Architecture

( In the photos, the National Bank of Romania)

Bride

Yesteday, as I was taking photos of some of the monuments in Bucharest, I've seen this... and I couldn't help to take a photo. I love that lace parasol.

P.S. I was NOT window shopping.

Like a violin

"Merg pe Pamant si sunt ca vioara"

"I'm walking on this Earth and I'm like a violin"

These are lyrics of a beautiful song and poem that I love.

(photos taken today in Bucharest, Universitate Square)

A quote

"I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you.
Let us work together for unity and love." Gandhi

Not much to add.... maybe this photo:

Unusual lovers..

Clouds

Words are unnecessary.

A small Rainbow

"The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.”
- John Vance Cheney

(picture from the www: Herastrau Park, Bucharest)

So delicate..

These little flowers are delicate yet humble.



Not like the exquisite rose or other noble flower.



Je vous aime petites fleurs.

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.



As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.



If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.



Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.



Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.



Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.



With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

- Max Ehrmann, 1927 -

Heaven and Hell

A soldier named Nobushige came to Hakuin, and asked:
"Is there really a paradise and a hell?"

"Who are you?" inquired Hakuin.
"I am a samurai," the warrior replied.
"You, a soldier?" exclaimed Hakuin. "What kind of ruler would have you as his guard? Your face looks like that of a beggar."
Nobushige became so angry that he began to draw his sword, but Hakuin continued: "So you have a sword! Your weapon is probably much too dull to cut off my head."
As Nobushige drew his sword Hakuin remarked:

"Here open the gates of hell!"

At these words the samurai, perceiving the master's discipline, sheathed his sword and bowed.

"Here open the gates of paradise," said Hakuin.



A Zen Story

Spring

Last spring at the Botanical Garden, Bucharest.

Source of Love

I had a rough day today at work. I felt disconnected somehow... I felt that I lost my peace... I felt pain.

Then I read this:

"Our Source Is One of Love, Not Condemnation... When you pay attention to the way you feel, and deliberately choose more thoughts that feel good while you think them, you will begin to recognize the nature of your Broader Non-Physical desires.
The majority of negative emotions that you feel are not because the subject of your thought is wrong, but instead, because you are condemning something that your Source does not condemn.
Your Source is one of love, not one of condemnation."

-Abraham

Excerpted from 'The Vortex'

A quote

"Making Peace with My Today Will Improve My Future...
It may sound odd, but the fastest way to get to a new-and-improved situation is to make peace with your current situation.
By making lists of the most positive aspects you can find about your current situation, you then release your resistance to the improvements that are waiting for you.

But if you rail against the injustices of your current situation, you hold yourself in Vibrational alignment with what you do not want, and you cannot then move in the direction of improvement. It defies Law.
In every particle of the Universe, there is that which is wanted - and the lack of it."

Abraham

Excerpted from from Abraham's newest book, The Vortex, Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships