CHOGM - a performance - email from Gunsie

Lanka

Very moving!

Full praise to the persons who planned and choreographed this performance!

www.youtube.com/embed/Qt-URsaUZQo?feature=player

Oh! To be in Yingaland! - Forwarded by jksw.

Oh to in England (old song)

Bill Forbes was a Sri Lankan. He ? migrated to Australia, who reached the top of the charts in the late 1950s or early 1960 s.

jksw

Subject: Fwd: Fw: Oh! To be in Yingaland! (old song)

Enjoy the oldie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by1YHs4tEcU 

Ubuntu - email forwarded by Kamalini Kanapathippillai

Dear Friends

Please read it (once/twice) and then pass it on to others.

Let us learn a lesson from them and implement in our lives.

Shall we? Can we?

Regards

An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruits near a tree and told the kids that who ever got there first wins the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each others hands and ran together, then all sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them, why they had run like that as one could have had all the fruits for himself, they said:''UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?'' 'UBUNTU' in the Xhosa culture means: "I am, because we are."

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THE WORLD IS MINE - email forwarded by Kamalini Kanapathippillai

 

     Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful woman and wished I were as beautiful.

 

    When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle.

 

    She had one leg and used a crutch. But as she passed, she passed a smile.

 

    Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two legs; the world is mine.

 

 

    I stopped to buy some candy.  The lad who sold it had such charm.

 

    I talked with him, he seemed so glad.  If I were late, it'd do no harm.

 

    And as I left, he said to me, "I thank you, you've been so kind.

 

    It's nice to talk with folks like you. You see," he said, "I'm

 

    blind."

 

    Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.  I have two eyes; the world is mine.

 

 

    Later, while walking down the street, I saw a child I knew.

 

    He stood and watched the others play, but he did not know what to do.

 

    I stopped a moment and then I said, "Why don't you join them dear?"

 

    He looked ahead without a word. I forgot, he couldn't hear.

 

    Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two ears; the world is mine.

 

 

    With feet to take me where I'd go..

 

    With eyes to see the sunset's glow.

 

    With ears to hear what I'd know.

 

    Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I've been blessed indeed, the world is mine.

  

 

    After all, it's just a simple reminder that we have so much to be thankful for!

 

    Give the gift of love. It never comes back empty !

 

 

    I have been truly blessed with AWESOME FRIENDS

Pope Francis and the kid - email forwarded by Piyusha Atapattu

Pope Francis meets perhaps biggest, certainly cutest fan

By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo News 14 hours ago The Sideshow

A child embraces Pope Francis as he speaks at St. Peter Square. (Reuters)

A young boy wandered onto the stage at the Vatican this past weekend, hugging Pope Francis as he tried to give a speech.

The boy, who looks about 6, was originally sitting on the steps near the Pope, while Francis listened to followers address him at the Vatican's Year of Faith Celebration.

Boys will be boys, and this one wanted a closer look at the man in the robe. So, he wandered up to give a personal hello.

 

But the boy's misadventure didn't end there. He kissed the cross around the Pope's neck.

 

And refused to be ushered back to his seat and, as other people came on stage to greet the Pope, the boy did his best to keep them from honing in on his new buddy, the Pope.

 

Eventually Francis convinced the child to take a seat. But he didn't go back to his spot on the steps. Instead, the rambunctious youngster sat on the Pope's chair while he continued his speech, which led to this a-dor-a-ble photo that @pegobry posted on Twitter.The interaction goes to show a.) the Pope has some serious cross-generational appeal and b.) you can get away with a lot when you're a kid and don't know any better. 

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Pope Francis touches the head of a child as he speaks in St. Peter Square. (Reuters)

Love. Kid runs on stage during @Pontifex speech, hugs him, Pope sits him on his chair to continue the speech.

'Come, fly with me' - email sent by Kamalini Kanapathippillai.

Really great! I doubt you have ever seen anything like this one! Left Double Click Your Mouse on this Square/plane:

AND THEN IT IS WINTER - email forwarded by Kamalini Kanapathippillai.

"THE BACK NINE"

 

AND THEN IT IS WINTER

 

You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.

 

But, here it is - the ' back nine' of my life and it catches me by surprise. How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember vividly seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that ' I was only on the first hole' and the ' back nine' was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.

 

But, here it is . . . my friends are retired and getting grey. They move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me, but, I see the great change. Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant . . . but like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd become. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore . . . it's mandatory! Cause if I don't on my own free will, I just fall asleep where I sit!

 

And so, now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did! But, at least I know, that though I’m on the ' back nine', and I'm not sure how long it will last, this I know for sure, that when it's over on this earth . . . it's over. A new adventure will begin!

 

Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done . . . things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a lifetime.

 

So, if you're not on the ' back nine' yet . . . let me remind you that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don't put things off too long! Life goes by quickly. So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether you’re on the ' back nine' or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life . . . so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember, and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!

 

"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one.  

 

LIVE IT WELL! ENJOY TODAY! DO SOMETHING FUN! BE HAPPY! HAVE A GREAT DAY!

 

Remember, "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

 

LIVE HAPPY IN THE REMAINDER OF 2013 AND BEYOND...!

 

LASTLY, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:  

~Your kids are becoming you . . . but your grandchildren are perfect.

~Going out is good . . . Coming home is better!

~You forget names . . . But it's OK because other people forgot they even knew you!

~You realize you're never going to be really good at anything . . . especially golf.”

~The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them anymore!

~You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than in bed. It's called "pre-sleep".

~You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch..

~You tend to use more 4 letter words . . . "what?" . . . "when? ". . . ” ???

~Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.

~You notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"!

~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

~Everybody whispers.

~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet . . . 2 of which you will never wear.

 ~~~But Old is good in some things ~~~ Old Songs, Old Movies, and best of all, OLD FRIENDS 

 

Stay well, "OLD FRIEND ! " Send this on to other "Old Friends!" and let them laugh in AGREEMENT 

It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived.

 

TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE, SO ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS.