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World Peace & Harmony

Remembering 9/11

World Peace & Harmony

– Shyamli Suneesh
Peace is glory, peace is dignity,
peace is love and peace is amity.

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Birds fly freely high up in the blue sky,
Flowers bloom and cherish when spring arrives.
Dews settle on leaves with deliberate happiness,
As bees buzz excited around their hives.
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Why aren’t we as happy as they are?
So free, so elated
and no complaints at all.
Take the morning paper in your hand 
and you’d find destruction all over land,
going around in evil bands 
making peace and harmony banned.
War, conflict and destruction everywhere
arresting our accord even while asleep 
Oh! God now is so very rare
And is peace today that hard to keep?
People are killed 
every now and then.
Oh! Isn’t there anyone who’s skilled,
to place the eminent gem
of tranquility and unity.
I woke up today morning,
to enjoy Mother Breeze.
She says if we’d stop roaring
and take everything with ease,
we’d surely succeed in gaining world peace
As trees and flowers sway
and the wind runs over my face
It brings in a new ray of hope
that world peace can still return
“May the World Live in Peace and Harmony”

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Lagom – the Swedish way

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Pronounced ‘lah gom’ – this Swedish way of life is about things being ‘just enough’ or ‘just right’ – something that’s neither too much of one thing , nor too much of the other but somewhere in between.   
Finding balance is the key  to this concept which is rooted deep in the Swedish psyche. It permeates all aspects of life. Along with the idea of balance in all things, there is also a conscious unselfishness about lagom.
If you feel like there’s just too much to do or modern life is too busy and goal-focused, you may want to adopt this attractive mindset and strive to be simply good enough or just enough.
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“Let’s go home now, Kakashi.”

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“Ahh….just nice.”

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“Two pets are perfect for now – Candy (Pug) and Kakashi “

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“We’re neither good dogs nor bad dogs – just okay dogs.”

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“Two cookies are enough for me, mom”

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No more …

monkeying around!

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There’s still a lot of work to be done in my little hut…

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like exercising my paws and claws…

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CATching up with my friend, Miss Fur-rocious…

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meowing my heart out to suppliCATe for some leftovers…

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But, I gotta be careful of this guy though…

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He might just blow off our beautiful hut!

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Time to unplug

It’s time to unplug &

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reconnect with beautiful nature.

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I will be back soon.

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Keep smiling &

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keep shining, my friends!

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[Pics from http://www.pinterest.com]

 

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Happiness is ..

… having an EGGtraordinary Friday!
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“Have a cool refreshing bath.”

 

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“Take a moment to smell the flower.”

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“Be a king for the day.”

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“Spread some love.”

[Pics from http://www.pinterest.com]
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Happiness is …

original
… a pug on a bug!

 

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Eid Mubarak

 

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Of all our dreams today
there is none more important –
or so hard to realise –
than that of peace in the world.

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May we never lose our faith in it or
our resolve to do everything
that can be done
to convert it one day into reality.
– Lester B. Pearson

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Watch “Damien Rice – Hallelujah” on YouTube

Purrrrraise the Lord!└(=^・ェ・^=)┘

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Source: Watch “Damien Rice – Hallelujah” on YouTube

When I taught, I often played music when I arrived at school and left it on until we were ready to begin the day. It gave students insight into me as a person. Hallelujah is one of my favourite songs and I shared it with them in various forms.

Today, when George posted this version, I thought of the two versions I shared with my students. Granted, I have not heard a version I do not like. It may be it is because I have been a Leonard Cohen fan since the late 1960’s and he wrote the song.

Here is his version:

Kathy and I have seen k.d. lang in concert several times and her version, which she performs about half-way through the set, is spine tingling.

I first saw k.d. many years ago when she performed as part of The…

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Quote Challenge

Eli from the blog, Coach Daddy nominated me for a quote challenge and the rules are:

  1.  Three One days
  2.  Three quotes
  3.  Three nominees each day

Humans often think that cats spent 95 percent of their time sleeping and relaxing and the other 5 percent eating and stretching/scratching. But that is far from the truth. Cats have ups and downs in life too.  And for the longest time, the following quote would best describe my life.

Quote # 1

“It’s all messy.  The hair.  The bed.  The words.  The heart. Life …” –William Leal

Then one day, I stumble upon an interesting quote by a wise and famous tailwagger.

Quote # 2

“In the books of life, the answers aren’t in the back.” – Charles Schulz

My life’s perspective has since changed and I now live by the following quote.

Quote # 3

“Fear less, hope more; eat less; chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.”Swedish Proverb

The three meowminees are:

Farah @ The Girl with Coffe

Hannah @ Hannah Fearless Blog

Witchy @ Witchy Wisdoms

Purrrrrs, NBC