tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291001282024-03-14T04:55:53.854+11:00"SEEKING UTOPIA!"<p><br>
<b>"Our world is a conflicted, stress-filled place. On 'Seeking Utopia' you'll find images and words of beauty that will surely make you think, lift your spirits, give you hope, or even bring a smile." </b>
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</p></p>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-1428645388418957392013-08-20T11:01:00.000+10:002013-08-20T19:20:07.634+10:00Big Wave Riding Is Not For Me. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To ride such a wave is very brave,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Its power is immense, you must be tense</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And prepared to die, however, your elation must be really high.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The wave blocks out the sky, you shake your head, ask yourself why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Up and down your board you run, the water overhead weighs tonnes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Will this be it? Is my exciting life over, will my body be found in bits...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Such an endeavor is not for me. I have too much respect for and fear of the sea!</span></div>
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-36979606742350513472013-08-16T11:58:00.000+10:002013-08-19T17:40:34.503+10:00Sail Away To Happiness!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sailing is a magical, wonderful thing,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The boat comes alive when heeling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Best is there's no noise to drive you mad,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though being seasick is really bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I lived on a yacht for many years,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I sold it, there were many tears!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I recall that adventure during what was my prime,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It seems like days ago, yet it's a distant time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The wind in my face and the spray flying free! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some don't want to show their faces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For a few it seems to be quite a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If only things could be evened out,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our world would be happier, no doubt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This baby laughs, this baby cries</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To survive this world, it must be wise</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May those who love it, be truly blessed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And give it joy, a happy home, is best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For what it eventually grows up to be,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is a mirror of its parents, don't you see?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>In a world that often seems to have no hope,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>We too often feel with life we cannot cope. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Don't fume and shout but smile and whistle,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Look high and low, touch a struggling thistle.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>For our conflicted world is an amazing place</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>But too often we miss its beauty and grace!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">About issues like race, revenge, warring and believing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Working together will achieve what endless war never will,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A world based on equality and love rather than the urge to kill.</span> </span></div>
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Surround yourself with happy people, ones who laugh at life,</div>
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They will help you limit the blues, the ones that bring you strife.</div>
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Make time each day to have a laugh, perhaps watch a comedy.</div>
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It's very therapeutic for your soul, if you do it, you'll surely see!</div>
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In Luxembourg things are no different, snow can be revealing.</div>
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Soundlessly it falls, each flake turning geometry on its head.</div>
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The best place to be is snuggling under covers, deep in bed.<br />
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This hummingbird drinking from a flower: is it not perfection?<br />
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Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-77045523836789713102011-04-12T10:32:00.004+10:002011-04-12T10:56:37.251+10:00Alone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cBEP980xQyw/TaOf4YxZ0MI/AAAAAAAABl0/M7MVr4rMpHI/s1600/Alone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cBEP980xQyw/TaOf4YxZ0MI/AAAAAAAABl0/M7MVr4rMpHI/s400/Alone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594490953195442370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Some say that each human is always alone,<br /><br />Some say we have sins which must be atoned,<br /><br />Some say there are Kings who should be dethroned.<br /><br />The sayers are many: it's as if they've been cloned!<br /></div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-89250124987590744132010-11-15T09:39:00.001+11:002010-11-15T09:42:49.959+11:00Happiness.