Wednesday, 28 January 2026

Let's come back to our senses

 Recently, it looks like our society is becoming slowly victim of the blind greed of influencers playing mercilessly with the feelings of all layers of society to highlight incidents happening in service institutions and vilifying institutions providing high levels of service.

Many institutions provide heartfelt and wonderful services to thousands, or tens of thousands of people needing those services. All services are provided by human beings and even the most dedicated and most well meaning human beings are not perfect. It would be nice to have all services like child care, playschools, medical care and even transportation services to have zero incidents, but that is clearly impossible.

We rely on committed humans to provide services of child care in numerous well-run organizations. Lately one of the well-managed child care centers has been the target of an unscrupulous social media influencer. These influencers portray the role of helping the "poor victims" of dedicated service providers. 

 If we, as a society allow these unscrupulous seekers of influence and attention to sweep up feelings of our society against established solid institutions of care service, leading to excessive litigation, we may well end up in the dire situation of so-called advanced societies where basic service become unaffordable or simply not available. For anyone following what is happening to health care in the UK, it  is heart breaking to see how one of the formerly best systems of service has suffered extremely under the threat of continuous excessive litigation and has become a bad of example of how health care should not be 

I have worked personally in a major hospital in Malaysia. Whenever humans, no matter how dedicated and experienced, are working for the good of their patients/clients, errors do happen. We are humans and not a single human is perfect. People serving thousands of needy others in excellent ways, should not suffer excessive litigation for the one human error they unwillingly make. To err is human and if our service providers are systematically vilified based on that intrinsic human trait of imperfection we may end up in situations like the US or the UK where services are slowly but certainly becoming increasingly unavailable or unaffordable. 

Airlines operate at the highest possible standards, but does any well-run airline have zero incidents? NO! Do they deserve vilification and boycotting of their services based on the rare incidents that do happen?NO! If we become as intolerant as materialistically driven societies in some Western nations, we may end up as them with unaffordable and worse,  unavailable service. 

Let us not give too much attention to unscrupulous influencers who are out there, hungry for fame, recognition and certainly some of them just want wealth, through exploitation of human suffering and vilification of service providers who are often dedicated but who are human and inherently to human nature, are not perfect 

 Let us come to our senses. Let us reject the model dominating many formerly advanced nations (now rapidly receding); let is reject the model of hatred, intolerance, grudges, greed, all leading to crumbling and the downfall of useful and necessary services

Let's all walk on the path of our Creator, paved with peace, beauty, love, grace, gratefulness and forgiveness.

 

Saturday, 24 January 2026

Not Easy

 It is not easy 
to remain kind to people at all times
even if they have done nasty things to us
but it is the way of our Creator, the way of the Universe
 
It is not easy sometimes to forgive ourselves
it is not easy to forgive the jealous people trying to harm us
but it is the way of our Creator, the way of the universe
 
It is not easy to be grateful for the small nice things in our lives
when we are the in the midst of a a chaotic challenge
but it is the way the of our Creator, the way of the Universe
 
If we manage to choose the way of our Creator
or if you do not believe in a Creator, the way of the universe,
we will be on that path paved with peace, beauty and love
and the chaos will settle faster than ever imagined possible 

Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Lotus flowers

 Inspired by Thich Nath Hanh

In everyone’s life there are mistakes, painful mistakes; in everyone’s life there is suffering and pain and it muddies the waters of life. And what happens so often? We keep stressed about what went wrong in the past, we keep grudges against others, against ourselves and we keep stirring up the dirt, disturbing our life.

If we manage on the other hand to make it quiet in our mind, heart and soul through forgiveness (for others and, equally important or even more important, for ourselves) and gratitude for the all the wonderful things that remain in our life, the dust and mud tends to settle on the bottom of the waters of our life and the water becomes clear.

The mud and dirt, the suffering and pain we experienced or created for ourselves does not disappear but if we allow it to be settled solidly at the bottom of the lake of our life,it can become a great fertilizer for wonderful lotus flowers that are rooted deep in the mud but make our life so beautiful, not only to ourselves but to everyone to who sees them. The flowers are the lessons learned, the wisdom and love we gained through sincere forgiveness, the sweet peace lying in heartfelt gratitude,...

On and off, a storm may come and stir up the mud from the bottom but the more we practice peace of mind, the more skilled we become in quieting down everything and allow the dust and mud to settle very fast again. Becoming again the very much needed fertilizer for the wonderful flowers in our life.  

Thursday, 25 December 2025

Awakening

There are periods in time, when I forget to be grateful for all "small" miraculous things, events, feelings that happen that we experience on a daily basis. These are the weeks that pass unnoticed and tend to be less filled with satisfaction and with personal growth. Choosing to be grateful for the daily presnts we get from the universe, we automatically become more aware of the peace, the beauty, the love and all other amazing things that surround us. Below a small poem about the end of a few weeks that had gone by without making time for reflection about this:
 
After what seemed an eternity of spiritual hibernation
I felt a surge of appreciation for all wonders of creation
Like a tree in winter that had looked as if ti was dead too long
I had been void of gratitude, but now it all came back, so strong
 
Just like melody of two birds sitting on a branch in spring
I have started again to listen to my heart and my soul sing
Their song, while always there had fallen on deaf ears.
Now that it over,:my mind loves again the music it hears.
 
Aufie Zophy 
 
 

 
  

Choosing peace

    As I walked in my garden an egret suddenly flew up. 
I had not seen it and it may have been scared by my presence
It was flapping its white wings and in my mind 
it made me think of the white dove that brings peace.
 
 
At these times, let us choose peace
Let us not buy into any of the fear and war mongering messages of our greedy politicians who willfully distort truth, preaching the necessity of a war, that will fill only their pockets, while the rest of us face immense destruction of property and enormous suffering. 
 
Please do not buy into war.
War is only one thing: terrible! 
Please condemn all war mongers
and strive for peace
Peace is ours naturally
Do not let any stupid politician change this. 
 

Thursday, 18 December 2025

The Kiss

I am not a great fan of angel stories myself,
but in these times with so much talk about another world war
this one touched moved my soul.
Let it be a source of love and inspiration to all: 
 
I saw white angel
I saw a black angel
 
They met each other
They kissed each other 
 
The kiss formed a halo
And a bright light shone 
 
 It envelopped the angels
and everyone around them 
 
 The halo increased in size
The light became more intense
 
And soon the whole world
was bathing in the light of love 
 
 

 

Thursday, 18 September 2025

The river of love

In everyone's heart there is a special place
a spring, a source from where as long as we live
spouts tenderness, cordiality, caring grace
limitless, filling our heart with love to give.
 
It's so easy so wonderful, so natural
to let that river of love and kindness flow
every day, let it run as a cascading waterfall
amazing flowers will on this river's banks grow 
 
Down the stream, tame animals 'll come and drink
the love and affability that the river will bring
It 'll fill their soul and from within will spring
their own source of love, care and understanding
 
Further on, also wild animals will lessen their thirst
they might not have been aware of it at first
but love, kindness and charity is really what they need.
they will soon give up their dirty politics and greed.
 
Finally our river will meet the ocean, meet the sea
The water will take on the colors of that kindness stream
and everyone will enjoy; enjoy the amazing love
as the colors of our cordiality will reflect in the sky above 
 
Aufie Zophy 
 
 
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I am sure you will enjoy some of my other online treasures as well:

 - Inspirational and motivational poems (I have written them under the pen name of Aufie Zophy)
 
Two fables and a short story (my own favorite is 'Sammy and Alice')

Inspirational quotes:
 
- Very short essays about simple good things:
 
 Small prayers for this big world:
https://smallprayersforabigworld.blogspot.com/




Saturday, 13 September 2025

The magic swan

The magic swan

I passed a lake during a slow and lazy walk
And a swan of angelic beauty came to talk
All the secrets you had, she shared with me
It was there all in front of my eyes to see.
 
I could see all feelings you ever had in your heart
Some secrets were cute , some of them really dark
The swan showed me your thoughts good and bad
And what you have done and what you have said
 
After knowing your secrets, I started to love you more
They were a bit similar to those hidden in my own core
And it is with the real you, not with what we pretend,
That I want to be a good  companion, the best friend.
 
Aufie Zophy. 
 
 
 
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We are all human and have our small and bigger imperfections. 
If every of our innermost secrets would be revealed 
to the ones who trust us, would we still be trusted?
Something worthy of our reflection. 
Here or there, we may have some work to do...

 

Monday, 1 September 2025

Riches

 

    A woman gave an alm to a blind beggar leaving herself with not enough cash to hail a taxi. So she went back by bus. On the bus it was super crowded and she had to stand pressed between other travelers. The high heels, she had chosen to wear in the morning were hurting her feet and she felt bad about it. 

     Then while the bus was waiting in front of a traffic light she noticed two homeless men having a merry time. They were absorbed in a nice conversation and on and off they heartily laughed at each other's jokes. The woman on the bus enjoyed the scene. When the bus started to move, she could see that the two men had actually no legs.

    She decided to get of the crowded bus a few blocks before she reached her house and to walk the rest of the way. Her feet still hurt a bit, but she thoroughly enjoyed every step, being aware of her own richness to have legs and be able to walk. 

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  Baby - Beige Cotton trainers - Size: 23 - H&M

I hope you enjoyed the little true story above, which I read in one of the 'chicken soup for the soul' books. 
Riches comes to us in so many ways :)   :)   :)👶😃😆😊

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Please read my uplifting simple poems and visit my other sites for free extra richness :)

 - Inspirational and motivational poems (I have written them under the pen name of Aufie Zophy)
 
Beautiful skies seen by Hans:
 
Beautiful flowers:
 
Two fables and a short story (my own favorite is 'Sammy and Alice')

Inspirational quotes:
 
- Very short essays about simple good things:
 
 Small prayers for this big world:
https://smallprayersforabigworld.blogspot.com/
 

 

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Morning

I wish you a good morning
No, not just a good morning, a glorious morning
A morning filled with grace and beauty
Filled with love and kindness
 
Let us feel  the love in our heart,
that big wide river 
that we will let flow throughout the day
 towards our lovely family
towards our lovely friends
towards the strangers we meet
towards our colleagues at work
towards the people that have been good to us,
towards the people that have been not good tous
Let's mix it with a bit of pity 
and send a few buckets of love to our enemies too.
 
Let us scoop bucket after bucket
out of that endless, limitless river of love
flowing through our heart
and shower anyone we meet with love, love love.
with kindness, kindness, kindness
with peace, peace, peace
with serendipity, abundance and love...