Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
"Accept Change"
I found this little verse which I had kept for so many years and thought I share it with whoever is reading this page.
God, grant me the ability to change those thiings I cannot accept those things I cannot change and the wisdom to know the difference.
Today I will remind myself that the only permanent thing in the world is change and I will welcome the challenge of change. When I willingly accept change, I can make miracles happen.
Today I will remember that the only person I can ever change is me.
To-day I will remember that for things to change for me I will have to change.
To-day I will regconize that I can change where I am and what I am by changing what goes into my mind.
When I was a Manager of a Cooking pot company for many years, I used to get news-letters ever week posted out to me with Motivational verses on one of the pages. I used to cut these out, enjoyed reading them and then left them here and there in drawers at home! Yesterday I found this particular one which I like. The words of Wisdom are so True!
However, I wondered who the Brilliant Person that wrote it in the first place. Not me, Ha! Ha! Ha!
Have a Wonderful Time and Life!
Nancy
God, grant me the ability to change those thiings I cannot accept those things I cannot change and the wisdom to know the difference.
Today I will remind myself that the only permanent thing in the world is change and I will welcome the challenge of change. When I willingly accept change, I can make miracles happen.
Today I will remember that the only person I can ever change is me.
To-day I will remember that for things to change for me I will have to change.
To-day I will regconize that I can change where I am and what I am by changing what goes into my mind.
When I was a Manager of a Cooking pot company for many years, I used to get news-letters ever week posted out to me with Motivational verses on one of the pages. I used to cut these out, enjoyed reading them and then left them here and there in drawers at home! Yesterday I found this particular one which I like. The words of Wisdom are so True!
However, I wondered who the Brilliant Person that wrote it in the first place. Not me, Ha! Ha! Ha!
Have a Wonderful Time and Life!
Nancy
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
"Chap Goh Mei," 15th day of the Chinese Lunar Calendar!
This marks the end of the 15th day of "celebration" for Chinese Buddhists!
Prayers are offered to heavenly God during these Auspicious Days at home daily or it is timely to go and pray
at local temples!
"Chap" means ten, "Goh" means five, and "Mei" means night. So, it means the 15th night of Chinese New Year!
In the old days, the young maidens go out with their parents or gardians of course, taking with them some oranges that had been offered at their home shrine alters to go and throw them into the river! Knowing that, naturally those days the young men would also gather to try to "look-see," "look-see," prospecting for a Beautiful future wife for themselves. However, all marriages were done with their parents or elders. Match-made Marriages were the norm of the day!
These days, all this traditions have disappeared for the Modern Newly-Weds!
This evening my son got home from work and one of his Chinese friend asked him if he was going to eat "Kueh Ee," on Chap Goh Mei! He asked if I made some and I replied that I never remembered anything of this on this night! My memory failed, at las! I only knew how to offer fruits and Chinese Tea and lovely incences at all my home shrine alters and kept the Oil lamps alight and kept on offering incence sticks or Sandal wood coiled-incence most of the day and night!
Just thanking God, Shirdi Sai Baba-ji, Universal Mothers (Matas) Different God names like Buddha-ji, Virgin Mother Mary and her son, Jesus that I had known since growing up and all had helped me till now, and Devas and Devis (heavenly beings), Angels from four corners of the Earth, although the World is Round!!!
So, to keep this Tradition "alive," I hurriedly made the Auspicious Chinese sweet dumplings in our kitchen!
In my heart, I was thnkful for my son's friend to have told him that, or I would have "missed" the fun of making this popular dessert!
I offered this Sweet Dumplings filled with brown coconut sugar in lightly sweet syrup to all my home alters with short thanks and later enjoyed some from the pot with my son.
We must be Blessed and Thank God for Sweet Dumplings on this Auspicious night!
Sweet Glutinous Rice Balls (Kueh Ee, in Malaysian Hokkein dilect).
Three "auspicious" bowls to offer for Prayers with Sandal wood incence.
Have a Nice Time!
Wishing you All and Very Happy and Prosperous and Healthy Year of the Dragon, according to this year's Chinese Lunar Calendar!
Thank you for viisting my Blogspot and Please Share this with your Friends and Family!
Peace and Best wishes,
Nancy
Prayers are offered to heavenly God during these Auspicious Days at home daily or it is timely to go and pray
at local temples!
"Chap" means ten, "Goh" means five, and "Mei" means night. So, it means the 15th night of Chinese New Year!
In the old days, the young maidens go out with their parents or gardians of course, taking with them some oranges that had been offered at their home shrine alters to go and throw them into the river! Knowing that, naturally those days the young men would also gather to try to "look-see," "look-see," prospecting for a Beautiful future wife for themselves. However, all marriages were done with their parents or elders. Match-made Marriages were the norm of the day!
These days, all this traditions have disappeared for the Modern Newly-Weds!
This evening my son got home from work and one of his Chinese friend asked him if he was going to eat "Kueh Ee," on Chap Goh Mei! He asked if I made some and I replied that I never remembered anything of this on this night! My memory failed, at las! I only knew how to offer fruits and Chinese Tea and lovely incences at all my home shrine alters and kept the Oil lamps alight and kept on offering incence sticks or Sandal wood coiled-incence most of the day and night!
Just thanking God, Shirdi Sai Baba-ji, Universal Mothers (Matas) Different God names like Buddha-ji, Virgin Mother Mary and her son, Jesus that I had known since growing up and all had helped me till now, and Devas and Devis (heavenly beings), Angels from four corners of the Earth, although the World is Round!!!
So, to keep this Tradition "alive," I hurriedly made the Auspicious Chinese sweet dumplings in our kitchen!
In my heart, I was thnkful for my son's friend to have told him that, or I would have "missed" the fun of making this popular dessert!
I offered this Sweet Dumplings filled with brown coconut sugar in lightly sweet syrup to all my home alters with short thanks and later enjoyed some from the pot with my son.
We must be Blessed and Thank God for Sweet Dumplings on this Auspicious night!
Have a Nice Time!
Wishing you All and Very Happy and Prosperous and Healthy Year of the Dragon, according to this year's Chinese Lunar Calendar!
Thank you for viisting my Blogspot and Please Share this with your Friends and Family!
Peace and Best wishes,
Nancy
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Kindness shown in Sinagapore!
Towards the end of my stay in Singapore, I went in "search" of a Buddhist Temple where the High Priest is a good friend of one of my brothers in Malaysia.
On the way there, I walked around the shops to purchase some cakes and fruits etc. to bring to the temple.
Look what I found...... on one of the chairs of a crowded Food-court, and nobody bothered about this little cute cat fast asleep!
I felt this "Kindness" all around me throughout my stay in Singapore!
Thank you Singaporeans!
You are Lovely People in a Beautiful country.
I wish to share with you a gift with a saying on the tea-coaster I recieved when I prayed at the extrance of an old Taoist/Buddhist temple under-going great renovations! Each time a person came and did a prayer and gave a donation, a gong was sounded thrice!
What a Wonderful Experience!
The tea-coaster given to me has a black and white "Yin and Yang" design on it, and printed with Tao Te Ching Chapter 8 that says:-
"ULTIMATE KINDNESS IS LIKE WATER.
WATER BENEFITS RATHER THAN RIVALS WITH EVERYTHING."
Picture here shows side of the temple with its front all closed up for Massive renovations!
With God's Blessings, I may get the opportunity to visit Beautiful Singapore again!
I Never Planned Anything, God Gave Me All the Opportunities I Have Experienced in my Life-time!
Thank you God, Every Morning and Night!
It's 3.30a.m. now in Sydney, and I really have to go to bed now!
Cherrio and Please come and vist my blogspot time and time again, many thanks!
Peace and Blessings!
Nancy
Thank you for visiting my blogspot.
On the way there, I walked around the shops to purchase some cakes and fruits etc. to bring to the temple.
Look what I found...... on one of the chairs of a crowded Food-court, and nobody bothered about this little cute cat fast asleep!
I felt this "Kindness" all around me throughout my stay in Singapore!
Thank you Singaporeans!
You are Lovely People in a Beautiful country.
I wish to share with you a gift with a saying on the tea-coaster I recieved when I prayed at the extrance of an old Taoist/Buddhist temple under-going great renovations! Each time a person came and did a prayer and gave a donation, a gong was sounded thrice!
What a Wonderful Experience!
The tea-coaster given to me has a black and white "Yin and Yang" design on it, and printed with Tao Te Ching Chapter 8 that says:-
"ULTIMATE KINDNESS IS LIKE WATER.
WATER BENEFITS RATHER THAN RIVALS WITH EVERYTHING."
Picture here shows side of the temple with its front all closed up for Massive renovations!
With God's Blessings, I may get the opportunity to visit Beautiful Singapore again!
I Never Planned Anything, God Gave Me All the Opportunities I Have Experienced in my Life-time!
Thank you God, Every Morning and Night!
It's 3.30a.m. now in Sydney, and I really have to go to bed now!
Cherrio and Please come and vist my blogspot time and time again, many thanks!
Peace and Blessings!
Nancy
Thank you for visiting my blogspot.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
