A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness. ~John Keats, Endymion
“Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty –
they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.” ~Martin Buxbaum
Smile is the best exercise you can do for your face.
It makes the other person exercise too without her
or him knowing it. Keep a song in your heart
and a smile on your face. Source: coolNsmart
True love doesn't mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes.
Love is not about how much you say 'I love you', but how much you can prove that it's true love. A person who truly loves you will never stop believing in you and will never let you go, no matter how hard the situation is. ~Unknown
http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-person-who-truly-loves-you.html
Don’t give your positive energy to the negative side
If you take a really close look, you will find that it does not help at all. It never helps to beat yourself up. It never helps to be negative about any person, place or situation.
Negativity draws more negativity, like a magnet. Beating yourself up and being negative will only move you further and further from a solution.
Bad news can only get you down if you let it. Only if you are paying attention to it and letting it push you around. Only if you are allowing it to make you feel scared and negative. You decide how much power it has over you.
Whatever you do, do not let yourself get caught up in the blame game. No matter what happens in your life don’t go looking for someone to blame. Don’t waste time trying to figure out whose fault it is. Blame is nothing but an emotional dead end.
Source: Advanced Life Skills
As adults, we’re often stuck in reality. We feel that we have to close our imaginations off and focus on life as it is. However, when we do that, we tend to leave enjoyment behind. Reality is often a grim picture and it’s even worse when we’ve suddenly removed its color.
Don’t be afraid to dream and wish and let your mind wander to faraway places. It’s often these escapes from reality that benefit us the most as they reduce our stress, calm our nerves and instill hope for a brighter future.
It’s not bad to behave like a child at certain times. They often get the better end of the deal with all their happiness and zest for life. Let your inner child out and you can do the same. She’s dying to show you what life is all about. ~YouQueen
Many of us walk for the sole purpose of getting from one place to another. Now suppose we are walking to a sacred place. We would walk quietly and take each gentle step with reverence. I propose that we walk this way every time we walk on the earth. The earth is sacred and we touch her with each step. We should be very respectful, because we are walking on our mother. If we walk like that, then every step will be grounding, every step will be nourishing.
We can train ourselves to walk with reverence. Wherever we walk, whether it’s the railway station or the supermarket, we are walking on the earth and so we are in a holy sanctuary. If we remember to walk like that, we can be nourished and find solidity with each step. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Possibly, he's the oldest Buddhist monk
in my homeland, Cambodia.
Photos of Khao I Dang refugee camp in Thailand, in the 80s, when I was seven years old. We had to wait in a very long line to get water for our family on our daily basis. I had to carry those very heavy buckets every day because my parents and grandma were not doing so well after the war. My dad and grandma got shot during an invasion, right before the American Red Cross brought us to the camp, so they could not lift or carry heavy stuff. I was a very healthy girl, so I could lift heavy weight, just like the adults.
View more photos here
http://kimedia.blogspot.com/2014/09/rare-archive-images-of-kid-refugee-camp.html
Childhood memories…
"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again." ~Elizabeth Lawrence
"Never stop screaming, playing and laughing, it's part of our childhood which will always be with us." ― Romina Noriega
Cambodian children. Looks like the camp I stayed, after the killing field. I was bit younger than this girl, when I was in that camp back then. She looks a little like me, carrying my baby sister everywhere too, except I had a wicked long hair and my baby sister was sooooo heavy. ~Jendhamuni
 |
| Photo source: nydailynews.com |
Often mistaken for a pigeon or a duck, the Brazilian Merganser is usually found within the country of Brazil although a few of them are located in Argentina. Because of farming and mining activities that have interrupted the ecological balance, this merganser’s population has declined to about 250.
Justification
Recent records from Brazil indicate that this species’s status may be marginally better than previously thought. Nevertheless, the remaining known population is still extremely small and fragmented, and the perturbation, damming and pollution of rivers are likely to be causing continuing declines. For these reasons, it is listed as Critically Endangered. Further information on the population size (in particular whether it exceeds 250 mature individuals) and on the subpopulation structure may result in its downlisting to Endangered in the future.
Identification
49-56 cm. Dark, slender duck with long crest. Dark hood with petroleum-green sheen. Pale grey breast finely vermiculated dark, paler towards whitish belly. Dark grey upperparts. White wing speculum. Long, dark saw-bill. Pinky-lilac legs. Long, bushy hindcrest usually worn and shorter in females. Similar spp. Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus is larger and darker with hooked bill. Voice Harsh and dry jrrec contact call. Also louder nasal juac calls. Hints Hides under overhanging vegetation.
Sources: birdlife.org, list25.com
