My Lovely Weekend
Seven days are in a week
Five are boisterous
I love the serenity of weekends
Less traffic, low noise,
Reduced fumes, more funs
As trees clap in rhymes
The cool morning breeze
Ushers in fascinating aroma
Couples, families, friends
Neighbours and many others
Sports along the streets
To keep shape for weekdays
My weekend afford me to party
Visit parks and friends,
Relax and shop with my lovely family
Or enjoy and revel with bossom friends
Sometimes, its a period of deep reflections
To get close to my creator
I don’t like my weekend being wasted
Because it’s a divine gift
– Babatunde Aremu
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Little Deeds Can Open Great Doors!
Great article – thank you. And that quote from Aesop is among my all time favourites.
Reflections on War
Thank you for a thought provoking article. I have nothing to add – you said it all.
25 April – Today In History
Born:
1599 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England)
Died:
1995: Ginger Rogers (actress)
On This Day:
1915 ANZAC (78 000) troops land at Gallipoli
Have a good Saturday, 25th April!
A Rainy Day In April
When the clouds shake their hyssops, and the rain
Like holy water falls upon the plain,
‘Tis sweet to gaze upon the springing grain
And see your harvest born.
And sweet the little breeze of melody
The blackbord puffs upon teh budding tree,
While the wild poppy lights upon the lea
And blazes ‘mid the corn.
The skylark soars the freshening shower to hail,
And the meek daisy holds aloft her pail.
And Spring all radiant by the wayside pale
Sets up her rock and reel.
See how she weaves her mantle fold on fold,
Hemming the woods and carpeting the wold.
Her warp is of the green, her woof the gold,
The spinning world her wheel.
– Francis Ledwidge
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24th April – On This Day in History
Born:
1973 Sachin Tendulkar (Indian cricketer)
Died:
1993 Oliver Tambo (Chairman of the African National Congress)
On This Day:
1981 IBM introduces its PC
Have a good Friday, 24th April!
Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad Followed “The Golden Rule”
Thank you for your thoughtful article. We need more of this kind of revelation about the nature of our religious beliefs in this world – ending the senseless violence that continues using religion as an excuse for barbarity.
Source: nie.edu
Published on Huffington Post(4/24/2015)
Christianity and Islam are often painted as mortal enemies that will be forever fighting in a war for religious supremacy. Christians and Muslims would be wise to remember that Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad are kindred spirits. By turning to their teachings, we can see that these two prophets are brothers, not foes.
Jesus and the Prophet were proponents of peace. Jesus told his followers: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9). Saint Peter, one of Christ’s disciples, echoed this message of goodwill by encouraging people to “turn away from evil and do good… seek peace and pursue it” (Peter 3:11). Roughly 600 years after Jesus, Prophet Muhammad revealed his revelations to the tribes of Arabia, where Muhammad was particularly adamant about establishing peace. One of the Prophet’s favorite sayings was: “Forgive him who wrongs you, join…
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Prayers of Peace
Prayers for peace
rose up in many tongues
from the congregation
gathered round a new pole
hewn by parishioner hands
emblazoned with words
words of peace
written, spoken,
murmured aloud
Proclaimed,
in eight languages
Hopeful prayers, repeated
shared by the congregants
by the members and friends
rejoined after summer’s allure
of the road, camps, the water
renewing friendship
in the community of faith
welcoming others, some for
the first time
with hopeful words of peace
on a day before
we memorialize
innocents lost
in mindless hate
‘May PEACE prevail on Earth.’
– Raymond A Foss
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Armenian Genocide – 100 Years On
Today Armenians celebrate the 100th anniversary of the mass killing of their people. The official Turkish line is still to deny this genocide ever happened, blaming the deaths on the conditions of war at the time (1915).
Regardless, it is another opportunity for all of us to think about tolerance and peace – especially accepting the rights of others to worship in the way in which they have chosen. In the future, there will no doubt be further memorials recognising the deaths caused by the barbaric behaviour of extremists in the Middle East.
As I have said in the past, there is simply no excuse for the persecution and killing of those who are different to you.
Here is a poem that I found to express this…
Tolerance Poem
IF you can go to heaven your way,
I know of no good reason why
I ought to curse you, or display
Contempt when you are passing by ;
I have no wish to see you barred
From future everlasting joy,
Although you seem to find it hard
To use the faith that I employ.
As long as you are not inclined
To have me damned and scourged and burned,
I’ll try to have an open mind
Where our two creeds may be concerned ;
No pious hate nor holy wrath
Shall make me wish to bruise your soul
Or put obstructions in the path
By which you hope to reach your goal.
If, kneeling at your mother’s knee,
You learned a faith that keeps you strong,
No effort shall be made by me
To prove that your belief is wrong ;
I shall not question nor deny
The saving grace that fills your thought,
Though you may hold beliefs that I
Have never had, and never sought.
Hold fast the faith that you possess,
If you can find sweet hope therein,
And freedom from the bitterness
That plunges bigots into sin ;
If your way leads to heaven, proceed,
Nor any of your hopes resign ;
I have no doubt that there, indeed,
Are many other ways than mine.
– Samuel Ellsworth Kiser
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