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I found this photo on Pinterest, and I think there is no harm in sharing with fellow bloggers
especially the photographers – hoping it could inspire you.
Have a wonderful weekend my friends!
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
love doesn’t knows no time
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just like an old song
spinning inside heads
wondering if love may grow
and took over the hostility like an ocean wave
washed away the anger with the drifting tide
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like the dawn breaking the night
leave the wound of the past
assuring that we will be able to face tomorrow
to see the rising sun with smile
lighting up the day for everyone
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though so much pain we’ve perceived
there is also so much hope lies in the future
cannot be predicted but will be faced
and the time will lead us
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though it’s going to be a long journey
we’ve should begin now
do not ask when will we stop
because love doesn’t knows no time
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photo ; desktopnexus.com
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Illuminating Blogger Award
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I have been nominated by Paul for
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Please meet him at his inspiring and warmth blog
Céad Mile Fáilte
Thank you so much Paul I am really honored.
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The rules to follow are:
1. Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you
2. Say a few words of gratitude on your blog and follow the link
3. Share a few words about yourself and pass on the award to at least 5 other bloggers.
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A few words about me:
I’m just an Indonesian woman who like biking.
Love colors but mostly I dressed in black.
My main hobby is sewing and made my own dress when I was fourteen
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That’s a few words about me and now I would nominate this award to:
angelswhisper2011
would never be enough
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on your wrinkled face
marched the unending love
on your fragile bones
engraved the countless sacrifices
through your breath
blew the unceasing prayers
just for me
mom….., for you
a world-wide of thank you
would never be enough
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photo credit : American Native Graphic
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a mother’s love
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My mom only had one eye. I hated her… She was such an embarrassment.
She cooked for students and teachers to support the family.
There was this one day during elementary school where my mom came to say hello to me.
I was so embarrassed.
How could she do this to me? I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out.
The next day at school one of my classmates said, ‘Eeeeee…, your mom only has one eye!’
I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear.
I confronted her that day and said,
‘ If you’re only gonna make me a laughing stock, why don’t you just die?’
My mom did not respond… I didn’t even stop to think for a second about what I had said,
because I was full of anger. I was oblivious to her feelings.
I wanted out of that house, and have nothing to do with her.
So I studied real hard, got a chance to go abroad to study.
Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own.
I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts.
Then one day, my Mother came to visit me.
She hadn’t seen me in years and she didn’t even meet her grandchildren.
When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her,
and I yelled at her for coming over uninvited.
I screamed at her, ‘How dare you come to my house and scare my children!
“Get out of here! Now!!!”
And to this, my mother quietly answered, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry.
I may have gotten the wrong address,’ and she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house.
So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip.
After the reunion, I went to the old shack just out of curiosity.
My neighbors said that she died. I did not shed a single tear.
They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.
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‘My dearest son,
I think of you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your children.
I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion.
But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you.
I’m sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up.
You see……..when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye.
As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having to grow up with one eye.
So I gave you mine.
I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place,
with…. that eye.
With all my love to you,
Your mother.
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shared from Moral Stories
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Shine On award
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First I would like to thank
Mary Clever
at
http://desi99ner.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/shine-on-award/#comment-439
which nominate me for the Shine On award. *
Thank you so much Mary I am really honored.
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To share the joy … I would like to nominate;
LuAnn
THROUGH THE HEALING LENS
Laughing Penguins
Stefania’s
Oil Pastels by Mary
Teacher as Transformer
FOREVER POETIC
angelswhisper2011
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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the whisper of femininity
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close your eyes for a moment
take a deep breath
carefully hear it
the soul of your femininity is whispering
please realize that you are beautiful as a rose
feel the fragrant and spread it
show the beautiful color with proud
but hide your thorns if not necessary
let the vision be the guidance
allow the mission to clear your path
as you step boldly for being a wonderful woman
you’ve been created for life’s sweetness and bitterness
and ready to jump over the obstacles
again…., take a deep breath
you are lovely as butterfly
feel the beauty of the wings
keep up to always be strong
to fly if you were not appreciated nor respected
and inappropriate to be underestimated
you are so valuable
now…. open your eyes
it’s time to live it with confidence
but fly away….
if you’re self-esteem was trampled
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Value of woman (reblogged)
Pass on your lady friends to remind them how fantastic they are!!!
Pass it on to males you know…., sometimes they need to be reminded!!!
NEVER TAKE LOVE FOR GRANTED
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A very poor man lived with his wife.
One day, his wife, who had very long hair asked him to buy her a comb
for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed.
The man felt very sorry and said no.
He explained that he did not even have enough money
to fix the strap of his watch he had just broken.
She did not insist on her request.
The man went to work and passed by a watch shop,
sold his damaged watch at a low price and went to buy a comb for his wife.
He came home in the evening with the comb in his hand ready to give to his wife.
He was surprised when he saw his wife with a very short hair cut.
She had sold her hair and was holding a new watch band.
Tears flowed simultaneously from their eyes,
not for the futility of their actions, but for the reciprocity of their love.
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To love is nothing, to be loved is something
but to love and to be loved by the one you love,
that is everything.
Never take love for granted..!!
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Shared from Believe In Your Self & What Other Thinks Won’t Matter
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if yes is the answer
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Let me be the verses of love
to be with you in solitude
and fill the lonely nights
with dreams
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Let me be the verses of life
to wet the barren of your hope
and strengthen the fragile soul
with confidence
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let me be the verses of song
to entertain the sadness
and lifted your passion
through the tones
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take me
if yes is the answer
in your memory
in your heart
in your days
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the song of bamboo leaves
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I slowed my step
watching the lodge carefully
the bamboo leaves was increasingly shade and skewed
but the lodge was still the same
as the last time I came
nothing has changed
when I opened the door
as if I saw my grandmother
sitting in her rocking chair
staring out the window…. humming
then I see myself come, clinging and question her
you are humming grandmother,…. what song?
oo …. just follow the song of bamboo leaves my dear
a dragonfly passed by in front of my face
disperse my musings
I enter the lodge and sit on grandma’s rocking chair
try to understand the thing that she did
in silence …. I began to hear
a lovely song
I let it flow within this soul
to blend with the memories of my childhood
the song of bamboo leaves
filled my longing of grandma’s warm hug
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if there were visiting hours in heaven
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they had gone to heaven
because in there they were freed
of burden and responsibility
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they had gone to heaven
because there was no suffering
only love and eternal peace
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they had gone to heaven
because there was no suffering
and they will found happiness
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I asked; “why didn’t you invite me?”
they replied: “your time has not yet come”
then I asked again; ” could I visit you if I miss?”
and an angel interrupt the conversation said;
“there is no visiting hours in heaven!”
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the missing smile
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it has lasted long enough
moaning and sighing resignedly
like a melody …. but sounds poignant
the time almost stopped
“stay with me Ning” I said
but the death pressed his chest
unplug his suffering
and there’s a smile on his face
which been missing for nearly two years
“goodbye Ning”
might be the best … for you
and I turned away
took the pictured of your last smile
where the stories of our friendship stored
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Dedicated to my best friend ‘Ning’,
who fought against throat cancer for almost two years.
Sad of losing you but also relieved that you freed of pain.
You will always be in my heart my dear…. always.
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the first nomination on the beginning of the year
I just received my first nomination on 2013 for the Gargie Award from
atirahjewel
at
http://atirahjewel.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/gargie-award/
This is really a surprise for a new beginning of the year.
Thank you so much Atirah, it’s really an honor.
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