LEARNING BIRDS # 09

Asian koel at Bhubaneswar

The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related black-billed koels, and Pacific koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies.

The Asian koel like many of its related cuckoo kin is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young. They are unusual among the cuckoos in being largely frugivorous as adults. The name koel is echoic in origin with several language variants. The bird is a widely used symbol in Indian and Nepali poetry.

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THE HABIT OF SEEKING GOD

Deborah Agustin's avatarLife Hub Inspirations

Let obedience to God be your habit. Oftentimes, you choose things in life with the dominant thought if it pleases you or not. “Will I be happy if I make this decision?” “Do I feel satisfied?” “What will others say?” These are not really wrong questions. They are essential questions too. They are part of the process of weighing things and situations so that you can balance out what you need most and where you need most to focus on. However, they should not be the first question that you should be asking. All these questions can actually be fused in one: “Is this pleasing to God?” When you put God first, your success, happiness, peace of mind, and satisfaction become sure and genuine. It is a win-win situation. There is no losing side with God. Therefore, obedience to God, should come first. Let it grow in on you to…

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WIN-WIN APPROACH

GITA WISDOM # 58

Chapter 3 verse 11

देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः।
परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ॥

Chief executives shall give up self-centered attitudes and must strive work for maximizing gains for all the concerned parties. (3.11)

तुम लोग इस यज्ञ द्वारा देवताओं को उन्नत करो और वे देवता तुम लोगों को उन्नत करें। इस प्रकार निःस्वार्थ भाव से एक-दूसरे को उन्नत करते हुए तुम लोग परम कल्याण को प्राप्त हो जाओगे ॥11॥

Chief executives shall give up self-centered attitudes and must strive work for maximizing gains for all the concerned parties. (3.11)

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POSITIVE VIBES # 20

Happy Sunday!

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FLOWERS ~ 17

Have a beautiful day!

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GREAT MIND

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Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. “Jean Rostand”

As your thoughts are, so is your life. Weak thoughts hardly have any effect, but powerful thoughts can create great change. Thoughts are energy. Though subtle and invisible, they can affect reality. Just like the wind, which is invisible, but can be powerful, so are your mind and thoughts.

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

Great mind people are people excellency! Lesser mind people celebrate…

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CRYSTAL BALL

rothpoetry's avatarRoth Poetry

Dark fingers reach out

clutching winter’s full moon

Pocked silent orb slips through

Rising gloriously enthroned

Reflecting suns radiance

*****

Photo: Dwight L. Roth

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THE TORTOISE SYNDROME

GITA WISDOM # 57

Chapter 2 Verse 58

यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गनीव सर्वशः।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता॥

The leader of an organizations will be subjected to various temptations which pull them away from his core activities. Like the tortoise, which draws back all its organs when challenged, he shall withdraw from the sensuous pleasures, and keep his mind in balance. (2.58)

और कछुवा सब ओर से अपने अंगों को जैसे समेट लेता है, वैसे ही जब यह पुरुष इन्द्रियों के विषयों से इन्द्रियों को सब प्रकार से हटा लेता है, तब उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर है (ऐसा समझना चाहिए) ॥58॥

The leader of an organizations will be subjected to various temptations which pull them away from his core activities. Like the tortoise, which draws back all its organs when challenged, he shall withdraw from the sensuous pleasures, and keep his mind in balance. (2.58)

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SHY

Jeff Flesch's avatarDevelop. Inspire. Transform.

Photo by Fransiskus Filbert Mangundap on Unsplash

They always called me
shy, and
I always wondered
why?

Time spent at home
was such a treat,
I never really
gave it much thought, or
attentions’ discrete.

I simply, waved goodbye
and merely moved on.

Upon reflection,
however,
it’s clear
that
I

Was simply tired
from all their stares,
and
comparative airs.

All the while
I was living
without
a

Measure,
except
the

knowledge of your
pleasurable existence.

And, my love
and devotion
to a time
of promotion,

and single-minded
attention, which
for sure,
did

not come until
much later.

For the platitudes
of life do
easily

carry us away
though we
never

intend to stray;

it happens at times.

And when we
notice?

We can find our
way back
to that
which

was never gone,

only ever
momentarily passed on.

And, yes,
it’s quite intentional
even when
it feels
like

it’s…

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NATURE TRAILS # 17

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WORLD CANCER DAY 🎗️

World Cancer Day is an international day marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008. The primary goal of World Cancer Day is to significantly reduce illness and death caused by cancer and is an opportunity to rally the international community to end the injustice of preventable suffering from cancer. The day is observed by the United Nations.

World Cancer Day targets misinformation, raises awareness, and reduces stigma. Multiple initiatives are run on World Cancer Day to show support for those affected by cancer. One of these movements are #NoHairSelfie, a global movement to have “hairticipants” shave their heads either physically or virtually to show a symbol of courage for those undergoing cancer treatment. Images of participants are then shared all over social media. Hundreds of events around the world also take place.

World Cancer Day was established on 4 February 2000 at the World Cancer Summit Against Cancer for the New Millenium, which was held in Paris.

The Charter of Paris Against Cancer, which was created to promote research, prevent cancer, improve patient services, also included an article establishing the anniversary of the document’s official signing as World Cancer Day, was signed at the Summit by the then General Director of UNESCO, Kōichirō Matsuura, and then French President Jacques Chirac in Paris on 4 February 2000.

The 2019-2021 campaign theme is ‘I Am and I Will’. The theme seeks to counter the negative attitude and fatalistic belief that nothing can be done about cancer, and instead promotes how our personal actions can be powerful and impactful.

In 2016, World Cancer Day started a three-year campaign under the tagline of ‘We can. I can.’, which explored the power of collective and individual actions to reduce the impact of cancer. Prior to 2016, the campaign themes included “Not Beyond Us” (2015) and “Debunk the Myths” (2014).

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PEACE

juliearahm's avatarMagnificent Meraki

Let go of what’s holding you back. No longer do you need to hold onto the hurt and the pain. There is so much freedom to be experienced, just waiting to be found.

Learn to let go, let God, have faith, trust and believe.

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POSITIVE VIBES # 19

Have great time…

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HUMAN FRATERNITY

https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-fraternity

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DILEMMA

Have a powerful day!

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