9 Must Read Books

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

Passionate – Paintings

Do it with passion or not at all … “

Unfinished – A Painting

May be I could have done something else with this art, but then I thought to abandon it just like this, and sign it ‘roksanaamelia’ with a charcoal.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.
-Leonardo da Vinci


#JianBirdGallery❄️

Travel

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.

———

July, 2021
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, USA

Fear nothing, Travel more

Coffee break

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

The Wooden Bridge

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

Stillness

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 BondA Book of Simple Living: Brief Notes from the Hills

Hold On

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””~.

Dear, Rest at Ease

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….

Dear dragonfly, a beauty

Friendship Is The Best – inspiring

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

Surrender – a quote

The boat I travel in is called Surrender.
My two oars are instant forgiveness and gratitude
complete gratitude for the gift of life.
I am thankful for the experience of this life,
for the opportunity to dance.
I get angry, I get mad,
but as soon as I remind myself
to put my oars in the water,
I forgive.

I serve.
I do the dance I must.
I plant trees,
but I am not the doer of this work.
I am the facilitator, the instrument.
I am one part of the symphony.
I know there is an overall scheme to this symphony
that I cannot understand.
In some way, we are each playing our own part.
It is not for me to judge or criticize the life or work of another.
All I know is that this is my dance.
I would plant trees today
even if I knew for a certainty that the world
would end tomorrow.

Balbir Mathur

Black n White

Sometimes we’re just too black and white in our thinking instead of acknowledging all the other colors of life. The world can’t always be neatly parceled up in the way that some of our questions about life might imply. That’s why, instead of asking for ‘answers’ of an question, we should just ask for’ impressions’~

Sometimes, the shades of gray is so much WoW♥

I’d never let you go……
“Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can”
Come, little leaves,” said the Wind one day, “Come to the meadows with me and play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold;
For Summer is past, and the days grow cold.”

~George Cooper
If I could talk to my younger self, I would just say that the path to great things is filled with a lot of stumbles, suffering, and challenges along the way. But if you have the right attitude and know that hard times will pass – and you get up each time – you will reach your destination.
~ Jonny Kim
Trees are poems
that the earth writes upon the sky!”

Kahlil Gibran
Everything is connected”
“Come, let us have some tea and
continue to talk about happy things” 
“It’s not what you have on the outside that glitters in light,
it’s what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.”

― Anthony Liccione
You can be in love with solitude;
it won’t last long!
You can be in love with crowds;
it won’t last long!””
চিত্র!
You don’t have to know where you’re going to get
exactly where you need to go”…..
How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”
– John Burroughs
There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky.”
– Dejan Stojanovic
You can be in love with solitude;
it won’t last long!
You can be in love with crowds;
it won’t last long!””
“Even when your life is full of color, you still need to be reminded that things come in black and white.”

ჱܓჱܓ
জল বাড়ে মায়া বাড়ে,
নিয়তির খেলা
এক শ্রাবণে নৌওকো ভাসে
বিরহে একেলা!
মেঘে মেঘে এতো বেলা
হেসে খেলে অবহেলায়
অজানারী আহবানে
চলছে কেমন খেলা!

কি শুনাইলা কি বুঝাইলা
জড়াইলা কি মায়াতে!”
পাতায় পাতায় গল্প-গাঁথা! 
চিত্রকর! ♥
আলোকিত আমি তোমার আলোকরশ্মিতে! ♥

Painter, Creator ♥
I am enlightened by your light! 

There’s so much grey to every story – nothing is so black and white!”

Glorifying, Each Day

Each day,
Its more precious,
As I celebrate my life with you,
With a simple word, with heart felt appreciation,
With rainbow tears in eyes, with gratitude, with music,
With song, with a heart to let go, with loving acceptance
With graceful smile, with love light n warmth of hearts within.

Its more beautiful day,
Each moment of the each beautiful day.

UspiEd DwON

Accept life’s ups and down.
Lovingly live it ….

Cna Yuo Raed Tihs?

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
– Collected

Tihs is raelly gerat:)
And asboltutely crroect~

ItnersetniG~

What is actually important??
Spelling is no matter, sometimes to express what you want to say.
Its just okay.
Cause~
Its matter how we look at things,
No matter how hard to understand, sometimes.

Make it easy friends for all to understand you.
What you think about and thank about, you bring about!
Make it a happy day today for yourself and all around you!!!

‘It’s not just polite to let people say what they wish, it’s seductive. The best gift you can give is your attention’. ~Chris Matthews sharing

Accept life’s ups and down.
Lovingly live it upside down:)

♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥

Travelling Alone is Therapy

Let nothing and no one stop me…..

All on my own, I made my way; 

Through the dark of night and bright of day,

Dreams are there for me in that shining evening ray.

Sometimes I feel as if I had spent my whole life dreaming…. dreaming to fall and wait for the moment when I would hit the water all alone….alone on a lonely beach.

Though, in the midst of such vastness, it wouldn’t be possible for me to view such beauty and serenity all by myself…

I’m not meant to be alone…

I don’t want to be alone….

I can’t be so self-centered….

I’m not made in this way.

But you know, sometimes though, you need to be alone, all by yourself.

When you’re by yourself, you’re forced to think.

Travelling alone, I believe, is like medication.

Because it makes u test yourself in ways you never thought possible.

Well I dream to travel alone & travelling alone is one of my precious dreams.

Dreams are there to unlock imagination.

Right?

I believe where there’s a true and honest dream, there’s always a way.

I find travelling an opportunity not to relax;

But also a means to mingle freely with co-travelers.

