Grace Without Beauty Is The Saving Grace.

(Today I learn the grace of accepting tragedy without despair).

“Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson


Grace without beauty is the saving grace.

- Ghostwise

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“There but for the grace of God go I”

- Proverb


I wonder: Did I go for the grace of God or did I go for the grace of my own?

- Ghostwise

God Often Gives Nut To Toothless People.

(Today we joked about Nuts - http://www.myklang.com/forum/all-about-nuts-t-787.html)

“God often gives nuts to toothless people”

- Matt Groening


The people with tooth ask "Why?"
The people without tooth ask "Why?"

- Ghostwise

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“God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.”

- Franz Kafka


He does not give you the nutcracker either.

- Ghostwise

How To Attain Peace In the Storm?

(This is the scene of the storm from my office window just as I was about to leave this evening. The storm reflects my mood today and the hectic situations this week. Had a bad day in a bad week.)

“The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson


I pray that the storm will soon pass. Am I wise or am I not?

- Ghostwise

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“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm”

- Author Unknown


If the storm reflects the turmoil in my heart, it is beautiful.
If the storm contrasts the serenity in my heart, it is also beautiful.

- Ghostwise

Bring Your Temple With You.

(Yesterday, visited a temple at night. See Ghostwalk)

“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.”

- Kahlil Gibran


Some took their temple with them. Some forgot and left their temple in their place of worship.

- Ghostwise

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“From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest”

- Rabindranath Tagore


Love brings joy so why are temples so intimidating? Aren't they places where one manifest one's love for God?

- Ghostwise

Looking For Fortune In A Cookie.

(Chinese New Year is just round the corner. The mouth-watering aroma of freshly baked cookies wafted and filled the room. Cookies, anyone?)

“Dear Lord: The gods have been good to me. For the first time in my life, everything is absolutely perfect just the way it is. So here's the deal: You freeze everything the way it is, and I won't ask for anything more. If that is OK, please give me absolutely no sign. OK, deal. In gratitude, I present you this offering of cookies and milk. If you want me to eat them for you, give me no sign. Thy will be done.”

- Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons)


With the right attitude, you can have your cookies and eat them too.

- Ghostwise

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“'You have no fortune.' I didn't need a cookie to tell me that.”

- Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City)


One never find fortune looking into a cookie anyway.

- Ghostwise

When Caged Birds Sing.

God loved the birds and invented trees.
Man loved the birds and invented cages.

~Jacques Deval,


Man wants the things it loved to belong only to them.

- Ghostwise

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We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry.

- John Webster


They took a song from the wild and put it in a cage. The song of freedom became a song of longing, But to callous ears and selfish heart, the sound is just as sweet.

- Ghostwise