Magic Moon

I just want to share this cool picture that my sister sent me via email... sadly it doesn't have any reference as to who was the artist behing the picture. (So whoever it was, Congrats!)

I love any kind of moon images, some of them are really breathtaking. The moon has always been a mistery to mankind... and even though we have had people walking in it, we still like to think it holds some kind of mystical power over us. We have evoked the moon to inspire us and write poems, songs, sonets, myths and many kind of spells ☺

I like to think of the moon as a lonely friend, one that we only talk to when we are alone and we can be completely ourselves... and we talk, beg, sing, dance, stare or cry under its sight... we tell her (as I refer to the moon as a feminine subject) our deepest secrets, our hidden hopes and our most hurtful experiences. She is our confident and we completely trust all our important thoughts to her because we know she'll never tell anyone.

My silent companion, I have (as everybody else) her everlasting friendship and her eternal company.

Lessons of Life... (William Shakespeare)

"After some time you will discover the difference between giving a hand and saving a soul,

And you will learn that love does not mean reliance, and that company does not always mean security.

You will begin to learn that kisses are not contracts, nor gifts, nor promises...

You will learn to accept defeats with your head held high and your gaze forward, with the grace of a child and not with the sadness of an adult and you will learn to build for today, because tomorrow's projects are uncertain and the future has a habit of falling into oblivion.

After awhile you will learn that the sun burns if you expose yourself too much... you will even accept that good people can hurt you at times and that you need to forgive them...

You will learn that talking with someone can relieve the pain in your heart and soul.

You will discover that it takes years to build confidence and only a few seconds to destroy it and that you can also do things that you will regret for the rest of your life.

You will learn that new friendships continue to grow despite the distance, and that it does not matter what you have, but who you have in life, and that our family members are the best friends that we can choose to have.

You will learn that we don't have to change friends, if we are ready to accept that friends change.

You will realize that you can have good times with your best friend doing whatever or simply doing nothing, simply enjoying each other's company.

You will discover you take the people that matter for granted and for this reason we should always tell these people that we love them, because we never can be sure of when we will see them for the last time.

You will learn that the circumstances and the environment that surround us have an influence on us, but we are the only ones responsible for our actions.

You will begin to learn that we should not compare ourselves to others except when we wish to imitate them to improve.

You will discover that it takes a long time to become the person that you want to be and that time is short.

You will learn that it does not matter where you are, rather that wherever you are, is adequate.

You will learn that if you don't control your actions that they will control you and that being flexible does not mean being weak or not having a personality, but it doesn't matter how delicate or fragile a situation is: there are always two sides.

You will learn that heroes are people that did what was necessary, facing the consequences...You will learn that patience requires a lot of practice.

You will discover that at times, the person that you expect to kick you when you are down sometimes is one of the few that helps you to get back on your feet.

Maturing is more than realizing what you have learned from your experiences over the years that you have lived.

You will learn that there are more of your parents in you than you imagined.

You will learn that you should never tell a child that his dreams are nonsense, because few things are so humiliating and it would be a tragedy if he believed it because you would be taking away his hope.

You will learn that when you feel anger, that you have a right to, but this does not give you the right to be cruel.

You will discover that just because someone does not love you in the way that you want, does not mean that they do not love you with all that they can, because there are people that love us, but do not know how to show it...

It is not always enough to be forgiven by someone, sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

You will learn that you will be judged and condemned with the same severity in which you judge others.

You will learn that it does not matter in how many pieces your heart was broken: the world won't stop and wait for you to fix it.

You will learn that time is not something that you can turn back, as such; you have to cultivate your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Then and only then will you really know what you can handle that you are strong and that you can go much further than you thought when you thought that you couldn't could go any further.

Life is really worth living when you have the courage to face it."

-- William Shakespeare

Books' quotes

Here are some awesome quotes that I have gotten from some of the books I've read:

The history of love (Nicole Krauss):

"The truth is the lie I invented so I could live."

"When the eye sees something beautiful, the hand wants to draw it. I wish I could draw you."

"There are so many ways to be alive, but only one way to be dead."

Persuasion (Jane Austen):

"She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older -- the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning."

The gargoyle (Andrew Davidson):

"Die Liebe ist stark wie der Tod, hart wie die Hölle.” Der Tod scheidet die Seele vom Leibe, die Liebe aber scheidet all Dinge von der Seele."

Meister Eckhart, deutscher Mystiker
Predigt: “Êwige Gerburt”

“Love is as strong as death, as hard as Hell.” Death separates the soul from the body, but love separates all things from the soul.

Meister Eckhart, German mystic
Sermon: “Eternal Birth”

“The mouth is the front gate to all misfortune.”

“The Lord allows no accidents.”

“Certum est quia imposibile est.” – “It is certain because it is impossible.”

“Quod me nutrit, me destruit.” – “That which nourishes me also destroys me.”

“God is a circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”

“Why me?”… “There is no reason. A moment of bad luck, with lifelong consequences.”

“Dû bist mîn, ich bin dîn:
Des solt dû gewis sîn;
dû bist beslozzen in mînem herzen,
verlorn ist daz slüzzelîn:
dû muost och immer darinne sîn.”

“You are mine, I am yours:
you may be sure of this.
You’ve been locked inside my heart,
the key has been thrown away;
within it, you must always stay.”

“It is always interesting to listen to the bargains if those who have nothing to offer.”

“I’m not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was. Or so I tell myself; and for now, that is enough.”

“How do you dare to think you know my heart, when you don’t even understand your own?”

“Everyone’s past, is nothing more than the collection of memories they choose to remember.”

Midnight Sun (Stephenie Meyer):

“Love doesn’t always come in convenient packages.”

“As long as I was on my way to hell – I might as well enjoy the journey.”

“Your existence alone was excuse enough to justify the creation of the entire world.”