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When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep,
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire,
that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart,
and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say,
'God is in my heart,' but rather,
'I am in the heart of God.'
And think not you can direct the course of love,
for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night,
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
Kahlil Gibran
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some hundreds of yrs ago...this Mandapam must have been a stage for artists to perform there art...and lot of ppl must have witnessed it and appreciated them .....
now they stand their............. strong and fragile saying stories of past glories to people visiting them....
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I just couldnt stop singing this song yesterday when i took this picture.........
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Smile please...Fun photo shoot with talented Jessica...Thank you for viewing my friends...Cheers, Ringgo.
Nikon D700 + Nikon 70-200/2.8 VR II + Available light + Handheld
The Asian Koel is a big black bird that had frequently flew into the garden at certain times of the year. It looks like a Crow but smaller and having a very un-crow like call. The Asian Koel is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young.
from Wikipedia
Nikon D700 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Kenko 2X Teleconversion Lens + Handheld
You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful
To me
How prone poor humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.
-- E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Cercopithecidae (Old-world monkeys) family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the Drill. The Mandrill is the world's largest species of monkey. The word mandrill means "man-ape". Males can weigh up to 60 lbs (30 kg), females about half as much (30lbs). Unusually large males can weigh 110 lbs (50 kg). They can grow to be about 1 m long (39 in) and can survive up to 31 years in captivity. Females reach sexual maturity at about 3.5 years. The IUCN list of Endangered Species lists the Mandrill as 'Vulnerable to Extinction'.
(Taken at South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Cumbria) Best seen 'Large'
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Vila Velha State Park:
In Vila Velha State Park, in Ponta Grossa (PR - Brazil), intriguing sandstone formations rise from fields which were at the bottom of an ocean 600 million years ago.
Volcanic eruptions, glaciation, and erosion by wind and rain have created over 20 gigantic shapes in which human imagination sees all kinds of things - a camel, a sphynx, a boot, or a goblet - this, the symbol of Vila Velha.
These guys are hanging out in the spruce trees and we are hoping that they are getting ready to build a nest.
Feel it, funk it, amps it are junkin'
And I got more rhymes than there's cops that are dunkin'
Donuts shop, sure 'nuff I got props from the kids on the Hill
Plus my mom and my pops
I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seats and jump around
The Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek.
from Wikipedia
Nikon D700 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Kenko 2X Teleconversion Lens + Handheld
A star is born... Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea, while Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is the national flower of Malaysia. As such, different hibiscus species are used world wide to represent various nations.
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Nikon D700 + Tamron SP 90mm + Raynox DCR-250 + Handheld
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind, while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense.
-Thomas Hobbes