This footage was taken from Kicheche Bush Camp in the heart of the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in the Masai Mara by seven time Kicheche visitors Bill and Barbara Westbrook.

Being a Nice Guy, doesn't mean you are a push over. It also doesn't mean you are easy to manipulate or take advantage of. No, being a Nice Guy simply means you care, have no time to get mad at the small stuff, and you think of the world in larger terms than self. And despite living in the shadow of the bad guys and paying for mistakes you didn't make, you hold on sometimes more than you should, but when you can no longer, you move on because it's the right thing to do. ~Eugene Nathaniel Butler

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If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
~Buddha, The Dhammapada

In war, both the winners and losers lose. ~Venerable Wuling

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Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in. ~Mother Teresa

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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.  Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. ~George Washington Carver

It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.

When you make peace with yourself,
you make peace with the world. 

~Maha Ghosananda

Breathing in, I calm body and mind.
Breathing out, I smile.
Dwelling in the present moment
I know this is the only moment.

“Breathing in, I calm body and mind.” This line is like drinking a glass of ice water–you feel the cold, the freshness, permeate your body. When I breathe in and recite this line, I actually feel the breathing calming my body, calming my mind.

“Breathing out, I smile.” You know the effect of a smile. A smile can relax hundreds of muscles in your face, and relax your nervous system. A smile makes you master of yourself. That is why the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are always smiling. When you smile, you realize the wonder of the smile.

“Dwelling in the present moment.” While I sit here, I don’t think of somewhere else, of the future or the past. I sit here and I know where I am. This is very important. We tend to be alive in the future, not now. We say, “Wait until I finish school and get my Ph. D. degree, and then I will be really alive.”

When we have it, and it’s not easy to get, we say to ourselves, “I have to wait until I get a job, in order to be *really* alive.” And then after the job, a car. After the car, a house. We are not capable of being alive in the present moment. We tend to postpone being alive to the future, the distant future, we don’t know when. Now is not the moment to be alive. We may never be alive in our entire life. Therefore, the technique, if we have to speak of a technique, is to be in the present moment, to be aware that we are here and now, and the only moment to be alive is the present moment.

“I know this is the only moment.” This is the only moment that is real. To be here and now, and enjoy the present moment is our most important task. “Calming. Smiling, Present moment, Only moment.” I hope you will try it.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Smile, it gives your face something to do. And it looks good on you too. So smile a while. Smile is a magician. It has the power to add values to your face – – it makes you look better, younger, friendly, kind, and approachable. Smiling creates a sense of good feeling, good- will, trust and rapport. Smiling boosts the immune system, and slows heartbeat and breathing rate. Smiling can soften the heart and move people. A warm smile can work wonder and accomplish miracle for yourself and others. Smiling makes a difference in life- – it enables greater trust and cooperation, as well as increased earnings or rewards. If you always put a smile on your face, you are more likely to enjoy a lucky and happy life. Source: coolnsmart

Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction
you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort. ~Deborah Day

“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”
–Steve Maraboli

Migrants’ kids at risk: CDRI
Instead of attending classes, many of the children take up jobs to add to the family’s earnings in between remittances or to make up for shortfalls. Children from migrant households are 27 per cent more likely to have income-earning work, and for child labourers who were already employed before the adults left, their burden increases; migration is likely to add 7.4 hours on children’s workload per week, according to the report.

Caption: A young Cambodian boy loads bricks into a kiln in Kandal province last year. A new report suggests that children of migrant workers are more likely to stop schooling and join the labour force. Photo: The Phnom Penh Post/Hong Menea

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