Moisture-laden winds of monsoon swish through the trees
playing with the leaves
The smell of wet earth
Green land looks up at the dark clouds
waiting....asking.....for more rain to drench the searing heat....for soothing coolness....
29 May 2013
28 May, Muscat, Oman...
We are bombarded with senseless cruel acts that people perpetrate...here's something very different...
As my DD was driving home, she suddenly saw that cars had slowed down to a crawl and were stopping.
She wondered why, and then saw the reason. There was, in her words, 'a teeeeennyyy, tiiinnnnnnyyy kitten chasing a leaf on the road. The scene was so cute. One person got out and tried to catch the kitten, but the kitten thought that was a game and played now with the leaf, and now with the person. Everyone just sat and watched, laughing at the innocent sight in front of them. Finally, they backed up and started driving slowly in the opposite lane....'
In Muscat, where lane traffic is followed carefully, and people move at high speeds to definite destinations, this little kitten had the power to make everyone stop.
There was no road rage, no upset at time passing, no thought of deadlines that might be getting delayed....
Everyone just sat and watched and gave in to the happiness of the moment
Finally, not wanting to upset the kitten, they actually backed up and went down slowly in the opposite lane?....unthinkable....but they all did it....and I'm sure they carried that scene with them in their hearts to tell those they were to meet.....This is something that is bound to stay a long time in their minds, and whenever the thought pops up, will always bring a smile to their lips and eyes....
That's it---we do so little of stilling ourselves, and watching the little dramas life unfolds for our sheer enjoyment and pleasure...
As my DD was driving home, she suddenly saw that cars had slowed down to a crawl and were stopping.
She wondered why, and then saw the reason. There was, in her words, 'a teeeeennyyy, tiiinnnnnnyyy kitten chasing a leaf on the road. The scene was so cute. One person got out and tried to catch the kitten, but the kitten thought that was a game and played now with the leaf, and now with the person. Everyone just sat and watched, laughing at the innocent sight in front of them. Finally, they backed up and started driving slowly in the opposite lane....'
In Muscat, where lane traffic is followed carefully, and people move at high speeds to definite destinations, this little kitten had the power to make everyone stop.
There was no road rage, no upset at time passing, no thought of deadlines that might be getting delayed....
Everyone just sat and watched and gave in to the happiness of the moment
Finally, not wanting to upset the kitten, they actually backed up and went down slowly in the opposite lane?....unthinkable....but they all did it....and I'm sure they carried that scene with them in their hearts to tell those they were to meet.....This is something that is bound to stay a long time in their minds, and whenever the thought pops up, will always bring a smile to their lips and eyes....
That's it---we do so little of stilling ourselves, and watching the little dramas life unfolds for our sheer enjoyment and pleasure...
24 May 2013
If..
you are nice, be nice just for the sake of being nice...
you are loving, be loving for its own sake...
you are doing things for others, do it for its own merit...
you are being kind and understanding, be that because you are that, and you believe in that...
Not because it is going to win you something, or get you somewhere......
(that never works out....)
you are loving, be loving for its own sake...
you are doing things for others, do it for its own merit...
you are being kind and understanding, be that because you are that, and you believe in that...
Not because it is going to win you something, or get you somewhere......
(that never works out....)
This 600th post...
would be a good time to do a spot of thinking...
The awful....awful.....awful thing that happened at Woolwich, once again puts the spotlight on wrong interpretations that people give to their religious beliefs....no religion advocates paybacks...no religion.....and do paybacks really work out? The surrealistic picture of the killer walking around with the cleaver and bloodied hands....did it register in anybody's mind what was happening? And that poor innocent lad....paying for someone's madness.....did his being killed in that brutal manner bring back to life even one person who had been killed wrongly, collaterally, or in somebody else's war? did it assuage the pain of any of the relatives and loved ones of those killed whenever, however.....? and which killing is going to be the final one after which everyone can go back to leading normal lives?
There is no way anyone can rationalize or justify any killing....a killing is a killing. And, worse, it does not solve anything.....nothing at all....killing only begets killing until someone can stop it with generosity of spirit and compassion...
The awful....awful.....awful thing that happened at Woolwich, once again puts the spotlight on wrong interpretations that people give to their religious beliefs....no religion advocates paybacks...no religion.....and do paybacks really work out? The surrealistic picture of the killer walking around with the cleaver and bloodied hands....did it register in anybody's mind what was happening? And that poor innocent lad....paying for someone's madness.....did his being killed in that brutal manner bring back to life even one person who had been killed wrongly, collaterally, or in somebody else's war? did it assuage the pain of any of the relatives and loved ones of those killed whenever, however.....? and which killing is going to be the final one after which everyone can go back to leading normal lives?
There is no way anyone can rationalize or justify any killing....a killing is a killing. And, worse, it does not solve anything.....nothing at all....killing only begets killing until someone can stop it with generosity of spirit and compassion...
23 May 2013
Wise to remember...
at all times.....
That when we have a moment of glory--it really is that---one moment....
I came across this phrase while watching the movie, "Patton". Did some research and this is what I came up with:
In Roman times, a conquering general was allowed a “triumph", a parade though the streets of Rome, but Caesar commanded that a slave stand next to the general in his chariot continuously whispering into his ear “All glory is fleeting”.
Just to keep him grounded....
Held good then, holds good still......for even the memory of the triumph vanishes save from our minds, and if we don't want to let it run like a stuck record in our heads, it's better to get it out quick.....for after a while it becomes a festering sore....."I was........", "I did..........."
Everything is fleeting.....better to keep the head clear and the eyes straight ahead....
That when we have a moment of glory--it really is that---one moment....
I came across this phrase while watching the movie, "Patton". Did some research and this is what I came up with:
In Roman times, a conquering general was allowed a “triumph", a parade though the streets of Rome, but Caesar commanded that a slave stand next to the general in his chariot continuously whispering into his ear “All glory is fleeting”.
Just to keep him grounded....
Held good then, holds good still......for even the memory of the triumph vanishes save from our minds, and if we don't want to let it run like a stuck record in our heads, it's better to get it out quick.....for after a while it becomes a festering sore....."I was........", "I did..........."
Everything is fleeting.....better to keep the head clear and the eyes straight ahead....
22 May 2013
A dilemma...
an existential one...
Faced with correcting someone which may result in goodwill vanishing, or retaining the goodwill....which would be important.
Today, faced with this, I chose the keeping of the goodwill....errors or mistakes can always be worked out, solved, corrected.....but goodwill once lost, may be difficult to win back......
As in all problematic or difficult situations, force yourself to put some space between you and the problem/situation/even person, maybe......makes the perspective clearer, and we find there are more choices and options...
Faced with correcting someone which may result in goodwill vanishing, or retaining the goodwill....which would be important.
Today, faced with this, I chose the keeping of the goodwill....errors or mistakes can always be worked out, solved, corrected.....but goodwill once lost, may be difficult to win back......
As in all problematic or difficult situations, force yourself to put some space between you and the problem/situation/even person, maybe......makes the perspective clearer, and we find there are more choices and options...
Check these out...
My book, Frankincense and Myrrh is on Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CN9URPO
and I've just put in this story into Buzzle - Somethings that PYTs today take for granted was......................one of those things, two generations ago....!!!
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/susans-lipstick.html
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CN9URPO
and I've just put in this story into Buzzle - Somethings that PYTs today take for granted was......................one of those things, two generations ago....!!!
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/susans-lipstick.html
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