Seasons Come and Seasons Go...

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Autumn

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My photo - taken on one of my many walks last week...

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When the trees their summer splendor

Change to raiment red and gold,

When the summer moon turns yellow,

And the nights are getting cold;

When the squirrels hide their acorns,

And the woodchucks disappear;

Then we know that it is Autumn,

Loveliest season of the year.

by Carol L. Riser

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I'm finally back, it feels like Autumn is finally here,

and I am one happy lady...
I hope you are too !

A Happier World...

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Image: Côté Sud

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If every life learned to share

A happier world we would have

We could share our lives

And share our thoughts

Without any kind of recrimination

We could share our love

With all the strangers

That may come our way

Around the world

Making new friends wherever we go

If sharing was not just a dream

Paradise at our feet

Would unfold

There would be no more poverty

For every crust of bread, we’d share

We can only dream that one day

Many hearts will beat as one

Many minds will think alike

No more terrors will strike discord
And sharing will become the word

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David Harris

Being Thankful...

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Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

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My photos: Cuba, Sri lanka, Ghana, Mauritius, St Tropez

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Be thankful when you don't know something

For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations

Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge

Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and weary

Because it means you've made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.

A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are

also thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE

can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles

and they can become your blessings.

~ Author Unknown ~

Time Waits For No Man...

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"I try to take one day at a time,

but sometimes several days attack me at once"

Jennifer Yane

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My all-time favourite watch

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Prends le temps d'aimer...
C'est le secret de l'éternelle jeunesse !

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Prends le temps de lire...
C'est la source du savoir !

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Prends le temps d'écouter...
C'est la force de l'intelligence !

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Prends le temps de penser...
C'est la clé de la réussite !

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Prends le temps de jouer....
C'est la fraîcheur de l'enfance !

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Prends le temps de rêver...
C'est un souffle de bonheur !

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Prends le temps de rire...
C'est la musique de l'âme !

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Prends le temps de pleurer...
C'est l'émotion d'un grand coeur !

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Prends le temps de vivre...
Car le temps passe vite
Et ne revient jamais

Happy Being Me...

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image: flickr

.I keep trying to escape this reality

that threatens to define me

Box me up and go ahead and blind me

Is this really all you think there is to me?

With this mystifying sense of deluded supremacy

You'd go ahead and try me

This misleading sense of equity

With which you choose to judge me

Because you don't feel comfortable in your own skin

You go ahead and blame me

Denying my freedom or the right to simply be

The comb in your hair does it give you such airs?

To think yourself better than we?

Then let that be your portion

'Cause I'm happy being me

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Omotoke Olagbaju

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Keeping Things Whole...

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Image: Shaahin Madani

Keeping Things Whole

In a field

I am the absence

of field

This is

always the case.

Wherever I am

I am what is missing.

When I walk

I part the air

and always

the air moves into fill the spaces

where my body's been.

We all have reasons

for moving.

I move

to keep things whole.
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Mark Strand

from Selected Poems

Someday, Somewhere...

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Un jour, quelque part

- toujours partout,

vous vous trouverez,

et cela, et seulement cela,

peut être le plus heureux

ou le plus amer heure

de votre vie...

Pablo Neruda
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Algún día

en cualquier parte,
en cualquier lugar indefectiblemente
te encontrarás a ti mismo,
y ésa,
sólo ésa,
puede ser la más feliz o
la más amarga de tus horas...
Pablo Neruda
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Someday, somewhere -

anywhere, unfailingly,

you'll find yourself,

and that, and only that,

can be the happiest or

bitterest hour of your life...

Pablo Neruda

Images::danske