.
I wore a serene smile.
I was barefoot for a while,
The woman within my tender age shivered
When Taj touched me, and I was so drawn to it.
Dear Taj, ‘Why do you make me smile such sweet smile?‘
In all its beauty and ecstasy,
I was so sure of one thing,
That I was destined for something,
Which I kept searching in silence here.
Dear Taj, ‘Have you not fallen in love with me yet?’ ❤️
I long for that bliss
Where sudden gentle breeze
Shimmers every leaf
And whispers through the sunshine:
“Be free my darling, be free,
And light up the spirit within …
So it’s alive!”
I picture this in my mind
Painting nature’s beauty into the timeless wonderland
Such emotions reign all my soul
And here, I m lost in the smell of
Sudden gentle breeze …
I so long for this bliss!
Ready for any adventure
The adventurous soul as I am
Restless like sea,
Strong and content
And all the good fortune I bring
Along my path …..
✿ܓDistance doesn’t matter. It’s only the first step that is difficult””~
“I still think as a painter – especially in terms of structuring a picture… I carefully choose the models, costumes, requisites, and backdrops of my photographs.””
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader”~
1. The World As I See It by Albert Einstein
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
4. The Psychology Of Money
5. The Great Mental Models
6. The 48 Laws of Power
7. The Daily Stoic
8. Atomic habits
9. Deep Work
Which books will you add?
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” –
Roald Dahl
Try to travel, otherwise
you may become racist,
and you may end up believing
that your skin is the only one
to be right,
that your language
is the most romantic
and that you were the first
to be the first.
Travel,
because if you don’t travel then
your thoughts won’t be strengthened,
won’t get filled with ideas.
Your dreams will be born with fragile legs and then you end up believing in tv-shows, and in those who invent enemies
that fit perfectly with your nightmares
to make you live in terror.
Travel,
because travel teaches
to say good morning to everyone
regardless of which sun we come from.
Travel,
because travel teaches
to say goodnight to everyone
regardless of the darkness
that we carry inside.
Travel,
because traveling teaches to resist,
not to depend,
to accept others, not just for who they are
but also for what they can never be.
To know what we are capable of,
to feel part of a family
beyond borders,
beyond traditions and culture.
Traveling teaches us to be beyond.
Travel,
otherwise you end up believing
that you are made only for a panorama
and instead inside you
there are wonderful landscapes
still to visit.
– Gio_Evan, poet and songwriter.
Translated from Italian.
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July, 2021
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, USA
Long long time ago,
This very special coffee time,
with a dear friend.
We had been planning to go to North End for having coffee-break over there, specially Fahmi always wanted to take me there, specially for the coffee-aroma that she loves so much, but we never could manage time, but suddenly, on that day, we just decided to go there! And it was great time with her, with all the enlightening things she always share! And it was her treat! 😊
Happy and grateful that we could get this coffee time together……
Life is beautiful!
Coffee and friends make the perfect blend.
Anonymous
Why do all these need to be so beautiful!?
Always!
Gone are the days
Never to come back…
But you have only NOW
If you know that
there is no future….
This bridge will only take you halfway there
To those mysterious lands you long to see
Shel Silverstein
The wooden bridge. We went there to observe this bridge. Its not so stable, yet people are passing through it randomly, and we even saw some motorbikes were running so fast. They are not scared. But we were scared, thought it will break anytime. We loved the scenery though. The river water was not so deep. The boats are sailing. People are doing their jobs upon the river bank. Ahh! What a beautiful breeze by the bank of this river Korotoa. #roksanatales
Restless dragonfly, resting at ease. I found this beauty while travelling to an unknown place. It was afternoon, quite quiet time around, and I was walking beside an old wall. Suddenly I saw this one hanging on a branch of a creeper . I went closer to it. It didn’t move a bit.
Dear dragonfly, rest at ease and show me your beauty ....
Dear dragonfly, life is made perfect in you lovely….
Friendship is the Best !
Monks, a friend endowed with seven qualities is worth associating with. Which seven?
1- He who gives what is hard to give.
2- He who does what is hard to do.
3- He who endures what is hard to endure.
4- He who reveals his secrets to you.
5- He who keeps your secrets.
6- When misfortunes strike, he doesn’t abandon you.
7- When you’re down and out, he doesn’t look down on you.
Mitta Sutta
“To Ms Oshin, from Tuly & Omi.”
Few years back, Tuly & Omi brought me gifts, all Japanese type, and wrapped in with a wrapping paper, and the most beautiful thing that I liked is that they addressed me, “To Ms Oshin, from Tuly & Omi.”
Why was I happy?
‘Oshin’ was a Japanese drama I used to watch many years back, when I was a teenager, and people used to say that I looked like Oshin. I like all the traits that the character Oshin portrays in that serial.
I love Japan. I had a big dream to visit Oshin’s place in Japan that is Yamagata. “Oshin’s story taught us that no matter how difficult your life is, being brave can help us get through it,”
“Oshin (おしん) is a Japanese serialized morning television drama (asadora), which originally aired on NHK from 4 April 1983 to 31 March 1984; it is the 31st asadora overall to be produced. The 297 15-minute episodes follow the life of Shin Tanokura (田倉しん, Tanokura Shin) during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. In the work, Shin is called Oshin, an archaic Japanese cognomen.
It was one of the country’s most watched serials of all time and has aired in 68 other countries, with subtitles ranging from English to Arabic.” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshin
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Thank You Tuly & Omi.
Roksana Tales 