My name is British Columbia
the jewel of the West coast
Forestry and fishing are
the things that I do most.
Month: June 2017
Beautiful Pictures: To celebrate “CANADA DAY” on July 1st. (Hermosas Fotos: Para celebrar el Día de Canadá, Julio 1)
Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of the July 1, 1867,
POEMS: “Yesterday’s door”
I’ve shut the door on Yesterday,
It’s sorrows and mistakes.
I’ve locked within its gloomy walls
Past failures and heartaches.
“ON JOY AND SORROW” by Kahlil Gibran
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
SHORT POEMS: “I am”
I Know not whence I came,
I know not whither I go;
But the fact stands clear that I am here
In this world of pleasure and woe.
POEMS: “Summer shower” by Emily Dickinson
A drop fell on the apple tree,
Another on the roof;
A half a dozen kissed the eaves,
And made the gables laugh.
THE EIGHT FOLD PATH: “teachings of the Buddha”
1. Right understanding using our intelligence for reflection & contemplation of things & discriminating with wisdom
POEMS: “The quitter” (advice on facing life’s challenges) by Edgar A. Guest
Don’t pity yourself and talk over your woes
Don’t think up excuses for dodging the blows
But stick to the battle and see the thing through
ADVICE FROM A WILD FLOWER (Consejos de una flor silvestre)
Open up!
Spread seeds of joy!
It’s ok to be a late bloomer
SHORT ROMANTIC POEMS: “Sadness” Confucius (about love)
The sun is ever full and bright,
The pale moon waneth night by night.
Why should this be?
POEMS: “Two kinds of people”
There are two kinds of people on earth today,
Two kinds of people, no more, I say.
Not the good or the bad, for ’tis well understood,
The good are half bad and the bad are half good.
LOVE POEMS FROM RUSSIA: “The Wondrous moment of our meeting”
The wondrous moment of our meeting… Still I remember you appear
Before me like a vision fleeting, A beauty’s angel pure and clear.
