A Quote on Perception

“What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. Perspective is necessary. Otherwise there are only two dimensions. Otherwise you live with your face squashed up against a wall, everything a huge foreground, of details, close-ups, hairs, the weave of the bedsheet, the molecules of the face. Your own skin like a map, a diagram of futility, criscrossed with tiny roads that lead nowhere. Otherwise you live in the moment. Which is not where I want to be.”

― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

Just needed to vent it out

It's hard to shout for something that cannot be understood. Different cultures, different backgrounds, different experiences, different personalities, different circumstances being dealt with... factors that you cannot control, situations that you cannot weigh and balance for them. Sometimes, the heart gets overwhelmed and the only thing that can appease you is to understand that everyone has a different language, and you do not have to learn all these languages to speak their language and make them understand. Sometimes, the truth and promise of comfort cannot be seen with the naked eye, and the only thing that can appease you is to understand that there is God who will listen and give you the peace your heart needs.

Philippians 4:6-7:

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

And now, a simple poem without worrying on the technical side. Just a simple masterpiece from the heart:

It's hard to talk to someone

Who doesn't speak your Language, 

What's the use of speaking Taiwanese

When the other speaks Portuguese? 

It's hard to look for something 
In a place where it cannot be found 
What's the use of looking for peace
 When only from above, you can be appeased?

Thank God for his Word and Grace to speak through the heart of a sinner. Thank God for notepads, pens, papers and keyboards.