The Sun Raising

      The Non-Proposal This is the story of a clueless man I had to give the “eye” to for a dance! But once he noticed me, the tale began. However, it was not a huge romance! He had no car or money. Both of us were students, broke and working. What a pair! We didn’t even get to take a bus, just talked and walked together everywhere. We talked of everything; I even cooked his meals. He lived next door! There never was a day we weren’t together. It just looked like we’d get hitched. No reason. Just because! No courting; no proposal did I get. In forty years, I haven’t heard one yet!    WRITTEN IN THE SAND WRITTEN IN THE SAND The Big Five—Africa’s pride in the vast open wild Buffalo, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Leopard and Lion Their prey—scattered Impala, Kudu and Waterbuck On hardened dust… their footprints prevail and stand WRITTEN IN THE SAND The proposal day--- carefully planned- a beautiful beach Red Roses, a Picnic, Sunrise and Diamond ring Th...

You, who are so perfect in my eyes, so beautiful- adorable, and I, so flawed, ugly, damaged and crawling with defects; why do you enjoy my company? You, who are so sleek and slender, humming with a quiet intellect and a serenity about you, and I, so grossly overweight and pretentiously boastful and nervous; how can you abide my company? You, who are a paragon of patience, so understanding and self-assured, and I, so insanely impulsive, so myopic and brimming with self-doubt; how do you stand my company? You, who are so sweet, so considerably kind, so thoughtful and generous, and I, so bitter, so selfish, so self-absorbed; why do you choose my company? You, who are so self-composed, full of self-control, so sound and stable, and I, so very neurotic, so completely compulsive and verily volatile; how can you tolerate my company? You, who are so diligent, so driven and ambitious, so achieving, and I, so lackadaisically lazy, so uninspired, so complacent; why do you settle for my company? ...

I found you again today On a majestic mountain peak Your beauty made me breathless So full of awe I couldn't speak Yesterday I found you In the face of an orphaned child On my knees I touched your cheek You looked at me and smiled You were there in the wings of dawn Kissed me with a gentle breeze Like a postcard straight from Heaven A glorious sunrise simply to please You are found on distant ocean waves As far as the eye can see I can't escape your presence Because I'm finding you in me Forever Loved Psalm 139:7-9 7 Where can I go from your Spirit?     Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;     if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,     if I settle on the far side of the sea, You could never be mad at me Wise old man whom my heart could see You were there when I needed you Just a young child so full of life Causing many an adult strife If I lied you ...

Only ever with you, I love to have and hold into the circle of your arms, I'll unfold; into your blue eyes' greeting shine, my gold; only ever with you, I yearn to grow old... Only ever with you I can write rhymes as such for you bring my muse from dust to dash, to hush Only ever with you my being wants to attach as first step already taken to our primrose path Only ever with you, tips dance linger to cherry lips Slow summer hands will roam vast to wonderland Whence pearl white peel smooches chocolate skin only ever with you, heartbeats climbs a boiling point Stars and moon may leave the dark skies yet, one look at the gleam of your blue eyes day and night, I see the rising sunrise. Only ever with you, I will dive to lows or heights for only ever with you, I'll plunge to infinity. Prayers plea asking blessings from Divinity to tie two hearts and two souls in sole unity. Mindless to whatever is there in humanity Only ever with you... Rising Within Your Pages I take for...

Super Mom Mom, you're a wonderful mother, So gentle, yet so strong. The many ways you show you care Always make me feel I belong. You're patient when I'm foolish; You give guidance when I ask; It seems you can do most anything; You're the master of every task. You're a dependable source of comfort; You're my cushion when I fall. You help in times of trouble; You support me whenever I call. I love you more than you know; You have my total respect. If I had my choice of mothers, You'd be the one I'd select! Everything Mom How did you find the energy, Mom To do all the things you did, To be teacher, nurse and counselor To me, when I was a kid. How did you do it all, Mom, Be a chauffeur, cook and friend, Yet find time to be a playmate, I just can’t comprehend. I see now it was love, Mom That made you come whenever I'd call, Your inexhaustible love, Mom And I thank you for it all. Guiding Light Mom Mom, from the time I was really young, I real...

  My mother is the most important person in my life. I have been mentioning her in almost all of the essays I write. The problem is, I cannot really express how I feel about her in just words. My mother is not my whole life, but she is a really big part of it. My whole world does not only revolve around her, but she is the most influential person who inspires me. My mother is not just another woman. She is extraordinary. I have known her for sixteen years, three months, one day and nineteen hours. I know her very well, and I had learned to love her since the day we first met. Relatives always tell me stories about my birth. They tell me how important I was to my mom. I was the foundation of her joy, strength, peace and love. She has never lied to me about my father. I do not remember asking about him. Ever since, I already knew he was in a better place. I do not remember my mom having a hard time explaining to me my situation – having no father. She was alway...

