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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Family Portrait in an Empty House

As I push open the door,

Walk in to a place, I once knew,

A house I called home.

As I walk along,

Through the cracked walls and broken windows,

Flashes of memory

Happiest moments of my life

That’s what left of it.

Everyone’s around

The cosy sofa

Talking and laughing

Making fun with each other’s jokes.

On the wall hanging was

My family portrait

Smiles and happy faces

As tears rolled down

That’s when I realized it’s all over

Family portrait in an empty house

Will this ever be the end of it all?

An end to a happy beginning?

Will love bind us all

Once again as a family...

24 May 2003

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud-William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

The Road Not Taken-Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh! Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, And I - I took the one less travelled by And that has made all the difference.

If by Rudyard Kipling

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Live life to the fullest

Don’t let go of hope,
Hope gives you the strength to keep going
When you feel like giving up.
Don’t ever quit believing in yourself;
As long as you believe you can
You will have a reason for trying.
Don’t let anyone hold your happiness in their hands,
Hold it in yours, so it will always be within your reach.
Don’t measure success or failure by material wealth
But by how you feel;
Our feelings determine the richness of our lives.
Don’t let bad moments overcome you,
Be patient and they will pass.
Don’t hesitate to reach out for help,
We all need it from time to time.
Don’t run away from love but towards love,
Because it is your deepest joy.
Don’t wait for what you want to come to you,
Go after it with all that you are;
Knowing that life will meet you halfway.
Don’t feel like your’re lost,
When plans and dreams fall short of your hopes;
Anytime you learn something new,
About yourself or about life,
You have progressed.
Don’t do anything that takes away
From your self-respect,
Feeling good about yourself
Is essential to feeling good about life.
Don’t ever forget how to laugh,
Or be too proud to cry,
Or too stubborn to smile;
Don’t ever forget a friend who truly loves you,
As it could be that friend who is true to your needs,
Don’t ever forget who helped you grow as your need
For more seeds may often re-appear.

Anonymous

Quotes

'Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, work for it, and fight for it" - Barack Obama
"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world"
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't"
"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where others see nothing"
"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day"-Robert Frost
"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor"-Benjamin Franklin
"Cry if you may, not all tears are evil" - LOTR Gandalf
"Each child comes with a message that God is not yet discouraged of man"
"Everyone can master grief but he who has it" - William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing
"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heels that has crushed it"- Mark Twain
"It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged. They have been over the road that all of us must travel and know where it is rough and difficult and where it is level and easy.''-Plato
"It needs a moment to strike a war, a lifetime to love"
"keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards"-Benjamin Franklin
"Le sens commun n' est pas si commun"~Common sense in no sense at all - Voltaire French author and philosopher
"No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar"-Abraham Lincoln
"Praise undeserved is satire in disguise"
"Presents are made for the pleasure of the one who gives them , not for the merits of those who receive it" - The Shadow of the Wind novel
"Sanity is madness put to good use"
"the best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up"- Mark Twain
"The truest greatness lies in being kind,the truest wisdom in a happy mind"
"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved"
"To give is blessings, to accept is happy"
7-1 is not a normal result between two world footballing powers,but football can be like that.Sometimes things happen that you don't expect, and that is why it's a beautiful game.- Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella after Germany demolished Brazil 7-1 in Fifa World Cup Semi-Final 2014.
home is where the heart is
In my stars I am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.-Malvalio in Shakespeare Twelth Night
No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin,or his background or his religion.People learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite - Nelson Mandela
None of us are perfect, but we can all smile a little more and choose our words and statements a little more carefully. Think of something nice to do for somebody else – or go a little deeper – be kinder to yourself. If we all work at this a little each day - it will make a huge difference in all of our lives
We never touch people so lightly that we do not leave a trace-Peggy Tabor Millin
Whenever I despair,I remember that the way of truth&love has always won.There may be tyrants&murderers,&for a time,they may seem invincible,but in the end,they always fail.Think of it: always.– Gandhi
With powers come great responsibility-Spiderman

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