Thursday, December 30, 2010

Organ Pipe Cactus

What is a native Mexico & United States cactus doing in Malaysia? It has to be the love for the sun. We might not be a desert but we are summer all year round and we certainly have our share of droughts and stormy spells.
Cactus symbolizes endurance and warmth.....
I love my morning walks as it's usually quiet and I enjoy the fresh and cool air. This columnar cactus has caught my attention a long time ago...because I am amazed that after the sun rises, the beautiful huge "rich" flowers closes. Certainly....they are midnight blooms.
Because of a cactus' exceptional survival abilities...I see "victory" each time I walk pass this giant beauty. Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. (William Barclay)


Love knows no limits to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope. It can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen. (Anonymous)
Year 2010...
This year has been exceptionally difficult for all of us around the world. Even to the last month, I see people battling with floods and snow storms. There is a Japanese saying...Beginning is easy, continuing is hard...so here's to the CONTINUATION OF LIFE everybody!!! Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning; to make our time, bodies, and words into instruments of love and hope. (Tom Hard)
Happy New Year to all :) May the love in our hearts continue to burn...to free us from the weights and pains of life xxx