Flowers

 

 

 

Each flower

is a soul blossoming

out to nature.

Windy

Come Fairies,
take me out of this dull world,
for I would ride with you upon the wind
and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

Simple

To find the universal elements enough;
to find the air and the water exhilarating;
to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter...
to be thrilled by the stars at night;
to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring
- these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
 
John Burroughs
 

I believe..

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day…. And I believe in miracles.

A.H.

Attitude

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by.

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts.

Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

Red

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.

~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Afternoon on a Hill"

Life ...

... is the flower of which Love is the honey!

The difference

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
Henry Van Dyke

My tribute ...

....  on this International Woman’s Day 2012 is not probably to you, and definitely not to me.

 It’s meant to the millions of women throughout the world  that, in the XXI Century, still live in conditions of abject deprivation of, and attacks against their fundamental human rights for no other reason rather than being a woman.

It's important to celebrate Women's Day because it brings focus to the issues we need to look at closely but often do not. When we look at gender indexes around the world we find that for all the strides women have made, there is an enormous amount of ground that needs to be covered. In developing countries and especially in the subcontinent, women suffer from lack of access to equal opportunity in education, health, and employment .

 When we celebrate International Women's Day we salute those who have struggled to pull women out of the abyss of a patriarchal society. But it also must become a solemn moment for introspection; and an opportunity to provide the freedom that women deserve and need.

 I look forward to a world in which women in general are treated as human beings rather than animals, have equal rights and opportunities as men, regardless of race, religion or color.

 On International Women's Day I salute my mother for the values which she imbibed  me. She taught me by example that men and women are equal.

 But I am lucky.

I was born in a free society.

Not every women are that lucky.

Flowers

"None can have a healthy love for flowers unless he loves the wild ones." 

-  Forbes Watson

Early Spring

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you.

All they show is limitation.

Look with your understanding, find out what you already know,

and you'll see the way to fly.
Richard Bach

Nada é por acaso...

"Cada um que passa na nossa vida, passa sozinho…
Porque cada pessoa é única para nós,
E nenhuma substitui a outra.
Cada um que passa na nossa vida passa sozinho,
Mas não vai só…
Leva um pouco de nós mesmos
E deixa-nos um pouco de si mesmo.
Há os que levam muito,
Mas não há os que não deixam nada.
Esta é a mais bela realidade da Vida…
A prova tremenda de que cada um é importante
E que ninguém se aproxima por acaso..."

Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Responsability

“People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your flower.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in Little Prince

 

Medicine to the soul

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine,

food and medicine to the soul."

(Luther Burbank)

Perfeito amor

Amarelo

Vou te oferecer hoje um poema
sem versos...nem estrofes
Ele tem pétalas e folhas
e elas traduzem o sol
Não tem rimas, nem métrica
e se sustenta em tênues galhos
Balança ao som do vento
mata a sede com o orvalho
Com ele, enfeita teu caminho
e colhe dele o pólen mais fértil
Semeia a poesia
E quando estiveres sozinho
deixa-o entrar pelos poros
Ele é frágil, mas tão belo
Guarda-o para as noites escuras
e deixe que ele floresça...
em tons de amarelo.

(Magda Rosa)

Bom dia!!

Quinze dias de férias já lá vão. A Andaluzia estava maravilhosamente quente, como é habitual.
Hoje, de volta à dura realidade, dou de caras com um Verão que tarda em chegar.
Enfim, não podemos ter tudo.
Tenham um excelente dia. :)

Os tons da Paz

Branco, azul, rosa, lilás, porque só o branco é a cor da paz?

Acordar de bem com a vida,conviver com gente querida,
sorrir, brincar, dançar, cantar
e viver com alegria cada momento,
mesmo se o dia amanheceu cinzento,
são os verdadeiros tons da paz!

A paz que um abraço gostoso traz
e um sorriso amigo que a tristeza desfaz,
são antídotos contra o mau-humor,
transformando a vida num jardim de flores,
de todas as cores, as cores do amor!
A paz se conquista na simplicidade,
que traz harmonia e felicidade!

(Esther Ribeiro Gomes)

As flores e as cores

As flores são como as cores

Lindas e divertidas.

De várias espécies e feitios

Até das mais atrevidas.

Trazem recordações

E fazem lembrar canções.

Abrem corações

E criam muitas paixões.

O vermelho lembra o amor,

Mas também faz lembrar a dor.

E existem várias flores,

Desta cor.

O verde lembra a esperança

E o brilho da erva.

O azul faz lembrar o mar

Para onde quer que nos leva.

O amarelo lembra o Sol brilhante

E as pessoas elegantes.

O rosa lembra a cor,

Mas também a flor.

Existem várias cores

Todas com a sua característica,

Aprenda o seu significado

E seja mais ambientalista.

Telma Branco

Moments

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, 
but how many moments took your breath away....