Penmanship

In a world ruled by computers and keyboards, does penmanship still count?

I ask this because I generally don't do anymore writing with a pen or a pencil other than a quick jotting down of notes at or something else. Most of the time I'm typing. Over the years my penmanship has gone bad. When I was 3 years old I had the best penmanship of writing my name and the alphabet. As I got older it kept changing and eventually I learned how to write the alphabet cursively. It started with writing exercises in school and eventually got down to writing full sentences and connecting the cursive penmanship of each letters together. From then on, I merged my old way of writing with cursive. So my penmanship is a mixture of cursive and standard.

Most girls I know still have great penmanship. Maybe it's just guys. But my step dad still has a a very legible and understandable penmanship. It probably just means you care enough to write legibly or not. What I have is chicken scratch, to say the least. I should go to a book store and buy a book on handwriting exercises just for fun. As of right now, I don't like my penmanship.

I'm done.

Hymns

For some reason this song from the Philippines in church has always stayed with me. I'm not quite sure about the lyrics and the correct words but I remember it. I couldn't remember the entire lyrics but after 1 hour of searching I found the entire song. It's one of those songs that just reminds you that no matter where you are and what you're doing, you're never really alone.


I know I'll never be alone
In this world
I know I'll never be alone
Completely alone
You'll always be beside me
To strengthen and to guide me
To drive away my fears with love

The raging sea will calm down
The storm will pass
The smiling sun will rise up
To brighten the skies

'Tis a reason for a smile
'Tis a reason for survival
I can brave the storm
I can walk alone in the dark

'Cause I know, you'll be there with me
To give me strength
To give me hope
To drive away my tears
and sorrows with love

Distorted View on Karma

I think people who seem to always get unlucky or the bad end of the stick with life have this distorted view on Karma. When you're down and always think you've never made it, all your hope just disappears and you find yourself becoming bitter and angry. Your entire life view is changed. You lose trust in people. You think that the only person you can really trust is yourself. You start seeing things in this distorted view on Karma. You can't help it. You're the product of your own making. It may be someone else or some event that led you to this point in your life, but it was you who allowed yourself to become this person.