#life’s lessons - Verses and Hues

26 Jul

Poem: Live for the moment

just push your sorrows aside and let your rage melt let your past rest in past let your future wait till you reach there take a deep breath and take a vow to live for the moment with...

#confidence, #faith, #future, #hope, #inspiration, #life, #life’s lessons, #moments, #motivation, #positive thinking, #positivity, #present, #today, #vigor

25 Jul

Miracles! We all want them to happen to us, don’t we? Check out this wonderful video and you’ll realize that you have been experiencing them all the time! Life presents miracles every moment but we choose to ignore them....

#attitude, #belief, #confidence, #destiny, #dreams, #experience, #faith, #inspiration, #inspire, #life, #life’s lessons, #miracle, #miracles, #motivation, video

04 Jul

I Love You

Let silence bespeak my mind today Let my closed moist eyes gaze your soul today Let my breath swell your heartbeat today Let my touch enthuse your senses today For words are not enough today For I realized that...

#affection, #eyes, #heart, #life, #life’s lessons, #love, #lust, #poetrychallenge, #power, #silence, #touch, #truth, #words

23 Jun

Compassion: Week 3

The third week of our monthly feature usually entails learning from the teachings of the eminent personalities. Compassion is a widely preached topic by all religious and spiritual leaders of all times. I’ve chosen a few quotes that I...

#affection, #benevolence, #buddha, #compassion, #faith, #famous, #help, #humanity, #kindness, #life, #life’s lessons, #monthly, #monthly feature, #motivation, #quotes, #smile, #strength, #tolerance, #words

21 Jun

Poem: Sign at the beach

divorced from the world to spend time with self to discern the purpose of my being to rationalize the significance of grief I walked to the beach a walk to the beach all I had in...

#beach, #dVerse, #footsteps, #God, #inspiration, #introspection, #life’s lessons, #motivation, #nature, #ocean, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #sign

19 Jun

Haibun: Clouds

The sky seemed captivating, adorned with the glitterati of stars like a bride dressed in an impeccably sparkling outfit. I had been admiring the blue for hours and was eager to continue my adoration for eternity. The moving...

#5lines, #clouds, #Colleen’s Weekly, #compassion, #enshroud, #grit, #haibun, #harmony, #inspiration, #introspection, #lessons, #life, #life’s lessons, #micropoetry, #mist, #nature, #perseverance, #poetrychallenge, #sky, #smoke, #sun, #tanka, #unison, #unity, #veil

14 Jun

Compassion: Week 2

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion” – Dalai Lama We’ve heard the word “compassion” too often in our lives in various forms and phrases per se: “Be...

#benevolence, #care, #compassion, #contentment, #grateful, #gratitude, #happiness, #inspiration, #kindness, #life, #life’s lessons, #motivation, #peace, #quotes, #self, #self discovery, #truth, #understanding

10 Jun

Poem: Impact of Words

world was not so fascinating life never seemed meaningful morning wasn’t so inspiring neither rain did any good until one day, you showed me the way I clench close to my heart the wisdom those words impart...

#faith, #grateful, #gratitude, #guide, #impact, #inspiration, #learning, #life, #life’s lessons, #motivation, #poetrychallenge, #thankfulness, #thanks, #words

09 Jun

Terrorism

I have been quite disturbed by the recent terrorist attacks in different parts of the world. My heart is grieving for those who lost their loved ones in these horrifying and condemning acts of violence, giving birth to some...

#attacks, #benevolence, #compassion, #crime, #criminal, #fear, #horror, #humanity, #killer, #killings, #kindness, #life, #life’s lessons, #massacre, #monthly, #monthly feature, #peace, #poetrychallenge, #scared, #terror, #terrorism, #terrorists

31 May

Focus: Week 4

“Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you are going to finish” – Herman Edwards The last day of the month brings us to the end of our month long journey of “focus”. We started the month...

#ambitions, #concentrate, #faith, #feelings, #focus, #goals, #inspiration, #life, #life’s lessons, #monthly, #monthly feature, #motivation, #optimism, #perseverance, #plan, #poetry, #quotes

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