Showing posts with label Rural India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rural India. Show all posts

Friday, December 14, 2012

Friday, November 23, 2012

being happy



"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things"
~ Henry Ward Beecher

Saturday, November 17, 2012

... every step....


Don't wait till you have reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take towards reaching that goal.

Friday, November 2, 2012

writing on the wall


If I think of all the stuff I learnt in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all
And if my life of education hasn't hurt enough
I can read the writing on the wall
                                             - Paul Simon

Sunday, October 21, 2012

We dance

“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.” 
- Albert Einstein
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Words. Images. Thoughts. Ideas. Generalizations. Specifics. Stream of Consciousness.
During the month of October, I am going to just watch things fall into place, or not!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

see at forty




"A person who does not see at forty the same wonder and beauty in the world

 around that she saw at ten is probably 'wasted.' "

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

....thirty years of his life



"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."
Muhammad Ali

Monday, September 24, 2012

Friday, September 21, 2012

....same house again.

If you carry the bricks from your past relationships to the new one 
you will build the same house again.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

...were thought to be insane...

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”  
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

might be wrong

“I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”  
- Richard Feynman 

Friday, August 24, 2012

A good mother


“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one” 
- Jill Churchill

Thursday, August 23, 2012

# 19 - The Faces Project

“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, 
you're mis-informed.” 
- Mark Twain

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

# 16 : The Faces Project

“Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that's like saying you can never change your fate. Isn't that true?” 
- Amy Tan

Monday, August 6, 2012

Monday, July 30, 2012

# 12 : The Faces Project



"If you can rely on someone who is going to love you no matter what you do, I think that is pretty empowering." 
Teri Johnson, mother of US gymnast Shawn Johnson

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

Z is for Zaharias, Babe Didrikson Zaharias

" You have to play by the rules of golf just as you have to live by the rules of life. There's no other way."
Babe Didrikson Zaharias




600,000 girls go missing in India every year- aborted before they are born; killed at childbirth; abandoned in infancy, allowed to die of mal-nourishment or lack of timely medical care.

As a part of A-Z Challenge, the blog will host a photograph of a woman who survived, along with a quote by a famous (or not so famous) woman. 










Saturday, April 28, 2012

Y is for Yalow, Rosalyn S. Yalow

"The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old."
Rosalyn S. Yalow




600,000 girls go missing in India every year- aborted before they are born; killed at childbirth; abandoned in infancy, allowed to die of mal-nourishment or lack of timely medical care.

As a part of A-Z Challenge, the blog will host a photograph of a woman who survived, along with a quote by a famous (or not so famous) woman.