Friday 29 March 2024

Life's Little Lessons

Life is transient. We are born, live a number of years, and we die. In between we learn how to cope with Life. There is a vast well of knowledge to acquire, and the sooner we acquaint ourselves with this knowledge on, and about Life, the easier our lives would be. There is much to learn. Every day we learn something new. And we go on learning until the day we retire – six feet under.

One of the things that we all learned is that Life can be unpredictable. Quite often, Life does not happen the way we hope it would, or the way we want it to. We learn that sometimes… Life makes little sense.

Here are some Life lessons to bear in mind…

No matter what happens, how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Those who are honest with themselves without considering the consequences, go far in life.

Whenever you decide something with an open heart, you usually make the right decision.

It takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof to destroy it.

You can do something in an instant that will give you a heartache for life.

A rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.

It is not what happens to us that's important. It's what we do about it.

The world is like a mirror. If you face it smiling it smiles right back.

Even when you have pains, you don't have to be one.

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

Opinions don’t define your reality.

Positive thoughts create positive things.

Even sunshine burns if you get too much.

To ignore the facts does not change the facts.

You can be important to someone but not all the time.

Making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life".

No matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.

It’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

Accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open, with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child.

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Thursday 28 March 2024

The Canal

This canal runs along my walk route. It is home to fishes, tortoises, turtles and a few monitor lizards. Occasionally otters showed up splashing in the water. Herons stand patiently on the edge of the canal waiting for fishes to come close. Sometimes, egrets could be seen pecking into the water. I have spotted kingfishers on occasions. Somedays, teenagers and men were seen fishing. So, there is plenty of life going on in, and out of the canal. The canal, with all the beautiful flowers and plants along the walk path adds up to a beautiful and interesting walk route.

Some photos from my walk the other day.

I saw three monitor lizards on that day. One of them had a big fish in its mouth.
A heron waiting on the side of the canal for fishes to come closer.

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Wednesday 27 March 2024

Attitudes

How you see the world, how you see life, it all comes down to attitude. Having the right attitude is very important. So, cultivate good attitudes. This includes having the right mindset, and right thinking. Whether your attitude is good or bad, it is what people are going to remember about you.

Sometimes, the only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude. With the right attitude, one can turn a negative situation into a positive one, a bad day into a good one. When you have the right attitude, your days would still be cheery, even if there was a little unpleasantness.

So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we can and then to choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may be, can bring peace and contentment. - Thomas S. Monson

Your attitude colours every aspect of your life. It is like the mind's paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colours – creating a masterpiece. Or it can make everything dark and dreary. - John C. Maxwell

You are the conductor of your own attitude! Nobody else can compose your thoughts for you. - Lee J. Colan

A bad attitude is the worst thing that can happen to a group of people. It's infectious. - Roger Allan Raby

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. - Zig Ziglar

If you can't change your fate change your attitude. - Amy Tan

Your attitude is either in the way, on the way, or creating a way. - Sam Glenn

Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts, and habits can be acquired. - Paul Myer

Your attitude is like a mirror. The attitude you give out is the same attitude you will get back. - Justin Herald

The first step to developing a positive attitude is to become aware of the true nature of your current attitude. This isn't always as easy as it sounds. - Roger Fritz

A kick butt attitude is like a breath of fresh air that will attract opportunities. A sour attitude is like bad breath that can clear a room in a heartbeat, repelling opportunities. - Sam Glenn

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. - Viktor E. Frankl

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Tuesday 26 March 2024

Flowers

Beautiful flowers. Some of them are from the flower dome, and some of them are from the garden surroundings. With the help of Google lens, I was able to identify them. If there is any inaccuracy, do let me know. Justicia brandegeana
Thunbergia grandiflora aka Bengal clockwise skyvine
Bamboo orchid aka Arundina graminifolia
Clivia miniata, aka nata lily or bush lily
Petrea volubilis vine
Kangaro paw flower
Tuberous begonias
“Don’t strew me with roses after I'm dead. When Death claims the light of my brow, no flowers of life will cheer me. Instead, you may give me my roses now!” - Thomas F. Healey

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Monday 25 March 2024

Paraprosdokians

“A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anti-climax. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.” - Wikipedia

“Some paraprosdokians not only change the meaning of an early phrase, but also play on the double meaning of a particular word, creating a syllepsis.” - Wikipedia

The husband who doesn’t tell his wife everything probably reasons that what she doesn’t know won’t hurt him. - Leo J. Burke

Sometimes I step outside and look up at the stars and think to myself … Damn I love pissing outside. - Unknown

You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in. - Unknown

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on. - Robert Bloch

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. - Oscar Wilde

I didn’t find out what happiness means until I got married… and then it was too late. - Unknown

Always look on the bright side of life. Otherwise it’ll be too dark to read. - Unknown

I am not always right, but I am never wrong. - Unknown

Don't do drugs, because you will go to prison, and drugs are really expensive in prison. - John Harwick

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow. - Don Herold

All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband someday. - Franklin P. Jones

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. - Anatole France

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Sunday 24 March 2024

Life's Little Lessons

There is much to learn in life – especially about Life itself. We learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, through our experiences and mistakes.

