Where Is Paradise Hidden?

Rest is not idleness... and to lie sometimes under the trees... 

listening to the murmur of the water...

or watching the clouds float across the sky, is definitely not a waste of time.

Today, San Fernando (about an hour and a half from Cebu City) was our perfect getaway.

We wanted to go to a place with cool fresh air...

and just be surrounded with nature...

We finally found what we were looking for...

tucked in the mountain area of the town 

is a place called Hidden Paradise...

It was exactly what we needed... 

for our tired and restless souls...

You know, sometimes, we get entangled in the confusions of life...

that we find ourselves going in a downward spiral...

I think every once in a while, it's important to go

 to some quiet places...

where you can sit and relax...

open your senses to cute little things that surround you... 

and just let go of your worries...

True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away...

Sometimes though, you just need to be alone...

not to be lonely...

but to enjoy being with your Self...

I don't get to see sunflowers that much and I was just delighted to see them there...

Stand tall... Stand proud... 

Know that you are unique and magnificent...  

You do not need the approval of others...

friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold...

once, he whispered to my ear: "You are my sunshine "

and then, I replied: "You are the reason why I shine brightly even in the dark... 

May you always glow with happiness 

just as we do 

~ ~  ~