Last night I had a dream. I went bowling. I had many strikes and spares! Then the first thing I read this morning was ‘ no dream‘!
Then I would like to add on;
I had a dream, a series of ‘things’,
to carry on in blishful blinks.
If you see the wonders, of a fairy tale,
if you see the devils, in the darkness spell.
I believe in angels, that protect us in the realm of a dream,
‘cos in a dream, a dream’s a dream…
-Serena Chen@TPTan, 24 Dec 2020-
Hope is like the sun…
Quote:-
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. – Samuel Smiles
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Forgetfulness and mindfulness ( A Senryū)
Have I turned it off?
I went back to the kitchen.
Ah, it was turned off.
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Please call my mobile
Have I muted it as well?
Where have I left it?
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Practice mindfulness.
Tracking the moments in steps.
Re track the moments.
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Quote:
Use It or Lose It– Experts agree that the best way to keep your brain fit is to keep using it.
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Patience and ‘children’
The quote below talks about patience and children.
But when the child is a ‘child forever’, a carer’s patience is challenged constantly. And I notice sometimes, patience becomes a beautiful second nature melded together in such parents or carer!
Watch this (click here) documentary about a 40 year old autistic man and his caring parents.
Quote:
“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” — Franklin P. Jones, American humorist
I came across this inspiring and profound poem ‘ANYWAY’. It hangs on the walls of Mother Teresa’s children home in Calcutta. I would like to share it with my blogger friends. THE POEM goes like this: –People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; ‘FORGIVE THEM’ anyway. –If you are kind, people may accuse you of […]
Please read here:-
ANYWAY…….
Thank you for your presence in my absence!
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The last two months
I step in once in a while
… briefly,
into my blog.
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I notice
the presence
of some of you
looking at my past posts.
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Thank you, bloggers,
for stopping by!
Merry Christmas!
🎄🎄🎄💐💐🦌🙏!
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Stoma-an invisible disability in need of a special toilet!
Do you know there are people who don’t do their business squatting or sitting on the toilet bowl? They have this invisible disability. They need a special toilet to empty, clean themselves in case of leakage from their stoma and the stoma bag.
According to a JOA (Japanese Ostomy Association) survey, 50% of ostomates reported feeling helpless. Many Japanese ostomates fear leaving home for an active community life. They worry about potential leakage and how to clean their pouches away from home.
Teruko Murayama (above) demanded and initiated a revolutionary change through Japan- an ostomate toilet! She was a director of Japan Ostomy Association when she became ostomate in 1982. She underwent an ostomy surgery for ulcerative colitis and had a stoma.
"... After a couple of humiliating experiences, Murayama realized the need for a shower and a place to change the clothing in the public toilet. Murayama decided to stand up for two hundred thousand ostomates in Japan, declaring that she has a colostomy and started a campaign in 1995 and demanding to local government to install the toilet for ostomate in the public facility. First ostomate toilet was built in Narashinoshi city hall in May 1998, ... and then the campaign quickly spread throughout Japan."
View more about this special ostomate toilet. I wish more countries will adopt this.
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The impatient moon (haiku)
The moon was out early today. I was so excited that I got both the setting sun and the early moon on this same panoramic page! This is a haiku to describe it!
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with the setting sun,
the impatient moon appears
on this very page!
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Christmas is in the air!
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The malls lit up
in a Christmasy festive mood
amidst COVID-19.
The entrance guard asked
to view vaccination certificates
as people entered with caution
-masked, social distancing
and a little bottle of sanitizer
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There can be no lotus flower without the mud.
Know suffering,
to appreciate happiness.
Taste bitterness,
yet savour its sweetness.
Bear with pain,
to reap gains.
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Quote:-
“Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow. There can be no lotus flower without the mud”
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Chen Song Ping 