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eastwind journals, July 16, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share this article by sending blog link – https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/07/16/lessons-form-david-and-goliath/ Balancing our will with God’s will. In the story of David and Goliath, God showed the Israelites that they could surmount the insurmountable if they remained true to him. The same is true with the Pandemic.Continue reading “PANDEMIC LESSONS FROM DAVID AND GOLIATH”

The soul has many windows. When one is shut, one or two more open in the name of survival. German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven developed a hearing loss. He became depressed and wrote a suicide note to his siblings but never gave it. They discovered it only when he died. Partial deafness did not stopContinue reading “THE SOUL HAS MANY WINDOWS”

Riot Ruth was a legend because she triggered riots in 15 jail concerts across America in a single year. Some wardens hated her for the damage the riots cost, but others loved her for touching and reforming many inmates. eastwind journals, July 6, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share by sending this blog linkContinue reading “RIOT RUTH”

eastwind journals, April 21, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share by sending this blog link – https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/06/29/silent-storm/ As two superpowers prepare for the ‘inevitable’ confrontation, Armageddon, the foreseen nuclear holocaust is being pre-empted by the viral holocaust, where the casualties are far bigger. One involves brute force, a deafening blinding light. The other involvesContinue reading “SILENT STORM”

eastwind journals, June 18, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share by sending this link – https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/06/18/the-secret-to-happiness/ Leila was the caregiver of Jason, a wheel-chaired old man. He was the crankiest man on the face of the Earth, at least, in the eyes of Leila, who was beginning to get a nervous breakdown. He wouldContinue reading “THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS”

eastwind journals – October 7, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share by sending this link – https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/06/13/the-ballerina-and-the-nun/ As Sister Raquel Reodica, RVM, the cancer-healing nun, related this story over the phone, she said she could smell the scent of dama de noche. Strangely, her residence did not have that par­ticular plant. I felt badContinue reading “THE BALLERINA AND THE NUN”

eastwind journals – May 22, 2021 By Bernie Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share this article by sending this blog link – https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/06/13/no-contest-for-kuya-germs/ In August 1991, Sr. Raquel Reodica, RVM, noted cancer-healer for the Lord, was scheduled to launch a gigantic healing concert at the Araneta Coliseum on the birthday of Mama Mary on September 8. There wasContinue reading “NO CONTEST FOR KUYA GERMS”

eastwind journals – June 12, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share by sending this link – https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/06/12/the-secret-to-inner-peace/ Inside you is darkness and mystery. Out in the world, all is bright and clear because you see yourself reflected in it. The story of a bank executive. Kirk was a young investment analyst in a bank,Continue reading “THE SECRET TO INNER PEACE”

eastwind journals – June 5, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share by sending this link – https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/06/05/the-virtue-of-simplicity/ CASE NO. 1. My cousin tells me this story about his new neighbor who just bought a house. It was a luxurious and elegant bungalow, almost new, hardly used by its former owner, who was always abroad.Continue reading “THE VIRTUE OF SIMPLICITY”

eastwind journals – June 4, 2021 By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share by sending this link – https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/06/04/the-cellist/ (This story was inspired by an anonymous Internet article.) Ivan, a Croatian cellist with long hair and shabby clothes, drags a cumbersome cello to a busy New York City subway station and starts playing. People rush inContinue reading “THE UNDERGROUND CONCERT”