All things beautiful

sábado, 24 de abril de 2021

Beautiful Jewels

The Darya-i-Noor (which translates from Farsi to “Sea of Light”) is the largest pink diamond and one of the largest cut diamonds on the planet. Though the exact weight is unknown, it’s estimated around a massive 182 carats. Another jaw-dropping estimation? The stone is valued at $16.5 billion. To offer a little perspective, that’s just under a 1/4th of Bill Gates’ net worth, meaning this would be big chunk of change even for the world’s richest man!

FARAONE Designed as a mother-of-pearl shell with circular-cut diamond ridges and a cultured pearl centre, mounted in 18k gold

Randy Crawford & Joe Sample - When I Need You

sexta-feira, 23 de abril de 2021

What is anger?

quinta-feira, 22 de abril de 2021

Remember - “Laughter is poison to fear.”― George R.R. Martin

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” —Paulo Coelho

“The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” —Tricia Cunningham

“We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” —Marie Curie

Beautiful Shoes and Handbags - “One shoe can change your life.” – Cinderella

Something to ponder - “The well-bred contradict other people. the wise contradict themselves.”― Oscar Wilde

“I don’t fancy colors of the face, I’m always attracted to colors of the brain.”― Michael Bassey Johnson

quarta-feira, 21 de abril de 2021

Bella Bella Signorina

Here's a dozen of my favorite things never to apologize for:

1) Never apologize for acting on your instincts.
2) Never apologize for being passionate.
3) Never apologize for being smart.
4) Never apologize for demanding respect.
5) Never apologize for saying no.
6) Never apologize for not embracing someone else's agenda.
7) Never apologize for disagreeing.
8) Never apologize for your faith.
9) Never apologize for your own sense of creativity.
10) Never apologize for ordering dessert.
11) Never apologize for being funny.
12) Never apologize for living your truth.

Every one of us casts a shadow.

There hangs about us, a sort of a strange, indefinable something, which we call personal influence--that has its effect on every other life on which it falls. It goes with us wherever we go. It is not something we can have when we want to have it--and then lay aside when we will, as we lay aside a garment. It is something that always pours out from our lives . . . as light from a lamp, as heat from flame, as perfume from a flower.

The ministry of personal influence is something very wonderful. Without being conscious of it, we are always impressing others by this strange power that exudes from us. Others watch us--and their thinking and actions are modified by our influence."

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." Ephesians 5:15-16

~J. R. Miller, "The Shadows We Cast"