when you aren't here

To know that you are not here causes more missing then

when you are here but not with me

Perhaps it's the goodbye and see you soon, but when?

that makes my heart miss the face I will not see

So I will hold on to the last words until your return

but meanwhile there is a space you've made

and until i know you're here, there will be concern

that you are safe - and so I will wait.

i miss you

There can be no words to describe how much I miss you -
Simply because it's true -
Perhaps at a time when feelings are exposed
conversations and choice of words to be carefully composed

Have I done wrong, to allow me to feel
a box I have opened, broken the seal
You must be someone special, to have the key
to expose all the facets of a complicated, me.

You will never guess or ever be told
When it comes to my heart, I am not bold
I miss you, your smile, your touch
I care for you, so very much.....

Character

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Only through EXPERIENCE of TRIAL & SUFFERING can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired & success achieved.

Hellen Keller

Challenges

" Challenges are what makes life interesting;

Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful ."

Joshua J. Marine

you

For an hour or so, I could bask in your smile,
It was a change from the pace of my life,
It's been months since I last saw you, it's been awhile,
A companion I have missed...

Two different lifestyles that crossed some time back
became a friendship shared for years
Yet these two different lives kept right on track
on what each life had to do

BUT the shared moments are what I hold close to me
For they are few because we are both too busy
There isn't anywhere else I would rather be
Than to have a cuppa with you

To forget for a while how much I am actually missing....
just to keep everything in the balance
To see you smiling, I wonder if you're right here, for me to be seeing....
if it's real, because I am

If there was a darkest secret that had to be kept
that secret would be what I feel for you

The meaning of being a friend

There will be times when you spend time reflecting,
On times we shared laughter and tears
Some will bring smiles back to our faces
Others remind us of times we worried in fear

But the best of times to remember in friendship
Are the quietest moments, between 2 friends
between the worst of scandals and web of lies
A time when both need that helping hand

That is the friend we all should keep close to heart
A friend who is firm, with an unwavering stand
That even if storms blew over the teacup
She will offer you, a warm and steady hand

She will not judge, nor will she be swayed by words
But will stand her ground, the best she can
AND be that support, come hell or highwater
For you, for me, for everything sincere and true.

Health Books

I found this whilst surfing the web. I found this so hilarious, just had to post it to share.....

Be careful of reading Health Books.

You may die of a misprint!

Mark Twain

Belief

Believe nothing.

No matter where you read it,

Or who said it,

Even if I have said it,

Unless it agrees with your own reason

And your own common sense.

BUDDHA

Source : Dhammapada

First Blue Petal

The bud just popped up one quiet day

after months of waiting for a bloom

The bud was tight with petals of blue

I knew it would open very soon

With the dawn of morning, the petals unfolded

It was the first 'stalk' of blue for me

That is success and worth the wait

To admire the petals, coloured blue, like the sea

Martin Luther King

This is a very appropriate and true statement, which was shared with me by a colleague:

The ultimate measure of a man

is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience

BUT

where he stands, at times of challenge and controversy.

-martin luther king-

Unclear

The view is unclear, it has been for too long

Making the vision seem to have jagged ends

The melody has ended together with the song

How could a person be so unaffected and mindless

To be lazy and unkempt with responsibilities

A life wasted in selfishness and carelessness

I blame myself for knowing and yet unseeing

For this punishment will be for some years more

There is no recourse now, at least for the time being

There is no kindness, there is too much pain

There are no more tears to cry or regrets to write

Nothing more in this relationship to gain

The blur vision of what's in my life, ahead of me

Is like this picture of the stalk of rose

A vision you know yet you cannot really see