Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to all.
Also wishing everyone a
Also wishing everyone a
"Happy and Peaceful New Year"Goodbye 2009. Welcome 2010.
Just browsed through some beautiful and meaningful poems and quotations from the net and they are all meant for sharing. We have shared so much of our thoughts, ideas, experiences, jokes, knowledge and even anger and frustrations in our blogs etc. Blogs, Facebooks and Twitters etc. have indeed brought us all together . It is even more wonderful if the internet is properly used to spread words of love and understanding to show that we can share and care for one another. How wonderful if it is used to bring joy and peace to the world. Let us all join hands together to pray for peace throughout the world. 
World Peace
by Andrea Hill
Mystifying beauty
Captivating dreams
Never-ending rainbows
A world so full of dreams
These are misled thoughts
Our world is not like this
Hate has scoured our minds
Hate will cause our deaths
Looking to the future
Right now seem very bleak
War is now an issue
Peace is for the meek
Ignorance of man
To look beyond ones faults
Has caused a misconception
Of others like ourselves
A join of hand and heart and will
Would put and end to this
The same value placed on others
Like we place upon ourselves
Would end the hate and violence
That’s tearing out our hearts
When this is done
Our world’s complete
The pain and hardship gone
And once again, just like before
Peace will lead us on
*******************
BETTER
From the Dhammapada
Better than a thousand Hollow words Is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand Hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.
Better than a hundred Hollow lines Is one line of the law, Bringing peace.
It is better to conquer yourself Than to win a thousand battles;
Then the victory is yours.
*********************
"Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbors,
and let every new year find you a better man."
-- Benjamin Franklin
*******************
"Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas." -- Pope John XXIII
*******************
"Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart." -- George Mathhew Adams
*********************
"New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights."
-- Hamilton Wright Mabie
**********************
"Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, With never a thought of sorrow; The old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow."
-- Emily Miller
**********************
The Passing of the Year
My glass is filled, my pipe is lit,
My den is all a cosy glow;
And snug before the fire I sit,
And wait to feel the old year go.
I dedicate to solemn thought
Amid my too-unthinking days,
This sober moment, sadly fraught
With much of blame, with little praise.
Old Year! Upon the Stage of Time
You stand to bow your last adieu;
A moment, and the prompter's chime
Will ring the curtain down on you.
Your mien is sad, your step is slow;
You falter as a Sage in pain;
Yet turn, Old Year, before you go,
And face your audience again.
That sphinx-like face, remote, austere,
Let us all read, what're the cost
O maiden! why that bitter tear?
Is it for dear one you have lost?
Is it for fond illusion gone?
For trusted lover proved untrue?
O sweet girl-face, so sad, so wan,
What hath the Old Year meant to you?
'And you, O neighbour on my right,
So sleek, so prosperously clad!
What see you in that aged wight
That makes your smile so gay and glad?
What opportunity unmissed?
What golden gain, what pride of place?
What splendid hope" O Optimist!
What read you in that withered face?
And you, deep shrinking in the gloom,
What find you in that filmy gaze?
What menace of a tragic doom?
What dark, condemning yesterdays?
What urge to crime, what evil done?
What cold, confronting shape of fear?
O haggard, haunted, hidden One,
What see you in the dying year?
And so from face to face I flit,
The countless eyes that stare and stare;
Some are with approbation lit,
And some are shadowed with despair.
Some show a smile and some a frown;
Some joy and hope, some pain and woe:
Enough! Oh, ring that curtain down!
Old weary year! it's time to go.
My pipe is out, my glass is dry;
My fire is almost ashes too;
But once again, before you go;
And I prepare to meet the New:
Old year! a parting word that's true,
For we've been comrades, you and I -
I thank God for each day of you;
There! bless you now! Old Year, goodbye!
**********************
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
**********************
TODAY
Vijaya Samarawickama,
A Buddhist Reflects on Happy Living, 2004
This day is a special day, it is yours.
Yesterday slipped away, it cannot be filled anymore with meaning.
About tomorrow nothing is known.
But this day, today, is yours, make use of it.
Today you can make someone happy.
Today you can help another.
This day is a special day, it is yours.
**********************
IF
Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head,
When all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat these two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: `Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
*************************
RECIPE FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Take twelve whole months.
Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness,
hate, and jealousy.
Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.
Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or thirty-one different parts,
but don't make up the whole batch at once.
Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.
Mix well into each day one part of faith,
one part of patience, one part of courage,
and one part of work.
Add to each day one part of hope,
faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.
Blend with one part prayer, one part meditation,
and one good deed.
Season the whole with a dash of good spirits,
a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play,
and a cupfull of good humor.
Pour all of this into a vessel of love.
Cook thoroughly over radient joy,
garnish with a smile,
and serve with quietness, unselfishness, and cheerfulness.
