NAKAUPO SI PETE SA MONOBLOC, NAGHIHINTAY. MAY PANGALAWANG MONOBLOC NA WALANG NAKAUPO. NAIINIP SIYA, TINGIN NANG TINGIIN SA RELO. MAY TSOKOLATE SIYA. LAPIT ANG ISANG GRO, INABUTAN NIYA NG TSOKOLATE, AT UMALIS. DUMATING AND KOTSE NI PETE. BABA SI MANG KULAS. TUMAYO NANG MABILIS SI PETE, INAKAY SI MANG KULAS. NAUPO SA MONOBLOC. UMALIS ANG KOTSE.

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PETE

Ano bang nangyari sayo. Daming dumadaan dito.

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MANG KULAS

Di ko na kaya, Pete. Ikaw na lang ang Santa Klaus.

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PETE

Wag mo kong iwan dito. Di ko kaya ito mag-isa.

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MANG KULAS

Kaya mo yan. Retired na ko.

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PETE

Alam mo, marami kang tinuro sa akin na hindi ko natutunan sa kolehyo.

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JOSIE

(Hindi nakikita, boses lang.) Pati ako, marami ring natutunan. Retired na rin ako, pero kaya ko pang maging Santa Klaus. Pero rellyebo lang ako sa iyo, Pete.

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SI JOSIE NA MAY EDAD NA RIN, BUKNOY AT PITONG, MGA BINATA NA, PINAIKUTAN SI PETE AT MANG KULAS. TUWANG TUWA SI MANG KULAS. INAKAP LAHAT SILA ISA ISA.

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BUKNOY

Ako rin, Santa Klaus no. 3. Palitan tayo. Hindi pwedeng mamatay ang ilaw niyo, Mang Kulas. Kami ang mga disipulo mo.

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MARAMING BATANG KALYENG MADUDUNIGS AT BABAENG KALYENG SEKSI BIGLANG SUMULPOT, BIGLANG NAGSISIGAWAN NG ‘SURPRISE!!’. NAGLABAS NG MAHABANG MESA ANG SECU NG BANGKO, DUMATING ANG MARAMING PAGKAIN. MAINGAY SILA LAHAT, TAWANAN. IMPROMPTU CHRISTMAS PARTY SA BANGKETA NG PLAZA FERGUSON. ANG SINUMANG DUMAAN O HUMINTO, INIIMBITA NILANG KUMAIN. DUMATING ANG ISANG POLICE PATROL CAR. BABA ANG PULIS.

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PULIS

Oy, oy. Ano, ano ito. Uwi na kayong lahat. Bawal yan. (Lapit si Josie, binulungan ang pulis.) A ganoon ba? O sige. (Sa drayber ng patrol car) - Jessie, parada mo muna. Kain tayo sandali. (Lumapit kay Mang Kulas ) - Aha, ikaw pala si Santa Kulas. Marami na akong naririnig tungkol sa yo. Sa presinto dos at kwatro, tanyag ka. Ano ba talaga ang sekreto mo ha?

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MANG KULAS

Simple lang boss. Tsokolate.

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WAKAS.

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SCHOOL DRAMA GROUPS WELCOME

TO STAGE THIS 15 MINUTE SKIT

write to sinulat ni Bernie Lopez eastwind_777@yahoo.com

OR eastwind@motherignaciahealingministry.com

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Original story.

For the last 20 years, Ramon has been spending the day before Christmas at Plaza Ferguson along M. H. Del Pilar street in Ermita. He buys a sack of chocolate bars from his 13th month pay and gives them out, but only to children and prostitutes, no one else.

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Once, Pete, a well-dressed teenager came up to him, asking for a candy. Ramon apologized, saying the candies were only for those who were ‘in need’. Pete said, “That prostitute over there, is she in need of a candy?”

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Ramon’s terse reply was, “She is in need of a little joy.” Pete countered, “But I am also in need.” Ramon smiled and decided to make an exception, giving him a candy. Every year, Pete would pass by on Christmas eve for his candy, and have long talks with Ramon, pouring out his heartaches on him, whose wisdom was precious Gold. They became good friends.

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Twenty years passed. On Christmas day, Ramon was not at the plaza. Frantic and worried, Pete, who was now a bank manager, got a dilapidated calling card he kept in his wallet all these years, and phoned Ramon. Ramon said he was sad because he was now too old and weak to play un-costumed Santa Klaus. So Pete bought a sack of chocolate bars, picked him up, and got a monobloc chair from the bank.

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The two were on the plaza, the aging Ramon seated on the monobloc, while Pete gave out the candies. By midnight, just about time for mass, the sack was empty except for one last bar. They looked at each other, laughed so loud that a policeman came over, asking if they were drunk. They laughed even harder and gave the last bar to the policeman, who nodded in disbelief. This is the first story, the gift of Joy. Strangely, the giver of Joy receives the gift of Joy ten fold.

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IMPORTANT MINISTRY MATERIALS

GO TO LINK BELOW

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1 Healing oil and disaster prophecies

2 Award winning powerpoints

3 Selected youtube healing documentaries

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http://www.sisterraquel.com/2010/02/announcement3-–-blogsite-library-links/

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THE LORD REIGNS IN CYBERSPACE

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amdg

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BUCKET LIST, THE MOVIE

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what is the list of things

you want to do

before you kick the bucket

meaning before you die?

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in the movie

our two stage-4 cancer half-heroes

morgan freeman and jack nicholson

decided to skydive, car race,

womanize (trIed to, at least),

go atop the pyramid

for a majestic sunset,

get a tattoo, visit old family,

go to a wild african trek,

get a hot bath in an elegant manor

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what is your bucket list?

what would you do before you die?

in the movie, a great deal of time

was spent on mundane sensual thrills

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except for family relationship perhaps

and their new-found friendship

their bucket list lacked spirituality

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strengthen your soul

as your body ages and recedes

kick the bucket not with a bang

but with quiet gentleness

go for enduring spiritual concerns

renew old songs, old movies,

old friends, old places,

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meditation, prayer, forgiveness

humility, giving, sharing

do not seek joy for yourself

but for others which becomes your joy

give hope to the desperate

kick the bucket with a smile

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A TRUE STORY

It was a freezing January morning. A man sat at a subway station in Washington DC, opened his the violin case, and started playing Bach. His music echoed loud and clear, amplified by the cavernous station. In the winter rush hour, thousands of people passed by on their way to work, mostly ignoring him, or giving a fleeting glance. The shuffle of their feet drowned the music, and when the train left, it would re-emerge.

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A middle aged man slowed his pace, stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to his appointment. Soon, the violinist received his first dollar tip. A woman threw the money into his open violin case without stopping. Someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, looked at his watch and started to walk again. He was late for work.

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A 3 year old boy stopped in front of him. His mother pulled him along, but he resisted, intently looking at the face of the violinist. Finally the mother shoved him hard and the child was forced to move along. Several other children did the same. Their parents, without exception, dragged them away by force.

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In the 45 minutes the musician played six Bach masterpieces, only 6 people stopped and lingered. About 20 gave money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded.

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The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played some of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. Two days before his subway gig, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.00 each.

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Joshua Bell playing incognito in the subway was organized by the Washington Post as part of a ‘social experiment’ about perception, taste and priorities of people. Some possible questions from the experiment include –

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In a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour, can we perceive beauty? Are we capable of stopping for a moment to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

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If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing some of the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

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Do we give value to something only because others do? Do we buy a $100 ticket because many are fighting for them and we do not want to miss out on the ‘goodies’? Why do we ignore beauty when it is staring us in the face, only because it is not ‘packaged’ into our mood and our circumstance?

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Are our sensitivities and priorities controlled so much by time, social circumstance, and band-wagon pressures? Can we possibly change our lives by changing our perspectives and priorities?

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If the Washington Post announced the time and place of Bell’s subway gig, would the above story be very different?

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Finally, why do children create joy out of things adults are too busy to bother with? The poem below explains.

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perspective is power

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a foot soldier sees the trees

he has a ground view

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a general sees the forests

he has a helicopter view

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a president sees the horizon

he has a geographic view

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an astronaut sees the earth

he has a planetary view

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a child sees the unseen

he has a cosmic view

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eastwind

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in life there is nothing

in death there is something

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rambo, the movie

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amdg

eastwind poems

the art of discovering yourself

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trilogy

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the heart and the mind

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the mind can never understand

what the heart knows full well

because the heart seldom resorts to logic

which confuses the mind

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the mind measures

and hates the immeasurable

the heart does not measure

and smiles at the immeasurable

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the vicious circle

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we lose our health to make our wealth

we lose our wealth to regain our health

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we live as if we will never die

we die as if we never lived

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we are so busy with daily tasks

yet we are so bored in being so busy

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we look for meaning in meaningless things

and overlook things fraught with meaning

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we have no time for others

yet we waste our time in absurd undertakings

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irony of ironies

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there are times

when not planning

is the best plan

when whispering is

more easily heard than shouting

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there are times

when gentleness

is more forceful than force

when blindness

can make you see

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there are times

when the wisdom of a child

is deeper than that of a sage

when sitting in darkness

can induce meditation

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there are times

when sickness

can make you strong

and pain

can make you resolute

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there are times

when the thought of death

can make you alive

and life can make

you wish for death

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eastwind

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request for the powerpoint version

eastwind@motherignaciahealingministry.com

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IMPORTANT MINISTRY MATERIALS

GO TO LINK BELOW

-

1 Healing oil and disaster prophecies

2 Award winning powerpoints

3 Selected youtube healing documentaries

-

http://www.sisterraquel.com/2010/02/announcement3-–-blogsite-library-links/

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THE LORD REIGNS IN CYBERSPACE

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amdg

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