Opposites attract
Attraction is fantasized
Contrast is a bliss
Conflict is a blast
Opening doors to a deeper infliction
Pain, Blame, Illusions, Delusions,
Deception, Self-worth, Self-concerned,
Omitting reality but slowly revealing little truths
Dancing shadows turn and swirl
A fanciful whirlpool in the making
Light and shade clapping in the absence of sound
Silence is a deafening boom
.... round and round .... here we go again....
Dancing shadows on the walls by Soul goddezz, on Flickr
Light and shade by Soul goddezz, on Flickr
Strange creature within by Soul goddezz, on Flickr
The following photos were taken in Hamamatsu Garden, Shizuoka, Japan. I learned that many English Botanist visited Japan during the 18th century to gather rare species of flowers/plants and brought them back to the UK. Japan's flowers and gardens are quite famous world wide. As you may have known, the secret of the Japanese culture lies in the heart of its garden...the considerations for style, harmony, peace and perfection.Surrounded by flowers by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
Roses Spirits Lifted Up by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
Hamamatsu Garden by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
Ernest Henry Wilson by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
Robert Fortune by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
standalone by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
swirls by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
white by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
monet by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
red by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
sky by HaikuSoul, on Flickr
Created with my photography and Photoshop skill
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans.
She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?" "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft and mushy. She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hardened egg. Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee.
The daughter smiled as she tasted its deep flavour and inhaled its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity - boiling water - but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin, outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong? But with pain and adversity, do I wilt and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a fluid spirit but, after death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water - the very circumstance that brings the adversity, the pain, the hardship – into something quite wonderful. When the water gets hot, it releases it's fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better, and change the situation around you for the better.
When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate to another level? How do you handle adversity?
ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?
-Author Unknown
"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself."
( Mark Twain )
"Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music."
( Pearl Cleage )
"The secret to overcoming a feeling of loneliness is not going outside to meet people. That will only keep you from being alone. The secret is going inside yourself, to realize your true kinship with God and with all the human beings that he created."
( Amy Grant )
"People who like themselves and realize that they are God's creation, are never really lonely. It is only when we lose track of our own value, and our personal connection with the divine, that we are desperate for others to distract us from our loss."
( Richard Nelson )
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."
( May Sarton )
I found this online and thought it was SO beautiful!
"I Love You"
There is a much greater motivation than simply my spoken words.
For me to love is to commit myself, freely without reservation. Whatever your needs are, I will try to fulfill them and will bend in my values depending on the importance of your need. If you are lonely and need me, I will be there. If in that loneliness you need to talk, I will listen. If you need to listen, I will talk. If you need the strength of human touch, I will touch you. If you need to be held, I will hold you. I will lie naked in body with you if that be your need. If you need fulfillment of the flesh, I will give you that also, but only through my love.
I will try to be constant with you so that you will understand the core of my personality, and from that understanding you can gain strength and security that I am acting as me. I may falter with my moods. I may project, at times, a strangeness that is alien to you, which may bewilder or frighten you. There will be times when you question my motives. But because people are never constant and are as changeable as the seasons, I will try to build up within you a faith in my fundamental attitude and show you that my incosistancy is only for the moment and not a lasting part of me. I will show you love now, each and every day, for each day is a lifetime. Every day we live, we learn more how to love. I will not defer my love nor neglect it, for if I wait until tomorrow, tomorrow never comes. It is like a cloud in the sky, passing by. They always do, you know!
If I give you kindness and understanding, then I will receive your faith. If I give hate and dishonesty, I will receive your distrust. If I give you fear and am afraid, you will become afraid and fear me. I will give you what I need to receive.
To what degree I love is determined by my own capability. My capability is determined by the environment of my past existence and my understanding of love, truth, and God. My understanding is determined by my parents, friends, places I have lived and been. All experiences that have fed into my mind from living.
I will give you as much love as I can. If you show me how to give more, then I will give more. I can only give as much as you need to receive or allow me to give. If you receive all I can give, then my love is endless and fulfilled. If you receive a portion of my love, then I will give others the balance. I am capable of giving. I must give all that I have, being what I am.
Love is universal. Love is the movement of life. I have loved a boy, a girl, my parents, art, nature. All things in life I find beautiful. No human being or society has the right to condemn any kind of love I feel, or my way of expressing it, if I am sincere, sincerity being the honest realization of myself and there is no hurt or pain intentionally involved in my life or any life my life touches.
I want to become a truly loving spirit. Let my words, if I must speak, become a restoration of your soul. But only when speech is silent, does a man project the great depth of his sensitivity. When I touch you, or kiss you, or hold you, I am saying a thousand words.
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