Besides, the feeling of freedom makes it easier for one to interact with people from all walks of life.

And I love people and places.

In the little space of my daily life, in which I make and re-make relationships with everyone that I encounter and whom I find my dearests, I love to use a little adventurous mode.

It’s in my nature: Adventurous.

But solo trip to some place had been a mere dream only.

Or it must be better to admit that I had only loved to dream about it.

Never had I made it my long-cherished dream the way I dream of it now.

Now, as the days pass, I begin to embrace uncertainty. I realize that it’s from venturing into the unknown that I learn more what it means to be human and above all, what it means to be free.

Fragility is what I think I’m…..very sensitive to life’s little things.

At times it breaks you from inside.

Travelling alone would definitely teach me to overcome many unnecessary emotions.

Travelling alone would give me the chance to do things that I never thought I could; that I could completely rely on myself for everything.

I’m a nature-lover.

I prefer wilderness. Or should I say I love Travelling for the travelling’s’ sake.

You know, life can be exciting EN ROUTE anyway you look at it.

Through travelling,

You learn that people, in general, are helpful and that come along your journey.

You meet people from all around the world, some of whom may become life-long friends.

Through travelling,

You become a better, more self-reliant person.

You impact the lives of those you encounter in your journey in a positive way.

All we have to do is to learn by being introspective, by creating and discovering new enchanted emotional space rather than physical space.

I know, as a woman travelling alone, I would face issues that a man wouldn’t. But I think I’m unafraid. Because I’m a true heart. I won’t do wrongs to anyone. I don’t want to hurt even. I know I’ve my own mountains to climb. I have to face issues that might come along my paths. But those are for me only a literal mountain. Climbing Real Mountain is yet to come in my life, and it’ll only come forward if I start travelling alone.

You know I love challenges too.

Travelling is a way of life and travelling alone needs more attitudes towards embracing the anticipation of the UNKNOWN.

So here I’m on a journey to the destination of my own dream.

Let nothing and no one stop me.

Bon Voyage!!

Philosophy For a Happy Life

My philosophy for a happy life | Sam Berns

  1. Be OK with what you ultimately can’t do! Because there is so much you CAN do!
  2. Surround yourself with  people you want to be around!
  3. Keep moving forward!
  4. Never miss a party if you can help it!<3

Find Inspiration!!

For more information, visit:

Facebook: facebook.com/hbodocs;

Twitter: @HBODocs #LifeAccordingToSam.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140114-progeria-disease-berns-children-premature-aging-research-gene-mutation/

The Woman In Your Life

Please appreciate her …..

w

Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry her with these facts as well.

Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are–

Who is earning almost as much as you do.

One who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as human as you are–

One who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your sister haven’t, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements–

Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won’t, simply because you won’t like it, even though you say otherwise—

One who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met—

One who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some and trust her—

One who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows in your entire house – your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most importantly – your understanding, or love, if you may call it—

But not many understand this……

Please appreciate “HER”

Written by Deepa Bhardwaj

Quotes on Photography

756794299a166994c57f5adc91e58dd4

Photography attracts me on an undefined mysterious way. I would freeze the moment and let the imagination reach to and let our heart filling with love. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. True-an image talks more than words. When we can’t say what burns inside us we let talk with our images.

Photography,
A reason to live to be,
Warm like morning rays,
Bright like noontime sun,
Shining like evening stars;
I ll be able to see me,
Definitely.

There are so many photographs around the world, and its incredibly awesome to look into those photographs. Famous photographers have their acute view on photography and their insights do inspire us a lot. Here are some of my favorite quotes on photography for photography-lovers.

  • “Photography is the story I fail to put into words.”— Destin Sparks
  • “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”— Ansel Adams
  • “In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”— Alfred Stieglitz
  • “There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.”
    Robert Frank
  • “Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.”— Anonymous
  • “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever. It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”— Aaron Siskind
  • I’ve always believed that photography is a way to shape human perception.__James Balog
  • “We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.”— Ralph Hattersley
  • “A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.”— Annie Leibovitz
  • “You don’t take a photograph. You ask quietly to borrow it.”— Unknown
  • “Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.”
    Don McCullin
  • “I like to photograph anyone before they know what their best angles are.”__ Ellen Von Unwerth
  • “Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.” __Elliott Erwitt
  • “You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.”__William Albert Allard
  • “If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up.” __Garry Winogrand
  • “You may not be the perfect photographer for everyone. But for someone you are the perfect photographer.” __Unknown
  • “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” – Ansel Adams
  • “When you photograph people in color you photograph their clothes. When you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their soul!” – Ted Grant
  • “When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.” – Alfred Eisenstaedt
  • “Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” – David Alan Harvey
  • “Taking pictures is savoring life intensely every hundredth of a second.” – Mark Riboud

7f9f7f6cc913409e88d6d5efd14669a7 camera-cute-photography-quote-Favim.com-518234Screenshot_2014-08-29_15.35.09Ansel-Adams-quoteAnsel-Adams-Quote-3 Edward-Steichen-Quote Helen-Mirren-Quote Eudora-Welty-quote images (1)imagesimages7d2cbb3af0b77fddc81b9eece890a8d8images (1)images (2)images (5)tumblr_mavrfcM6vW1qzx5i0o1_500images (3)imagesthe heart and mindclickquote clickquote2 images (1) images (2) images (3) images images

images (4)

HELP HIM CRY

image026

Author and lecturer, Leo Buscaglia, once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was:

A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor,

The little boy just said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”

images

Profound meaning!!

Collection of Good Stories.