Hello Dear Beverly,

THANK YOU for joining the party and for your Congrats and kind Words...

Blessings,

Alain

Hello Dearest Cheryl,

THANK YOU so much for joining the party here and for your Congrats and Kind Words... You are very much Appreciated!

I really feel honored of being recognized as the 185th POTW... this feels very special to have been chosen among such a great group of wonderful people.

With friendship,

Blessings,

Alain

Dear Alain,

Thanks for your always kind words.

First two years at my Grammar school I have learned French. It was a few centuries ago :) ... and also was too short time to learn it seriously. Still I know by heart "Barbara" (J.Prevert) and  La Marseillaise ... If I listen to French - cann`t understand too much. But when I read it ... I understand mostly (similarities with Latin and Spanish). And all French poetry has been translated in my native; in fact it is very helpful.

Yesterday I didn`t comment your 7 truths :) . If the last of them was as true as we understand truth - I am not sure if Bill Gates would have more money than you. With it you just prove the rest written before it. Serious, honest and gifted people cann`t create their path than that way. I am now looking forward to hear about one brilliant way to create your fortune. It is time. I am sure this poem would be inspiring for you :

Moments

(by Jorge Luis Borges)

If I could live again my life,
In the next - I’ll try,
- to make more mistakes,
I won’t try to be so perfect,
I’ll be more relaxed,
I’ll be more full - than I am now,
In fact, I’ll take fewer things seriously,
I’ll be less hygienic,
I’ll take more risks,
I’ll take more trips,
I’ll watch more sunsets,
I’ll climb more mountains,
I’ll swim more rivers,
I’ll go to more places - I’ve never been,
I’ll eat more ice creams and less (lime) beans,
I’ll have more real problems - and less imaginary ones,
I was one of those people who live
prudent and prolific lives -
each minute of his life,
Of course that I had moments of joy - but,
if I could go back I’ll try to have only good moments,

If you don’t know – that’s what life is made of,
Don’t lose the now!

I was one of those who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer,
without a hot-water bottle,
and without an umbrella and without a parachute,

If I could live again - I will travel light,
If I could live again - I’ll try to work bare feet
at the beginning of spring till the end of autumn,
I’ll ride more carts,
I’ll watch more sunrises and play with more children,
If I have the life to live - but now I am 85,
- and I know that I am dying …

This poem has so huge impact on my life.

Some of his brilliant quotes :

"Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire."

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely."

"To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god."

"Democracy is an abuse of statistics."

..... Jorge Luis Borges ...

I do not wish to turn your POTW forum into poetic one, but must share here one poem more, written by our very own Kathleen VanBeekom :

© Kathleen VanBeekom

Praising and blessing her beautiful heart, still sensitive for those little joys .. I`d finish ... wishing you ALL BEST!

Love & Hugs,

Branka

Thanks for thinking so greatly of me!  I had help.  I had been told to go back to sleep.

The internet is an open door to everyone's thoughts that we don't see in years and years of real life, because we're all subdued by the TV and the colorful visuals of everyone and everything around us, and other distractions such as food, kids, pets, phones, etc.  We don't put out all these words into real life every day, many times daily, would anyone listen that long?

Back to the religious conversation, both are in my head at all times, being on the mountaintop of being human, having full perspective of all things human...

Must remember that Jesus descended into Hell and then ascended into Heaven.  He did not just rise to Heaven at the moment of his death.

We can't make a jump from Mount Human to Mount Spiritual, but fortunately some of us already have the basis of many years of spiritual foundation so it wouldn't be a fall to our death to descend into the valley to shake off some humanness and start back up the correct mountain, but just peeling our attention from the full panorama of fireworks seen from Mount Human is a process, to see if there are more or different or better light shows from Mount Spiritual, but most of the time it's a combined show.