.
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?’ ❤️
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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!
#roksanatales
We feel so independent and humble when we depend only on Him.”
The disciples asked, “What does one need in order to be Enlightened?”
The Master said, “You must discover what it is that falls in the water and does not make a ripple; moves through the trees and does not make a sound; enters the field and does not stir a single blade of grass.”
After weeks of fruitless pondering, the disciples said, “What is this thing?”
“Thing?” said the Master. “But it isn’t a thing at all.”
“So it is nothing?”
“You might say so.”
“Then how are we to search for it?”
“Did I tell you to search for it? It can be found but never searched for. Seek and you will miss.”
My heart glows like a candle
To witness this divine sunrise.
Looks like a boundless majesty..
Feels like all the heavens lit.
And I smile and say to myself,
“How trivial is this life!”
“How divine a destiny ahead!”
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 …..
I can feel the wind will blow and I will drift,
I will drift into the endless time.
I won’t ask, ‘What if!’…
I will just drift away.
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and a man cannot live without love.
Max Muller
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Do it with passion or not at all … “
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!
#roksanatales
Coffee and friends make the perfect blend.
Anonymous
Gone are the days
Never to come back…
But you have only NOW
If you know that
there is no future….
Enjoying the evening breeze…..
“Old books exert a strange fascination for me
their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how they lived, what they felt.”
Lauren Willig
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts””~
I think I have learnt something of the value of stillness. I don’t fret so much; I laugh at myself more often; I don’t laugh at others. I live life at my own pace. Like a banyan tree. Is this wisdom, or is it just old age?”
Ruskin Bond, A Book of Simple Living: Brief Notes from the Hills
God is there for you to hold on.
Hold on to what is good, even if it’s a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe, even if it’s a tree that stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do, even if it’s a long way from here.
Hold on to your faith, even if it’s easier to let go.
Hold on to God’s hand””~.
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….
Roksana Tales 