How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

Welcome fellow souls to « The Human Family Crash Course Series, » a new project collaborated together by empress2inspire.blog and diosraw.com. Together we will be working on a different topic for each crash course; our first topic is focused on « Self Love. » Each topic will have eight posts with posts on Mondays and... Continue Reading →

The Most Beautiful Women The Planet

While it is true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there are still ladies who top many people’s list of the most beautiful women in history. We have compiled a list of these strikingly gorgeous and timelessly elegant women. Keep reading to see if your favorites made the cut. Marilyn Monroe Needless…The... Continue Reading →

Merry Christmas!

This will be the shortest post I’ve written. It’s a post I never expected to write because I didn’t expect to be alive this Christmas. Of my more than twenty-four years with ALS, the last month has been the toughest. Beginning around Thanksgiving, my breathing went from bad to worse. I fought so hard to... Continue Reading →

Relationship tips

ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE DIFFERENT People can tell you about their relationships and what they do, and what love feels like for them, but don’t think that means it’s what love and a good relationship is supposed to be for you.

The 12 Blogs Of Christmas #4

Christmas is always an olfactory experience at chez Black. I googled that big word. Apparently it has something to do with noses and smelling. Fionnuala and the girls have been burning Christmas candles, putting cinnamon smelling things on top of the radiators and generally doing everything within their power to eradicate ‘man smells’ from the... Continue Reading →

A Note to all my bloggers

Hi all, Hope you all are doing well!!! I knew you are really excited for 2021.I wish all your dreams come true on this coming year. This is to notify that I’m not active on my blog these days.I apologize for not reading your write-ups but I will be back with more writings and will... Continue Reading →

Practising Loving Kindness

What is Loving Kindness? Loving kindness is a mindfulness practice designed to increase love and compassion first for ourselves and then for our loved ones, for friends, for those we are angry with, for difficult people, for enemies, and then for all beings. Loving kindness can protect us from developing and holding on to judgementalness,... Continue Reading →

Royal Mother’s Last Wish.

It was Krishnadeva Rai’s mother’s death anniversary and he wanted to do something special for her deceased mother on this day. He summoned the head priest to discuss the same. The head priest took this as opportunity to earn money. He asked the king what his mother’s last wish was. The king said, “My mother... Continue Reading →

The Black Dot

A small town chamber of commerce invited a speaker to address its annual dinner. The community’s economy was bad, people were discouraged, and they wanted this motivational speaker to give them a boost. During her presentation, the speaker took a large piece of white paper and made a small black dot at the center with... Continue Reading →

How Can We Be Happy?

Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each one a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room. Now these... Continue Reading →

Aladdin Story part 5

His mother was much surprised to see the great tray, twelve dishes, six loaves, the two flagons and cups, and to smell the savory odor which exhaled from the dishes. "Child," said she, "to whom are we obliged for this great plenty and liberality? Has the sultan been made acquainted with our poverty, and had... Continue Reading →

Aladdin Story part 4

Aladdin descended the steps, and, opening the door, found the three halls just as the African magician had described. He went through them with all the precaution the fear of death could inspire, crossed the garden without stopping, took down the lamp from the niche, threw out the wick and the liquor, and, as the... Continue Reading →

Aladdin Story part 3

When Aladdin found himself so handsomely equipped, he returned his uncle thanks, who thus addressed him: "As you are soon to be a merchant, it is proper you should frequent these shops, and be acquainted with them." He then showed him the largest and finest mosques, carried him to the khans or inns where the... Continue Reading →

Aladdin Story part 2

Aladdin showed the African magician the house, and carried the two pieces of gold to his mother, who went out and bought provisions; and, considering she wanted various utensils, borrowed them of her neighbors. She spent the whole day in preparing the supper; and at night, when it was ready, said to her son, "Perhaps... Continue Reading →

Positive Thinking

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!” He was a unique manager because he had several waiters... Continue Reading →

Aladdin Story part-1

There once lived, in one of the large and rich cities of China, a tailor, named Mustapha. He was very poor. He could hardly, by his daily labor, maintain himself and his family, which consisted only of his wife and a son. His son, who was called Aladdin, was a very careless and idle fellow.... Continue Reading →

Der rote Berg

Das Licht in der kalten Jahreszeit bringt schöne Farben zum Vorschein. Auf dem ersten Blick könnte man vermuten, dass es sich bei diesem Berg um den Ayers Rock in Australien handelt. Form und Farbe könnten fast passen. Das ist natürlich nicht der Ayers Rock sondern der Berg “Stemshesten” in Norwegen, der von der Abendsonne beleuchtet... Continue Reading →

Other Side Of The World

A Father was reading a magazine and his little daughter every now and then distracted him. To keep her busy, he tore one page on which was printed the map of the world. He tore it into pieces and asked her to go to her room and put them together to make the map again.... Continue Reading →

