http://douglas.streetperson.net the unexpected life Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:27:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Play Big. Do. Act. Be. Don't hold back. What's stopping you? Everything that you need will be granted. Believe. Seemingly Inadvertently but Realistically Precessionally. Everything that needs to happen will happen. Find the flow. Use the flow. Grow the flow. Find the magic that resides deep within. Let that be manifest. Go forth. Be the light you need to be. That you were meant to shine. Shine ... http://douglas.streetperson.net/the-warrior/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed I received an sms a couple of days ago from Singtel. "Stand Up For Singapore and join in at 8:22pm 9 August 2009 for the pledge." I've been in Singapore now since 1987 — that's 22 years.  That's a long time.  Singapore is 44 today, which means I've been around for half ... http://douglas.streetperson.net/nationalday2009/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Room-to-let :) Along upper thomson Fully furnished with attached bath. Includes SCV, Broadband Internet, maid cleans once a week. $1000 a month nett, includes utilities. http://douglas.streetperson.net/housemates/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Do you ever feel that there something grand that you should be doing in your life? Have you been half asleep? And have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. Is this the sweet sound? That calls the young sailors They might be one and the same I've heard it too many time to ignore it There's ... http://douglas.streetperson.net/something-grand/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed I thought that I've long stopped being amazed at how amazing life can be, with all the surprises that are thrown at appropriate junctures of our lives.  Amazing not because everything that is thrown is good — there's a fair share of challenges as well — but amazing because of ... http://douglas.streetperson.net/an-inspired-life/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Amazing things happen everyday.  Sometimes when you think that something is too good to be true, it will be too good to be true.  And you don't belief that good things can happen for you. So the secret is believing that good things do happen and that they can happen for ... http://douglas.streetperson.net/dot-dot-dot/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed There will be oysters to be found. Friendships don't need a reason.  They are who life throws at us. They reveal themselves when the time is right. For a grander purpose. But we have to look, or they will pass us by. http://douglas.streetperson.net/oysters/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed My grandmother turned 84 last weekend.  It was a good short getaway, for her birthday, back to a city that used to be home, that has in the last decade become somewhat of a strange place to me.  It has changed, I get lost in the city --- even the ... http://douglas.streetperson.net/unexpected-life/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed I have a little piece of stone that I call my gratitude stone.  It's a small little round bead, no bigger than my little finger.  I carry it around with me in my pocket most of the time, it hardly weighs anything, and I don't really notice it there. It's only a ... http://douglas.streetperson.net/the-stone/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed “Are you clinging on to things even though they have become irrelevant, because you fear losing the familiar?” The boy pondered at the question for a moment. “I don’t know.” He replied. “Why not?” “Am I hanging on to anything?” “Are you?” “Hmmmm…” He stared out of the window into the still night. “What’s the alternative?” He asked, ... http://douglas.streetperson.net/the-boy/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed