japlegend:

I will not attempt to arrogantly explain the meaning of death, or what happens after its presence, because, quite frankly, anyone who has never died is not qualified to speak on such subject, and anybody who is qualified to elucidate its mysteries simply cannot speak. I do not know the meaning of life and death, but what I do understand is that the two are in perfect harmony, in which on the surface may seem implausible, but in a deeper meaning, that is how it is intended to be. That is why there is one and the other. In the presence of one, the other must certainly exist to maintain a balance.

            I sometimes wonder if it is an evil or beyond life’s intention to try and live past our natural time on this earth. I wonder if it is sinful to forcefully live and claw at every little morsel of life that we can reach, and if it is not, is it sinful to be clawing at something that is certainly out of reach, attempting to get it in our desperation? Why is that so often, we feel that we must grab hold and never let go or leave the physical dimension?

            We waste so much time looking for the meaning of life rather than living the meaning. We waste so much life attempting to extend our time rather than living in the time given to us. We are too preoccupied thinking about how many moments we have in our life rather than thinking of how much life we have in every moment. If we can live simply, then there will be no reason to forcefully claw at staying in this dimension, and finally, we can keep our soul in peace.

10:52 pm  •  4 May 2012  •  3 notes  •  View comments

There will always be those days that you long for things to be back to the way they were. There will always be times that you wish to build a time machine to go back, “Oh how I wish for things to be the way they used to be.” But trust that there will be weeks, days, even minutes that you wish to go on forever, “Oh how silly of me to have never wanted things to change.”You will realize that change is your own opportunity to build a new door to walk through, for new life. But you will only ever get here if you stopped dwelling in the past. 

Remember that one day that you wished would never end? It was because you finally got yourself out of the past and moved on.

Treasure your memories, but do not dwell in them. Forgive, but do not forget. Learn from your mistakes, but do not harp on them. Always be cautious, but don’t stay cynical. Appreciate and notice the small things but remember that they are just that: the small things. Look at the bigger picture. And remember that tough times don’t last. Tough people do.

6:09 pm  •  17 November 2011  •  View comments

Just because someone is around doesn’t mean they’ll be there for you, and just because someone isn’t around doesn’t mean they aren’t there for you.

3:53 pm  •  15 November 2011  •  1 note  •  View comments

It’s been almost a year since we touched this blog. We’ll revamp it and make sure we pay a little more attention to it.

10:49 am  •  14 November 2011  •  View comments

I  miss posting in this blog. And I also miss the other two that worked on it with me. We should get this going once more.

11:32 pm  •  26 November 2010  •  View comments

My interpretation

Too many times I have been told of a loved one passing away, and too many times have they held back from asking a simple question: How do I come to terms with their passing? One person finally asked me, but this is a lesson for all.

It is indeed a very difficult lesson to swallow, but first, we must understand whowe really are; what are we that walk around, doing the things we do everyday? Something that we need to be mindful about is that we’re not just flesh and bone with the capability to think and do as we please.

I am not a religious person, but something that I “know” is that we are more divine than just human. We are more spirit than flesh. Most people would say, “No shit”, to that statement, but another thing we must know is that our spirit is unbreakable, it is beyond human capacity to be able to have a soul destroyed. 

When someone passes on, they do not just simply float to heaven or sink to hell. I believe that those images are more metaphorical. My mother has always told me that when we die, we linger for a time as a spirit, free from our physical limitations that we are trapped in within our human bodies. While one may have lost the capacity to see or experience their loved one through flesh, the one who has passed on is never gone. While those people may have detached from flesh, they are still with us in spirit, and we need to remind ourselves that that is our true essence: spirit.

“To live in hearts we leave behind is to not die.” -Thomas Campbell

Through prayer, we can let our loved ones know that we still love them and we miss them dearly.

Indeed, too many times one’s sunset is far too soon. It is unfair, and there is no way to justify the fact. It is extremely hard to come to terms with their passing, and too many times we can never answer the question, “Why?” We will be lost, but in the end, we will always be found. That is a guarantee: Everything will be okay. Even though it may not seem like it at the time, it will.

Stay Up, Stay Strong

Don’t regret the things that you never did. Rather, be grateful that you were given the opportunity to do those things for them. No matter how small the action, it was a significant action. Understand that simple actions mean everything to them. Understand that they can feel your pain and sadness radiating from your soul. Of course there is always many things that were left to do, but it is always best to live in those happy memories than dwell on regrets.

For every dark night, there’s a brighter day.

R.I.P.

Toshiharu Ojiichan

Tadayasu Ojiichan

Nobuko Obaachan

Uncle Kinji

William Vatuvei

Samuel Nava III

And everyone else.

Wish You Were Here

-+-[Leave the name(s) of someone you will never forget]-+-

1:33 am  •  26 September 2010  •  4 notes  •  View comments

Don’t you hate it when you have a great friendship, with great talks and great times, and all of a sudden, the person you were just having a deep talk with is just another person you say hi to? Friends come and go, but when realizing that things don’t even seem the same as they were, it sucks. It’s happened to everyone, and everyone dislikes it, yet why does it happen? What causes people to fade? There are a bunch of possible answers to these questions, some more understandable than others. My advice, just go with the flow. If you’re fine with turning a best friend into an acquaintance, that’s all on you. You could always try taking another shot at a possibly longer lasting friendship. Just don’t let it be painful to see a face and think “we used to be the best of friends”.

1:19 am  •  18 November 2009  •  View comments

Life is short guys, I’ve realized these past two months that even though you may think you’re hella busy, it will come to an end soon enough, and here I am on my last week in marching band. I know we were trying to keep this as far away from personal as we could, but band has taught me so many valuable lessons for life. I used to think every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday to practice was so much, but look, three months have passed in such a short time and now it’s over. I have met literally 300 new people because of band, and EMP has caused me to meet at least another few hundred people. I guess what I really wanted to say was get out there guys, take those oppurtunities, meet those new people, live life as if its your last day on earth. You only live once, might as well make it good.

12:32 am  •  17 November 2009  •  View comments

Ever hear the phrase, “Procrastination is like masturbation. In the end, you’re just screwing yourself” ? Well, it’s true. There’s always something that we are putting on hold, or not doing right away (mostly school) and, admit it people, we all do it. Some more than others, but it’s still being done. When you put something off until the last minute, it’s most likely going to end up crap and you end up screwing yourself up. So as hard as it is, try not to procrastinate because unlike masturbation, this form of screwing yourself may actually screw you up.

12:17 am  •  6 August 2009  •  1 note  •  View comments

It’s been a while guys, and we haven’t posted anything. I just thought it would be nice to let you guys know we’re still here. We’ve just been busy with a bit, but once school starts again I’m sure we’ll have time to get things back up and running and letting you know how to fix problems once more.

5:11 am  •  27 July 2009  •  View comments

It’s up to us, how we choose to lead our life.

It’s up to us to face a situation in a certain way, to be depressed over something.

We choose to make boring things fun and live optimistically.

We choose to face the fact that not everything goes to plan, and that life isn’t perfect, or we choose to not face it and pout over little things.

We choose to work over mess around. Success is an option. You choose to succeed.

You choose your “fate”, if that’s what you like to call it.

You choose what to do with the 24 hours a day that’s given to you. The same 24 hours that given to everyone else in the whole world.

You choose to live or not to live. To live is to feel. We live for emotions. We live to be happy, sad, mad, hyper, and love. Once you stop feeling, you cease to live. Once you learn to feel again, you come back to life.

We choose to live or not to live.

2:28 am  •  15 July 2009  •  1 note  •  View comments