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Off To The Brethren!
🤗 Many of you will be familiar with my annual visit to the Brethren in the Monastery. I have been associated with them for many years now…….🤓 I have always tried to make at least one visit a year to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, lessons, Photography, Thoughts, Uncategorized, values
Tagged brethren, community, life, lifestyle, meditation, monastery, prayer, reflection
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Wit and Wisdom of Wilde!
“Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword” ― … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Quotes, Uncategorized, values, Wit
Tagged bravery, cowardice, kiss, lessons, life, love, people, wilde, wisdom
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Wilde’s Wit & Wisdom!
” The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” ~A Woman of No Importance.
All My Friends – Please Note!
Tempus Fugit! Indeed! 22nd July – just gone, marked a year of my being part of this fantastic Blog Community. I have made many friends in that year….from across the world. I shall always treasure your friendships from which I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Photography, Uncategorized, values
Tagged commitments, friends, gratitude, life, people, roses, time
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Wilde’s Wit and Wisdom!
A Cynic? Someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing!
Wilde’s Wit and Wisdom!
“In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press. That is an improvement certainly. But still it is very bad, and wrong, and demoralizing. Somebody — was it Burke? — called journalism the fourth estate. That was … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Quotes, Thoughts, Uncategorized, values, Wit
Tagged beauty, journalism, lessons, lords, parliament, press, wilde, wisdom, Wit
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Words of Wisdom!
Better a wee fire to warm you… than a big fire to burn you. ~Scottish.
Posted in Photography, Proverbs, Thoughts, Uncategorized, values
Tagged burn, fire, lessons, life, scottish, warm, wisdom
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Thought for the Week!
“It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and … Continue reading
Posted in lessons, Photography, Quotes, Thoughts, Uncategorized, values
Tagged cultures, democracy, lessons, life, mandela, religion, Thoughts
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A Little Talking Bee…
One sunny morning, a little boy was looking at the flowers in the garden. Suddenly, a little bee came and sat on his nose. He was afraid that the bee might sting him. He stood very still. Then the bee … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, lessons, Moral Tales, Photography, Thoughts, Uncategorized, values
Tagged beauty, bees, boys, children, garden, lessons, life, wisdom
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Just a Thought!
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. ~Kahlil Gibran.
Posted in Gibran, lessons, Photography, Quotes, Uncategorized, values
Tagged gratitude, kindness, lessons, life, silence, teacher, tolerance
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