Thoughts about the link between personal growth and atttitude today led to a short poem on the subject. 🙂
Dawn of a New Day
A day dawns in uncertainty
Its journey shrouded in mystery
Do we fret, or do we take it head on?
Do we linger in the doorway with doubt
Or square our shoulders, take a deep breath
Walk bravely out onto the sun-kissed path?
Be full of positivity and possibilities
A positive mind ignites happy thoughts
Happy thoughts lead to a smiley day
The contrary leads into dark and dreary bog
Which would you prefer, sunshine or bog?
Wishing everybody a very Happy Chinese New Year 2015. On the second day of the new lunar calendar, I decided to write a haiku series in line with the new year theme.
The year 2014 was full of trials and tribulations, with floods, missing aeroplanes, planes shot down and etc. I hope the Year of the Goat will bring better times ahead for one and all.
Photo of red ixora flowers taken in Bentong on 20 February 2015
I. Lunar New Year
Welcome, dear New Year
Year of the Goat; glad tidings
Hopes and dreams renewed
Photo of herbal tea plants taken in Bentong on the second day of Chinese New Year 2015
II. Renewed hopes
Fresh optimism
For a better year ahead
Floods and tears, goodbye
Photo of bunch of bananas taken outside a house in Bentong on 20 February 2015
III. Abundance
Challenging year, past
Aspiring for abundance
Sufficient for all
Wildflowers in Cameron Highlands. Photo taken during Chinese New Year 2012.
IV. Opportunities
Heralding the new
Prospects for personal growth
And development
Photo of pineapple taken in Puchong on 15 February 2015
V. Prosperity
Year of good fortune
Revived world economy
Turn it back around
River leading to Chamang Waterfall, a popular recreational area in Bentong, Pahang
VI. Peace and harmony
Do not be derailed
By those who wish to shatter
Fragile harmony
Original haiku series by
Khor Hui Min
20 February 2015
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