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/TOBletZ1yoI/AAAAAAAABlk/qArRVuwOH9s/s1600/happiness-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/TOBletZ1yoI/AAAAAAAABlk/qArRVuwOH9s/s400/happiness-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539539119924169346" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Happiness is often elusive, fleeting. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Like life.</span><br /></div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-72962411686461025912010-09-25T13:32:00.002+10:002010-09-25T13:46:07.106+10:00Ganges: River Of Life And Death<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/TJ1vG74wY0I/AAAAAAAABlU/t67-DadocgE/s1600/ganges-river.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/TJ1vG74wY0I/AAAAAAAABlU/t67-DadocgE/s400/ganges-river.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520690883171738434" border="0" /></a><br />I have been to the Ganges several times. I have watched the burning of the bodies while, close by, the bathers bathe and cattle wander.<br /><br />India is a place of colour, of vibrancy and laughter, of poverty and struggle, of contradictions. It is a must place to visit!Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-24212027702784421422010-06-02T09:58:00.004+10:002013-08-12T16:14:25.044+10:00A Cascade<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/TAWfpYwiNjI/AAAAAAAABlE/tw3Ku_U-3is/s1600/cascades.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477960055135548978" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/TAWfpYwiNjI/AAAAAAAABlE/tw3Ku_U-3is/s400/cascades.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Life is a cascade, one in which we're made</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To be a part of a soft gurgling flow at the start.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then it gets faster, we are no longer the master.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We hold our breath; suddenly we become aware of death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then the flow ceases. In a tranquil pool, finally there's peace. </span></div>
Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-54846218254448568012010-04-25T17:07:00.004+10:002013-08-10T11:48:19.714+10:00Coral<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S9PrmRS5weI/AAAAAAAABk8/oMe3-SirJsg/s1600/coral.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463969815640785378" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S9PrmRS5weI/AAAAAAAABk8/oMe3-SirJsg/s400/coral.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><i>Under the sea are creatures landlubbers can't see,</i><br />
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<i>Fabulous things to amaze the likes of you and me.</i><br />
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<i>All you need are flippers, snorkel and a well fitting mask</i><br />
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<i>And near weightless, you glide like a fish having a bask!</i></div>
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I have done a lot of snorkeling over coral reefs. It's the most amazing experience, one that everyone should try at least once in their life.<br />
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Once you do it, you'll be hooked!Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-10790049221307726282010-04-14T11:59:00.004+10:002013-08-12T15:58:37.442+10:00Quiet<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S8Uh14u36II/AAAAAAAABks/dJGpUmSHeK0/s1600/quiet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459807332902365314" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S8Uh14u36II/AAAAAAAABks/dJGpUmSHeK0/s400/quiet.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our life is filled with constant noise,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's hard to handle with lots of poise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sometimes I just want quiet peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I find it, I'll sign a lease!</span></div>
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As I get older, I welcome quiet more and more. The endless clamor of this world is debilitating and mobile phones have made it worse, much worse.Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-79688666178867528862010-04-08T17:34:00.004+10:002013-08-10T11:52:00.982+10:00Loneliness<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S72HUlE668I/AAAAAAAABkk/0EQGgi9RtvE/s1600/loneliness.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457667111062793154" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S72HUlE668I/AAAAAAAABkk/0EQGgi9RtvE/s400/loneliness.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<i>Somethings are able to be</i><br />
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<i>Lonely, just like this tree.</i><br />
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<i>If you're anything like me,</i><br />
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<i>Being lonely is too scary.</i></div>
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Humans, in the main, don't like being lonely. We are social animals who do best when we are surrounded by loving family and friends.<br />
