July 31, 2007: Put Your Head on My Shoulder

May I?

Good night everyone!

Love - Larra

July 23, 2007

....

rain drops

keep falling

on my head

....

July 22, 2007: A Beautiful Sunday!

Hi everyone,

My Saturday went well. How's yours?

It's a quiet Sunday morning here - except for the sound of birds.

Hmmmm, these birds are always early.

Have a wonderful Sunday my friends!!

Love - Larra

July 21, 2007: Answered Prayers

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I prayed for riches, and achieved success;
All that I touched turned into gold. Alas!
My cares were greater and my peace was less,
When that wish came to pass.

I prayed for glory, and I heard my name
Sung by sweet children and by hoary men.
But ah! the hurts – the hurts that come with fame.
I was not happy then.

I prayed for Love, and had my heart’s desire.
Through quivering heart and body, and through brain,
There swept the flame of its devouring fire,
And but the scars remain.

I prayed for a contented mind. At length
Great light upon my darkened spirit burst.
Great peace fell on me also, and great strength –
Oh, had that prayer been first!

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

July 20, 2007: Your Pain Is ....

Silent Suffering: by Kahlil Gibran

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Your pain is the breaking of the shell
that encloses your understanding.

Even as the stone of the fruit must break,that its
heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

And could you keep your heart in wonder
at the daily miracles of your life, your pain
would not seem less wondrous than your joy;

And you would accept the seasons of your
heart, even as you have always accepted
the seasons that pass over your fields.

And you would watch with serenity
through the winters of your grief.

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

It is the bitter potion by which the
physician within you heals your sick self.

Therefore trust the physician, and drink
his remedy in silence and tranquillity:

For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided
by the tender hand of the Unseen,
And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips,
has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter
has moistened with His own sacred tears.


- Kahlil Gibran

July 19, 2007: Do Less

DO LESS THINKING,
and pay more attention to your heart.

DO LESS ACQUIRING,
and pay more attention to what you already have.

DO LESS COMPLAINING,
and pay more attention to giving.

DO LESS CONTROLLING,
and pay more attention to letting go.

DO LESS CRITICIZING,
and pay more attention to complementing.

DO LESS ARGUING,
and pay more attention to forgiveness.

DO LESS RUNNING AROUND,
and pay more attention to stillness.

DO LESS TALKING,
and pay more attention to silence.

(Do Less - By Unknown)

July 17, 2007: Yogurt Anyone?

I plan to prepare "Fruit and Yogurt Parfait" for breaking fast this evening. Do you have other recipe of how you serve yogurt? Please feel free to share.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium ripe fresh peach or nectarine or 2 medium kiwifruits (I'll use mango instead)
• 1 8-ounce carton plain low-fat yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup bite-size shredded wheat biscuits, coarsely crushed
• 2 teaspoons sugar-free pancake and waffle syrup or light pancake and waffle syrup product
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds, toasted
• Dash ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. If desired, peel fruit; pit peach and nectarine. Chop fruit, reserving 2 wedges for garnish. Set aside.

2. Combine yogurt and vanilla. Spoon half of the yogurt mixture into two 8- to 10-ounce parfait glasses. Top with half of the crushed cereal, all of the chopped fruit, syrup, remaining yogurt mixture, and remaining crushed cereal. Sprinkle with almonds and cinnamon. Garnish each serving with a reserved fruit wedge. Makes 2 servings.