Love - Its Beautiful

How do you define love?

Some say it's mysterious, magical, complex, difficult, imaginary, thought-provoking, inspirational, intuitional, joyous, immeasurable, ecstasy, and undefinable. Perhaps.
"Love is a feeling directed at someone which acknowledges their goodness."
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
"To describe love is very difficult, for the same reason that words cannot fully describe the flavor of an orange. You have to taste the fruit to know its flavor. So with love."
Love itself is a universal experience. Yet, every individual occurrence - while perhaps bound by a common thread - seems absolutely unique. Love is what love is! To everyone it expresses itself differently.
Love is the answer to "all" questions!
It is important to stand in Love, not fall into it.
Love is waking up to find the object of your affection in the dream you were having asleep on your shoulder.
Could it be that Love is a story that can never be fully expressed?
Love is a bond or connection between two people that results in trust, intimacy, and an interdependence that enhances both partners.
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those you care for to be what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you.
When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they won't Love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still Love you, they Love you even more.
Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.
Logic says everything in this world has a cause and an effect. True Love is the only feeling which is its own cause and its own effect. It is something illogical and yet above all logic. I Love her because I Love her, and I Love her so I Love her.
Love is comforting someone in need of Love and having them know that somebody cares.
Love is looking past imperfections in your partner and seeing the beautiful person inside. True love seeks the happiness and well being of your partner. Love expresses itself in the mutual respect you demonstrate to your partner.
Love must be experienced. Its meaning is infinite and can never be totally defined.
The opposite of Love is fear. Think about it.
There is no fear in Love; but perfect love casts out fear.
God is love.
Love is loving someone without expecting anything in return; no judgments, no restrictions; no limitations; no expectations!
True Love is the nature of bliss.
Love is expressed when you are being someone who loves someone for who they are, not who you think they should be.
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
Teach only Love for that is what you are.
Love is a decision.
If you want Love, you must first Love. Love begets Love. You cannot deliver from an empty wagon. You must first learn to Love yourself before you can give Love.
"If you Loved me, you would. . ." Not! Love is not manipulative. It must never be used to get others to do what you want. When you Love someone you never ask them to sacrifice a part of themselves in the name of Love. This form of manipulation contaminates our Love for another.
Can't Buy Me Love!
Love is to like with a great intensity.
True love has a foundation of integrity, respect, faith and trust. Love is the force that brings about unity and harmony.
Although love is at the root of our basic nature, Love for another human being must be cultivated. It takes time for Love to mature.
The road to self-discovery is paved with Love.
Love has no meaning other than the meaning "we" give it.
Perhaps. . . Love just Is. While in its allness and in its nothingness, all we need to do is simply let it Be.
To demonstrate Love. . . say, "I Love you" - outloud - at least once each day to someone you love. There is magic in these three little words. Saying "I love you" is the most beautiful gift you can give to your partner. These words are the most treasured a person can hear.

What is Good Health???

There are many ideas, and opinions, on what constitutes good health, or what a meaningfully healthy lifestyle feels like or looks like. It could be said that health should be a natural condition, or at least a consistent state of well being. But what is this natural condition? There are some people who accept pain and discomfort in the body as a necessary part of living. This pain is considered to be a motivator, something for the body to fight against. They accept this condition because they observe that there are so many people with health complaints and so few people free of problems. It is even taken for granted today that dying of a degenerative disease is acceptable if the person had led a 'good life'.

Is good health some sort of perfection? In homeopathy good health is said to manifest when a person's "vital force" is being expressed by perfect functioning of all parts of the body and by a sense of general well being. This holistic approach to health states that nature, of which we are an important part, has a constant tendency toward what is best for it. This vital force of nature reaches its masterpiece in the human body and the human consciousness.

If we wanted this 'ultimate achievement' of good health our goal would be to reach old age and maturity without aches and pains, to be well-balanced and spared emotional traumas and stress-related illnesses.

