Category: Heaven On Earth

How wonderful it is
when a person gives you
her undivided attention!

If only for a moment,
you feel alive.

Someone noticed you,
someone cared,
somebody listened
wholeheartedly
to whatever it is you’ve got to say.

In a world where there are
so many busy people,
too busy to care
or even look your way,
such moments are God-given,
such friends are gifts,
such moments are joys
so close to heaven itself.

I love instant noodles not just because they are quick, hot and delicious.  I love them most because they remind me of times I had to go on a trip with friends.  They remind me of early mornings, of exploring new places, and of not minding where and how I eat as long as I eat with gusto, because I know that it’s going to be a great day, because I know I’m going to be with people who bring out the best in me.

Being remembered.  Receiving a short note.  Being greeted over the phone.  Being included in a photo album.  Being given a surprise birthday party.  It could be anywhere.  It could be anything.  The smallest things matter, because it is the thought that really counts.

To see that a person has kept a previous letter, or a souvenir from one of your journeys together brings gladness.  To know that a word you’ve said has guided a person’s life and has been kept sweetly in her heart is heaven.

Seeing fireflies for the first time is like being magically transported into your childhood days, into a world of fairies and dreams and of everything that’s beautiful. I remember the night I saw them, it was such a dark night.

All of a sudden, there they were, guiding my path like floating stars, stars within my reach, stars I could take home with me in the palm of my hand. Seeing fireflies, real stars so close to heaven.