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'Why should I tell people who I am? Sit here and see for yourself, and recognise me.' - His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi
Any single parent knows the seemingly unending challenges in raising children by yourself.
I am a single father to three of the most amazing girls that I've ever met.
I've tried to raise them to be compassionate, considerate... to be responsible and to have good judgement... to understand that their actions can make some difference in our world... that they have within them the power to make changes to our reality...
Today I am so filled with pride.
On May 20th my daughter came home with a brood of tiny ducklings in her tee shirt.
She had tears in her eyes.
Mama duck was killed by a car and the ducklings were milling about their mama's smooshed body waiting for some miracle that would never come...
They must've just hatched because they were so tiny and helpless... cute with their fluffy yellow and brown down and their tiny little duckbills...
My daughters decided that they'd raise these little fuzzballs...
They researched and they learned all about the care of ducklings... they took turns staying up late to adjust the lights that kept them warm... they'd read next to them and watch for signs that they were too cold or too hot.
Every day they'd feed them and clean their pen.
In the first days we lost a couple and the house was filled with tears.
It was a heartbreaking time.
Dad had to have the sensitivity to let them absorb this lesson... that there is no substitute for the skill of a mother duck in raising her chicks... that the girls were doing their best... that nature was 'culling' the weakest chicks so that the strong could survive...
And dad had to leave the room for a few minutes after trying to teach them that one.
They had to raise these ducklings and I had to raise them.
Still the tears flowed and there were a couple of duck funerals in our backyard... one of my daughters got really upset and claimed 'this is all my fault!'
I let the lessons sink in and I encouraged them as much as I could... I never did anything more than capture the ducks when they got out...
They knew that they were doing this on their own.
As the little ducks grew the joy of watching them grow overcame the sadness of the early loss and their waddling around the yard made us all laugh and smile...
Each day the girls took care of them... each night they put them to bed in a tiny pen in our shed... in the morning they'd put them in another pen theyd built in the yard... give them baths with the hose and feed them...
The little ducks grew and they grew so fast and pretty soon we all knew it was time to let them go.
I had told them in the first days that if they could raise just one of the ducks to maturity that they'd done a good job.
They raised four.
Today we let the last one go... 'Feathers.'
She'd become quite 'imprinted' on us... she was the one I'd run into in my bathroom... she was the one who thought she was a person... she was the one who'd walk into the house if the door was left open... she was the one who expected a seat at the dinner table...
We drove in my truck to the pond near our house and my youngest daughter insisted at the last minute on carrying Feathers in her arms so she could give her one last hug.
There would be no more baths with her duck friend.
There were some tears as we said goodbye and Feathers waddled into the water...
She let out some quacks of joy and she looked really happy.
Then she ran across the water and joined her siblings who'd been in the pond for two days.
She started eating right away.
My daughters tears dried up and they became filled with pride as Feathers started swimming and cavorting with the others...
They knew right there that they had done this...
I told them how proud I was of them and gave a round of hugs and took some pictures.
The proudest one at the pond right there was me.
It's moments like this that make all of the challenges and all of the struggle so worth it... these moments are the payoff.
Moments when you see the product of the way you've raised your children.
These girls will make a difference in our world.
They already have.
‘Divine and evil cannot coexist. One has to depart in order for the other to arrive. - His Holiness Younus AlGohar
This Is life story of Nick Vijuck one of the greatest Motivational Speaker of this time. Video is about how NIck was suffering with a decease which is like a dead end. He was born without hands and legs. He was about to commit suicide. How he faces that tough time and how he overcome from these problems. This story tells that how a man without hand and legs did not give up and became the greatest motivational speaker of this era..
NIck's Story is a real inspiration for those people who are really facing a tough time due to some physical disability and who have accepted that the can't do anything because of this.But if you listen story of this man you have to think again that is your physical disability really matters.
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This is his first Kiwi Crate project, a Polar Bear catching game! He made his own polar bear paws and ears and covered a small ball with velcro so it sticks to the paws when he catches it! He did most of it by himself and he's so proud.
In life, nothing happens by chance. Life proceeds out of your intentions for it. - Neale Donald Walsch
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Today I tackled clearing away a very weedy area of the yard to use for gardening. I decided to just dig up as much as i can, going pretty deep and pulling as many roots as I could, then turning over as much of the deeper soil as my aching back would allow. Kendi took the photo!
Your teasin' ain't enough. Fed up of bidin' your time when I don't get nothin' back. (Adele: Tired)
One of those weeks where everything and everyone is annoying. I seem to have (unknowingly) been doing and saying the wrong things, and I'm trying to make up for them but it isn't working.. I quote, "Just because you want things a certain way doesn't make them that way", I am learning every day.
I just want this semester to be over with. I have 46 days to go until my first year is over: 3 essays (2 of which are almost done, I'm going to get one completed this weekend) and 2 exams (09.05 and 16.05) to go, I will be done on May 16th at 1600 hours! I love Uni, but I'm looking forward to being able to do what I want for the summer, including celebrating my 21st Birthday (which will definitely take up a whole weekend!) Not that I'm looking too far ahead, but I have friends in third year at Uni who are getting done with their projects and dissertations at the moment, that will be me in two years' time.
I went to the theatre last night (it's becoming a staple in my social calendar, I've been twice this year already!) to see Arthur Miller's "The Price" which I speed read on Monday and very much enjoyed. Aside from all of its depression (economic) themes, I liked the life lessons taught throughout. "One day you're the head of the house, at the head of the table, and suddenly you're shit. Overnight."
"Do anything, but just make sure you win"
'Whatever you are doing, do it with utmost sincerity, honesty and passion.' - His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi
“Sometimes things work out on the golf course and sometimes they don't. Life will go on. You try to understand what happens, but maybe today I don't want to know. I just screwed up so maybe I should just put it behind me.” - Greg Norman
Greg's gone through a few marriages so I guess this quote could apply to life off the course as much as on!
I do like the end to his quote "...I just screwed up so maybe I should just put it behind me." Reminds me of another quote from a great scholar of this world...
"It doesn't matter. It's in the past. -Rafiki, Lion King
This shot was only possible due to a number of people:
Olivier Bareau, who Skyped an impromptu tutorial on the function of the Match Colour function on Photoshop.
Tony3 who helped me realise how to open more than one photo in Photoshop and work with them as layers
Balakov who came up with the Lego Son of Man concept.
It's life Jim.... who helped to inspire this shot with his appreciation of the quote in the first place :)
EDIT: Replaced 1.5.11 MUCH happier with the brightness now :)
'The purpose of releasing the truth to the humanity is to let humanity benefit from the truth.' - His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi
Woke up this Easter morning to a few little visitors. lol...this little mama deer has been around since early winter with her two little fawns [the other fawn was busy chomping away on new spring foliage]. Just like children though, the fawns are growing up and starting to discover the ways of life. This show of "affection" lasted about 10 seconds before the mother gently corrected the misbehavior with a swift kick from her left back leg ~ kids!
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Day 99 - 04.08.12