Some cannot say it – despite how they feel.
And way down inside, you’ll find at the core,
that few can love higher than dog fleas soar.
There are many words and so many styles.
Some share their feelings with tears in one eye,
while others share thoughts in endless supply.
than walking the talk, and ‘doing’ instead.
When we are confronted with our simple trials,
do we drag our cross and for how many miles?
We wish every time it would just disappear;
but if our love’s real – and fills us inside,
A cross surely conquers when we are denied.
For there was a Man that lived long ago,
who gave so much more – than we’ll ever know.
He shared with the children, women and men,
and taught us all how – to love once again
but rather, instead, of unselfish walk.
While prayers were sincere to His Father above,
mere words didn’t finish His dutiful love.
and faithfully walked each step all alone.
We cannot imagine the pain He endured,
and from the soldiers, the scoffing He heard.
but actions spoke louder than two timbers crossed.
For love did not lose to the cross in that war –
-because Jesus yet lives and that cross is no more.
– Louis Gander
5 Memorable quotes by Lee Kuan Yew
Beautiful sunset over the Merlion Park, Singapore
“A nation is great not by its size alone. It is the will, the cohesion, the stamina, the discipline of its people and the quality of its leader which ensure it an honourable place in history.”
“You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you’ll never put Singapore together again: Humpty Dumpty cannot be put together again… and your asset values will be in peril, your security will be at risk and our women will become maids in other people’s countries, foreign workers.”
“I’ve always tried to be correct, not politically correct.”
“Churchmen, lay preachers, monks, Muslim theologians, all those who claim divine sanction or holy insights, take off your clerical robes before you take on anything economic or political.”
“At the end of the day, what I cherish most are the human relationships. With the unfailing support of my wife and partner I have lived my life to the fullest. It is the friendships I made and the close family ties I nurtured that have provided me with that sense of satisfaction at a life well lived, and have made me what I am.”
Lee Kuan Yew (1923 – 2015)
First Prime Minister of Singapore
What We’ve Done with Brain Switched Off, in 6 Words
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photo credit: Playing with bubbles.. via photopin(license)
The lights are sometimes on – even if no one’s home.
It happens. Sometimes, it’s mild – like when I wore the wrong team’s shirt to a soccer match. Or left an egg salad sandwich in my car on a sweltering July afternoon. Wait, that wasn’t minor, was it? We all do stuff with our brain switched off. Right?
Every month, I compile a post called 6 Words. Ernest Hemingway inspired it when he said any story can be told in a six-word sentence. I ask bloggers, friends, strangers, and a few strange blogger friends to respond to a prompt.
March is Brain Awareness month. Sometimes, we’re not so aware, though. In six words, what’s something you’ve done with your brain switched off? Think “put on my hoodie backwards – again.”
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Showy ‘Hiwhiskers’ and Yellow Bells – Bloggy Cat
As you know, Hiwhiskers (Hibiscus) is a tropical shrub that produces showy trumpet-shaped flowers in an array of beautiful colours.
So, today I will tell you the meaning of each colour based on the colour ‘phycatlogy’ facts:
White hibiscus
White is the colour of purrrfection and it indicates a fresh beginning. It’s a reminder for humans to start clearing their clutter and obstacles away.
Pink hibiscus
Shocking pink!
Ice pink!
Pink is the colour for relaxation and good health, as in being ‘in the pink’ and having ‘pink rosy cheeks’. It is also the universal colour of love. So, please start loving cats.
Red hibiscus
Red is the colour of vigour and courage. It has high visibility. That’s the reason why humans paint the stop signs and fire equipments red.
Orange hibiscus
Orange is the colour of warmth and happiness. It brings spontaneity, helping humans to look on the bright side of life.
Yellow bells
Yellow is the colour of joy and happiness. This is the purrrrfect shrub for you if you love yellow. Many humans believed it helps sharpen their memory and concentration skills. No wonder I see so many houses in the neighbourhood planting this shrub in their garden.
But here’s the interesting part. Have you ever seen a coconut tree using the yellow bells as a hula skirt? Well, see it for yourself…
Hey….let’s do the hula dance!
Okay folks, meow-ry melodies!
Happiness is …
… a StRange Rover!
Err…how do you drive this SUV? (◔︣‿᷅◔)
Hey look! Here’s another one. (❀‿❀ )✌
Poem of H㋡pe
MY GOD WILL MAKE A WAY – Lydia Preston
Society seems in a mess
Mothers cry, while Fathers stress
to be polite is a disgrace
as children mock you to your face
Every day the papers show
that crime and rape did upward go
the things done in laboratories
are stashed away in lavatories
Drugs and sex aren’t hard to find
it seems as if the world’s gone blind
for what the people fail to see
is messing up society
As Dads no longer head their home
and kids all sit, and chat by phone
what once to all has been a home
is looking like a war torn zone
No longer do you find that kids
are playing in the park
for it’s become a hideout place
for gangsters after dark
what once was right now seems so wrong
no more joy and no more song
as what this all was meant to be
lies buried in a cemetery
By telling you these things my aim
is not to make you mad
it’s just to tell another truth
which soon will make you glad
Amidst the chaos of this world
of hurt, despair and pain
and hate along with treachery
all done for selfish gain
There’s this one thing I know of
believe with all my heart
that when I bend my knees to pray
my God will make a way
Friendship (Words You Don’t Want to Hear), in 6 Words
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photo credit: Katana vs. Lightsaber via photopin(license)
My daughter, Elise, got a six-word sentence from a friend that she didn’t really want for Friendship Month.
“Some !@#! wrecked our field again!”
This month’s 6 Words post is also a call for a little compassion.
Elise plays goalkeeper at Queen’s Grant High, a charter school in Matthews, N.C. All the team needs is a suitable field. And by suitable, I mean minimally playable.
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Happy Lunar New Year
According to the Chinese calendar, 2015 is the year of the Goat.
(Photo credit: http://www.jokeroo.com)
Based on my ‘Catsrology’, the Year of the Goat simply means…
…Great
…Outstanding
…Awesome
…Terrific
“Gong Xi Fa Cai”
Happy Lunar New Year 2015!
Will you be my Valentine? – Karl Fuchs
For months I’ve sat and held it in,
It choked inside and hurt like sin.
It made me sweat and steam and stew,
Whenever I caught sight of you.
Thank goodness Valentine’s Day has come;
If I held it longer, it would strike me dumb.
This day I’ll say it, come rain or shine…
Will you be my Valentine?
By Karl Fuchs
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Funny drawings by Shaye – 11
Me and my funny bald dad…
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