Life is kind of like a party, You invite a lot of people, some stay all night, some leave early, some laugh with you, some laugh at you and some show up really late. But in the end, after the fun, there are a few who stay to help you clean up the mess. And most of the time they aren't even the ones who made the mess. These people are your true friends in life. They are truly the ones that matter.

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If I praise you for false, it is like poison to your character.’ - Younus AlGohar

Fiery Sunset Backdrop At Smith Point Bridge Fire Island - IMRAN™

My beautiful beloved friend Kathryn took this photo of me on a gorgeous day's end on Long island 8 years ago. It was 2009 and one of the darkest and most difficult stages of my life. But I smiled at all that I was blessed with, especially the love of my beautiful devoted beloveds, at every stage even when I was on the verge of losing everything I had built in 20 years in America. God's blessings and your prayers are always needed and everything works out OK.

© 2009-2017 IMRAN™

Be A Colorful Character Even If It's All Black & White Around You - IMRAN™

Life is not black and white. As I always say, it has fifty million shades of grey. But, here is what I try to teach. Even when surrounded by an increasingly polarized world, I try to be a colorful character.

I try to add color to the lives of those who see it only in Black and White. I call it as it is, Black or White, or a nuanced grey.

But more than anything, I love filling the parched canvases of my beloveds with the sweet paints of love, passion, desire, joy, happiness and appreciation, with every powerful stroke of my brush.

Feel my color of love coat you completely, in silk sheets of black night, or in the bright white of day on a soft sandy beach.

© 2017 IMRAN™

Original Photo Credit: Kimberly A. at Margaret's beach home, Long Island, NY.

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of the iceberg that sunk the Titanic, for example, was not the 10 percent above the water; it was the 90 percent below the surface that did the damage. For human beings, it is also often true that the 90 percent below the surface—our unconscious beliefs, attitudes and habits—sinks our fondest hopes and dreams.

- Robert White

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'There is no harm in being a quiet person, but when you are required to speak, then you must speak.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar

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I was standing near a frozen pond and saw this branch hanging along the edge. When warm weather returns, there will be flowers embracing these thorns. I have learned it is important to embrace the thorns .....

'Only say what you mean.' - His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi

Ever notice how storms bring in the most amazing and huge skies? How the air is fuller, everything has a clean wash over it?

Storms bring change...

Right now, my life is upside down and very frustrating, HUGE change, hard now, but I know is for the best. In a small time, I have really gained some great clarity.

I Found Myself

It was hard to learn the people that I thought would be there, and should have been there no where to be found.. even running in the other direction, lol!

I am reminded of the guy that owes you $50 and runs every time you see him... hes thinking "I hope he doesnt see me" and your thinking "Thats the BEST $50 I ever spent!"

Celebrate Your Friendships

Equally astonishing and unseen were those who were there, I will embrace these people and celebrate them in my life.

so, it seems that the storm has washed away the toxic filth, taking with it all the clutter that stood in my way and prevented seeing things with clarity. I know there will be other storms, but I know that storms are temporary and what usually follow is beauty.

To those who were there, I love you and I will always be there for you as well. You are the greatest!

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

--Lao Tzu

'Spirituality is to do with the spirit, not the body and not the tongue.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar

'When you do not see something in practice, you do not practically believe it.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar

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There were wings flapping all over the place and they were all making quite the ruckus. I can't believe I got any shots there was so much blurring and activity going on. I didn't realize until processing that this was the moment Brother won the battle. The parent was nearly knocked off the perch with 3 pairs of wings flapping. You can see the red in the parent's wings.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)

My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com

‘If a human being doesn’t have emotions, in my eyes there is no difference between a human being and a cabbage.' - HH Younus AlGohar

We can't accept the scientific basis of Phrenology anymore (see my previous photo), and yet all the attributes of mind attributed to it by the Phrenologists in the 19th century nonetheless do apply. Coupled with Don McLean's song about life lessons, "Dreidel", it does us well to reflect on where our lives are spinning.

Produced with photographs from the Nikon D850 and edited on VideoPad Video Editor.

'Your enemy is within you.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar

'Anger is an exhibition of fear.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar

'If you can't change yourself, how will you change the world?' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar