Tag: personal

The lifestyle of good people is like sunlight at dawn that keeps getting brighter until broad daylight…The Bible

“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.” ― C.S. Lewis, — “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.”
― C.S. Lewis,

Nothing is old, nothing is new, it is just a matter of your point of view. Enjoy the life as happy days are few, because if life is ocean then happy moments are like dew.

You are a dreamer, and you are an achiever. May you dream and achieve bigger feats, with every passing year. All the best for the new year.

‘Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering‘. Paulo Coelho

The hardest part of moving on is not looking back at the memories you once shared with someone.

“Sometimes we are only given a few minutes to be with the one we love, and a thousand hours to spend thinking of them….!”

“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” – Henry Ward Beecher

I love those random memories that make me smile no matter what is going on in my life right now.

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” Henry Rollins

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” John Lubbock — “Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.”
John Lubbock

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” ― Stephen Hawking

“Life may be miraculous in its unlikelihood in the universe, but it would be a fallacy to suggest that its rareness makes it inextinguishable.” ― John Hodgman, That is All — “Life may be miraculous in its unlikelihood in the universe, but it would be a fallacy to suggest that its rareness makes it inextinguishable.”
― John Hodgman, That is All

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ― Charles Darwin

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself. (Rumi)

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin

“You say that you love the rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains. You say that you love the sun, but you find a shadow spot when it shines. You say that you love the wind, but you close the windows when it blows. This is why I'm afraid, you said that you love me too.” ― William Shakespeare — “You say that you love the rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains. You say that you love the sun, but you find a shadow spot when it shines. You say that you love the wind, but you close the windows when it blows. This is why I’m afraid, you said that you love me too.”
― William Shakespeare

Places I have been to in the USA

Re-posting my earlier post after adding a few more places….Alaska and Florida.

The blue color shows the states I have visited.

SR#	Place	State
1	Grand Canyon National Park	Arizona
2	Antelope Canyon Navajo Park	Arizona
3	San Francisco	California
4	Rocky Mountains National Park	Colorado
5	Mount Evans	Colorado
6	Colorado Springs	Colorado
7	Royal George Bridge	Colorado
8	Great Sand dunes National Park	Colorado
9	Mesa Verde National Park	Colorado
10	Starved rock state park	Illinois
11	Indiana Dunes State Park	Illinois
12	Chicago	Illinois
13	Dubuque	IOWA
14	Maquoketa caves State Park	IOWA
15	Pictured Rock National Lakeshore	Michigan
16	Silver Lake State Park	Michigan
17	Bay Harbor	Michigan
18	Mackinaw City	Michigan
19	Tahquamenon falls state Park	Michigan
20	Marquette	Michigan
21	Porcupine State Park	Michigan
22	Blue Mounds State Park	Minnesota
23	William O Brian State Park	Minnesota
24	Minnesota Nothshore	Minnesota
25	McCarthy State Park	Minnesota
26	Frontenac State Park	Minnesota
27	Minneopa State Park	Minnesota
28	Mille Lacs State Park	Minnesota
29	Niagara Cave	Minnesota
30	Scottsbluff national monument	Nebraska
31	Chimney Rock	Nebraska
32	Lake Tahoe	Nevada
33	Las Vegas	Nevada
34	Atlantic City	New Jersey
35	Niagara Falls	New York
36	New York City	New York
37	Badlands National Park	South Dakota
38	Mt. Rushmore	South Dakota
39	Custer State Park	South Dakota
40	Crazy Horse	South Dakota
41	Cosmos	South Dakota
42	Jewel Cave	South Dakota
43	Needles Scenic Byway	South Dakota
44	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Tennessee
45	Zion National Park	Utah
46	Bryce National Park	Utah
47	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Utah
48	Monument Valley Navajo Park	Utah
49	Arches National Park	Utah
50	Canyon lands National park	Utah
51	Washington DC	Virginia
52	Peninsula State Park	Wisconsin
53	Wisconsin Dells	Wisconsin
54	Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming
55	Grand Teton National Park	Wyoming
56	Everglades National Park	Florida
57	Disney World	Florida
58	Miami	Florida
59	Key-West	Florida
60	Kennedy Space Center	Florida
61	Denali National Park	Alaska
62	Barrow	Alaska
63	Kenai Fjords National Park(Exit Glacier)	Alaska
64	Seward	Alaska
65	Whittier	Alaska
66	Chugach National Forest	Alaska
67	Anchorage	Alaska

“Cherish the moment of togetherness, because the sun will fall beneath the ocean, creating a sunset, and the moment might be gone too soon.” – Unknown

“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them.”
― John Ruskin

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing in the nature lives for itself.
Rivers don’t drink their own water.
Trees don’t eat their own fruit.
Sun doesn’t give heat for itself.
Flowers don’t spread fragrance for themselves……
Living for Others is the Rule of Nature.

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.” ― Sarah Dessen

Never did I fall in love with my bulging belly as I do now. Forever I had been struggling to get those jelly belly off my waist but to no good. I struggled through my gym and yoga routines and had to cook up all sorts of excuses for my failure to get rid of my potbelly. I blamed the weather for staying indoors and various aches and pains in my body for irregularity in exercises. Not once did I accept my sluggish temperament and lack of motivation towards my goal. That perhaps is in human nature to overlook one’s own shortcomings and play the blame game. But now am happily settled with my bump. 🙂 Yes, am into 13 weeks and don’t know whether my tiny one is a He or She. But for the time being am happy to say I don’t need to struggle for that bulge any more. Known people no longer suggest how to lose weight. Rather they inquire about my health and are happy to see the protruding belly. Irony: What once was a matter of concern has turned into a matter of convenience now. I no longer loathe going to the stores for new outfits, which I used to dread a lot. Now this no longer matters. We had been planning this for a couple of months and now it has happened. I am excited and so is hubby. So far everything is going well with no morning sickness but evenings am all worn out. However, I am ready for it and enjoying my bumpy days. I don’t want to quibble about my doctor’s visits nor the trauma one has to go through during the pregnancy as many people do. Rather, I would like to accept it as God’s blessings and accept whatever may come upon me just for the sake of my beautiful one. A miracle is on the way and my hopes dreams and aspirations have been aroused again. Pray everything goes on well all through the journey to be a MOM.

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy.They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” — Marcel Proust

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”–John Fitzgerald Kennedy

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! John Muir

I believe in miracles

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

Martin Luther King, Jr.