Sunday, December 26, 2010

THE WAY OF GRACE


Always remember
THE WAY OF GRACE...

From NOW
Onwards practice
MAGNANIMITY
in VICTORY
and exercise
TEMPERANCE
in ABUNDANCE.

Transform ENEMIES
into FRIENDS
with LOVING KINDNESS
overlooking their lapses.

FORGIVE and FORGET
the foibles and failings
due to human folly
for few human beings
are PERFECT!

The fire and force
of severe criticism
done in public
can cause dreadful
damage and embarrassment.

The world will be
a happier place
when harsh reprimands are
done in private.

So be kind enough
to show TACT
in FRATERNITY
that ENDEARS and ENCHANTS.

Be the FORCE
That PROMOTES,
STRENGTHENS and ENHANCES
PEACE,HARMONY,TOLERANCE
AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
GLOBALLY.

And be wise right
NOW to instil THRIFT
IN ECONOMY
to ensure
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Via Prudent and Pragmatic
SELF-RULE,
SELF-DISCIPLINE,
SELF-CULTIVATION and
SELF-IMPROVEMENT.

Always remember
THE WAY OF GRACE!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Snow In Spain

The snow in Spain
falls heavy on the plain.

This harsh winter of discontent
it is falling cold,thick and deep
like wild tigers and wolves.

The cold spell is freezing
right from Siberia,northern China
to Europe.

Temperatures are minus 20 degree Centigrade
in Scotland.

Many homeless hopeless
sufferers are frozen dead
in Poland.

Schools and shops have shuttered
and vehicles are moving like snails
in the heavy snowfalls and freezing fog.


Flights are disrupted,cancelled and
rescheduled as airports closed and reopened.

Trains are grounded with Eurostar
cancelling high speed train services
to and fro London,Paris and Brussels.

This weekend Spain flashed
emergency as air traffic controllers
walked away from their posts
in historic wildcat strike
on Friday(Dec.3,2010).

The mass "sick" leave strike
staged by the Syndicate Union of Air Controllers
over working conditions,working hours and benefits
paralysed Spain
causing chaos
as the air space
closed,flights cancelled
and passengers stranded
in Madrid,Barcelona
and elsewhere.

The upset Spanish government
cried "blackmail"
and declared unprecedented
new state of emergency
sending the military to take control
of airport control towers and
reopened the closed air space
at 3.30 p.m. Saturday.

This was done by Spain's Cabinet
led by Prime Minister
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
at an emergency meeting
to declare the state of emergency
lasting 15 days - more than 30 years
after democracy and death of
dictator General Francisco Franco
in 1975.

The air traffic controllers
returned to work under military watch
for fear of prosecution and imprisonment
under Spain's military law.

In sharp contrast,massive forest wildfires
are raging in northern Israel killing
at least 42 people and sending thousands
of victims fleeing from their homes around
the Carmel mountain range overlooking
Haifa.

And in the southern hemisphere,
floods have hit Miranda State in northern
Venezuela and regional towns in New South Wales
in Australia.

The Murrumbidgee River is due to burst
its banks in Wagga Wagga.

Meanwhile,experts are putting
their heads together and talking
about how best to fight global warming
at the UN Climate Change Conference
in Cancun, Mexico.

Interestingly,Thailand's aging King Bhumibol Adulyadej,
the world's longest reigning monarch,
marked his 83rd birthday in Bangkok today(De.5.2010).

The Year of Tiger
is ending in Fiery
Year of Cataclysm!