It seems apparent to me that for millions of years people lived in some sort of harmony with the natural forces of nature. Good health was some sort of consistent state of being. Otherwise, how would we be here? If we were always in poor health for millions of years I cannot see how we would have survived. A long time ago the dinosaurs disappeared suddenly. Today species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at an accelerating rate. Throughout history at least some of us must have maintained an instinctive natural knowledge about how to live healthily enough to allow our species to continue. How we are doing today is a mute question. Are we going to continue to survive or is our current acceptance of sub-marginal health a sign of something?

Perhaps it is time to take a look at what this instinctive natural knowledge of good health might look like in our modern culture. I feel that it is not that much different than it has been for millions of years. This 'knowledge' probably includes simple things like sunshine, pure water, sleeping when the sun sets, relying on wholesome foods from nature, having daily alone time in the outdoors and living physically active lives in communities of loving supportive people.

Facts About Smoking

Most smokers sincerely want to quit. They know cigarettes threaten their health, set a bad example for their children, annoy their acquaintances and cost an inordinate amount of money.

Nobody can force a smoker to quit. It's something each person has to decide for himself/herself, and will require a personal commitment by the smoker. What kind of smoker are you? What do you get out of smoking? What does it do for you? It is important to identify what you use smoking for and what kind of satisfaction you feel that you are getting from smoking.

Many smokers use the cigarette as a kind of crutch in moments of stress or discomfort, and on occasion it may work; the cigarette is sometimes used as a tranquilizer. But the heavy smoker, the person who tries to handle severe personal problems by smoking heavily all day long, is apt to discover that cigarettes do not help him/her deal with his/her problems effectively.

When it comes to quitting, this kind of smoker may find it easy to stop when everything is going well, but may be tempted to start again in a time of crisis. Physical exertion, eating, drinking, or social activity in moderation may serve as useful substitutes for cigarettes, even in times of tension. The choice of a substitute depends on what will achieve the same effects without having any appreciable risk.

Once a smoker understands his/her own smoking behavior, he will be able to cope more successfully and select the best quitting approaches for himself/herself and the type of life-style he leads.

Because smoking is a form of addiction, 80 percent of smoker who quit usually experience some withdrawal symptoms.These may include headache, light-headedness, nausea, diarrhea, and chest pains. Psychological symptoms, such as anxiety, short-term depression, and inability to concentrate, may also appear. The main psychological symptom is increased irritability. People become so irritable, in fact, that they say they feel "like killing somebody." Yet there is no evidence that quitting smoking leads to physical violence.

Some people seem to lose all their energy and drive, wanting only to sleep. Others react in exactly the opposite way, becoming so over energized they can't find enough activity to burn off their excess energy.The symptoms may be intense for two or three days, but within 10 to 14 days after quitting, most subside. The truth is that after people quit smoking, they have more energy, they generally will need less sleep, and feel better about themselves.

Quitting smoking not only extends the ex-smoker's life, but adds new happiness and meaning to one's current life. Most smokers state that immediately after they quit smoking, they start noticing dramatic differences in their overall health and vitality.

Quitting is beneficial at any age, no matter how long a person has been smoking. The mortality ratio of ex-smoker decreases after quitting. If the patient quits before a serious disease has developed, his/her body may eventually be able to restore itself almost completely.

Bhopal-The City of Lakes

Bhopal is a city in central India. It is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Bhopal District and Bhopal Division. Bhopal is the second largest city in Madhya Pradesh after Indore. Bhopal is known as the City of Lakes as its landscape is dotted with a number of man-made as well as natural lakes..

The two lakes of Bhopal still dominate the city, and are indeed its nucleus. Bordered along their shores stand silent sentinels that testify to the growth of the city. Bhopal today presents a multi-faceted profile; the old city with its marketplaces and fine old mosques and palaces still bears the aristocratic imprint of its former rulers, among them the succession of powerful Begums who ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926. Equally impressive is the new city with its verdant, exquisitely laid out parks and gardens, broad avenues and streamlined modern edifices. It is greener and cleaner than most cities in the country.

Several dynasties have left their mark on the city. The antediluvian remains of the forts built by the Rajputs, Afghans and the Moguls silently speak of the battles, victories and failures of the past era. These icons are testimony to the grandeur of past and provide a marvelous treat to the eyes. Even by seeing the remains of the city one can have the glimpse of different cultures which existed in the past .It carries the abstruseness, the discord, the charm and the dynamism of a city where the past coexists in harmony with the present.

Many kings have ruled here and enriched the character of the city. Visiting the city is an immensely fascinating and rewarding experience . Today Bhopal has blossomed into a city which in spite of being modern upholds the patrician mark of its bygone rulers. The city provides a fascinating blend of scenic beauty with its lakes, parks, temples, mosques, gardens , museums, statues and buildings.

Few state capitals in India have a history as eventful as Bhopal. The city of Bhopal has witnessed many changes since it was found by the Afghan soldier Dost Mohammed in the year 1708. The city has been through many phases, gentle as well as turbulent, prosperous as well as disastrous. Bhopal has been a city in which one finds traces of cultures as different as those of Buddhists, Hindus, Moguals and Afghans, all of which have been blended to perfection, providing Bhopal a distinct identity.

The climate is moderate in Bhopal. The summers are hot and winters cold. But it does not face extreme weather conditions.It rains moderately during rainy season.The weather is pleasant through out the year

Bhopal has been a city in which one finds traces of cultures as different as those of Buddhists, Hindus, Moguals and Afghans, all of which have been blended to perfection, providing Bhopal a distinct identity.

Despite its exciting marketplaces, grand old mosques, and lovely palaces, the capital of Madhya Pradesh is perhaps best known as site of the world's worst urban industrial disaster . But most foreign visitors find themselves in Bhopal in order to visit nearby Sanchi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the most impressive Buddhist monuments in Asia. Architecturally unique and far from the beaten tourist track, the monuments and surrounding ruins are tranquil, free of hawkers and touts, and a worthwhile diversion from the more frequented destinations of Varanasi, Agra, Khajuraho, and Delhi.

If Bhopal's few monuments, its market, and the glorious Buddhist monuments at Sanchi leave you with time on your hands, head for the caves of Bhimbetka, where red-and-black prehistoric drawings recall the antics of ancient dancers and hunters, sticklike in the company of tigers and charging bulls.

The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

On the night of December 2, 1984, a tank at the Union Carbide pesticide manufacturing plant near Bhopal ruptured, leaking highly poisonous methyl isocyanate gas into the atmosphere. By the time it had dissipated, 1,600 people were dead -- but final estimates are as high as 20,000. A claim of $6 billion in compensation was initially demanded by the government, but it settled out of court for $470 million. Adding insult to injury, the money, paid to the government, took 7 years and many more deaths before even a fraction of it reached the victims. Almost 2 decades later, survivors continue to protest the haphazard and inadequate manner in which the families of the victims were compensated. Evidence suggests that the continuing effects of the gas disaster may have affected as many as 300,000 people afflicted with various cancers and birth defects. Effigies of the Union Carbide bosses are regularly burned at memorial protests, and many victims continue to go without aid or recourse from the law. Meanwhile, Union Carbide, having abandoned the factory, has started up elsewhere as Eveready Industries India Ltd.

Selfishness

Have you ever tested your blood? If not try now ! You can see RBC and WBC but there is something called SBC!!! can't find in your report? Its Selfish Blood Corpusels...

Yeah it is more than a cancer more than Aids.... We are selfish at some point of time ! Cos our post, our talent , our admiration by others itself creates this undead cells streaming in to our blood.

Selfishness is an art ! At this stage no one worries about anybody nor think of others they are worried about themselves there money, bankbalance, children etc etc ... no one is wrorried about his colleagues friends nor the person who served him a lot when he or she is in difficulty.... You might get everything in life but if you paint yourself in the form of selfishness you tend to lose even good people around you...

Features of Selfishness:
Argument
Lies for small things
Comparison
Anger
Tend to Act smart
Pointing out Mistakes on somebody for nothing ( I mean Kiddish)

The most thing of Selfishness is that the thing we don't get in time if our colleagues or someone get !we stop prasing them rather than we avoid them... and its a dooms day for them.For instance if we don't have electricity in our house! we come out and see if other house has and we think saying "Each house has UPS, he earning like anything" In that moment we don't think we have to call electricity board and find what the problem is...

