For as long as we have voices....

For as long as we have voices, let us not forget to say thank you

For the many blessings we receive,
For the hands we have and the ideas we conceive,
For the hearts and minds that get us through,
For the presence of me and maybe, me with you,
For the inspiration that moves us and the silence that keeps us still,
For the sound of birds, nature, peace and tranquil.

For as long as we have voices,
Let us get down on our knees and appreciate our feet,
Lets feel the ground and the lives that lie beneath.
Be thankful for being alive today more than you were yesterday,
Be thankful for waking up and mostly for being able to say,
"Thank you"


"In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices."
-From the book 'Eat Pray Love' by Elizabeth Gilbert

Humble Mumble

Humility is understanding that you are but a small drop in the ocean.
It is accepting the fact that there is a power mightier than you.
And that you are as tiny a being as anyone else in front of it.
Humility is grasping the wonders around you,
knowing that no power is greater than love.
Contentment and humility go hand in hand.
Humility doesn't complain. Humility is being satisfied.

Humility is protective gear. It saves you from the weapons of the world.
When you have all that you need to make you happy within you, you have nothing to lose.
And when you have nothing to lose, no one can steal from you. 
Humility is your protective gear against everything evil in this world.
How can anyone poke your ego when you have not one in the first place.

Live for the happiness of your inner being and not for the outer world.
If you find bliss in doing good, do it without the fear of being nick named.
When you do good, seek not the praises of the world.
But the joy of your heart. Expect not to be thanked.
But be thankful for everything.

One cannot boast of his humility without losing it.

John 3:30 - He (God) must increase, but I decrease."

Little Girl

Little girl, so meek and humble,
Saying only what you must and nothing intentionally ill.
Smiling and laughing and making peoples day.
Making sure, a truth is kept at bay.

Little girl, I see you offering every penny
to a man on the side of the road.
Must you give all you have, when you have so little
to help you, in the winter, warmly clothe.

Little girl, I see you hide,
behind the shadows of a past.
Lessons you bring forward, and take with you further,
Promising, 'never again', till you breathe your last.

What is it, little girl,  that makes you who you are?
how different were you, before you became this humble star?
Perhaps you were nothing like you are now.
But then who were you? have you come from afar?

Little girl, you amaze me, for not really are you little for sure.
Grown up, a woman now, taking on the world.
Why then do I still address you as little girl, you may ask.
Because no one I know could ever be as humble as you go.

Little girl, don't ever grow up.
I mean an ego, don't ever let it show.
Little girl stay little and always ready to give.
Little girl, stay little, teach me how to live.

I shall not ask anymore of your past.
I don't care much for details.
Little girl, I know you now and I must be like you
Little girl, may God bless you!