Sunshine + Flowers = Happiness

What is it that's so magical about the sun shining that brings out the best in people? The warm rays on our faces and smiles appear. I suppose for people in northern hemisphere sunny days like today make a much appreciated change from the biting wind and bracing cold of the winter. With spring comes the first flush of colour; snowdrops, crocus, primrose, daffodils and any day the bluebells will cover the floor of the woods like a giant perfumed blanket.

In Buddhism there is the saying;
accentuate the positive,
eliminate the negative,
result happiness.

You could also say;
sunshine plus flowers = happiness!

The Girl Effect

I love the message that we should value girls and that we should promote the wider acceptance and understanding that men and women are equal. Education is a fantastic means to empower people. I'm less comfortable with the idea that money, profit and economics is THE solution to poverty. I think the value system embedded within the free market economy of profit and growth has created the have's and have not's which results in poverty. What do you think?

Chuckie Chick went a wandering ...

He wander'd lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once he saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Words heavily borrowed from William Wordsworth (1804)

Insomnia

i can't get no sleep
deep in the night
and no rest in sight
let me dream again
find a release
some peace
from this insomnia
i can't get no sleep
just before dawn
and i can feel the morn
before another day
give me a break
as a lay here again
for all I need is
you by my side
just enough time
to drift off for
a while
to sleep