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	<title>Thinking Loud &#187; love</title>
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		<title>It&#8217;s been three months</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkingloud.org/2011/03/its-been-three-months/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bribe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been three month now&#8230; Yes it&#8217;s been three month since the beginning of this year 2011 Lots have happened, lots have changed and lots still remains the same&#8230; We&#8217;ve been to Africa and back this year. Specifically, we went to Nigeria&#8230; Nigeria, yes, I remember this country&#8230; A country of great wealth yet crouched over by poverty A [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been three month now&#8230;<br />
Yes it&#8217;s been three month since the beginning of this year 2011<br />
Lots have happened, lots have changed and lots still remains the same&#8230;<br />
We&#8217;ve been to Africa and back this year.<br />
Specifically, we went to Nigeria&#8230;</p>
<p>Nigeria, yes, I remember this country&#8230;<br />
A country of great wealth yet crouched over by poverty<br />
A country that exude peace outwardly, but beneath it lies tension of pain..<br />
A land that has been endowed with abundant blessing&#8230;<br />
Yet this same land consumes it&#8217;s inhabitants..<br />
What a country of contradictions&#8230;</p>
<p>A place where greed seems to be the norm&#8230;<br />
Greed has a way of turning blessings into curses<br />
How could a country with so much potential for good be so blinded by greed?<br />
The whole governmental infrastructure is infected by this hideous disease&#8230;<br />
A disease called &#8220;GREED&#8221;<br />
In their greed they forget how to provide common basic services&#8230;<br />
Their police force have been reduce to legalized armed robbers.</p>
<p>Landing at Lagos Airport&#8230;<br />
Every official seems to want bribe&#8230;<br />
But why should I bribe you oh lazy and good for naught officials?<br />
I observed in pity and dismayed at how far this country has regressed.<br />
This once beautiful country&#8230;<br />
Once the pride of Africa&#8230;<br />
Has now regressed to such a repugnante state of being&#8230;</p>
<p>A country where religious passion burns hot&#8230;<br />
But their passion is denude of love for their fellow human being&#8230;<br />
Greed seems to&#8217;ve incapacitate their ability to love.<br />
They can&#8217;t think beyond themselves&#8230;<br />
for even when they tried, greed seems to deny them of that ability.<br />
They&#8217;ve become slaves to their greed&#8230;</p>
<p>What a pitiful country you&#8217;ve become oh Nigeria&#8230;<br />
A land that consumes it&#8217;s inhabitants<br />
A country whose political leaders are thugs in disguise&#8230;<br />
For they can&#8217;t see beyond themselves&#8230;<br />
Their greed cursed them with a blurred vision&#8230;<br />
Your inhumanity to one another will be your undoing&#8230;</p>
<p>Till you rid yourself of this disease called greed&#8230;<br />
You will remain a country of low reputation&#8230;<br />
A breeding ground for lowlives and uncivilized people.<br />
Alas, there is still hope, and that hope is in&#8230;<br />
Putting away your greed, and letting love thrive&#8230;<br />
Then compassion will rise&#8230;<br />
And the healing will begin&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Grateful for Love</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkingloud.org/2010/02/grateful-for-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[appreciate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just came back from seeing a movie with my dearest What an awesome and beautiful cinematography&#8230; As we walked back home we discussed and exchange ideas On what we thought of the movie, the characters and the story plot&#8230; The development of the characters, and their impact Their struggles, their pains and final triumph&#8230; Gosh, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just came back from seeing a movie with my dearest<br />
What an awesome and beautiful  cinematography&#8230;<br />
As we walked back home we discussed and exchange ideas<br />
On what we thought of the movie, the characters and the story plot&#8230;</p>
<p>The development of the characters, and their impact<br />
Their struggles, their pains and final triumph&#8230;<br />
Gosh, as we talk a certain feeling gradually rise from within me&#8230;<br />
Aha, I’m use to this feeling, but the intensity is growing&#8230;</p>
<p>Yes, it is that feeling of appreciation&#8230;<br />
Appreciation of something or someone very special&#8230;<br />
Appreciating just having someone so special, so lovely to hold discussion&#8230;<br />
Grateful for being blessed with such a loving person<br />
With whom I could share my time, my life and my being&#8230;</p>
