Tuesday, January 31, 2012

അമ്മയുടെ കരളും കാത്തില്ല; ആതിര യാത്രയായി



Posted on: 31 Jan 201
ആലുവ: പ്രാണന്‍പോലും പകുത്തുനല്‍കാന്‍ സന്മനസ്സു കാട്ടിയ അമ്മയേയും പ്രാര്‍ഥനയോടെ കാത്തിരുന്ന നാടിനേയും തീരാദുഃഖത്തിലാഴ്ത്തി ആതിര യാത്രയായി. മഞ്ഞപ്പിത്തബാധയെത്തുടര്‍ന്ന് കരള്‍മാറ്റിവയ്ക്കല്‍ ശസ്ത്രക്രിയയ്ക്ക്‌വിധേയയായ ആലുവ തുരുത്ത് പുത്തന്‍പുരയില്‍ ബാലചന്ദ്രന്‍-ഗിരിജ ദമ്പതിമാരുടെ മകള്‍ ആതിര (ചിന്നു-24) തിങ്കളാഴ്ച പുലര്‍ച്ചെയാണ് മരിച്ചത്. രണ്ടാഴ്ചമുമ്പാണ് ആതിരയെ ആസ്പത്രിയില്‍ പ്രവേശിപ്പിച്ചത്.

രോഗം കരളിനെ ബാധിച്ചതോടെ കരള്‍മാറ്റിവയ്ക്കണമെന്ന് ഡോക്ടര്‍മാര്‍ അറിയിച്ചു. മകളുടെ ജീവന്‍ രക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിനായി അമ്മ ഗിരിജയാണ് തന്റെ കരളിന്റെ 75 ശതമാനത്തോളം നല്‍കിയത്. ചികിത്സാച്ചെലവിന്റെ ഒരുഭാഗം നാട്ടുകാര്‍ സ്വരൂപിച്ച് നല്‍കി. ബാക്കിതുക കടംപറഞ്ഞാണ് ശസ്ത്രക്രിയ പൂര്‍ത്തിയാക്കിയത്. ഇതിനിടെ, അമ്മ ഗിരിജയ്ക്ക് ഹൃദയസ്തംഭനമുണ്ടാകുകയും ആന്‍ജിയോപ്ലാസ്റ്റി നടത്തുകയുംചെയ്തു. ഇവര്‍ സുഖംപ്രാപിച്ചുവരുന്നതിനിടെ, ആതിരയില്‍ മാറ്റിവച്ച കരള്‍, മരുന്നുമായി പ്രതികരിക്കാതെവന്നു. ഞായറാഴ്ചമുതല്‍ ആതിരയുടെ ആരോഗ്യനില കൂടുതല്‍ വഷളായി. തിങ്കളാഴ്ച പുലര്‍ച്ചെ 3.30ന് മരിച്ചു.

എന്‍ജിനീയറിങ് ബിരുദധാരിയായ ആതിര തൃക്കാക്കര എന്‍ജിനീയറിങ് കോളേജിലെ ഗസ്റ്റ് അധ്യാപികയാണ്. ആസ്പത്രിയില്‍നിന്ന് മൃതദേഹം തൃക്കാക്കര കോളേജിലെത്തിച്ച് പൊതുദര്‍ശനത്തിനുവെച്ചശേഷമാണ് ആലുവ തുരുത്തിലെ വീട്ടിലേക്ക് കൊണ്ടുവന്നത്. തുരുത്ത് പാലം കവലയില്‍നിന്ന് വിലാപയാത്രയായി കൊണ്ടുവന്ന മൃതദേഹത്തില്‍ പി. രാജീവ് എംപി, അന്‍വര്‍സാദത്ത് എംഎല്‍എ, എസ്. ശര്‍മ എംഎല്‍എ, ജില്ലാ പഞ്ചായത്തംഗങ്ങളായ ജോമി, അഡ്വ. ബി.എ. അബ്ദുല്‍ മുത്തലിബ്, എം.ഒ. ജോണ്‍ തുടങ്ങിയവര്‍ അന്ത്യോപചാരമര്‍പ്പിച്ചു. തുടര്‍ന്ന് ആലുവ എസ്എന്‍ഡിപി ശ്മശാനത്തില്‍ സംസ്‌കാരം നടത്തി.
                                                അമ്മയുടെ അന്ത്യ ചുംബനം
















Manorama Online Malayalam News Kerala

Monday, January 30, 2012

Proud to be an 'INDIAN'



What a beautiful INDIA.
Punjab for fighting,
Bengal for writing,
Kashmir For beauty,
Andhra for duty,                                                                      
Karanataka for silk
Haryana for milk,
Kerala for brains,
Tamil for grains,
Orissa for temples,
Bihar for minerals,
Gujarat for development,
Assam for tea,
Rajasthan for history,
Maharastra for mangoes &
Goa for beaches.
""INDIA for Peace""
It's our nation.We called it- INCREDIBLE INDIA.
Proud to be an 'INDIAN'

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Christians & Jews find AR Rahman’s Hosanna song objectionable. The CSF protests…

International, January 16: A R Rahman’s “Hosanna” Song in Hindi Film “Ekk Deewana Tha” to be released on 17 February, 2012. The Catholic-Christian Secular Forum (CSF), takes strong exception to an A R Rahman’s song “Hosanna” in the Hindi movie, “Ekk Deewana Tha” to be released on 17 February, 2012 and has taken up the issue with the authorities concerned to have the song withdrawn. The CSF will launch a public agitation if the same is not heeded. In a complaint to the music director, besides others concerned like Fox Star Studio, Sony Music and all those responsible for the same. The CSF demands an apology for the same and urged the authorities to act, as it has hurt not only Christian, but also Jewish religious sentiments, Hosanna being a prayer for both communities.
According to Joseph Dias, The CSF general secretary, ” We are not going into the lyrics or vulgar picturisation of the song, which is also objectionable. But, would like to point out that internationally Hosanna is a prayer in the Bible and used by both Jews and Christians, referring to God or Jesus Christ, with strong reverential and religious connotations. The CSF points out that in both these religions, Hosanna is used as follows:

Judaism
“Hoshana” is a Hebrew word meaning please save or save now. In Jewish liturgy, the word is applied specifically to the Hoshana Service, a cycle of prayers from which a selection is sung each morning during Sukkot, the Feast of Booths or Tabernacles. The complete cycle is sung on the seventh day of the festival, which is called Hoshana Rabbah “Great Hosanna”.
Christianity
“Hosanna” in Greek is the cry of praise or adoration of God, shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem – Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! It is used in the same way in Christian praise. Overall, it seems that “Hosanna” is a cry for salvation – God who saves; while at the same time is a declaration of praise of God and is used with great reverence to Him.
The CSF general Secretary adds ” Hence, to use it in a movie where the boy, falls in love with a girl – who belongs to an orthodox Malayali Christian family where watching movies, partying or falling in love are completely taboo  – is mocking and ridiculing the faith of the person. This has hurt religious sentiments and insulted Christian and Jewish beliefs “. Joseph Dias further questions angrily – ” If you would not use Islamic, Hindu or prayers from any other religion in pop secular music, then why do you use Hosanna in a carnal love song of a movie. It trivialises a word that is sacred and uttered with respect by followers of both Christian and Jewish faiths and hence needs to be stopped immediately.
It may be recalled that The CSF and other community groups had only last month complained against those responsible for the movie poster “Who’s There – Kaun Hai Waha” and the director, producer and others concerned had to spend days in custody in Mumbai following police action. Gautham Menon, the noted south Indian film director is responsible for the film “Ekk Deewana Tha”, which is produced by Reshma Ghatala, Venkat Somasundaram and Javed Akhtar being the lyricist.
Those involved with the Hosanna song, as part of the movie are lead actors – Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson; singers – Leon D’Souza, Suzanne D’Mello and Blaaze, with additional vocals by Vivek Agarwal, Dr. Narayan, V. V. Prasanna, Haricharan Sesh… Photon Kathaas Production and R.S. Infotainment, besides others are also involved and will be legally acted against.
Joseph Dias, MA (Eco) +919769 55 56 57 csfpost@gmail.comwww.thecsf.org
General Secretary, The Catholic-Christian Secular Forum (CSF)
- csf

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

EVERY BODY MUST READ THIS ......

FACTS ABOUT HEART ATTACKS‏E


A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty (Heart Specialist),
Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore
was arranged by WIPRO for its employees .
The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.



Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?


Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar


Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?


Ans: No


Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?


Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.


Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?


Ans: Yes


Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?



Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.


Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?


Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints


Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?


Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient


Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?


Ans: Extremely rare


Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age
(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?


Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.


Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?


Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.


Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?


Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.


Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?


Ans: Yoga helps.


Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?


Ans:
Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.

Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?


Ans: All oils are bad
.

Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?


Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.


Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?


Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position
, place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.

Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?


Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.


Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.


Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents.. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.


Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?


Ans: Yes.


Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?


Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child


Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?


Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.


Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?


Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti- hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.


Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?


Ans : No.


Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?


Ans : No.


Qn: How would you define junk food?


Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas..


Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?


Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.


Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?


Ans : No.


Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?


Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.


Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?


Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.


Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?


Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.


Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?


Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.


Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?


Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time
, Control cholesterol, BP, weight.

Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?

i

Ans : No.


Qn: What are the modern anti- hypertensive drugs?


Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to
reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.


Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?


Ans : No.


Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?


Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45.


Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?


Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup
s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ..

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

A dog's seeing-eye dog



This is so beautful . Pictures are keepers 



Lily is a Great Dane that has been Blind since a bizarre medical condition require that she have
both eyes removed . For the last 5 years , maddison , another Great Dane, has been sight.
The two are , of course , inseparable . 





"People will forget what you said; People will forget what you did.
But people will never forget how you made them feel."
Have a nice day!!!


Monday, January 9, 2012

*~~SPIRITUAL LOVE QUOTES ~~*



·         "For God so loved the world,

         that He gave His only begotten Son,

         that whoever believes in Him shall not perish,

          but have eternal life''.

            *~~~ Bible ~~~*


·         If you love someone, Tell them.

            Love is patient and kind.

            Love is not jealous or boastful,

            it is not arrogant or rude.

            Love does not insist on its own way,
           
            it is not irritable or resentful,


            it does not rejoice at wrong,

             but rejoices in the right.

            Love bears all things, believes all things,

            hopes all things, endures all things.

            
Love never ends.
                     
               *~~~~~ Bible ~~~~~*





·         "Love is patient.

            Love is kind.

            It does not envy.

            It does not boast.

            It is not proud.

            It is not rude.

            It is not self-seeking.

            It is not easily angered.

            It keeps no record of wrong doing.

            It does not delight in evil,

            but rejoices in the truth.

            It always protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres."~

              *~~~~ Bible ~~~~~*




·         And now abide faith, hope, and love,

       these three, but the greatest is love.
             *~~~~ 1 Corinthians 13:13 ~~~~~~*

 


·         "So they are no longer two but one flesh.

Therefore what God has joined together,

no human being must separate."

*~~~~~ Mark 10:8-9 ~~~~~*


·         "My lover spoke and said to me,
              'Arise my darling, my beautiful one,
               and come with me. See! The winter is past;
              the rains are over and gone.
             Flowers appear on the earth;
             the season of singing has come.
             The cooing of doves is heard in our land.
             The fig tree forms its early fruit;
             the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
             Arise, come, my darling;
             my beautiful one,
             come with me.'"
          *~~~~~ Song of Solomon 2:10-13~~~*
· "'And when Love speaks,

           the voices of all the gods make heaven

          drowsy with its harmony''

          *~~~ William Shakespeare ~~~*


·         Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind;

            and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

            *~~~ William Shakespeare ~~~*



·         The heart that loves is forever young.

            *~~~ Greek proverb ~~~*



·         Love is the most potent cause of anxiety

            and also the most difficult to face.

           “You do not become good by trying to be good,

            but by finding the goodness that is already within you,

            and allowing that goodness to emerge.”

            *~~~Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth,
             Awakening to Your Life's Purpose~~~*



·         “A man may imagine things that are false,

              but he can only understand things that are true,

             for if the things be false,

             the apprehension of them is not understanding.”

             *~~~ Isaac Newton ~~~*



·         “The challenge is to believe your dreams

         in the center of illusion.”

              *~~~ Emmanuel (Pat Rodegast) ~~~~*



·         “The only thing more important than being good is being real.

             Authenticity is kinder than resignation

             without conviction.

             Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth.

             Ultimately truth is good,

              but you have to live it from the inside out.”

              *~~~ Alan Cohen ~~~~*




·         “The greatest gift that you can give yourself is
        
         a little bit of your own attention.”

              *~~~Anthony J. D' Angelo ~~~~*




·         “Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue,

               the basis of moral authority;

             it is the highest summit of art and of life.”

             *~~~~ Henri Frederic Amiel ~~~~*


·         “The best and most beautiful things in the world

          cannot be seen or even touched.

              They must be felt with the heart."

              *~~~ Helen Keller ~~~~*





·         “A true man never frets about his place in the world,

              but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature,

              and swings there as easily as a star.”

              *~~~~ Edwin H. Chapin ~~~*



·         “Dreams are renewable.

              No matter what our age or condition,

              there are still untapped possibilities within us

              and new beauty waiting to be born.”

              *~~~~ Dale Turner~~~~*


·         “There is always hope for an individual

              who stops to do some serious thinking about life.”

              *~~~ Katherine Logan ~~~*



·         “If I accept you as you are,

              I will make you worse;

              however if I treat you as though you are

              what you are capable of becoming,

              I help you become that.”

              *~~~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ~~~~*



·         “Life is like a finger, pointing to the Moon.

              If you look at the finger...

              you will miss all the heavenly glory.

              " from Enter the Dragon,

              *~~~~ Bruce Lee tells his pupil ~~~~*




·         “Bad things are not the worst that can happen to us.

              NOTHING is the worst that can happen to us.”

              *~~~~ Richard Bach, One ~~~~*




·         I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting system through

             which God speaks to us every hour,
            
             if we will only tune in.”

            *~~~ George Washington Carver ~~~*




·         “Love is not always doing what brings pleasure;

              Love is also doing what is good for someone,

              Whatever the cost at the moment. sometimes,

              It’s leaving... for awhile- and the love is shown,

              Then, in the pain given.

              For pain is a lesson best learned from the

              One who loves you the most.”

              *~~~ Linda Goodman, Gooberz~~~~*


·         “A human being is an expression of life,

              bringing light, reflecting love across

              whatever dimension it chooses to touch,

              in whatever form it chooses to take.

             Humanity isn't a physical description,

            it's a spiritual goal. It's not something we're given,

            it's something we earn.”

            *~~~~ Mashara, One ~~~~*


·         You do not suffer because things are impermanent.

            You suffer because things are impermanent

            and you think they are permanent.”

            *~~~Thich Nhat Hanh ~~~~~*


·         “Awareness is given to the newborn,

             but must be sought by the adult.”

            *~~~~ Mentor, Agartha ~~~*


·         “Healing and positive life change comes from having the courage

              and spiritual conviction to look

              squarely at life's impermanence.”

              *~~~ Meredith Young Sowers~~~*

·         Don't be dismayed at goodbyes.

            A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.

            And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,

            is certain for those who are friends.”

            *~~~~ Richard Bach, Illusions ~~~~~*


  •        “The heart is the only constant and sure beam

       to follow ones cosmic door of understanding.”

                   *~~~~ Mentor, Agartha ~~~~*


·         Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

             *~~ Deepak Chopra, Ageless Body/Timeless Mind ~~*


·         “There is no remedy for love but to love more.”

              *~~Henry David Thoreau, Journal, July 25, 1839 ~~*


·         There is only one happiness in life - to love and be loved.”

             *~~~~Amandine Dupin ~~~*



·         “How far that little candle throws his beams!

              So shines a good deed in a weary world.”

              *~~~~William Shakespeare~~~~*

·         “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place,

              but far more difficult still,

            to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

              *~~~~ Benjamin Franklin ~~~~*


·         “Courage is the first of human qualities,

              because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”

              *~~~ Winston Churchill ~~~~*


·         “True love is the most enduring of all of life's worldly possessions,
               never tarnishing over time

               but ever to remain bright and

              brilliant in the light of love.”

               *~~~~ Joseph P. Martino ~~~~*


·         Love does not consist in gazing at each other,

            but in looking outward together in the same direction.

            *~~~~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~~~~*

·         Love to faults is always blind,

            Always is to joy inclined, Lawless,

            winged and unconfin'd

            And breaks all chains from every mind.

            *~~~~~William Blake 1757-1827 ~~~~~*



·         Love is like a violin...

            The music may stop now and then

            but the strings remain forever.

             *~~~~~ SUMADEVASIA ~~~~~*


·         Love at first sight is easy to understand.

             It's when two people have been looking

             at each other for a lifetime,

             that it becomes a miracle.

             *~~~~Amy Bloom 1953~~~~*


·         Love is a flint that sparks a flame,

             that will either flicker and burn out

             or continue with a warming glow

             *~~~~ SUMADEVASIA ~~~~*


·         Love doesn't make the world go round,

             love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

             *~~~~Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861~~~~*


·         It doesn't matter who you love,

             or how you love, but...that you love

             *~~~~Robert Browning 1812-1889~~~~~*


·         Freedom is creation because it is love.

            Whom you seek to imprison, you do not love.

              *~~~~~ Suma Devasia ~~~~~*




·         Happiness and love are just a choice away.

