“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” – Joseph Campbell “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”…
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky” Rabindranath Tagore
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs
Till we meet again! Much love. Adios Amigos! Mishka-Laila Tails. I’ve been meaning to share some snippets about my fur babies for a while. I also feel I have been writing a lot of “inspirational” stuff off late. And I needed to re-invent my commentary. Maybe lighten up the mood a bit. 😉 Tell me what you think? Would you want me to add…
“Small things matter. What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.” Daisaku Ikeda, President Söka Gakkai Buddhism Today I’m reminded of this song from my school days. I’m sure some of you might have heard it and and grown up singing it too. Grateful for this song brimming with courage. It takes courage to answer…
Ann Frank’s story is such a wonderful reminder in these tough times, to hold on to hope. To believe in the goodness within us and that of one another. The world is going through tough, turbulent times. There is mass unrest, lives being lost, political friction, pandemic woes, mental health issues on a rise, devastations and despair. Yet there are instances of hope. And today I choose to share a few hopeful instances that have added meaning to…
“Let’s take individual steps to save our environment. It’s the only one we have, and will ever have.” My Rant from 6th June, 2020: Here’s a little rant/or appeal I wrote in response to a blogger friend, Shilpa’s Facebook post, when the life of the elephant in Kerela was nipped away, along with it’s foetus. My heart goes out to all the elephants and also other species in the wild, and otherwise who are relentlessly tortured, traumatised and…
This #wordlesswednesday, thanks to my older poppet, I got a bunch of quotes from Pinterest to share. Never done this before here. Well, I’ve been having a bit of a health hiccup and I was not sure if I was up to posting at all. But she graciously volunteered to help out. So thankful to you, Arusha Sinha. 🙂 Arusha wanted me to use the “Teach Peace” quote, but all of them…
“There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the Elephant.” ― Edward Topsell, The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes The first herd of elephants we sighted at Tarangire, Tanzania. It was a moment of a lifetime Watching this massive herd at Serengeti was nothing short of mesmerising! “They say that somewhere in…
“The beauty of Africa is not man made, it is natures gift to humanity.” ― Paul Oxton WILD AFRICA I’m so grateful to the universe that we managed to go on our African holiday, last year in October. Little did we know in a few months and in a blink of an eye, safe travel would become a distant dream. Tanzania is a wondrous country in…