6 January 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ANT MADA


Another Year


I’m wishing you another year
Of laughter, joy and fun,
Surprises, love and happiness,
And when your birthday’s done,

I hope you feel deep in your heart,
As your birthdays come and go,
How very much you mean to me,
More than you can know.


By Joanna Fuchs

5 January 2009

4 January 2009

So they say... again

“One generation plants the trees, and another gets the shade” (Chinese Proverb)

3 January 2009

So they say!

However long the night, the dawn will break.African proverb
This photo and this proverb match, don't they?

1 January 2009

WORLD DAY OF PEACE

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS
POPE JOHN PAUL II
(1999)

"Looking towards the World Day of Peace, let me state the conviction which I very much want to share with you: when the promotion of the dignity of the person is the guiding principle, and when the search for the common good is the overriding commitment, then solid and lasting foundations for building peace are laid. But when human rights are ignored or scorned, and when the pursuit of individual interests unjustly prevails over the common good, then the seeds of instability, rebellion and violence are inevitably sown"