Our friends and family play a large role in who we are today, and who we will be in the future. The biggest influence may come from our family; my mother is mine.   She taught me everything from how to eat healthy and dress myself, to how to react to any situation. She taught me little things like how to tie my shoes and to be polite and respectful to adults.   I would be lost without my mother, I can trust her, and she’s really important to me. Here’s why:   She Listens to Me My mother is my security blanket. No matter how bad of a day she had, she will always be there to listen to me. I talk to her about everything — even things that aren’t always easy to talk about, like my period.   Even if she's been screamed at by my siblings all d...

    Before I start, I want to acknowledge you for giving birth to me. I want to thank you for always being a good mother to me. You never let me down, and that is why I love you so much. Even though at times I can be a little hard-headed, you still Never let me down and you always stood by my side. Your smile brightens up my day from morning till night. I appreciate your warm and caring heart. You’re someone I adore as my mother, best friend, and someone That I love deep down in my heart.

  The mother-son relationship is a dynamic one, in which both people become richer. Sons help mothers learn about males in a new way and appreciate a world that may seem foreign to them, according to Linda Stone Fish, Ph.D., professor of marriage and family therapy in the College of Human Services and Health Professions at Syracuse University. “Because we live in a time when the ‘battle of the sexes’ is a hot topic, we have been taught that men and women live in entirely different worlds: they think differently, want differently, live differently, etc. Stereotyping limits the ways we view each other in dramatic ways, and is also inaccurate,” Dr. Stone Fish explained. “Having sons helps women love and appreciate masculinity for all of the wonderful things it is. We women have been taught that anything masculine is foreign, ugly, bad, or to be curbed, but having boys and seeing all the various ways that masculinity is experienced allows mothers to appreciate the...

  The youth of today and the youth of yesterday April 2, 2012 A colleague at school recently asked me if I knew of any examples of people from hundreds of years ago complaining about ‘the kids of today’.  I said I had a couple of ideas and that I would get them to him. After a bit of work on Google (see those 21st century skills in action!) I tracked down the quotation I had in mind. It was attributed to Socrates. The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers. Except I hadn’t. Although this quotation was all over the internet, none of the sites I clicked on could provide an accurate ...

  The phrase “listen to your heart” emphasizes on making decisions with your heart. Decisions made with the heart are very much driven by emotions and passion. Such decisions are rarely pragmatic and rational. When in love or taking decision regarding your personal matters, you should definitely let the head or the mind take a backseat and let your heart be the adjudicator taking all the decisions. The mind takes decisions which are intelligent, rational and not influenced by any kind of emotion. The karma theory advocates that karma can be conquered only by intelligent action and dispassionate thinking. But when it comes to matters of the heart, let the heart be considered wise enough to make decisions. Love and relationships are two such things when you should listen to your heart. All the time you don’t need to act logically, compassion, kindness and emotions are felt by the heart and not by the mind. In the words of George Michael, “You'll never find peace...

Commentary by Peter Shepherd What exactly is meant by the term 'heart'? It's not just the physical organ, through which we feel emotions as the heart pounds faster or relaxes. The heart also corresponds to the heart chakra of subtle energies and information, and it has a built-in nervous system of its own linked to emotions and intuition. It also aligns with the right-brain way of thinking holistically and non-verbally, whereas the ego mind is more left-brain and verbal. So when we talk about "listening to our heart," it means being mindful of our soul's perspective, our inner knowing, our intuitive feeling, our essential loving core. “To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling. Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to, but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it.” ~ Jean Shinoda Bolen “When you have compassion and surrender to your own heart, you are surrendering to...

In this series, professionals share what they'd do differently — and keep the same. Follow the stories here and write your own (please use #IfIWere22 in your post). If I were 22, I would go out all night partying and not always think about the consequences of my actions. If I were 22, I would make some foolish decisions and not always put others before myself. If I were 22, I would live life to the fullest, and not always think about the future until it arrived. If I were 22, I would make mistakes. I still make plenty of them now I am 64. If I were 22, I would be the same age as Andrew Chan when he was arrested for drug smuggling as part of the Bali 9. I would be nine years younger than Andrew was last week when he was executed by the Indonesian government for his crime alongside Myuran Sukumaran. Four Nigerian men, a Brazilian man and an Indonesian man were also executed Andrew and Myuran, by all accounts, had been reformed into fine young men who would have be...

  I Love You If I say I love you, Would you say you love me too? IF I say I miss you, Would you say you miss me too? If we ever got together, Would it be forever? I know that you say you love me, But is it really true? I just want to tell you, That I love you too When I met you When I met you I was scared to talk to you When I talked to you I was scared to kiss you When I kissed you I was scared to hold you When I hold you I was scared to love you Now that I love you I'm scared to loose you The way you make me feel The way you look, you kiss, you feel, You are so sweet and our love is real. I don't know why you are so sweet, You are the type of guy I wanted to meet. I know I try to make you believe, Believe in our love and believe in me. I hope you know that I am only true to you, I know that you love me, please say you do. I hope you feel this way tell me it is true, Because I already know that I will always love you. A Kiss A kiss bl...

Beauty Your lips, your eyes, your soul Are like a work of art, The most creative thing of all Is your beautiful heart. If you were a painting, No colours could express The beauty deep inside you, A rainbow, nothing less. If you were a sculpture The clay could hardly make Your figure of an angel Without one mistake. If you were a euphony No choir could really sing All the beautiful music Your eyes could possibly bring. So here I am, an artist, With inspiration beyond belief But to capture such rare beauty, I'd have to be a thief.

