Silence...

"Silence is a true friend

who never betrays."

Confucius

Teach the people

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"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; 

if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in 

terms of 100 years, teach the people." 

Confucius

Happy Celebration May 9th 2024

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How easy to forget....

WW2 and that the liberation of Europe from Fascism would not have been possible (or would have taken significantly longer with huge allied casualties) without the Russian intervention led by Marshal Zhukov. This war cost Russia around 27 million lives. Most objective military analysts agree on this conclusion and in fact the Russians were the first to enter into and liberate Berlin. My parents and grandparents were all swept into WW 2 and some of my relatives gave their lives, (grandparents also in WW1). 

Regrettably our own western leaders, in recent years, have never really acknowledged this fact publicly and most people have no idea of this sacrifice, attributing the victory to the western allied powers. After all small minds and small hearts, acting as heroes eventually burn in the trash can of history. Those whose sons and daughters died for us will always be remembered by those with honor.

So out of respect for all those that passed saving Europe from Nazism (well we thought it had gone away) we say thank you and wish you a happy hassle free celebration.

War and Peace

“If everyone fought for their own

convictions there would be no war.”

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Grown men...

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“Grown men send children into battle

throughout the world, all the time. Old

men create conditions for conflicts, fuel

hostilities, and pretend to defend core

values, good against evil, whereas all

they are doing is ferociously protecting

their privileges while coveting the riches

of others. They hatch toxic strategies,

then send their children charging at the

enemy."

Hemley Boum

Days Come and Go

The present moment

"The present moment is the only 

moment available to

us and is the doorway to 

all moments."

Thich Nhat Hanh

Explore, Dream Discover..

"Twenty years from now you will be more

disappointed by the things that you didn't

do than by the ones you did do. So, throw

off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor,

catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore, Dream, Discover."

Mark Twain

Your progress in life...

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"Your progress in life begins in your

own mind and ends in the same space."

Napoleon Hill

Constancy

"Constancy of purpose is the

first principle of success."

Napoleon Hill

Music of the sea...

"But all this crowded life has been to thee

No more than lyre, or lute, or subtle spell

Of viols, or the music of the sea

That sleeps, a mimic echo, in the shell."

Oscar Wilde

In whose name..

“What difference does it make to the dead, 

the orphans and the homeless, whether the 

mad destruction is wrought under the name 

of totalitarianism or in the holy name of 

liberty or democracy?”

Mahatma Gandhi

The Book of Universes

“There are only certain intervals of time when 

life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe 

and we can practice astronomy only during that 

habitable time interval in cosmic history.”

John D. Barrow

The Book of Universes

Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos