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-THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-
“Whatever happens, stay alive.
Don't die before you're dead.
Don't lose yourself, don't lose hope, don't loose direction. Stay alive, with yourself, with every cell of your body, with every fiber of your skin.
Stay alive, learn, study, think, read, build, invent, create, speak, write, dream, design.
Stay alive, stay alive inside you, stay alive also outside, fill yourself with colors of the world, fill yourself with peace, fill yourself with hope.
Stay alive with joy.
There is only one thing you should not waste in life,
and that's life itself..."
~ Virginia Woolf
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“Whatever happens, stay alive.
Don't die before you're dead.
Don't lose yourself, don't lose hope, don't loose direction. Stay alive, with yourself, with every cell of your body, with every fiber of your skin.
Stay alive, learn, study, think, read, build, invent, create, speak, write, dream, design.
Stay alive, stay alive inside you, stay alive also outside, fill yourself with colors of the world, fill yourself with peace, fill yourself with hope.
Stay alive with joy.
There is only one thing you should not waste in life,
and that's life itself..."
~ Virginia Woolf
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(I Just) Died in Your Arms
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Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must have been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I keep lookin' for somethin' I can't get
Broken hearts lie all around me
And I don't see an easy way to get out of this
Her diary, it sits by the bedside table
The curtains are closed, the cats in the cradle
Who would've thought that a boy like me could come to this
Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight
Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
Is there any just cause for feelin' like this?
On the surface, I'm a name on a list
I try to be discreet, but then blow it again
I've lost and found, it's my final mistake
She's loving by proxy, no give and all take
'Cause I've been thrilled to fantasy one too many times
Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight
Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
It was a long hot night
She made it easy, she made it feel right
But now it's over, the moment has gone
I followed my hands not my head, I know I was wrong
Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away
I should've walked away
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Boracay Island today,
December 21, 2025.
On this day in 1975, the Eagles single “Take It To The Limit” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #80 (December 20)
The song from the “One of These Nights” LP eventually reached #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was also the Eagles' greatest success to that point in the UK, going to #12 on the charts.
“Take It To The Limit” was memorably sung by bass player Randy Meisner, and was written by Meisner, Don Henley and Glenn Frey.
According to Meisner, he wrote the first few lines of the song one night on an acoustic guitar after returning from the Troubadour nightclub in West Hollywood to the apartment he shared with his ex-wife Jennifer on Arch Drive in Studio City.
According to randymeisnerretrospective.com, Jennifer recalled one day Randy sharing the opening lines of the song with her:
“We were sitting on our bed….he was showing me what he had written, and just asked me which wording would be better.”
The next day Don Henley and Glenn Frey came over and sat around in the small living room tossing ideas around about the song.
In 2009, Randy recalled:
“Take It To The Limit” was a song where we were getting close to recording, and it wasn’t finished.
Don and Glenn helped me with the lyrics.
I started the song, but they helped me a lot.”
In a 1977 interview, Meisner revealed the meaning behind the lyric:
“The line “Take It To The Limit” was to keep trying before you reach a point in your life where you feel you’ve done everything and seen everything, sort of feeling, you know, part of getting old.
And just to take it to the limit one more time, like every day just keep, you know, punching away at it…..that was the line, and from there the song took a different course.”
In 1988, he mused about how cool it was that the song was radio-driven:
“What was nice about that it was never really promoted. It was the radio people who chose it without pushing it. A lot of times you’ll push a single, but this one it was on-demand.
It was because it was getting played so much they HAD to release it as a single.
So that was actually a real nice feeling.
And every time we would play it live it would really bring the house down.”
Meisner's performance of the song was indeed a huge fan favourite at Eagles concerts…
According to Frey, fans of the band loved Meisner's performance of his signature song, and as Henley puts it: "They went crazy when Randy hit those high notes".
Randy recalled:
“That high note that I sing at the end was tough to do live. It was pretty difficult, it was a challenge every night.
But I pretty much nailed it every night. There weren’t many times I didn’t because we were rehearsed really well.”
Definitely one of my favourite Eagles songs…
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🌑❄️ Winter Solstice
— The Sacred Still Point ❄️🌑
📜 December 21 🕯
The Winter Solstice marks the longest night and the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the moment when the Sun reaches its lowest apparent point in the sky before beginning its slow return toward the light.
This is not a beginning fueled by action — it is a beginning born from stillness.
Across time, cultures understood this moment not as darkness to fear, but as darkness that gestates life.
🌍 Ancient Meaning & History
Long before modern calendars, civilizations tracked this exact moment with astonishing precision.
🕯 Ancient peoples gathered at sacred sites like Stonehenge, where the monument aligns powerfully with the Winter Solstice sunset (and the Summer Solstice sunrise) — proof that this turning point of the year was intentionally honored.
🕯 The Romans celebrated Saturnalia, a time of rest, loosening rigid social roles, gift-giving, and honoring the natural cycle of death and rebirth.
🕯 In Nordic and Germanic traditions, Yule honored the rebirth of the Sun, the turning of the Wheel, and deep ancestral connection.
