Happy Halloween !

If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa

Wet II

It's the friends you can call up
at 4 a.m. that matter!
M. Dietrich

Wet I

The opposite of love is not hate,
it's indifference.
E. Wiesel

OXI Day - October 28th - National Holiday

Ohi Day [pronounced O-he]
Επέτειος του 'Οχι -
Anniversary of the "No"
is celebrated throughout
Greece, Cyprus and the Greek Diaspora
throughout the world on October 28th
and is Greece's second National Day.
The day is celebrated to commemorate
Greece's then Prime Minister,
Ioannis Metaxas' rejection of an
ultimatum made to Greece by Italian
dictator Mussolini to allow the the
Axis forces to enter Greek soil
and to make use of strategic locations
that were not to be specified.
Mussolini's demands were answered
with a single laconic word "OXI"
....in other words "NO" !
Today, every village, town and city
throughout Greece, Cyprus and the
Greek Diaspora are decorated with
Hellenic symbols whether they be
flags or coats of arms and have both
student and military parades.

Simply Beautiful XXIX

"Our lives improve only when we take chances...
and the first and most difficult risk
we can take is to be honest with ourselves."
Walter Anderson

Fall's Pleasures XIII

"Change your thoughts and
you change your world."
Norman Vincent Peale

Simply Beautiful XXVIII

"Let us be grateful to people
who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners
who make our souls blossom."
Marcel Proust

Simply Beautiful XXVII

"Only those who dare to fail greatly,
can ever achieve greatly."
Robert F. Kennedy

Simply Beautiful XXVI

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others,
you should put a good deal of thought
into the happiness that you are able to give."
E. Roosevelt

Male Form CCXXXIV

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear,
do not sit at home and think about it.
Go out and get busy."
Dale Carnegie

Male Form CCXXXIII

"Lots of people know what to do,
but few people actually
do what they know.
Knowing is not enough!
You must take action."
Anthony Robbins

Male Form CCXXXII

"Hope has two beautiful daughters -
their names are anger and courage;
anger at the way things are,
and courage to see that they
do not remain the way they are."
St. Augustine

Male Form CCXXXI

"The journey of a thousand miles
must begin with a single step."
Lao Tzu

Male Form CCXXX

"There are two primary choices in life;
to accept conditions as they exist,
or accept the responsibility
for changing them."
Denis Waitley

Male Form CCXXIX

Self-trust is the first
secret of success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Male Form CCXXVIII

"Within each of us,
nature has provided all the pieces
necessary to achieve exceptional
health and wellness,
then left it up to us to
put them all together."
D. McLaren

Male Form CCXXVII

"Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it."
Confucius

Matt Mendrun is mighty nice looking....
I think we all can see that !
☺

Fall's Pleasures VII

Photo: G.Amerine by Tom Cullis


“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
Albert Einstein

Fall's Pleasures VI

"The only thing in life achieved
without effort is failure."

Fall's Pleasures V

There are three classes of people:
Those who see.
Those who see when they are shown.
Those who do not see.

Leonardo da Vinci

Fall's Pleasures IV

Photo: Ivan Nacar


"Keep away from people who
try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that,
but the really great make you feel that you,
too, can become great."
Mark Twain

Fall's Pleasures III

Taking a refreshing Dip!
Whenever you have a chance..
strengthen your relationship with nature...
Nothing beats the feeling the warm water
gives you at this time of the year!


"Learn as if you were going to live forever.
Live as if you were going to die tomorrow."
Mahatma Gandhi

Fall's Pleasures II

Warm Sun and Warm Water ...
the ideal combo

a cute mate at your
side ain't bad either!
☺

Fall's Pleasures I

Fall may be here but the beach
is still sought after by many.
The crowds may be mostly gone...
but the sea is at its best!
Photo : Angel Moreira by Osvaldo Rivera

Male Form CCXXVI

Perfection!

Photo: Ricardo

Male Form CCXXV

Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn't do
than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream.
Discover.
Mark Twain

Male Form CCXXIV

Photo: Haris Adzem by Mladen Blagojevic

All meaningful and lasting
change starts first
in your imagination and
then works its way out.
Imagination is more
important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein

Male Form CCXXIII

Photo: Jeffrey Thomas Schuller

It takes a lot of
courage to release the
familiar and seemingly secure,
to embrace the new.
But there is no real security
in what is no longer meaningful.
There is more security in
the adventurous and exciting,
for in movement there is life,
and in change there is power.
Alan Cohen

Male Form CCXXII

A winner is someone who
recognizes his God-given talents,
works his tail off to develop them into skills
and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
Larry Bird

Male Form CCXXI

And the day came when
the risk to remain tight
in a bud was more painful
that the risk it took to bloom.
Anais Nin

Male Form CCXX

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.
Socrates

Best Wishes for a Happy October !