One must always welcome one’s problems.
Because problems gives us dual advice.
Firstly, one can know how to solve them.
Secondly, one learn how to avoid them in the future.
And always have faith in God.

~SantaBanta

Love is just a word. Your actions give it meaning.
There’s a Moon which livens up your nights.
There’s a Sun which brightens your day.
There are stars which shine for you.
And here it’s me who lives for you.

~Santabanta

A fulfilled life is not possible without friends. Thanks for making my life wholesome. You are the reason for my sleepless nights. You’re the reason why I tend to hold my pillow tight. It’s you that I’m thinking of when I lay down at night. And you’re the reason I can’t sleep without saying you Good Night. ~SantaBanta

Birds have feathers, wings, lay eggs and are warm blooded.
Some bird species are intelligent enough to create and use tools.
Around 20% of bird species migrate long distances every year.

Source: ScienceKids

Be close to that person who makes you happy but be closer
to that person who can’t be happy without you. ~SantaBanta

Let the most beautiful dream come to you tonight.
Let the sweetest person come in your dream tonight.
But don’t make it a habit because I’m not free every night.

~SantaBanta

Rose is one of the best known and most favorite plants in the world. There are 100 different species of roses. Majority of them are native to Asia, while others originate from Europe, North America and Africa. Roses can be found throughout the world due to commercial breeding. Cultivation of roses started 500 years BC and resulted in creation of 13 000 varieties of roses. Wild roses can survive in various habitats, except those associated with extremely cold winters. Certain species of wild roses are faced with uncertain future (listed as endangered) because of the habitat loss. Source: SoftSchools

Peachy Rose. Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt

Sila is compared to a stream of clear water, because it can wash off the stains of wrong actions which can never be removed by the waters of all other rivers. Sila is like sandalwood, because it can remove the fever of the defilements just as sandalwood (according to ancient Indian belief) can be used to allay bodily fever. Again sila is like an ornament made of precious jewels because it adorns the person who wears it. It is like a perfume because it gives off a pleasant scent, the “scent of virtue,” which unlike ordinary perfume travels even against the wind. It is like moonbeams because it cools off the heat of passion as the moon cools off the heat of the day. And sila is like a staircase because it leads upwards by degrees — to higher states of future existence in the fortunate realms, to the higher planes of concentration and wisdom, to the supernormal powers, to the paths and fruits of liberation, and finally to the highest goal, the attainment of nibbana.

By Bhikkhu Bodhi, Access to Insight

Norfolk Pine. Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt