Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
What would happen to this crappy day?
If I smile instead of frown
If I say a kind word instead of shout
If I lead by example instead of criticize.
How would I enrich my life,
If I focus on the good instead of the bad
If I do what I can instead of brag
If I listen and learn instead of look to faults.
Why is someone else's opinion so important?
Why should I care if today dawned black or blue?
Is my own life not enough for me to live?
What would happen to this crappy day if I try?
If I say a kind word instead of shout
If I lead by example instead of criticize.
How would I enrich my life,
If I focus on the good instead of the bad
If I do what I can instead of brag
If I listen and learn instead of look to faults.
Why is someone else's opinion so important?
Why should I care if today dawned black or blue?
Is my own life not enough for me to live?
What would happen to this crappy day if I try?
Saturday, February 4, 2012
The Seed
I dont know just how the patch is doing any more. I no longer go there. That is what happens when something beautiful is ruined. It looses the newness, the freshness, the initial appeal of its not being spoilt. Keats comes to mind:-
Ever let the fancy roam
Pleasure never is at home:
At a touch sweet Pleasure melteth,
Like to bubbles when rain peltech;
Then let winged Fancy wander
..........
O sweet Fancy! let her loose;
Every thing is spolt by use;
Where's the cheek that doth not fade,
Too much gaz'd at? Where's the maid
Whose lip mature is ever new?
.....
Where's the voice, however soft,
One would hear so very oft?
At a touch, sweet pleasure melteth
Like to bubbles when rain pelteth
Let, then, winged Fancy find
Thee a mistress to thy mind;
Dulcet-eyed as Ceres' daughter,
Ere the God of Torment taught her
How to frown and how to chide;
........
Let the winged Fancy roam,
Pleasure never is at home.
Ever let the fancy roam
Pleasure never is at home:
At a touch sweet Pleasure melteth,
Like to bubbles when rain peltech;
Then let winged Fancy wander
..........
O sweet Fancy! let her loose;
Every thing is spolt by use;
Where's the cheek that doth not fade,
Too much gaz'd at? Where's the maid
Whose lip mature is ever new?
.....
Where's the voice, however soft,
One would hear so very oft?
At a touch, sweet pleasure melteth
Like to bubbles when rain pelteth
Let, then, winged Fancy find
Thee a mistress to thy mind;
Dulcet-eyed as Ceres' daughter,
Ere the God of Torment taught her
How to frown and how to chide;
........
Let the winged Fancy roam,
Pleasure never is at home.
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Man I Would Like To Dance O Sole Mio With
..... is Charles. Have a dream date in some capital of the world someplace beautiful and decadently romantic and just dance, and dance, and dance. Who knows maybe, just maybe, this will actually happen. Life is too brief, too precious and too beautiful to waste.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Kijani is 3 months old!
Yes, yes and a real cause for celebration. Quote from the mother, "....and he has had his first interaction with a friend! I went to lunch with a friend who has a baby who is 6 weeks older than him & he is such a social butterfly, he laughed , he giggled ,he reached out and talked non-stop. I'm so proud of my son!"
Thats the beauty of having children with men who know how to take care of their families. The mothers go out to lunch, with the children. Now, in this our fourthworld, the mother would really have a field day if she is taken out to lunch. Best she may get is a packet of french fries and a coke, during dating time and that is that!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Did not get it either the first time
Look at it this way. A life of poverty is a nightmare. (I know because I am in one right now!) The beautiful thing about nightmares is that, they come to an end. Yes, they do, you know that, everyone knows that so this is a fact. Now, when you are caught in a nightmare, you fight to regain control of your body and your life, so that you snap out of that nightmare. That is exactly the same principle with fighting poverty. You cannot do it in one go but you can do it a little at a time, and you DO see and experience progress, until you just snap out of it.
Napoleon Hill wrote about this example in the book "Think and Grow Rich". People of this, my beautiful fourth world, one does not need to accept or adapt everything that mister Hill writes about, but one cannot help but realise that a lot of what he says made sense back in 1937, the same way it still does today.
I feel different. I see the difference. Now, I no longer accept poverty as my given lot in life, not by a long short. In fact, I have written down a shopping list of all the material comforts I intend to have very soon, the amount of money that I feel would make me feel financially secure and presto, the plan is there and already, things have started happening. Dont get me wrong here, its not easy and it just does not happen on its own. Like me, you must work at your weaknesses and my beliefs, priorities, what you do, why you do it and how it obstructs progress while seeming to be doing the opposite. The environment should not enslave you, instead of desolation, see and experience hope. When you feel tired, escape to beautiful memories in your mind of how lovely life is, when you have what is necessary to make it enjoyable and comfortable. Share your experiences because there are countless other men and women, who, for some unfortunate circumstance, found themselves on the wrong side of the road and have nought to show for their lives. There is nothing wrong with desiring decent livelihoods for yourself and your loved ones. There is nothing wrong with having a very healthy bank balance because that gives you options, the option to live well and comfortably, the option to assist other people, the option to enjoy life and the option to teach other people to get there. We will overcome. Its not just a matter of time now, its a certainty! To everyone in the fourthworld who believes!
Napoleon Hill wrote about this example in the book "Think and Grow Rich". People of this, my beautiful fourth world, one does not need to accept or adapt everything that mister Hill writes about, but one cannot help but realise that a lot of what he says made sense back in 1937, the same way it still does today.
I feel different. I see the difference. Now, I no longer accept poverty as my given lot in life, not by a long short. In fact, I have written down a shopping list of all the material comforts I intend to have very soon, the amount of money that I feel would make me feel financially secure and presto, the plan is there and already, things have started happening. Dont get me wrong here, its not easy and it just does not happen on its own. Like me, you must work at your weaknesses and my beliefs, priorities, what you do, why you do it and how it obstructs progress while seeming to be doing the opposite. The environment should not enslave you, instead of desolation, see and experience hope. When you feel tired, escape to beautiful memories in your mind of how lovely life is, when you have what is necessary to make it enjoyable and comfortable. Share your experiences because there are countless other men and women, who, for some unfortunate circumstance, found themselves on the wrong side of the road and have nought to show for their lives. There is nothing wrong with desiring decent livelihoods for yourself and your loved ones. There is nothing wrong with having a very healthy bank balance because that gives you options, the option to live well and comfortably, the option to assist other people, the option to enjoy life and the option to teach other people to get there. We will overcome. Its not just a matter of time now, its a certainty! To everyone in the fourthworld who believes!
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