An Egyptian Love Poem

I found this poem a few weeks ago and I wanted to share it with everyone. Written around 1500 BC, it's an Egyptian poem about love. All human beings have the same wants and needs and (in my opinion at least) LOVE is a primary one. I am always delighted when I find another illustration that shows how similar the human spirit is regardless of time, place, belief, philosophy, culture, and so on. This poem is a perfect example because even though it is over 3500 years old, it could have easily been written today. I hope you enjoy!

Thoughts for Today......LOVE

Everyone from Lao Tzu, to Plato, to Longfellow wrote about LOVE. The strength of the emotion, depth of it's passion and it's ability to transform are just a few examples of the variety of quotes that follow. The common thread sown throughout every culture and time is the knowledge that LOVE is one of the most fundamental things all living creatures need to thrive.
I hope you enjoy the different quotes as well as a couple of pictures of flowers from my "natural light series" (Please contact me with any questions about the pictures). If you have a favorite quote please share it by posting it in the comment section!

Wise words from His Holiness The Dalai Lama

I apologize to everyone because there haven't been very many posts over the last month. I have some new things I'm working on that I think will provide some new, different, and creative ways (including Angels!) to help us focus even more on living life positively. My goal is to begin introducing them in the next week or so. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for sticking with me and keeping the blog in your readers.

In this post I wanted to share a few of my favorite 'tweets' from His Holiness The Dalai Lama along with a couple photographs of purple wildflowers. I don't know how many already have twitter accounts, but for those who don't I think it's worth getting one just to receive The Dalai Lama's tweets. To say they are inspiring, motivational, powerful, positive and meaningful is an understatement.

To Love Life, A truly incredible poem by Ellen Bass

To Love Life
The Thing Is
to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you've held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.

Michael Jackson's greatest accomplishment

I am a Michael Jackson fan, always have been, always will be. When people think of Michael Jackson's greatest accomplishment, 99% of the time they try to choose one of his many artistic and humanitarian achievements. However in my opinion, NONE of them were his greatest accomplishment.

His musical genius is legendary, his pioneering in ALL areas of music and performing are forever documented not just in history, but our minds. There are only a few events that a person remembers where they were when….for me at least FIVE of those things are Michael Jackson events. Off The Wall, the moon-walk, Beat It, Thriller, We Are The World, Heal The World…….the list goes on and on and on.