“What the World Needs Now Is Love” a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, performed by Jackie DeShannon, was a top 10 song during the summer of 1965. It captures the “love” movement of the 60’s. Although the poets, philosophers and songwriters have waxed on about the sublime heights of love for centuries there appears to be a scarcity of it in our modern world. The negative emotions of fear, guilt and envy seem to reign supreme.
The world certainly could use an abundance of love. Many lonely people are longing and crying for love’s nurturing flame to soothe their emotions and warm their spirit. And they seek in vain-residing in a world of wishful fantasies alternating with frustration and despair. Read the rest of this entry »
When you hear about a near death experience it usually involves an unpleasant or painful event like a car accident. For me it was simply a great snorkelling event one summer a few years ago.
I was at Phillip Island (Victoria, Australia), snorkelling in some rock pools at low tide one summer’s day. I had been snorkelling for about half an hour in deeper water admiring fish and anything else that moved and then decided to go back to shore. On the way back, I found a very small rock pool that was very Read the rest of this entry »
In my previous posting on “Friendships Among Long Time Foes”, we have seen wonderful things about the relationships between cats and their long time enemies. Dogs breastfeeding kittens or even play with them. A dog giving ride to a cat with a mouse on top of it. A mommy cat taking care chicks, and a rabbit being a surrogate mom with kittens. Read the rest of this entry »
I am a collector of quotations. I have been ever since I learned how to write, I mean professionally, not in primary school.
I am particularly fond of what I like to call “pithy prose”. These short quotations can cover an unlimited variety of subjects: love, religion, politics, human nature, etc. What unites them is their ability to say more in one or two sentences than could be expressed in a thousand-word treatise. It’s like being able to pour a liter of liquid into a half-liter bottle. Read the rest of this entry »
