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Poem by LuCxeed with Art: "Off the Train of Morrow"
Excerpt from a poem in the upcoming poetry book with art "Love's Footsteps ~ dedicated to a Bridge for Wisdom to Walk on" by LuCxeed, an inspirational & motivational gift book, www.loves-footsteps.com -
Is Past a past
or a ghost?
Mind of Time, haunted,
disturbed, confused,
cannot think, nor rest...
...
*music by Nemo
"Human beings have a huge propensity for good, and yet a capacity for evil", Queen Elizabeth's 2018 speech
"Even with the most deeply held differences, treating the other person with respect and as a fellow human being is always a good first step towards greater understanding."
"Some cultures believe a long life brings wisdom. I'd like to think so. Perhaps, part of that wisdom is to recognize some of life's baffling paradoxes such as the way human beings have a huge propensity for good, and yet a capacity for evil."
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Queen Elizabeth Reflects on the Royal Family's 'Busy: as well as the births of her two great-grandchildren, Prince Louis and Lena Tindall, and Prince Charles's 70th birthday. She also called out the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, remembering her father's time in the military and honoring all of those who serve. But perhaps most impactful was the Queen's plea for kindness and respect in our modern society.
"Even with the most deeply held differences, treating the other person with respect and as a fellow human being is always a good first step towards greater understanding," she said.
"Even the power of faith which frequently inspires great generosity and self-sacrifice can fall victim to tribalism. But through the many changes I have seen over the years: faith, family, and friendship have been not only a constant for me, but a source of personal comfort and reassurance."
Queen Elizabeth's 2018 Christmas speech in full:
For many, the service of 'Nine Lessons and Carols' from King's College Cambridge is when Christmas begins. Listened to by millions of people around the world it starts with a chorister singing the first verse of "Once in Royal David’s City." read more »
"We come from the earth. We return to the earth. And in between we garden."
"We come from the earth.
We return to the earth.
And in between we garden."
- Author Unknown
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
- Cicero
"Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has." - Rene Descartes
"Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has."
"The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge."
- Rene Descartes
"Let those who are in favour with their stars Of public honour and ..." - William Shakespeare
Let those who are in favour with their stars
Of public honour and proud titles boast,
Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,
Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.
Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread
But as the marigold at the sun's eye,
And in themselves their pride lies buried,
For at a frown they in their glory die.
The painful warrior famoused for fight,
After a thousand victories once foil'd,
Is from the book of honour razed quite,
And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd:
Then happy I, that love and am beloved
Where I may not remove nor be removed.
Sonnets Xxv: Let Those Who Are In Favour With Their Stars - Poem by William Shakespeare
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
- Cicero
"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."
- Oscar Wilde
"A house without books is like a room without windows."
- Horace Mann
One of The Few: 99-year-old WWii ace pilot takes to the skies in a Spitfire ahead of 78th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day
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A hero Battle of Britain pilot has taken to the skies at the tender age of 99 for the last time - in a Spitfire.
World War II ace Archie McInnes is one of only six surviving RAF pilots who took part in the vital Battle of Britain - known as The Few.
The war hero took to the skies above Kent last week in a refurbished Second World War Spitfire - accompanied by the plane he flew during the war.
The flight was organised and photographed by pal Jonny Cracknell, working alongside the Battle of Britain Museum. Jonny said: 'There are only eight Battle of Britain airmen left, and out of them, Archie is the most active.
There are only six pilots and two aircrew left out of the thousands of heroes who risked everything to protect Britain from the Nazis.
Archie joined the RAF in 1938, the year before the war, and completed pilot training in August, 1940.
After the Battle of Britain ended, on Ocotber 31, 1940, Archie's illustrious career took him on board HMS Victorious - where he was part of the team that hunted the Bismarck.
Archie then took part in the North African campaign, where he was shot down and lost his arm.
Pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain are known as 'The Few' after an iconic speech by then-PM Winston Churchill: 'Never was so much owed by so many to so few.'
The flight was organised ahead of the 78th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day, on September 15.
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