Truly caring

You will enjoy this story, it’s easy to understand.

It is about Wan Kamil, a wonderful friend.

In his garden, a small budding tree had grown

It was not planted; it seemed to have come on its own.

Wan Kamil figured out without too many words,

That it must have been animals, most likely birds,

That brought to his garden the seeds of this tree,

which has grown with many fruits, a pleasure to see.

The papayas on the tree are delicious and plentiful

and my friend Kamil, with a soul so beautiful,

understands perfectly nature's and animal's needs:

it are the birds that will spread more amazing seeds.

 

He leaves some of the papayas that are ripe on the tree 

The animals and birds seem to have a feast for free 

but in the process, they will ensure that in some place,

another papaya tree will grow by our Creator's grace.

10 PM

Some days, we are so busy with many kinds of things,

that we do not take the time to observe any beauty.

Today, I think I had a day like that. 

From early in the morning I had online meetings.

 

I drove to work and was solving one thing after another

Now it is almost ten PM and I still have a mail to write.

I will finish the mail and go outside in the dark with a torch light to find a thing of beauty in my garden.
I will take a picture and share it with you.

Have you seen something beautiful today.?

______________________

Now about 45 min later. Mail sent. Small night walk made. Pictures of a flower and a tree ready to share. Mind and heart relaxed. 

Like this...

 I want to pray

 

I want to give my heart to our God

so that it may be filled 

with warmth and goodness

filled with light and kindness

 

I want to give my mind to our God

so that it may be filled with wisdom

that will allow me to share

all the warmth and goodness

and light and kindness  

that was planted in my heart. 

 

I want to pray

like this

 

 

Working for?

Many years ago over 90% of people were working for the money

Now maybe 95% of people are working for the money :)

That is good, very good. Excellent!

 

Surely the size of our income matters. It matters a lot. 

And what matters perhaps more than that still, is how much we enjoy our work.

We spend on average more than half our waking hours at work.

If we do not enjoy these hours, a big part of our life really stinks.

How to enjoy the job?

 If whatever task at hand, we try to do the very best we can, this will almost automatically result in job satisfaction. This is easier for some jobs than for others, but for most jobs, doing our very best, will lead to a certain pride of performance, and that is an almost certain recipe for job satisfaction. 

I remember my personal assistant, when I was head of department in our hospital. She had made it one of her major objective to make every day at least one person smile at work. And she was generally perceived as a jovial person and liked by many. She was a happy personal assistant.

The above paragraph is just one example of making our job more enjoyable but I am sure there may thousands of small ways to do so. With a little bit of creativity and lots of positive thoughts, I am sure we can make most of our work for own peace of mind and happiness. And in the mean time we will get a salary, so necessary for our daily living. :)

The Sweetest

 

Love and peace to you

Wishing you 

a wonderful start of this new year, 

a wonderful start of this new decade.

Let's start with a small reflection 

about what is really sweet... 😃

The sweetest smell
is the fragrance of the rose
that clings to your hand
after giving it away

The sweetest sight

is the smile of a stranger 

that appeared on his face 

after your random kind act 

 

The sweetest touch 

is the feeling you get
when stretching out
a helping hand

The sweetest sound
is the voice of the worry
you managed to alleviate
by really sitting and listening

Sweeter than sugar on your tongue
is the sensation
of having given
of having helped  

 

 Author: Hans Van Rostenberghe

 

 

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Beautiful skies: https://hansvro.wixsite.com/mysite-1/skies-seen-by-hans
Beautiful flowers: https://hansvro.wixsite.com/flowersbyhans
Beautiful poems: https://aufiezophypoems.blogspot.com/

Beautiful inspirational quotes:  https://quotesfromhans.blogspot.com/
Essays about good things: https://abcofvirtues.blogspot.com/

 

Have you ever imagined how it would be to live in a perfect world.

Some thoughts on that, in the following links:

blog post (to read): perfect world

video (sit back,relax and watch/listen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7u9hTRM1t0&t=35s