In life if you can't reach the foot of God! Try to reach his toe atleast!!

Vengsarkar Plotted Dravid's Fall

Rahul Dravid, one of the better batsman in the world of cricket, is dropped from the Indian team to play Pakistan. Reason: Rahul is supposedly a one-dimensional player and adds no value to a one-day team. This is Mr. Vengsarkar for you. Imagine, a one dimensional player scores more than 18,000 runs in International cricket. 10,000 of those in one-day cricket. Lets reason out why Mr. Vengsarkar must be feeling that Rahul is unfit for One-day cricket.
1) Rahul scores his runs at an unhealthy average of 40+. Not many in the current Indian team can boast of such a rate in spite of being stuck to one position while batting. Mr. Dravid, foolishly plays to the teams need and bats wherever he is asked to even when he was the captain.
2) Rahul is physically not as fit as is required in today's cricket. Holds the record of highest number of catches by an Indian. Though, not as nimble as he used to be, Dravid still has very strong pair of legs and a very safe pair of hands.
3) Rahul has played all the cricket the Indian team has played in the last 10 years missing just one 1-day international itself speaks a lot about his commitment. On top of these, another gentleman, a south paw, who feigned injury on the morning of a test match looking at a green top wicket, continues to be picked up on performance.
4) Rahul, who was the Captain a season ago, quit on his own forsaking all the power and attention one gets being the leader and top of it the advantage if being picked up for playing.
5) Who gets picked up in the side? A multi-dimensional failure in spite of all the chances comes back in the team on the basis of his previous record. Mr. Vengsarkar conveniently forgets that Rahul has the best record against Pakistan.
6) While the debate is on, statistics is restricted to the last 10 games conveniently. If you consider the last two series and the 11 matches played, Rahul has scored two fifties, was the man of the match as well. In the England series, Rahul averaged a healthy 37 with a strike rate of 97 runs every 100 balls. So much for a one-dimensional player.

This is nothing but a farce of a selection. May glory be yours, Mr. Vengsarkar? He has never been a professional as a cricketer, can never be one as an administrator. Doesn't all this fall from Rahul's resignation episode which did not involve Mr. Vengsarkar?

Life and its Realities

When I look back,after a couple of years,
I have completed many of my responsibilities..
Many more of them are becoming a reality.
But when I ask myself, whether they were my dreams
the answer is that, no, it wasn't my dreams.
I had lot of dreams, both professional and personal.
None has come true.
I am enjoying the life around me.
But still, something is missing.
I don't know how to make them come true.
Responsibilities, I know how to tackle them.
But my dreams, it really haunts me.
Otherwise my life is happy.
Achieved many things,more than what I dreamt of, in many cases.
but not my true dreams, which has been holding me back for quite some time.

My Thoughts

Life in deserts is sandy,
Life in caves is lonely,
Life in ocean is salty,
Life in stars is resplendent,
Life in car is modern,
Life in mountains is exhilarating,
Life in Sun is brilliant,
Life in forests is mystical,
Life in shadows is enigmatic,
Life in battlefield is belligerent,
Life in pearls is exotic,
Life in office is monotonous,
Life in sky is breezy,
Life in submarine is voluptuous,
Life in trees is mischievous.

Time To Leave

A couple of evenings ago,I was thinking how we’d react if we were told we had just a few months to live. I would try and do everything I liked in that time, and surround myself with my family. I thought that I’d be inclined to save people I cared for the pain of watching me die—whatever that took. Ironically and unexpectedly, shortly after this thought, I searched on the internet and watched François Ozon’s remarkable film Time to Leave.
The film begins with its protagonist, Romain, discovering that he is terminally ill with cancer, and deciding not to bother with treatment. He does not tell his friends or family of his condition. He is rude to his sister, and drives her to tears. He tells his lover, Sasha, that he does not love him, and drives him to move out of their house. This is a transparent lie, but though we see it, Sasha doesn’t. He confides to his grandmother—marvellously played by Jeanne Moreau—because she is like him, and “will die soon.” But even in this winding up, complications ensue.
Melvil Poupaud plays Romain, and is magnificent – understated, yet effortlessly expressive. But it is Ozon’s storytelling that makes this film memorable. It is spare, focussing only on the essential, and revealing its essence. There is not a frame out of place in this heartbreaking film that ends, like Romain, too soon and in great beauty.

