Beauty and Wisdom for a Sunday

 Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
Dag Hammarskjold

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
Gerald Jampolsky  

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
Gerald Jampolsky

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mohandas Gandhi

Fun and Beauty for Wednesday!! It's Not Hard to Find!!

This is really a priceless video!  It does make me wonder why different species of animals -- very different species, can get along, then what is wrong with us "brilliant????" humans???? It isn't a long video, but it is delightful!! 

The best shelter from the rain!!

Forgive me Father for I have sinned!!

Maybe you should brush your teeth!!

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

For one week, go out of your way to give cheerfully. ~ Lee Jampolsky



Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. ~ Leo Buscaglia



Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over the Hill at September 15, 2010 8:58 PM

Like
a lady
dressed to the nines,
tiara-ed in silver,
high on heels,
drunk
on the rise
in their narrow world,
windows,
glass glistening
white
in the sun, they stand
at the skyline.

Unaware,
that
the sky,
the clouds,
the land
and minds
are richer
for the
colors of warmth
in a neighborly smile,
colors of shades
of green
on a hot day,
house windows
brushing aside branches
tickling them,
and
so many
black and brown
roofs
on white
picket fence houses
of unique
shapes and sizes
that make this world
a
wonderful
colorful place......


When people are laughing, they're generally not killing each other. ~ Alan Alda

Sunday, Wisdom and Nature

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca



For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
Martin Luther



Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



The same woods,
the same tree,
the same leaves
mingling with each other,
sometimes
like kids, in groups,
sometimes,
like older adults,
sedate,
posing on a branch.

Some are green,
some appear light,
some dark.
They mingle
shrugging off
the opinionated dewdrops,
facing up
to a new morning
behind
a tough looking trunk
of
some tall leader.

The light, dark and green
transforms
into one another
in fun
cocking a snook at the sun.

We must be the only species
that talks about
color
and
race.
Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over the Hill at August 8, 2010 7:58 PM

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. ~ John Lubbock

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle



Stern
grandfather
mountain visages,
serious in age,
tired in their cracks,
rising up
to the sky
with
breathtaking
craggy faces,
a lifetime of
working,
growing,
battling,
nurturing.

Softened occasionally,
by the cool
green,
alive in the
mountain breeze,
grandmotherly
spaces,
soft,
and flowering
through the ages.

And the little ones ,
come rushing by,
gurgling,
splashing,
jumping over rocks,
with
a breathtaking dive
into the
exciting
ice cold
hotly exciting,
Pool of Life,
below.....
Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over The Hill at June 2, 2010 7:28 PM

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carson





The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.
Ralph Waldo Emerson



Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.
Author Unknown

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Everything has been figured out, except how to live. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre



Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
~ Anthony J. D'Angelo



We have been friends together in sunshine and in shade. ~ Caroline Norton



Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
~ Author Unknown



Keep your face always towards the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
~ Walt Whitman



It takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow. ~ Proverb

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much. ~ Walter Lippmann



We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.
~ George Bernard Shaw



If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh



To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
~ Reba McEntire



The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.
~ Thomas Carlyle



Life is the flower for which love is the honey. ~ Victor Hugo

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
Marie Curie



We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill



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 life you will have been all of these.
George Washington Carver



Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
Danny Kaye



Where there is love there is life.
Indira Gandhi



We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

The poetry of the earth is never dead. ~ John Keats



Senior Clouds,
some laden with stuff,
some stress-free,
on their annual
sight seeing vacation;
As some,
breathless above Seattle,
float lower,
a few tough ones,
Cheneyish,
a bit up there,
sight
the dazzling snow.

"George ! Holy Halliburton !
I see the Himalayas!
We are in India !"....

And George,
who has travelled
the world,
as the most powerful man,
shook his head,
saying,
"it can't be....
I just pinged the guy
in the yacht below,
and he said
"Move on,
there is Arnold
somewhere down
the road;
as for us
we don't need
a Republican
Rain,
in this lovely
Democratic
spring...
Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over The Hill at May 12, 2010 8:07 PM

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
This is not done by jostling in the street. ~ William Blake



Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mold myself. ~ Henry David Thoreau



The sun, with all those plants revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. ~ Galileo



Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. ~ Rachel Carson



If I were to discover a medicine that, with absolutely no side affects, would guarantee you peace, reduced stress, better health, close relationships, and increased vitality it would be a miracle! There is such a miracle, it is called forgiveness! ~ Dr. Lee Jampolsky

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.
Leo Buscaglia



We are each responsible for our own happiness.
Dr. Lee Jampolsky



Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain



Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mark Twain



Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
Leo Buscaglia


Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
Anais Nin