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“One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”

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All grown-ups were children first. (But few remember it).

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“You’re lovely, but you’re empty,” he went on. “One couldn’t die for you. Of course an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than you altogether, since she’s the one I’ve watered. Since she’s the one I put under glass. Since she’s the one I sheltered behind a screen. Since she’s the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except for two or three for butterflies). Since’s she the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she’s my rose.”

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“Language is the source of misunderstandings.”

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“That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it’s because you’re truly a wise man.”

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Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: “What does his voice sound like?” “What games does he like best?” “Does he collect butterflies?”. They ask: “How old is he?” “How many brothers does he have?” “How much does he weigh?” “How much money does his father make?” Only then do they think they know him.

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“Exactly. One must command from each what each can perform,” the king went on. “Authority is based first of all upon reason. If you command your subjects to jump in the ocean, there will be a revolution. I am entitled to command obedience because my orders are reasonable.”

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AN ESSAY ON MAN.
by
ALEXANDER POPE

EPISTLE I.

Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things
To low ambition, and the pride of kings.
Let us (since life can little more supply
Than just to look about us and to die)
Expatiate free o’er all this scene of man;
A mighty maze! but not without a plan;
A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot;
Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Together let us beat this ample field,
Try what the open, what the covert yield;
The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore
Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar;
Eye Nature’s walks, shoot Folly as it flies,
And catch the manners living as they rise;
Laugh where we must, be candid where we can;
But vindicate the ways of God to man.

I.  Say first, of God above, or man below
What can we reason, but from what we know?
Of man, what see we but his station here,
From which to reason, or to which refer?
Through worlds unnumbered though the God be known,
‘Tis ours to trace Him only in our own.
He, who through vast immensity can pierce,
See worlds on worlds compose one universe,
Observe how system into system runs,
What other planets circle other suns,
What varied being peoples every star,
May tell why Heaven has made us as we are.
But of this frame, the bearings, and the ties,
The strong connections, nice dependencies,
Gradations just, has thy pervading soul
Looked through? or can a part contain the whole?
Is the great chain, that draws all to agree,
And drawn supports, upheld by God, or thee?

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Somewhere in Milaor, Camarines Sur, there lived a fourth grader boy who would follow this
route to school everyday: He has to cross the rugged plains and cross the dangerous
highway where vehicles are recklessly
driving to and from.

Once past this highway, the boy would take a short cut, passing by the Church every
morning just to say Hi to God, and faithfully say  his, “Magandang umaga po” in Bicol
dialect. He was faithfully being  watched
by a Priest who was happy to find innocence so uplifting in the morning,

“Kamusta, Andoy? Papasok ka na?”

“Opo padre ……. “he would flash his innocent grin, the priest would be touched. He was
so concerned that one day he talked to Andoy.

“From school…”, he advised “Do not cross the highway, you can  pass through the Church
and I can accompany you to the other side of the road…that way I can see that you are
home safe….”

“Thank you father …  “

“Why don’t you go home …   why  do you stay in
this church right after school?”

“I just want to say  ‘ Hi’   to my friend, God,”    and the priest would leave the boy to
spend time beside the altar, talking to himself, but the priest was hiding behind the
altar to listen to what this boy has to say to his heavenly FATHER.

“You know my math exam was pretty bad today, but I did not cheat although my seatmate is
bullying me for notes… I ate one cracker and drank my water, Itay had a bad season and
all I can eat is this cracker.

Thank you for this! I saw a poor kitten who was hungry and I know how he feels so I gave
my last cracker to him … funny but I am not that hungry.
Look, this is my last pair of slippers …..I may have to walk barefoot next week, you
see this is about to be broken… but it is okay….at least I am still going to
school…… Some say we will have a hard season this
month, some of my classmates have already stopped going to school …. please help them
get to school again, please God?

