Heart and soul writing

My colleague, Raymond, posted some Chinese New Year songs, those "dong-dong-chiang" songs this morning in his facebook. I commented, "friend, it's only May!"

He replied, "I missed the live telecast during the CNY this year cos of the snake. I had the worst CNY celebratio this year..."

It was really a pleasant surprise to learn of a person whom I met in my course of work is now a "Dato" (or Datuk). I remember saying that he should get a "Datuk" so that he is naturally a "Datuk Amar"! Well his first name is "Amar".

It's May, and a long way to Christmas! But I blogged about this person in Christmas 2006. I wrote this way -

Received this very beautiful poem from an inspiring and true person whom I met in a conference in Penang over the weekend. I have not asked permission whether I could put it up in my blog. I guess he won’t mind.

This, I shall leave here until probably Christmas when I will be back. I am not in the low – I am just busy and not able to write from my heart and my soul! But, I wish to share a warm heart with you all this Christmas!

Heart & Soul Writing

Ultimately it is what I write,
in my heart
in my spirit and my soul
in the fabric of my being,
that counts.

There I am not limited by words or paper,
no need to explain to others or myself.
Ideas, concepts, realities can be expressed or written
in many dimensions
or dimensionless.

In the fabric of my being
reality grows and changes and enlarges.
It is here that I hear aright –
an ever clearer, purer note
of truth
and love
and trust
and hope.

Heart and soul writing times
are essential for my survival and life.

From: Poems of the Heart – Struggles in the Upper Room
by Amar-Singh HSS, 2002