You're bound to have a happy new year.
-- Author Unknown
************
The New Year lies before you like a spotless trace of snow.
Be careful how you tread on it for every mark will show.
*******************
Hope you too would enjoy these meaningful poems as much as I do.
Thanks to the talented poets who have created them. Wished I could too.
************************************************************************
World Peaceby Andrea Hill
Mystifying beauty
Captivating dreams
Never-ending rainbows
A world so full of dreams
These are misled thoughts
Our world is not like this
Hate has scoured our minds
Hate will cause our deaths
Looking to the future
Right now seem very bleak
War is now an issue
Peace is for the meek
Ignorance of man
To look beyond ones faults
Has caused a misconception
Of others like ourselves
A join of hand and heart and will
Would put and end to this
The same value placed on others
Like we place upon ourselves
Would end the hate and violence
That’s tearing out our hearts
When this is done
Our world’s complete
The pain and hardship gone
And once again, just like before
Peace will lead us on
*******************
BETTER
From the Dhammapada
Better than a thousand Hollow words Is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand Hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.
Better than a hundred Hollow lines Is one line of the law, Bringing peace.
It is better to conquer yourself Than to win a thousand battles;
Then the victory is yours.
*********************
"Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbors,
and let every new year find you a better man."
-- Benjamin Franklin
*******************
"Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas." -- Pope John XXIII
*******************
"Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart." -- George Mathhew Adams
*********************
"New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights."
-- Hamilton Wright Mabie
**********************
"Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, With never a thought of sorrow; The old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow."
-- Emily Miller
**********************
The Passing of the Year
My glass is filled, my pipe is lit,
My den is all a cosy glow;
And snug before the fire I sit,
And wait to feel the old year go.
I dedicate to solemn thought
Amid my too-unthinking days,
This sober moment, sadly fraught
With much of blame, with little praise.
Old Year! Upon the Stage of Time
You stand to bow your last adieu;
A moment, and the prompter's chime
Will ring the curtain down on you.
Your mien is sad, your step is slow;
You falter as a Sage in pain;
Yet turn, Old Year, before you go,
And face your audience again.
That sphinx-like face, remote, austere,
Let us all read, what're the cost
O maiden! why that bitter tear?
Is it for dear one you have lost?
Is it for fond illusion gone?
For trusted lover proved untrue?
O sweet girl-face, so sad, so wan,
What hath the Old Year meant to you?
'And you, O neighbour on my right,
So sleek, so prosperously clad!
What see you in that aged wight
That makes your smile so gay and glad?
What opportunity unmissed?
What golden gain, what pride of place?
What splendid hope" O Optimist!
What read you in that withered face?
And you, deep shrinking in the gloom,
What find you in that filmy gaze?
What menace of a tragic doom?
What dark, condemning yesterdays?
What urge to crime, what evil done?
What cold, confronting shape of fear?
O haggard, haunted, hidden One,
What see you in the dying year?
And so from face to face I flit,
The countless eyes that stare and stare;
Some are with approbation lit,
And some are shadowed with despair.
Some show a smile and some a frown;
Some joy and hope, some pain and woe:
Enough! Oh, ring that curtain down!
Old weary year! it's time to go.
My pipe is out, my glass is dry;
My fire is almost ashes too;
But once again, before you go;
And I prepare to meet the New:
Old year! a parting word that's true,
For we've been comrades, you and I -
I thank God for each day of you;
There! bless you now! Old Year, goodbye!
**********************
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
**********************
TODAY
Vijaya Samarawickama,
A Buddhist Reflects on Happy Living, 2004
This day is a special day, it is yours.
Yesterday slipped away, it cannot be filled anymore with meaning.
About tomorrow nothing is known.
But this day, today, is yours, make use of it.
Today you can make someone happy.
Today you can help another.
This day is a special day, it is yours.
**********************
IF
Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head,
When all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat these two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: `Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
*************************
RECIPE FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Take twelve whole months.
Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness,
hate, and jealousy.
Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.
Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or thirty-one different parts,
but don't make up the whole batch at once.
Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.
Mix well into each day one part of faith,
one part of patience, one part of courage,
and one part of work.
Add to each day one part of hope,
faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.
Blend with one part prayer, one part meditation,
and one good deed.
Season the whole with a dash of good spirits,
a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play,
and a cupfull of good humor.
Pour all of this into a vessel of love.
Cook thoroughly over radient joy,
garnish with a smile,
and serve with quietness, unselfishness, and cheerfulness.
You're bound to have a happy new year.
-- Author Unknown
************
The New Year lies before you like a spotless trace of snow.
Be careful how you tread on it for every mark will show.
*******************
Hope you too would enjoy these meaningful poems as much as I do.
Thanks to the talented poets who have created them. Wished I could too.
************************************************************************
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