However, some of these life lessons were already recorded down as aphorisms by the people who have gone on before us. If we could take some time to learn from these aphorisms, we will be able to get a head start in life, and save ourselves some heartache.

Take an interest in Aphorisms. Keep a note of those that inspire and motivate you for reference later.

There is no absolute right or wrong, good or bad. Everything depends on our perception and understanding of the issues at hand. So don’t be too rigid in your thinking. Keep an open mind. - Unknown

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed. - Ray Goforth

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. - Unknown

Patience and time do more than strength or passion. - Jean De La Fontaine

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. - Dr. Linus Carl Pauling

Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. - Mevlana Rumi

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get. - Unknown

It is not possible to enjoy success without health. Guard your health as you journey towards success. - Unknown

Separate we come, and separate we go, and this be it known, is all that we know. - Conrad Aiken

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special. - Unknown

Sometimes, when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but actually you’ve been planted. - Christine Caine

Think, analyse, reason, rationalise. Use your logic and common sense. If logic and common sense tells you that something is not right, then that thing is most probably not right. - Unknown

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Saturday 23 March 2024

Coleus Scutellarioides

Coleus scutellarioides, commonly known as coleus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae (the mint or deadnettle family), native to Southeast Asia through to Australia. It is a bushy, woody-based evergreen perennial, widely grown for the highly decorative variegated leaves found in cultivated varieties. Another common name is painted nettle, reflecting its relationship to deadnettles (Lamiumspecies), which are in the same family. - Wikipedia

Coleus scutellarioides is a short-lived plant, cultivated worldwide. The inflorescence is borne on the end of a stem and, like the leaves, is very variable in size. The leaves are variegated, and may include one or more shades of green, white, cream, yellow, pink, red, maroon and dark purple. Patterns of the leaves may vary from symmetrical to irregular; and in shape, from broad to narrow and from small-toothed to wavy margins.

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Friday 22 March 2024

Human Beings

There are no perfect human beings! Everyone has his or her own quirks. However, there are still decent human beings everywhere. Understand this so you don’t have expectations of human beings. This way, you avoid disappointment with human beings.

Human beings are complex and complicated. For an example, look in the mirror and ask yourself how much do you really know, or understand about the person staring back at you.

People are capable of doing a lot of good and they are also capable of doing a lot of evil. We never really know what a person is capable of until the time comes. Always make allowances for what people are capable of and never be surprised at what people are capable of. Consider it a bonus if they surprise you in a pleasant way.

Iron is full of impurities that weaken it; through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion. - Morihei Ueshiba

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams

Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to ultimately be at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be. - Abraham Maslow

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. - Laurens Van Der Post

No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another’s happiness. - Graham Greene

A complete human being is the one who is physically healthy, emotionally mature, intellectually alert, and spiritually aware. - Unknown

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves. - Mahatma Gandhi

Human beings are inherently endowed with the power to bring out the best possible results from the worst possible circumstances. - Unknown

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. - William James

One of the sources of pride in being a human being is the ability to bear present frustrations in the interests of longer purposes. - Unknown

The function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential. - Bruce Lee

There is no such thing as a weird human being, it’s just that some people require more understanding than others. - Tom Robbins

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Thursday 21 March 2024

A Dip In The Pool

It has been a very warm week so far – warm and humid with cloudy, sometimes partly cloudy skies. Luckily there was a constant breeze, making it more bearable. Temperatures range between 34C to 35C. On days like these, a dip in the pool is a very welcome idea.
This is the pool I go to – at the Choa Chu Kang sports complex. Senior citizens get to use the pool for free.
As you can see from the picture there was hardly anybody there on this day. But it is not always like this. Sometimes there are classes of students taking swimming lessons. That can be a bit noisy and distracting. So, I pick a time when the pool is usually quiet, to go – mid-day and when there are no swimming classes. In this way, I sometimes get to share the pool with two or three others only.

I try to go to the pool twice a week. It is part of my keeping fit regiment. The rest of the week, I go for walks.

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Wednesday 20 March 2024

Words To Live By

Aphorisms motivate and inspire because they teach a philosophical or moral truth which is relevant to our experiences in life. The relevance is what makes them fascinating and interesting.

Have a look at today’s selection of truisms. Keep a record of the ones that resonate with you so that you can refer to them in your time of need.

True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective. - Walter Lippmann

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. - Friedrich Nietzsche

There is a moment of conception and a moment of birth, but between them there is a long period of gestation. - Jonas Salk

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. - Buddha

You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut. - Maxwell Maltz

Just because something is tradition does not make it right. - Unknown

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit. - Desiderius Erasmus

When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure. - Viktor Frankl

For you who no longer possess it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. - Emil Cioran

He who neglects to drink of the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance. - Lin Po

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. - Randolph S. Bourne

Mathematics may not teach us how to add happiness or how to minus sadness, but it does teach one important thing – every problem has a solution. - Unknown

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