Sometimes I can't write. Or: I don't want to. I'm busy listening. Then I write again.It's a bit of a cycle. After a month of quiet, I feel like writing again.Came across "Stars Shine Quietly," by Mason Jennings in a search today. New-to-me.Stars Shine Quietly (excerpt)Night falls across our little roomYou're sleeping silently and stillI love you [...]
Researchers state that for any relationship to be successful a couple needs to talk, express with words and communicate. Yes, they all mean the same thing but very often one avoids it. Expressing the desires, expectations and goals in life helps one to prepared in life with the partner. It tells your man/woman that how clear you are in your [...]
Words are very troublesome because words carry the past; they are made by the past, they are overburdened by the past. Any word is dangerous, because its meaning comes from the past. And for me the problem is: to use the words which come from the past--because there are no other words--but to give them such a twist and turn that they can give you [...]
I got an interesting email from a friend a few days back about cause and effect. No, I am not talking about Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Cause and Effect which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. However, it does have some similarity. The cause and effect which I am talking about here is Karma. [...]
Sadly, this fine I Love You specimen will not become part of the ILY 365 collection because its Texan seller won't consider shipping items to Canada. Maybe we just can't stand such love this far north. It reminds of Jeff Koons's Amore, which appeared on this blog two years (minus a day) [...]
Deaf Donald met Talkie SueBut I Love You was all he could do.And Sue said, "Donald I sure do like you."But I Love You was all he could do.And Sue asked Donald, "Do you like me too?"But I Love You was all he could do."Good-bye then, Donald, I'm leaving you."But I Love You was all he could do.And she left forever and she never knewThat I Love You [...]
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Before you watch the video below, I have to warn you first. This video is pretty graphic and can be upsetting to watch. And yet, it brings through a powerful message. You may even want to watch this video alone first before you watch it together with your kids.
More Wordless Wednesday
Some months back, a cousin was giving me a ride to the [...]
1 Litre of Tears is an inspiring true life story.
The drama is an adaptation of the diary of a Japanese girl named Aya Kitô, who suffered from spinocerebellar ataxia. She began keeping a diary at the suggestion of her doctor, and continued to write until she could no longer hold a pen. The diary, titled 1 rittoru no namida, was published [...]
