For Today, just this. Play it and enjoy ....a friend sent it....

http://agutie.homestead.com/files/deside_1.html

But I was introduced to it years ago by my first American friend. I have it in the form of a book with exquisite pictures on the one page and text on the facing page. The book was a gift to me when I was living in Botswana, Africa. After I moved to the US, with a short stop in India, I dropped many of my collected books at home. Years later I asked for it to be sent to me. And since then, I make it a point to read the book once every few months.....in sunlight, on a day, when the heart is heavy and realize that there is such beauty in silence....and there such little reason to be sad, ......

Gracious, as always for visiting....

And Thankyou

NOTE: I reduced this post to one third its original length for a project on Washington Post. Life is short: Autobiography as Haiku Unfortunately I found about it after the project was no longer running. I hope that the readers will enjoy it and feel the warmth of simple human connections that we make everyday.

Only if we consider them such, and nurture them
**********The guard greeted me with gentility common to people from Fiji, "I’ve something for you."

Returning a disposal plate from a week ago, in which I had served him dinner, he pointed at the bag of oranges sitting on the plate, “here, is your plate, with something from the market."

I did what my dad taught me. Whenever someone offers you food, accept it and then share it with them.

”But Ratu (sir), you’ve to take one orange from here."

He did graciously “And thank you”.

I slept warmly, even though it was a slightly cold night in the Pacific.