October
Welcome, fellow traveller to the island. Just the russle in the overhanging boughs as the breeze eases through the russet trees. Follow the trail off the beach to the island tour by steam train, it's only a short climb to the path by the lighthouse. Nearby is the welcoming glow from the lights of the "3 legged pig" bar, & the green, green grassy area that is Sab's garden
It's been told that the manor contains an impressive gallery of fine paintings and a shelf of books, it has also been mentioned that it has carpet & hot & cold running water, both however are just a rumour.
Just what does lie behind the calm exterior of those windows? Difficult to say for certain, but behindthe door of the fridge is a half-eaten yoghurt & a something turned down by the cat (just why I let the cat put things in the fridge, i'll never know)
Something else i'll never know is why flamingo grove exists, just don't go there it's a bit swampy.
Don't forget to bookmark the site, there's also an easy to remember url - http://clik.to/celticisle
Dracula
Two vampires in a cave, Vlad and Drac. Drac says "I really fancy a nice bit of blood."
"It's nearly dawn" says Vlad, "you won't have time to go get some before the sun comes up!"
"I don't care... I gotta try." says Drac. So he turns into a bat and flies out of the cave.
Two minutes later he arrives back, a little trickle of blood coming from the corner of his mouth.
"Wow!" says Vlad. "That was quick! How did you manage it?"
Drac takes Vlad to the edge of the cave, and points out across the fields. "You see over there, the little field next to this one?"
"Yes..." says Vlad.
"You see that big tree over in the corner of the field?"
"Yes..."
"Well, I didn't."
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous." Actually, who are you NOT to be. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that others won't feel insecure around you. We are born to manifest the glory that is within us. It is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson - "Return to Love", and quoted by Nelson Mandela.
RISK
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To hope is to risk despair
To try is to risk failure
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live
Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave, they have forfeited their freedom
Only a person who risks is free.
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