  Be True To You As you set out on life’s road unsure of the path you’ll go, the most important thing you can do is to always be true to “you”   I Am Me Without You I don’t need you I can smile without you I can live and I can breathe I don’t need you so that I can be me You’ve Got To I know just how it feels to climb a mountain only to fall back down; there’s no will to try again once you’ve hit the ground   Through My Eyes You are beautiful Although, you may not see the person that I see Be The Best You We are perfectly imperfect and beautiful within because beauty isn’t skin deep it’s deeper than the skin  You Can Do Anything There’s a mountain before you One you feel you can never climb The distance is frightening, but I know you can make it to the other side If only you try I’ve seen the strength that you carry inside I’ve seen the will, the passion the fight in your eyes I’ve witnessed your ambition ...

You Can Count On Me You can count on me To be there for you To lend a hand To be a friend No matter what You’re going through   What You Do To My Heart I want to hold you in my arms Close enough to make you feel What you do to my heart   Happiness Is Ours Happiness is waking up to you every morning; seeing you smile and knowing what makes you happy. Amazing and Inspiring Love Looking back on all our years together It is amazing and inspiring To realize how far we’ve come How close we’ve grown The tough times we’ve endured And happy times we’ve shared All That Matters You make me feel as if I’m living in a dream And the rest of the world Doesn’t matter as much as it used to

Here feeling so down  Knowing you won't be around  In the rain all alone  Facing the world on my own  I pushed you away  But I wanted you to stay  Now I'm here all by myself  Because now you're with someone else. A girl here with a broken heart Been crying since the day we part Boy, I didn't want you to go I just want you to know When we kissed I still feel it on my lips I still hear you in my dreams saying you love me I still feel your hands entwined with mine I miss when we were together everything was fine. I look at our picture and cry myself to sleep My tears so sad they also weep I still listen to our song Reminds me of the times we were strong My heart feels so sad and blue I hate myself for losing you.

When I lay and think, in my bed at night, the day you'll arrive, seems nowhere in sight. I toss and I turn, dreaming of you, opening my eye's... checking if my dream came true. It didn't, again, and a tear starts to roll, weeping quietly... my pillow I hold. Many sleepless nights I've prayed for you, my love. God touched my soul from heaven above He's answered my prayers for my bride to be. I've never felt this lucky, God did this for me. That's a question I asked each and every night. He must think your special, Joy, and I know he's right. No other has made me feel so complete, my whole life was lived, just so we could meet. All these thoughts and more going through my head. I fall asleep not worrying, but dreaming of you... instead.

I miss you so much it hurts, my love I miss you with every fiber of my being I miss you like there is no tomorrow, my dove I miss you fervently, it's all my loving. I miss you with my entire heart I wish we were no longer apart. My heart beats only for you, faster and faster My legs are shaking just thinking about you My eyes are watery, tears flowing larger and larger My whole being is trembling for you. My arms are craving to hold you once more My soul is withering away deep from its core. I miss you desperately, with everything I got I miss you darling, I miss you every single day I miss you sweetheart, my loving ache so hot I miss you my dear love, I miss you all the way. I miss you and I can take it no longer Come back to me and our love will be stronger. ♥  ♥  ♥  ♥  ♥   I Am Missing You © Copyright Gabor Timis I miss you at night as I gaze upon the stars I miss you during the day as clouds cover my sun I miss you and want to hold...

The Reasons You Are Beautiful To the girl whose beauty is present in all seasons I tell you why you are beautiful, here are the reasons: Your beauty extends into the heavens, it goes on forever and never lessens. Even when the clouds heighten you are here and the world brightens. You are like a fruit that constantly ripens your beauty continues to grow no mater what happens. My fondness for you constantly deepens because every time I see you my heart starts to weaken. You make everything else appear hollow where ever you are loveliness is sure to follow. You shine so bright you cast your own shadow a beauty that others would love to borrow. But try as they might your beauty they will never catch because something like you they could never match. Your beauty seems to increase with every breathe it tests the limits my imagination can stretch. It makes me question if what I am seeing is real I only know it is true by the way that I feel. Your beauty is so vast it can't be ...

It was an April morning: fresh and clear  The Rivulet, delighting in its strength,  Ran with a young man's speed; and yet the voice  Of waters which the winter had supplied  Was softened down into a vernal tone.  The spirit of enjoyment and desire,  And hopes and wishes, from all living things  Went circling, like a multitude of sounds.  The budding groves seemed eager to urge on  The steps of June; as if their various hues  Were only hindrances that stood between  Them and their object: but, meanwhile, prevailed  Such an entire contentment in the air  That every naked ash, and tardy tree  Yet leafless, showed as if the countenance  With which it looked on this delightful day  Were native to the summer.--Up the brook  I roamed in the confusion of my heart,  Alive to all things and forgetting all.  At length I to a sudden turning came  In this continuous glen, where down a rock...