            *~~~~~ Leo Buscaglia 1924-1998 ~~~~*




·         What love we've given, we shall have forever.

             What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.

              *~~~~ Leo Buscaglia 1924-1998~~~~*


·         Love is always bestowed as a gift, freely,

            willingly and without expectation.

            We don't love to be loved, we love to love.

             *~~~~ Leo Buscaglia 1924-1998 ~~~~*




·         Love is life.

            And if you miss love, you miss life.

            *~~~~ Leo Buscaglia 1924-1998 ~~~~*



·         Love is - to let those we love be perfectly themselves,

            and not to twist them to fit our own image.

            Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves,

             we find in them.

            *~~~~~ Suma Devasia ~~~~*


·         There is no instinct like that of the heart.

             *~~~~ Lord Byron 1788-1824 ~~~~~*


·         Where there is great love...there are always miracles

            *~~~~ Willa Cather 1873-1947 ~~~~*


·         We look forward to the time

             when the power to love will replace the love of power.

             Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

            *~~~~ William Ellery Channing 1780-1842 ~~~~~*


·         Love is the most powerful,

            and still the most unknown, energy of the world.

            *~~~~~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1881-1955 ~~~~*




·         Love alone can unite living beings,

            so as to complete and fulfill them -

            for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves.

            All we need is to imagine our ability to love

            developing until it embraces

            the totality of men and of the earth.

            *~~~~~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1881-1955~~~~*





·         The day will come when, after harnessing the winds,

            the tides and gravitation,

            we shall harness for God the energies of love.

            And on that day,

           for the second time in the history of the world,

            man will have discovered fire.

            *~~~~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1881-1955~~~~*




·         To love means loving the unlovable.

            To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable.

            Faith means believing the unbelievable.

            Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

            *~~~~ Gilbert Chesterton 1874-1936 ~~~~~*


·         Wherever the wings of love take me,

             that is my flare path and my way.

             *~~~~~ Diane Cilento b.1933 ~~~~*


·         If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back,

            then you suffer. Every moment,

            is the most important moment of your life

            No future time is better than now,

            to let down your guard and love.

             *~~~~~ UNKNOWN ~~~~~*



·         Love creates new form, changes matter,

             and holds the cosmos together beyond time and space.

            It's in every one of us. It's what God is.

            *~~~~ Wayne Dyer b.1940 ~~~~*


·         The gold of one's heart is far

       more precious than the gold of one's purse.

            *~~~~ Suma Devasia ~~~~*


·         Start your day with love.

            Spend your day with love.

            Fill your day with love.

            End your day with love.

            *~~~~~ Suma Devasia ~~~~*


·         For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give,

            the more you have.

            And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead,

            the more water you draw, the more abundant is it's flow.

            *~~~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900-1944~~~~*




·         Whether humanity will consciously

      follow the law of love,

             I do not know. But that need not disturb me.

            The law will work just as the law of gravitation works,

            whether we accept it or not.

            *~~~~~ Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 ~~~~*


·         Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased,

             nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken.

             But it is inscribed on the heart

             and there it will remain forever.

              * ~~~~ Suma Devasia ~~~~*


·         Love is something eternal,

             the aspect may change, but not the essence.

             *~~~~Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 ~~~~*



  •        Love is the master key that opens the gate of happiness
                        *~~~~ Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809-1894 ~~~~*




·         Love grows by giving, the love we give away,

is the only love we keep.

            The only way to retain love is to give it away.

             *~~~~ Elbert Hubbard 1856-1915 ~~~~*




·         If the sign on your heart says 'Welcome'

            the love will come pouring in from everywhere.

            *~~~~ Susan Jeffers ~~~~*



·         The more love I give

            The more I receive.

            The more I have

            The easier it becomes to give.

            *~~~~~ Suma Devasia  ~~~~~*



·         Nothing is sweeter than love...

            nothing stronger, nothing higher,

            nothing wider, nothing more pleasant,

            nothing fuller or better - in heaven or earth.

            *~~~~~ Thomas Kempis 1379-1471 ~~~~~*


·         Love is like quicksilver in the hand.

            Leave the fingers open...and it stays.

            Clutch it...and it darts away.

             *~~~~ Dorothy Parker 1893-1967 ~~~~*



·         Let us dream of tomorrow,

            where we can truly love from the soul,

            and know love as the ultimate truth

            at the heart of all creation.

            *~~~~~ UNKNOWN ~~~~*