A Christmas Tradition from the Pacific

Soldier in Japan delivers presents as ‚Father Christmas‘ After 71 years, a yearly tradition continued with the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and 25th Infantry Division all joining forces on December 4 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to wrap presents to ship to the Holy Family Home in Japan.... Continue Reading →

Furniture

An American tourist visited an Indian Yogi. He was astonished to see that the Yogi's home was a plain, simple room. The only furniture was a mat and an earthen water-pot. Tourist :'Yogi, with due respect, may I ask: where's your furniture and other household things? Yogi : 'Where is yours?' Tourist : 'Mine? But... Continue Reading →

Fa La Merry Grinchmas to You!

We like to tour the city in December and find the most busily decorated house. We head to the sparkly side of town to observe the lights, snow people, garlands, wreaths, and… the unexpected. See if you can find the snow person in the tree, Rudolph on a bicycle, and the Grinch (hard to miss... Continue Reading →

The Cast of Life

Neither should you give up, Nor should you give in Keep your head held high, Face the world with strength within. Learn to believe in yourself, Because trust on self is must. You need to look forward, Or else will be called coward. Mistakes happen, Say sorry but please don’t worry.Don’t forget past and look... Continue Reading →

The Coldest Winter

It was one of the coldest winter and many animals were dying because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep each other warm. This was a great way to protect themselves from cold and keep each of them warm; but the quills of each one wounded their closest... Continue Reading →

Blogmas Day 23

‘I’m dreaming of a white Christmas’… We got absolutely walloped with snow yesterday. Normally this much snow isn’t such a huge issue. I think, though, the fact that it all fell at once, during a 12 hour period, was a little odd and really had people ‘up in arms’ so to speak. You could see... Continue Reading →

The Secret To Success

Once a young man asked the wise man, Socrates, the secret to success. Socrates patiently listened to the man’s question and told him to meet him near the river the next morning for the answer. The next morning Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river. As they went in the... Continue Reading →

The Terrible Night Before Christmas

A Christmas tale from 2014! I thought it might produce a chuckle and a Ho Ho Ho. The Terrible Night before Christmas The whole escapade started with the black cat. Santa leaned forward in his rickety office chair, puffing on his stumpy pipe and wreathing his head in smoke. He pecked with two chubby fingers... Continue Reading →

Building A Positive Attitude

There was a man who made a living selling balloons at a fair. He had all colors of balloons, including red, yellow, blue, and green. Whenever business was slow, he would release a helium-filled balloon into the air and when the children saw it go up, they all wanted to buy one. They would come... Continue Reading →

Rastplatz

Bei diesem Rastplatz geht es nicht um Autobahn, Currywurst oder Toiletten. Die Ort ist vielmehr ein Ort der Stille. GoksøyraAn dieser kleinen Berghütte komme ich im Jahr mindestens ein Mal vorbei. Sie befindet sich an einer sehr schönen Stelle an einem schmalen Pfad hinauf auf den Berg “Goksøyra”. Das Bild darf nicht in meiner Fotogalerie…Rastplatz

Sausage and Laws

They say there are two things one should never see being made: sausage and laws. The truth is, it is almost impossible to see either. Slaughterhouses no longer offer tours and politics has become too weird to watch. It didn’t use to be that way. I remember an era when politics was as open and... Continue Reading →

Unstoppable

Extreme Makeover features a celebrity trainer helping very overweight individuals reach their weight loss goals. Sometimes, their attitudes aren’t great, but other times, the people on the show are truly amazing, like Sara. Sara is a little person, standing at only 4’5″. She was a nutrition speaker on local television shows at the start of... Continue Reading →

Joyeux Noël à tous

Nous venons vous souhaiter un Joyeux Noël et de belles fêtes de fin d’année ! Nous espérons que cette année se soit plus ou moins bien passée malgré les circonstances du covid-19! Profitez-bien au maximum de votre famille et de votre entourage durant ces fêtes de Noël, qui permet de passer des moments conviviaux et... Continue Reading →

The Weight Was Wrong

Drew Carey has spent much of his career in the spotlight. Fans of the comedic actor remember him as the overweight star of the Drew Carey Show. He shocked his following by appearing on his new job as the host of the The Price is Right, a full 80 pounds lighter. There was no magic... Continue Reading →

Ribbons & toes

For the Christmas of my sixteenth year, I wanted one thing over all else. It was my most brilliant idea, too. *** So much so, I went straight to the place of my parents work, and bounding in, immediately declared that I wanted a new car for Christmas. *** My dad and mom both […]Ribbons... Continue Reading →

