This book is about the beauty of being human! Life is not all rosy and smooth! People
need to hear and read stories from real people. The true heroes don't wear capes and
bright coloured nylon suits... True heroes are people who went through a lot and made it
to tell the story to the World ! True heroes are people like you and me. We ain't
celebrities, we are just doing our best to live another day.
Be the mighty bold Sun in the darkness, and dare to shine for all to see.
“If you risk nothing in life, you have nothing, you have done nothing, you have achieved
nothing.” –
from the film - “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” (2011)
I just let my thoughts cascade like some waterfall,
Through my fingers straight into the pool of your eyes.
Drink my words, in joyful small sips,
Taste their sweetness in your lips.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
DARE TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE’S LIFE....................... page 4
DANCING IN THE URBAN JUNGLE......................................................... .page 5
MIRROR, MIRROR........................................................................................ page 6
THE MUD HOLE – The Story of a Premonition............................................ page 7
AND THEY SAY MIRACLES DON’T HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES……….. page 12
TAROT’s SHOCKING NEWS………………………………………………page 14
NURTURING THE BLOSSOM……………………………………………..page 15
WHY ME? .......................................................................................................page 16
DOG BITE……………………………………………………………………page 18
FREE TICKET DILEMMA…………………………………………………. page 21
THE SUN……………………………………………………………………. page 23
THE MOON…………………………………………………………………. page 24
THEY ONLY FLOWER WHEN THEY ARE HAPPY…………………….. page 25
I WANT TO LIVE! …………………………………………………………. page 26
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER………………………………………………. page 29
I MADE IT, YOU CAN TOO! ……………………………………………… page 33
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE SAME GOD…………………………. page 35
HOPE IS AROUND THE CORNER………………………………………… page 37
THE MANY MANIFESTATIONS OF HEALING IN LIFE………………... page 39
THE COSMIC PIANIST AND LADY IGNORANCE………………………. page 41
LETTER FROM A HUMAN HEART……………………………………….. page 42
TO ALL OF YOU WHO HATE OVERCOMPLICATED PRAYERS……….page 43
THE SHEEP THAT TURNED INTO A LION(ESS)…………………………page 44
DARE TO WALK THE TALK………………………………………………. page 46
THE JOYS OF… ……………………………………………………………. page 48
ONE DAY, I HAD A DREAM………………………………………………..page 49
THE WALL……………………………………………………………………page 50
ANGELS……………………………………………………………………….page 51
MY HEART IS YOUR CATEDRAL………………………………………… page 52
CEASE CALLING “FEAR” YOUR FRIEND…...……………………………page 54
KARMA………………………………………………………………………. page 56
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DARE TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE’S LIFE
To let someone make an impact in our lives is easy, the real challenge is to make an impact on
another person’s life. The real and true challenge is not to receive, it is to give without ever
expecting anything in return, to be selfless.
All the pain and hurt, all the troubles and stinking mess, all the screaming and violence, all of it,
absolutely all of it is worth living when you know that you still have the courage to stand up and
reach out for those in need and that thanks to your noble gesture of compassion and humanity, their
lives will never be the same. That is what makes life worth living - to know that some way,
somehow, you just made a difference on someone’s life, that today someone has logged in and
opened their email, book page or magazine, and one of your photographs, one of your verses, a line
of your stories just made someone living on the opposite corner of the World smile, and for 5
seconds their pain and worry was forgotten.
It is not your talent and skill alone that make your words on paper and images so fascinating and
intriguing. A great masterpiece is only great because of the effect and impact it has on people. The
beauty, veracity and message of your work would have no meaning if there was no one out there to
appreciate it and be deeply moved or thought provoked by it. Just remember, what you create
touches lives, it sparks emotions and memories within people. The people that care to see, read and
feel what you create, they are the ones who perceive beauty and talent. Words on a piece of paper,
a melody or a photograph have no meaning until they touch someone’s life.
Keep writing and photographing, keep inspiring and being inspired, what you are and create are the
little twinkling stars that brighten up and guide many lives that are often so lost in an ocean of
misery, despair and darkness. They may never write back to you or say thank you, they may not
even have the words to express what and how they feel, but when they smile after witnessing and
experiencing the content of your heart felt message, you know and I know that you have made a
difference in their lives.
This book is dedicated to all of you who dare to put your time, heart and effort in your story telling
(whether it is written, spoken or in an image). This book is dedicated to you, reading this right now
– dare to reach out and touch someone’s life! Don’t wait, do it now!
I also dedicate this piece to Ana Lux, whose stories I had the privilege to read. Ana, if you ever
read this please publish your material, you are a powerful writer but also a very intriguing human
being. Talent without soul is worthless, talent with soul is liquid gold !
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