Happy Birthday Nelson

Wishing all the way up to heaven a truly

Happy Birthday to Nelson Mandela

you are still in our thoughts, sometimes more than ever in our world today.

"A good leader can engage in debate frankly
and thoroughly, knowing that at the end
 he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger.

You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."

Nelson Mandela

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged

 to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."

Nelson Mandela

"As we let our own light shine, 
we unconsciously give other people 
permission to do the same."
Nelson Mandela

"Resentment is like drinking poison 
and then hoping it will kill your enemies."
Nelson Mandela

Moments of artful absurdity keep us balanced.

Nature's gifts keep us grounded.

Childhood is a journey

we all share.

Children shake the world with blunt honesty!

"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
 than the way in which it treats its children."
Nelson Mandela

May your week be filled with happiness 

take good care of you.