Marbles And Sweets

A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a collection of marbles. The girl had some sweets with her. The boy told the girl that he will give her all his marbles in exchange for her sweets. The girl agreed. The boy kept the biggest and the most beautiful marble aside and... Continue Reading →

Most Powerful

A father provided best of education, good moral support, money and everything possible to his son. That boy becomes a top shot. His son gets a grand cabin in the best office of world. His father feels proud and very powerful. He visits his office. Son is sitting on his chair. Father goes to the... Continue Reading →

Communicating with your teen

This was originally posted on 28 August 2020. Some updates have been made. Teenager. One of the scariest words for many people . Those young humans that live in your house that were so sweet and pleasant to be with, but that now seem to have morphed into someone that gets mad at you for... Continue Reading →

Happily Married

A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short. If you find yourself in endless conversations with your partner that never quite end, you did get it right. Unless she’s deaf and you can’t be too arsed to learn sign language. The happiest marriage I can picture would be a union of... Continue Reading →

The Terrible Night Before Christmas

A Christmas tale from 2014! I thought it might produce a chuckle and a Ho Ho Ho. The Terrible Night before Christmas The whole escapade started with the black cat. Santa leaned forward in his rickety office chair, puffing on his stumpy pipe and wreathing his head in smoke. He pecked with two chubby fingers... Continue Reading →

Ribbons & toes

For the Christmas of my sixteenth year, I wanted one thing over all else. It was my most brilliant idea, too. *** So much so, I went straight to the place of my parents work, and bounding in, immediately declared that I wanted a new car for Christmas. *** My dad and mom both […]Ribbons... Continue Reading →

Joyeux Noël à tous

Nous venons vous souhaiter un Joyeux Noël et de belles fêtes de fin d’année ! Nous espérons que cette année se soit plus ou moins bien passée malgré les circonstances du covid-19! Profitez-bien au maximum de votre famille et de votre entourage durant ces fêtes de Noël, qui permet de passer des moments conviviaux et... Continue Reading →

Happily Married

A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short. If you find yourself in endless conversations with your partner that never quite end, you did get it right. Unless she’s deaf and you can’t be too arsed to learn sign language. The happiest marriage I can picture would be a union of... Continue Reading →

Peace on Earth

Peace, love, joy, hope, are all such beautiful parts of our human experience any time of year, but somehow they are especially prominent around Christmastime. Or at least they should be! And there’s so much light. This is not a religious blog, or even a faith based one and yet, once a year I allow... Continue Reading →

Unpredictable Animals

I love animals. Because they’re cute? Sometimes they are, and sometimes they aren’t. No, it’s because there’s something unique about each of them. Not just each species, but each animal. Their personalities are as varied as those of humans. Just as no two snowflakes are alike, no two animals are alike, probably even amoebas. There’s... Continue Reading →

TWO GOATS

Once a goat was grazing on the grassy slope of a hill near a stream. It decided to taste the grass on the hills across. A narrow log served as a bridge across the stream. While crossing the bridge, it saw another goat coming from the other side. The bridge was so narrow that only... Continue Reading →

Marry Christmas to YOU!

It has been a challenging year and for many people a very, very challenging year! I hope this day, Christmas Day, can be a relaxing one for you. I wish everyone a chance to connect with family and friends whether by notecard, phone call, zoom or FaceTime. We have had less or no opportunity to... Continue Reading →

Souls’ tears, or: Nigh

My first Fibonacci poems in rhyming Sestina form I Why? I So cry… Oh, to fly, Oh, to soar sky high! Need I, need I write what comes nigh? II Nigh… Why Get high? Human, I. Nigh, shall my soul fly; Skies pouring forth tears that souls cry. III Cry! Nigh, I’ll fly To my... Continue Reading →

Let It Go

Holding life. Making it vulnerable all the time, make it a big fuss, make it like we will going to have it for the rest of the time. We will go. Have an amazing time in whatever we have in life. Let every problem set aside for a while and live this moment in which... Continue Reading →

AN HONEST WOODCUTTER

A poor woodcutter accidentally dropped his axe into the river. He was very upset, as he had no money to buy another axe.Just then a fairy appeared in the river holding out a golden axe to him. "I found this axe in the river. Is this yours?""That's not mine", replied the woodcutter.The fairy then brought... Continue Reading →

Helping Others

Once there was a small boy named Shankar. He belonged to a poor family. One day, he was crossing through the forest carrying some woods. He saw an old man who was very hungry. Shankar wanted to give him some food, but he did not have food for his own. So he continued on his... Continue Reading →

HOME ALONE

One day Mr. & Mrs. David went out to attend a wedding. Their two sons Jack and Tom were all alone in the house. At midnight, the doorbell rang. Tom ran and opened the door thinking that his parents were back.But there he found a stranger standing at the door. Actually, he was a burglar.... Continue Reading →

The Basics of Buddhism Part 1

Buddhism is based on four basic tenets : Compassion, Mindfulness, Wisdom & Ethics. Here are four noble truths of Buddhism : Dukkha – Dukkha is a part of living. Dukkha of often translated as suffering, disease or stress. Cause – There are causes to our sufferings, namely craving and delusion or ignorance. Cessation – Through... Continue Reading →

EACH PICTURE HAS TWO SIDES

One day a mule was in a very playful mood. So, she began to frisk about and run over long distances. Thus she got convinced that she could outrun even the fastest animal on the earth.While frisking, the mule thought, “My mother was a mare. She must have been a racer. That’s why I am... Continue Reading →

DISGUISE NEVER WORKS

Once upon a time a donkey was grazing in a pasture just near the edge of a forest. After satisfying his appetite, he strayed into the forest. All of a sudden, he saw a lion-skin lying near a bush.How happy the donkey was! He dreamt of passing himself as king of the forest after putting... Continue Reading →

Intuition

She is within you, Your best friend, She speaks to you daily, She makes sure that every action you take, Every decision you make should be aligned with your higher self, Keep her alive, Just don’t ignore her, Try always listen to her. Happy Holidays 💖 Thanks for reading 💗, © Anjali Sharma, Positive Side... Continue Reading →

THE CLEVER PLAN

One day a boy called Sunny came to a garden full of mango trees. But there was a guard guarding the trees. So, he thought of a plan. He went to the guard and asked him to play with him.The guard agreed. Sunny drew a circle around the guard and told him that if he... Continue Reading →

Looking at mirror

One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym. In the... Continue Reading →

The Ship of Friendship

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island.The two survivors who have been a good friends, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However,... Continue Reading →

A FUSSY CUSTOMER

Once there was a man who was very fussy about food. One day, he felt like having some seafood and went to a restaurant and ordered some oysters.The man said to the waiter, "Please check that oysters are neither too large nor too small, neither too salty not too fried, neither too fat, nor too... Continue Reading →

Information Please

When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box.I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother used to... Continue Reading →

Evening Dinner with a Father

A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm.After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the... Continue Reading →

Friday Fictioneers – Field Report

PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook The natives are more notable for their industriousness than cleanliness. I cannot pass among them unnoticed because their skin has a deathly pallor, but they will talk to strangers. Many worship a man nailed to a tree, whom they consume symbolically on their holy day. They carry his image as... Continue Reading →

The Christmas Star?

Not sure how I feel about the Christmas star, y’all. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, here is the official story, ‘Great Conjunction’ 2020: NASA tips to see Jupiter and Saturn shine as a ‘Christmas Star’ So on December 21 we will have a great conjunction as Saturn and Jupiter’s orbit come... Continue Reading →

Merry Christmas!

May all the Magic of Christmas fill your life with brightness & a heart full of Love! Merry Christmas! Photos credit: Larisa Koshkina / Pixabay  Download Christmas card for free here . With Love,Merry Christmas!

Making Relations Special

When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made dinner after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my Mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits... Continue Reading →

Making Relations Special

When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made dinner after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my Mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits... Continue Reading →

Making Relations Special

When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made dinner after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my Mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits... Continue Reading →

Resolutionizing.

The past few years I was a firm and committed member of the club of people vowing to ‘only make the resolution to make no New Years Resolutions, cause nobody fucking ever keeps ’em anyway‘. No month-of-January-only gym-memberships that then resulted in a year of (as I like to call it) paying ‘fat-tax‘ for being... Continue Reading →

romance

I watch the parade up and down … the fresh youthful daters in their best casual gear his arm swinging waiting to grab her hand then the aged couple pass in the other direction he on the wheelie walker she bent with age the fresh young couple oblivious that I caught a glimpse of their... Continue Reading →

Happily Married

A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short. If you find yourself in endless conversations with your partner that never quite end, you did get it right. Unless she’s deaf and you can’t be too arsed to learn sign language. The happiest marriage I can picture would be a union of... Continue Reading →

The False Human Belief

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime can break away from their bonds but for some reason, they... Continue Reading →

Story of a Blind Love

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she’s blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He’s always there for her.She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend. One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she can see everything, including... Continue Reading →

Appreciation of Hard Work

Life One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth’s academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate... Continue Reading →

A POOR LITTLE GIRL

Once, a rich lady, having no child of her own, decided, to adopt a girl child. For this, she gave advertisements in various newspapers. Many poor women came to sell their daughters to her.The rich lady gave some money to all girls and asked them to go to the market and buy their favourite things.... Continue Reading →

Keep Your Dream

Motivation I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Isidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs.The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let Jack... Continue Reading →

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