🕯 In Egypt, solar temples such as Karnak Temple were aligned with the Sun during this season, symbolizing resurrection, cosmic order, and the return of divine light from the underworld.
🕯 Across cultures, the message was the same:
Light is reborn through darkness — not despite it.
🔥 Why the Winter Solstice Matters Spiritually
The Solstice is a threshold.
A pause.
A breath between cycles.
Energetically, it represents:
→ The death of the old solar year
→ The womb space of transformation
→ The return of light after surrender
This is why the Solstice has always been associated with:
✨ The Underworld
✨ Ancestral wisdom
✨ Soul remembrance
✨ Inner initiation
This is not a time to push forward.
It is a time to listen.
🌑 Why It’s Especially Important Right Now
In 2025, the Solstice meets a collective that is:
🕯 Burned out
🕯 Overstimulated
🕯 Disconnected from natural rhythm
The Solstice reminds us that rest is not failure.
Stillness is not stagnation.
Darkness is not regression.
It teaches us:
🪷 You do not grow by force
🪷 You grow by allowing what is no longer aligned to fall away
🕯️ How People Celebrate the Winter Solstice (Then & Now)
Traditionally — and today — Solstice celebrations include:
💫 Lighting candles or fires to symbolize returning light
💫 Honoring ancestors and lineage
💫 Quiet gatherings rather than loud celebrations
💫 Reflection, storytelling, and ritual
💫 Clearing the home and releasing the past year
💫 Sleeping more, slowing down, conserving energy
Modern celebration does not require elaborate ritual.
It requires presence.
✨ How to Work With the Winter Solstice in 2025
This is a powerful time to:
✨ Release
→ What drained you this year
→ Old identities that no longer fit
→ Patterns that survived but no longer serve
✨ Receive
→ Insight
→ Messages through dreams
→ Subtle intuitive guidance
✨ Plant Seeds
Not action plans — intentions.
The kind that live quietly until the light strengthens.
Simple Solstice Practices:
🕯 Sit in candlelight and ask: What is ready to end?
📜 Write what you are carrying that you no longer need
🙏 Thank the darkness for what it revealed
😴 Go to bed early and let your body reset
🪷 Spend time in silence
🌘 A Solstice Reminder
The light does not return all at once.
It comes back slowly. Quietly. Faithfully.
And so do you 💚
✨ Things Most People Don’t Know About the Winter Solstice
1. The Solstice Isn’t a Day — It’s a Moment
Astronomically, the Winter Solstice is an exact moment in time, even though we often refer to it as a day or season.
It occurs when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest away from the Sun.
This means:
• The shift back toward light begins immediately after the moment passes
• Even if the days still feel dark, the turning has already started
• Light returns before we consciously notice it
This mirrors life perfectly: change often begins before it’s visible.
2. The Sun Appears to “Stand Still”
The word solstice comes from the Latin solstitium, meaning “the Sun stands still.”
For several days around the Solstice:
• The Sun rises and sets in nearly the same place
• Day length barely changes
• Time feels suspended
This is why ancient cultures treated it as a sacred pause.
Nature itself slows down — and so can we.
3. The Solstice Shaped Our Modern Holidays
Many traditions people celebrate today trace back to the Winter Solstice:
🕯 Candles and lights = calling back the Sun
🌲 Evergreen trees = life that survives the dark
🎁 Gift-giving = generosity during scarcity
🔥 Fires and warmth = communal survival
Long before December holidays had names, humans were already honoring this turning point.
4. Your Body Feels the Solstice — Even If You Don’t Know Why
You don’t need to be spiritual to feel the Solstice.
Biologically:
• Longer darkness allows melatonin to be secreted for longer periods
• Energy naturally dips
• The nervous system craves rest
• Reflection and memory deepen
If you feel more tired, introspective, emotional, or inward right now — you’re not “off.”
You’re aligned.
5. This Is Why January Feels Heavy (And It’s Normal)
Historically, most cultures did not treat January as a sudden fresh start.
The Solstice was the true energetic reset.
After the Solstice:
• Light returns slowly
• Momentum builds gradually
• Seeds are planted before action
The pressure to instantly “be new” in January goes against nature.
The Solstice teaches us to prepare quietly first.
6. You Don’t Have to Celebrate to Participate
The Winter Solstice works whether you acknowledge it or not.
You’re participating when you:
• Go to bed earlier
• Sit in silence
• Feel reflective
• Let something end
• Choose rest over forcing
Awareness simply allows you to work with it instead of against it.
🌑 A Gentle Solstice Reframe for Everyone
🕯 The Winter Solstice isn’t about darkness winning.
🕯 It’s about trusting that light returns — even when you’re tired, uncertain, or still healing.
🕯 You don’t have to know what’s next. You only have to let the old cycle close.
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“There's no light at the end of the tunnel, there isn't even a tunnel. The best thing I can do is get drunk and listen to classical music. Or sleep and wait for death to get closer. Leaving this will not be a horrible thing. Yet I'm glad, somehow, that I threw my words in the air: confetti, celebrating nothing.”
—Charles Bukowski
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