The 20-20 Cricket Era Begins

Monday has long passed, and the immediate elation around India’s victory in the Twenty20 World Cup has abated. Yet, I still feel excited, and certain of the historical significance of this win. In 1975, when the first One Day International (ODI) World Cup took place, it seemed like a tamasha to everyone, a passing fancy. Today, it is a huge deal, and West Indies are inscribed as its first winners. I’m certain that the Twenty20 World Cup will be as important one day, and India will be remembered as its first champions. That’s quite something.
My excitement is not just about India winning. I am as charged up about Twenty20 cricket, though it is a format I was initially suspicious of, being a purist in love with the elongated dramas of Test and one day cricket.
I believed that it was a sloggers’ game, and that bowlers were doomed. That is clearly not true. Bowlers played a key role in every victory in this World Cup, and players like RP Singh, Daniel Vettori, Stuart Clark, Umar Gul and Irfan Pathan (in the final) showed that traditional bowling skills—as opposed to just pitching it full and hoping it doesn’t go for six—are central to this game. And slogging alone isn’t enough to do well—in fact, it’s an invitation to disaster, for canny bowlers will always lure sloggers out, and wickets hurt every team.
In the simplistic view of the cynics—and I was one myself—the three-hour version of cricket has no space for subtleties or nuance. I now disagree. Most other sports are played in shorter spans of time, and a 90-minute game of soccer and a three-set game of tennis have plenty of subtlety and nuance. Cricket has enough drama in its DNA to be enthralling in any span of time, and we got a demonstration of it during this World Cup.
Twenty20 cricket will evolve just as one-day cricket did. In the 1970s and 1980s, cricketers took a similar approach to an ODI as they did to a Test match.It took time for players to figure out the game, for captains to develop strategies suited to 50 overs of play, for cricketers to work on skills tailored to this new form. Many of those—the quick singles, the sharp fielding, pacing a chase—transformed Test cricket as well.
Similarly, Twenty20 cricket has a grammar and rhythm of its own, with an increased urgency around each delivery, and players will soon adapt to it, and export those qualities to other forms of the game. There will be more 400-plus scores in one-day cricket, and an individual double-century is surely not far away. The mental framework of our international cricketers has been changed by Twenty20 cricket, and it will impact ODIs and Tests as well.
Contrary to what many expect, though, I don’t see Twenty20 cricket becoming the commercial heart of the international game anytime soon. This is simply because there are more commercial breaks in a one-day match. As long as ODIs have a following, cricket boards will schedule more of those, though that might change if ODIs go the way of Test matches in terms of viewership.
Twenty20 games can have a powerful impact on domestic cricket, though. At the moment domestic cricket, particularly in the subcontinent, has a negligible following. Most of us don’t have the time to watch domestic games, especially as the international calendar is so crowded. Twenty20 cricket makes fewer demands on our time, and domestic Twenty20 tournaments, if well organized and promoted, should draw healthy audiences. That will also expose newer stars to the cricket-watching public.
Speaking of new stars, a big reason why this World Cup was so important for us was that it gave us a snapshot of the future. The decision by the Dravid-Tendulkar-Ganguly trio to withdraw from the tournament was a magnificent one for Indian cricket, as it gave us a chance to see what a young Indian team, without the baggage of the past, would look like. MS Dhoni’s team looked united, confident, devoid of politics and happy together.
That does not mean that we should discard the older players, for we need them in the season ahead, and should persist with them as long as they merit their place. But it does invalidate the argument that we should stick with our legends because the newcomers aren’t good enough. This tournament showed that we have eager, hungry young players waiting their turn, and any seniors who underperform should be shown the door—respectfully, but without regret.
I’m suspicious of false euphoria, and wary that I might fall prey to it myself. But I can’t help thinking that exciting times lie ahead for both India and the game of cricket.
What do you think?

BEAUTY IS A FEELING

Beauty… How do you define it? Can one really define it ? It’s a Difficult job notwithstanding the fact that we keep on experiencing it in this meandering life of ours.

For one, beauty is something which overwhelms our senses and prevails upon us to believe that life is not all that bad.

Every aspect of life is beautiful, yet it depends upon the eyes of the beholder. Thus very true is the saying that ‘Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder’

Beauty, though predominantly experienced through our eyes, is not limited to sight only. Beauty can also reach us through our ears, the olfactory or our taste buds.

Good music is beautiful. It takes our mind to a different world. Sometimes the music is so very much pervasive that our hearts begin to dance in its rhythmn. The music tends to take us to some new world then. We all surely have had such experiences.

There is beauty in good fragrances. No wonder man has always been after perfumes, scents and the like. Fragrances conjure up images in our minds , or tend to affect the way we look or perceive things. Good fragrances produce peace in our minds- isn’t that beautiful.

Good food is definitely beautiful. Everyone is a different person after a good meal. The very thought of a good meal produces zest in our otherwise boring routine life.

Apart from above, there is beauty in human creation and human nature. Human creation. because it has added so much to this world with promise of doing much more. Human nature because it’s filled with inquisition , optimism and compassion.

There’s beauty in humour. There’s beauty in sorrow. There’s beauty in our triumphs because they make us feel second to none. There’s a beauty in our problems as well - because they give us an opportunity to explore ourselves and the world around us.

Beauty envelops us in an unceasing abundance. Every facet of life is filled with beauty.

Beauty is a feeling- create it, spread and above all just try experiencing it.

Happiness

True happiness could be acquired by surrendering material desires, self-deceit, fear, prejudice, anger, doubt and disbelief.Happiness can not be born out of pleasures of material life......like more cars, alcohol, noisiest celebrations, late-night parties, louder ostentatious weddings, and above all, "No caring and sharing".Happiness comes from absolute peace, joy, contentment, and from absence of inner conflicts.Happiness is definitely connected to Divine aspects, like Prayers, Meditation, and "GIVING WITHOUT EXPECTING ANY BENEFIT IN RETURN".Think Good and Do good.

Blood Diamond-A True Saga

A movie on quest for diamonds and the craze connected with it. It is a good movie with good thrills, fast paced , beautiful photography and good acting by Djimon Hounsou. This guy has really acted well and outshone lover boy Leonardo dicaprio, who has also put in good performance.
The movie is set in sierra leone civil war in 1999 where a white mercenary Dicaprio finds out that Solomon Vandy (played by Djimon) got a diamond of immense worth working in the mine fields under control of the rebel soldiers. The movie is about Dicaprio's effort to get the diamond from the place where it is hidden and using all he can to get to his goal.
Solomon Vandy is seperated from his family when he was abducted by the Revolutionary united front(RUF) and his only goal is to unite his family back. The movie also deals with child soldiers and the cruelty of the RUF and the government who are only interested in controlling the mine fields. His son in the meantime has been captured by RUF and brain washed in to being a soldier for the revolution.
It is a fast paced thriller though does briefly does touch causes like child soldiers and exploitation of Africa by the white man to satisy the american girls dreams of having a diamond on their finger. It makes you think for a second -if it is worth all the blood spilled to have a diamond on your finger where 50% of marriages any way end in divorce. The human life has no value in such a war filled atmosphere which Dicaprio states in a scene that God must have left africa long ago.
Good movie worth watching on your home video

