Family Lasts Forever

F is for Familiar . . .

there is no place like home.
A is for always welcome,
no matter how far you roam.
M is for memories,
more cherished each passing day.
I is for inspiration
given along the way.
L is for Love you feel
each time you get together.
Y is for the years to come,
for family lasts forever.

There's nothing more special
than being a part
of a family that listens
and comforts and cares,
And nothing more special
or dear to the heart
than the feelings of love
that a family shares.

Home Sweet Home

My Sweet Home


Having someplace to go is home.
Having someone to love is family.
Having both is a blessing.
A house is made of walls and beams,
but a home is built with hopes and dreams.

O'Lord!..Bless this home, and all who are within,
whether it be the love of a family
or the closeness of friends
Watch over this home, Lord
come sunshine or rain,
with the sounds of laughter
to always remain.
For within these walls
is a love so dear
that grows in strength
from year to year.
O'Lord!.. Bless This home, Bless this home.

Aaj mera man udaas hai......

आज मेरा मन उदास है
किससे कहूँ?
नहीं कोई आस-पास है
किससे कहूँ?

इस सूनेपन को
एकाकी मन को
इन सन्नाटों को
अनकही बातों को
इन अंधेरों को
दुखों के घेरों को
इस गहराती रात को
अपने मन की बात को
किससे कहूँ?

आज मेरा मन उदास है
किससे कहूँ?
नहीं कोई आस-पास है
किससे कहूँ?

By Lalit Kumar

How A Child Learns

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, she learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame, she learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement, she learns confidence.
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness, she learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval, she learns to like herself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world.
(Dorothy Law Nolte)

The Rules for Being Human

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a fulltime informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works."
4. A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive there are lessons to be learned.
6. "There" is no better than "here." When your "there" has become a "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside you. The answer to life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10. This will often be forgotten, only to be remembered again.
(Cherie Carter-Scott)

On Living With a Full Heart

On Living With A Full Heart

When one is too hurt one cannot see others' pain, is too blind with one's own.
When one has many weights to lift, one cannot enjoy life.
When one has many expectations, one cannot be patient with others.
When one has fear, one cannot enjoy life.
When one does not give, one is making the heart lonely.
When one does not take, one is making the heart feel inferior
When one does not hope, one is shutting oneself into a tight closet.
But when one does not love, one is killing one's self.

(written by 12-year old Olivia, Berkeley, California, 2/12/02)

AMC Aizawl

Today, on 30th Aug 2011, the official web portal of Aizawl Municipal Council was inaugurated at AIZAWL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OFFICE at CCBT, Thuampui by  Pu Zodintluanga, Hon'ble Minister,UD&PA Department. The website was made by e-gov team of consultants at IDC appointed by SIPMIU and uploaded by AMC on "gov.in" server at NIC Aizawl. The Chairman Pu C.T. Zakhuma introduced all the executive members of Council, IDC Team AMC Staff and others to the Hon'ble Minister and other Guests present.
http://www.amcaizawl.mizoram.gov.in

Freedom

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."

- Mahatma Gandhi

I've Learned....

I've learned-
That you cannot make someone love you, all you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
I've learned-
That it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. That it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
I've learned -
That you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you better know something. That you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do. That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned-
That it's taking me a long time to become the person that I want to be. That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I've learned-
That you can keep going long after you can't. That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned-
That either you control your attitude or it controls you. That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is a first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
I've learned-
That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. That money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I've learned-
That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you are down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned-
That sometimes when I get angry I have the right to be angry, but it doesn't give me the right to be cruel. That true friendship continues to grow over the longest distance, and the same goes for true love.
I've learned-
That just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
I've learned-
That you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what tragedy it would be if they believed it. That no matter how good your friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while, and you must forgive them for that.
I've learned-
That it isn't always good enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you must learn to forgive yourself. That no matter how bad a heart is broken; the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I've learned-
That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for whom we become. That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean that they don't love each other, and just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
I've learned-
That we don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change. That two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I've learned-
That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you. That even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I've learned-
That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being. that the people you care about the most in life are taken from you too soon.
I've learned-
That it is hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting someone¡¯s feelings or standing up for what you believe. That no matter what happens to me on earth or how much my faith falters, God's faith in me never dwindles or fails.
I've learned- That life's lessons never end and wisdom can always be passed on.

Susane P

A poem about where have our friends gone by things-to-say.com

A poem about where have our friends gone by things-to-say.com

What is Personal Rapid Transit?

ULTra PRT sustainable transit 2

Just now I was musing about planting a Terrace Garden. You can also see its advantages. It should not be considered a Luxury but as mandatory.

 

Question: What are Green Roofs?

Answer: Basically, green roofs (also called “eco-roofs” or “planted roofs”) are rooftop gardens, parks or meadows that carry a host of environmental and economic benefits. By using soil and plants on rooftops in place of hard, impenetrable roofing materials, city governments, developers or individual homeowners can:

• Double or triple the life of the roof
• Add insulation to the building
• Reduce stormwater runoff
• Cool the surrounding air and lessen the heat-island effect in urban areas
• Reduce air pollution
• Capture carbon dioxide to help reduce global warming
• Mitigate noise and glare
• Create new habitat for birds and other wildlife

Some green roofs are accessible to the public and function as small parks, providing workers and city residents with urban oases that may feature beautiful wildflowers and spectacular views. An increasing number of cities are offering incentives to encourage homeowners, developers and local businesses to install green roofs on new and existing buildings.

Why.........

Why is it is so? I think about penning down my thoughts (musings as I call them), words just fail me. It becomes the passing thought. I become perturbed when I see and listen to People's problems.

I was thinking of opening a training Centre for poor women, where the Girls and their mothers can learn the Basic skills to run efficiently their households. In today's rat race to make ends meet in this glittering world, these people have to forget their first priority i.e., towards their homes. Their are so many distractions which are adding to the chaos. Advertisements, Serials, Pictures, Religious Gurus, TV Pandits, Alcohol, Chewing Powders, Supari and the News channels ofcourse. People specially, uneducated/ illiterate, are running after all these as if they can cure their woes. None of these could cure me of my problems. I have tried each one of them. I can only feel sorry for people like me.

Maybe I am depressed as some tell me. Because if i want to join the Fun, then also people stare as if  I have gone mad or something. Maybe some day, I'd make that change which I often wish but is not in a capacity to do so.

A Great Thought

Everybody can be great.  Because anybody can serve.  You don't have to have a college degree to serve.  You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve.  You only need a heart full of grace.  A soul generated by love.  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.