<p>Grateful for being married to such a beautiful soul&#8230;<br />
Grateful for being in love and being loved&#8230;<br />
Grateful for being blessed with the ability to appreciate this love<br />
For this makes life more meaningful and worthy of living&#8230;<br />
Grateful for love, for without it I am lost&#8230;</p>
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		<title>The One That Changed It All&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkingloud.org/2009/08/the-one-that-changed-it-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[changed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s now almost a year&#8230; Since our world collided and she danced into me life. She the one that froze me in my step when we first met The one that changed it all&#8230; I was there to dance&#8230; Latin salsa, yes it was salsa I felt a gentle breeze passed behind me&#8230; I turned, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s now almost a year&#8230;<br />
Since our world collided and she danced into me life.<br />
She the one that froze me in my step when we first met<br />
The one that changed it all&#8230;</p>
<p>I was there to dance&#8230;<br />
Latin salsa, yes it was salsa<br />
I felt a gentle breeze passed behind me&#8230;<br />
I turned, and there she was, a paragon of beauty</p>
<p>The most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen&#8230;<br />
I asked her for a dance&#8230;<br />
To my surprise she said yes!<br />
This is how it began&#8230;</p>
<p>I looked into her dark brown mysterious eyes&#8230;<br />
I was forever trapped in her beautiful, lovely gaze<br />
Mesmerized, stupefied and dazzled by her gentle smile&#8230;<br />
Helplessly I confessed and asked if, if&#8230;<br />
Ha&#8230; She said yes again, and I was forever lost in her</p>
<p>She the one that makes my heart tremble<br />
The one that freezes my steps and melt my pride<br />
The one that makes me shiver with love all over<br />
The one that changed it all&#8230;</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Christmas!!</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkingloud.org/2007/12/its-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have some gifts wrapping to do&#8230; Still have some phone calls to be made&#8230; Got to cleanup this messing apartment&#8230; Ha! Christmas is here&#8230; It&#8217;s Christmas!! Oh! Merry Christmas to everyone!!! Phew! That was close&#8230; We get so busy with the Christmas traditions&#8230; That at time we end up missing Christmas itself. As you celebrate [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have some gifts wrapping to do&#8230;<br />
Still have some phone calls to be made&#8230;<br />
Got to cleanup this messing apartment&#8230;<br />
Ha! Christmas is here&#8230; It&#8217;s Christmas!!<br />
Oh! Merry Christmas to everyone!!!<br />
Phew! That was close&#8230;<br />
We get so busy with the Christmas traditions&#8230;<br />
That at time we end up missing Christmas itself.</p>
<p>As you celebrate this Christmas, with your loved ones&#8230;<br />
Or even all by yourself&#8230;<br />
May the joy, peace and love of this Christmas be yours in abundance.</p>
<p>May you see and experience the true meaning of Christmas<br />
in a light and clarity that you&#8217;ve never experienced before.<br />
May the essence of the child &#8220;Christ&#8221; whose birth we commemorate<br />
today be revealed to your heart&#8230;<br />
For, it transforms&#8230;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s Christmas!!<br />
Merry, merry Christmas to you <img src='http://www.thinkingloud.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley colorbox-37' /> </p>
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		<title>Why Stop Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkingloud.org/2007/10/why-stop-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That sound&#8230; It&#8217;s my phone, calling for attention again As I picked it up and spoke&#8230; It was the voice of &#8220;The One&#8221; on the other end We talked, giggled and laugh together About life, work and anything that comes to mind Then a pause&#8230; In a smooth silky voice Why stop writing? What do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That sound&#8230;<br />
It&#8217;s my phone, calling for attention again<br />
As I picked it up and spoke&#8230;<br />
It was the voice of &#8220;The One&#8221; on the other end</p>
<p>We talked, giggled and laugh together<br />
About life, work and anything that comes to mind<br />
Then a pause&#8230; In a smooth silky voice<br />
Why stop writing?</p>
<p>What do you mean?&#8230;<br />
I didn&#8217;t stop writing my dear<br />
I&#8217;m just being distracted for now<br />
Though my mind seeks to refocus<br />
This is proven to be a peculiar challenge</p>
<p>Why the peculiarity?&#8230;<br />
Because, because&#8230;.<br />
Because of &#8220;The One&#8221;<br />
Who is&#8230;</p>
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