I like mornings here, getting out of bed is easy when it is always warm and the sun is, nearly always, shining! I like being able to throw on a pair of shorts and a t shirt and walking up the beach to get fresh bread and hot cakes and never having to worry about sunbathing and still having a tan and not having to worry about work…woooo that is a whole different blog!
This morning was particularly lovely there was a beautiful rainbow across the bay, sorry Om; no I didn’t have my camera, and we saw two green parrots, which is a first for me.
I really do like mornings in Mauritius.
We watched a movie taking place in France during the 2nd world war,the other night, forget the title. But I have to admit I was very moved by the way the Jewish people were treated by the German army. What I really struggle to have any understanding of, is how the Jews can now treat another group of people so abysmally and with so little compassion.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html
I like this!
Its 6:20 in the morning and I am, as usual, browsing the Internet, seeing what is happening in the world. I came upon this series of articles called ‘Are you Happy?’ makes you think doesn’t it, are we ever truly, completely happy?
I think most of us have moments, flashes of genuine happiness, but the world has become a confusing, complicated place and to be truly happy I think one would have to be totally unaware or unconcerned about the wider world.
On a personal note, yes I am at a very contented stage in my marriage to a lovely husband of 31 years. Our 3 beautiful children are out there in the world making the most of their opportunities and my small group of close family and friends, I know will always be there for me, even though we are 6000 miles away from them. And there is the rub, for me, because although we are retired to our own small corner of paradise; can I ever be truly happy when I cannot reach out and hug them on a routine basis?
P.S. I would be even happier if I could bet the link to work, LOL, it’s the small things!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/areyouhappy
I have just finished another of John Grisham’s novels and I have to say I really enjoy his writing.
“……..the glaring question-what the hell are we doing in Vietnam? A gifted student,talented athlete, school leader, future community leader, one of our best and brightest, gunned down at the edge of a river we’ve never heard of, in a country we care little about.” This fictitious newspaper report in John Grisham’s The last Juror, struck a chord. This could be part of a obituary today from a casualty of the Iraq war. More and more I question the benefits of going to war. As I have said before; to protect home and family from invaders, yes! But this political interference in other counties makes me feel sick to the pit of my stomach..strong words I know but it is true.
And don’t get me started on the local civilian casualties where these bloody wars are taking place, how would we in the western world react if it was happening in our country?