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If you see a lonely person, why not say, "Hello." It doesn't cost a lot and a small chat might just make their day. Buying them a cup of coffee might be a priceless gift.Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-19181063113281037432010-04-03T16:48:00.006+11:002010-04-04T09:18:42.054+10:00Rain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S7fMtUlhQHI/AAAAAAAABkc/CdBo7i8ULBM/s1600/rainbrownstones.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S7fMtUlhQHI/AAAAAAAABkc/CdBo7i8ULBM/s400/rainbrownstones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456054552574902386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><br />Do you love to watch the rain?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Soft or heavy, it creates no pain.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>The noise it makes is so sublime,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>I seem to lose all sense of time.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I especially love to hear the rain on my corrugated iron roof. The soft drumming fills my body with peace and, as a bonus, the water tanks with water. Without rain, we humans would not exist yet, too often, we curse it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We humans are ungrateful creatures sometimes!</div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-85092095502729112212010-03-29T09:59:00.007+11:002010-03-29T10:46:07.971+11:00Love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6_fm_PEPNI/AAAAAAAABkE/Xpx0P9YjZ4g/s1600/Lovegoes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6_fm_PEPNI/AAAAAAAABkE/Xpx0P9YjZ4g/s400/Lovegoes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453823534671609042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">These words are the most spoken across the whole world,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But how long is it before, "I Hate You," at a lover is hurled?</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />Love is what most people yearn for yet, for many, it seems to be hard to find. Perhaps we expect too much. Perhaps we have been fed unrealistic and unachievable dreams by silly Hollywood movies and romance novels.<br /><br />Hopefully the waves of life will not wash away your love.<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-55598030860654464152010-03-26T16:54:00.004+11:002010-03-26T17:09:35.358+11:00Hugging<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6xMLSeho8I/AAAAAAAABj0/-vmZaLG5yU0/s1600/hugging.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 369px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6xMLSeho8I/AAAAAAAABj0/-vmZaLG5yU0/s400/hugging.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452817005660971970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A hug only costs a jot,</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">But it surely means a lot!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />All humans need love and one way to express love is in a hug. Why don't you make it a daily routine to hug everyone you love when you come into contact with them or when they come home?<br /><br />They might return the favour with interest!<br /></div></div></div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-15731218582218736282010-03-26T10:32:00.003+11:002010-03-26T10:47:56.448+11:00Smiling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6vy2wg-EsI/AAAAAAAABjs/sisDfqjY9Vw/s1600/smiling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6vy2wg-EsI/AAAAAAAABjs/sisDfqjY9Vw/s400/smiling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452718796412162754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Even cats know how to smile,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You should try it for a while.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's really not that hard to do.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who'll be the winner? You!</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br />Make sure you make time to smile and laugh each day. It's good medicine for the spirit as well as the body. And it's very contagious too.<br /><br /></div></div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-27909961312473403432010-03-22T13:14:00.004+11:002010-03-22T13:23:39.123+11:00Serene Images<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6bS0MwYKZI/AAAAAAAABjk/WL73ZWq2l-Q/s1600-h/Tranquility.4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6bS0MwYKZI/AAAAAAAABjk/WL73ZWq2l-Q/s400/Tranquility.4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451276193197730194" border="0" /></a><br />Though I'm a dedicated atheist, I have found the image of Buddha helpful in making me feel serene. I have several statues of Buddha in my garden.<br /><br />I don't know how it works, whether it's the face with the closed eyes, whether it's my knowledge of the commonsense philosophy of Buddhism, whether it's the experiences I have had while traveling in Buddhist countries, I know not! It doesn't really matter.<br /><br />Keep your eyes peeled for images that make you feel serene and surround yourself with them.<br /><br />You'll be glad you did.Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-86839242557937423152010-03-21T11:08:00.003+11:002010-03-21T11:22:15.436+11:00Is Your Life Like This?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6Vjy5WKNJI/AAAAAAAABjc/jz2PdowSQgw/s1600-h/tranquility3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/S6Vjy5WKNJI/AAAAAAAABjc/jz2PdowSQgw/s400/tranquility3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450872650040226962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The world is full of hate and strife,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whether you're child, man or wife.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But peace exists, it can be found.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Start looking while your mind is sound.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29100128.post-64177057526951246192009-09-13T18:06:00.003+10:002009-09-13T18:19:23.167+10:00THE WEB OF LIFE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/Sqypzfx5OtI/AAAAAAAABjU/A651L7DX1y8/s1600-h/Web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VI2iCbLNzqc/Sqypzfx5OtI/AAAAAAAABjU/A651L7DX1y8/s400/Web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380862356970093266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Life catches us in its web</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And keep us there until</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Everything has been bled.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Only then are we shed.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798600572745255535noreply@blogger.com1