…Oh, you know, Inay hit me again, it is painful, but I know this pain will pass away,
at least I still have a mother…. God, you want to see my bruises? I know you can heal
them…… Here… here and …. oh …blood
…I guess you knew about this one huh? Please don’t be mad at Inay, she is just tired
and she worries for the food in our table and my schooling that is why she hits us….Oh,
I think I am in love … there’s this pretty girl
in my class, her name is Anita … do you think she will like me? Anyway, at least I know
you will always like me, I don’t have to be anybody just to please
you, you are my very best friend! Hey your birthday is two days from now!!! Aren’t you
excited? I am! Wait till you see, I have a gift for you ….. but it is a surprise! I
hope you will like it! Oooops, I have to go …” then he
stood up and calls out, “Padre, padre, I am finished talking to my friend …. you can
accompany me to the other side of the road now”

This routine happens everyday. Andoy never fails. Father Agaton shares this every Sunday
to the people in his church because he has not seen a very pure faith and trust in God, a
very positive look at negative
situations.

One Christmas day, Father Agaton was sick so he could not make it in the Church, he was
sent to the hospital…. . The Church was left to 4 manangs who would chant the rosary in
1000 miles per hour, would not smile and
would always find fault in what you do, they were also very well versed in cursing if you
irritate them! They were kneeling, saying their kilometric rosary when Andoy, coming from
his Christmas party,playfully dashed in.

“Hello God! I ……….”

“P—-!! (a curse) bata ka!! Alam mo nang may nagdadasal!! Alis!!”

Poor Andoy was so terrified, “Where’s Father Agaton? He is supposed to help me cross the
street … and to be able to cross the street I will have to pass by the back door of
this church …not only that, I have to greet
Jesus. It is His birthday, I have a gift right here……
” Just as he was about to get the gift out of his shirt, the manang pulled his shirt and
threw him out of the church. “Susmaryosep! !! (does the sign of the cross fervently) Alis
kang bata ka, kung hindi matatamaan ka!!!

So the boy had no choice but to cross the dangerous side of the road in front of the
church. He crossed. A fast moving bus came in.

There was a blind curve. The boy was protecting his gift inside his shirt, so he was not
looking. There was so little time. Andoy died on the spot. A lot of people crowded the
poor boy, the body of a lifeless young boy…

Suddenly, out of nowhere a tall man in a pure white shirt and pants, a face so mild and
gentle, but with eyes full of tears… He came and carried the boy in His arms. He was
crying. Curious bystanders nudged the man
in white, and asked,

“Excuse me sir, are you related to this child?

Do you know this child?”

The man in white, His face mourning and in agony, looked up and answered,

“He was my best friend …. ” was all he said. He took the badly wrapped gift in the
bloody chest of the lifeless boy, and placed it near His heart.

He stood up and carried the boy away and they both disappeared in sight.

The crowd was curious …

On Christmas Eve, Father Agaton learned of the shocking news. He visited the house, and
wanted to verify about the man in white. He consulte the parents of Andoy.

“How did you know that your son died?”

“A man in white brought him here.” sobbed the mother. “What did he say?” The father
answered, “He did not say anything. He was mourning. We do not know him and yet he was
very lonely about our son’s death, as if he
knew our son very well. But there was something peaceful and unexplainable about him. He
gave me my son, and then he smiled peacefully. He brushed my son’s
hair away from his face and kissed him on his forehead, then he whispered something… “

“What did he say?”

“He said to my boy…” the father began, “Thank you for the gift … I will see you soon
… you will be with me…” and the father of the boy continued, “and you know for a
while, it felt so wonderful … I cried, but I do not know why….all I know is I cried
tears of joy …. I could not explain it, Father, but when that man left, something
peaceful came over me, I felt a deep sense of love inside … I could not explain the joy
in my heart, I knew
my boy is in heaven now but…tell me, Father, who is this man that my son talks to
everyday in your church, you should know because you are always there … except at the
time of his death ………”Father Agaton suddenly
felt the tears welling in his eyes, with trembling knees, he murmurred, ” … He was
talking to no one …..
but .. GOD….”

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