John Grisham's "TheTestament" - Defining the Missionary Within

I just finished reading "The Testament" by John Grisham.You can find literature in the unlikeliest of places and I have come to believe is not only a work of literature that is if you use my definition of the words which is to describe all work that edifies as literature. Nobility is found in this book of Grisham in the person of the principal character of the story Rachel Lane and her acceptance and trust in Nate O’Riley, a chronic alcoholic who has been through rehabilitation at least four times and is forever living on the edge of a cliff.
In the book, Rachel Lane is a missionary living among remote Indian tribes in Brazil’s and also an illegitimate daughter of a philandering billionaire who has willed her most of hi fortune. But Rachel living in primitive conditions in the Brazilian Rain Forest has no interest in the money and is totally to the initiatives of Nate O’Riley the lawyer, who needs her signature to have the Will executed.
Surrounded as Nate and his law firm is by the other legitimate half siblings of Rachel who live in a world where money and the good things of life is everything, Rachel’s life style and disdain for the billions that she has inherited come through as surreal to the lawyer who has made his own money buy suing doctors for unethical malpractice and by making numerous trade offs in his personal ethics on that route. In a man like him, who himself was hard put to find any thing good in his own life, Rachel was the first person in decades to see some thing good in him, and then going on to walk her talk, she put her trust in him and his intents that he would not betray her trust.
To me the story in John Grisham’s The Testamant is not about Rachel and Nate and chasing wills or even the beautifully described topography of the Pantanal region of the Brazilian Rain Forest, it is about the conclusions drawn and the statements made about never losing hope in the hidden goodness of man and because of that goodness, there is the ability to trust, to take risks as you trust. Finally of course, without getting unduly preachy Near the book’s end, Rachel Lane the missionary dies of malaria and is buried by the Indians among whom she lived and died and who the worldly wise lawyer Nate O’Riley describes as the bravest person he had ever met because she had absolutely no fear of death because she walked daily with the one who had conquered it in the resurrection.
There is no romance in this book, no sleaze, no sex. But reverberating through when the book finally ends is the fragrant underlining of the fact that good lies in every life however darkened by smoke and soot it might have become. That if you go searching for it, sooner or rather often later, you find it and the beauty in each human soul can be chiseled out if only one would make the effort and have the persistence to go on and on. And that effort is the one that converts a man into a missionary.

She Walks in Beauty Like the Night

She walks in beauty,like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meets in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more,one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress
Or softly lightens o'er her face,
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure,how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek and over that brow
So soft,so calm,yet eloquent,
The smiles that win,the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent.

Joy

And joy is everywhere;
It is in the earth's green covering of grass;
In the blue serenity of of the sky;
In the reckless exuberance of spring;
In the severe abstinence of gray winter;
In the living flesh that animates our bodily frame;
In the perfect poise of the human
figure,noble and upright;
In living;
In the exercise of all our powers;
In the acquisition of knowledge;
In fighting evils...
Joy is there everywhere.

Life is

Life is an opportunity,benefit from it.
Life is beauty,admire it.
Life is a dream,realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will;
When the road you are trudging seems all uphill;
When the funds are low,and the debts are high
And you want to smile,but have no sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must,but do not quit.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit-
It's when things go wrong that you must not quit.

It's the Journey that's Important

Life, sometimes so wearying
Is worth its weight in gold
The experience of travelling
Lends a wisdom that is old
Beyond our 'living memory'
A softly spoken prayer:
"Its the journey that's important,
Not the getting there!"

Ins and outs and ups and downs
Life's road meanders aimlessly?
Or so it seems,but somehow
Leads us where we need to be,
And being simply human
we often question and compare....
"Is the journey so important
Or the getting there?"

And thus it's always been
That question pondered down the ages
By simple men with simple ways
To wise and ancient sages....
How sweet then,quietly knowing
Reaching destination fair:
"It's the journey that's important,
Not the getting there!"

Peace begins with me

Peace begins with me
Starting over and breaking free.

Peace begins with me
Opening my eyes and beginning to see.

Peace begins with me
Curious about what I am going to be.

Peace begins with me
Knowing no longer I have to flee.

Peace begins with me
Having self dignity.

Peace begins with me
Taking on more responsibility.

Peace begins with me
Because peace is being happy.

And this is why peace begins with me!