Hope---------------Streams in the Desert

HOPE sings to me a cheerful song,
The way may seem both dark and long,
But days are passing one by one,
And all is glory farther on.
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And HOPE has wings as well as song,
And when she spreads her pinions strong,
My thoughts soar up and dwell upon
The heavenly glory farther on.
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And HOPE has eyes that pierce the gloom,
She looks beyond death and the tomb,
And thrills as though already shone,
The deathless glory farther on.
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Hope, blessed hope, abide with me,
Still sing thy cheerful melody,
Till, clouds and tears for ever gone,
I reach the glory farther on.-----------J.T.Mawson
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Best Friend..........................................

I'm the best friend to myself. I take me out whenever I feel low. I alone am responsible for my feelings and I choose to feel beautiful.------?????(from my old diary)

Self Discovery...........................................

I got these passages from my old diary which I was trying to tear down. It seems these are from Hindu Newspaper: 28-04-06
1.) One of the most difficult challenge is to be able to live life on your own terms. It involves not only a willingness to meet the inner and outer challenges that test our strength, but also a capacity to stand alone and endure the envy and hostility of all those too frightened to even consider being themselves. Human history is full of stories about how hard it is to battle the monsters we have to encounter in our struggle towards autonomy.
2.) They say to become ourselves we must separate psychologically from the matrix from which we have emerged. To achieve this we have to separate ourselves physically from our parents and home so that we can discover our own thoughts, feelings, beliefs, values, talents and needs.

Words.............................

hindi is language of my initial education. I always had a special attraction towards languages. Learning a new language is learning a number of ideas. Earlier I used to start learning any language in the hope of knowing more about people who use that language. The kind of words which one chooses indicate the attitude of that person. These days I'm completely focusing on English and more I know it more I feel sorry for not knowing Hindi completely. I think we always take our mother tongue lightly (as we take our mothers' advice??????). Whenever I learn a new word, I get impressed with the way I could find special word for a complex idea. contd.............

TOI 01-03-2009

A victim has no future, but a survivor does.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make a turn.

Today's Idea.............

“When a man is willing and eager, the gods join in"

Champion............................

1.) Behind every champion stand many shadows mocking their passion and ability.
2.) Boxer Mohammed Ali once said:"Champions are made from something which they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, and a vision."