Song of Enchantment

- Would time mend a broken heart?
- Time heals all wounds, baby. Think of all the places you want to go and all people you will meet on your way. Go and see as many places as you can. Isn’t that your dream to travel the world?
- Yes, darling. But I would miss you a lot…
- My songs are with you always, baby. Let the power of compassion be your protector. Let your act of kindness and your shining smile brighten up others’ lives wherever you go. Someday, love will fill your heart with happiness, I’m sure. Life is wonderful, Delphine.
- Oh, my dear Nightingale, thank you so much!
Then Nightingale sang to Delphine this sweet song…

"Smile, without a reason why
Love, as if you were a child
Smile, no matter what they tell you
Don’t listen to a word they say
‘Cause life is beautiful that way

Tears, a tidal-wave of tears
Light that slowly disappears
Wait, before you close the curtain
There’s still another game to play
And life is beautiful that way

Here, in his eyes forever more
I will always be as close as you remember from before.

Now, that you’re out there on your own
Remember, what is real and what we dream is love alone.

Keep the laughter in your eyes
Soon, your long awaited prize
Well forget about our sorrow
And think about a brighter day
‘Cause life is beautiful that way"

My Shangri-La

That is one of the most wonderful memories in my life, the time I was attending the Youth Encounter to Sustainability (YES) course in Bad Deutsch Altenburg, Austria last September 2008. I have learnt a lot and have been inspired a lot by the excellent lecturers and highly motivated friends there. We came from all over the world. Unity through diversity, like a big friendly multi-cultural family, we are young people with enthusiastic hearts, wishing to make positive changes for a better world. We spent a very nice and loving time there, learning together, playing together and working together, with a lot of fun. Many aspects of sustainability were approached creatively by inspiring lectures, groupworks, questions, documentaries, talks with experts, discussions, expressive art and particularly by real experiences. We visited wind-park in the region, Amoda organic farm, PET recycling factory, renewable energy centre in Grussing, technical museum in Vienna… And on a whole day immerged in nature, we walked through the national park wetland and paddled across river Donau. This is a unique educational, emotional and social experience, an unforgettable memory in our life forever…

Arja said what i told is like what would happen in the New World. After the Last Judgement Day, God will restore the Earth, transforming it into a paradise, where people live happily and harmoniously with each other and with all the animals and the plants... That recalled me of "Shangri-la", a permanently happy land, isolated from the outside world on mystical Himalayas, a fictional place in the novel "Lost Horizon" of James Hilton. Professor Mika had mentioned it in the lecture on “History of Science”. I've not read "Lost Horizon" yet, but I 've known about this word "Shangri-la", by chance, from the song "Lovely lady of Acardia” of Demis Roussos. In its lyrics, there is this sentence: "In your arms I found my Shangrila..."

YES, my Shangrila is also beautiful as a dream! Heaven on Earth is an old dream that humankind always cherish, isn't it? I wonder if a dream of a plentiful, peaceful and happy world is just a mythical utopia, which is too ideal to be true?

Perhaps I'm still optimistic. I believe "there is a rose in every soul". And the wholesome seeds which bring Hope are being multiplied all over the world. You know, prospective of a sustainable future is a modern version of an earthly paradise...

"You may say, I’m dreamer.
But I’m not the only one.
I hope someday you join us
And the world will live as one..."
(Imagine - The Beatles)

Memories in the Land of Snow

I miss the long white winters, the beautiful nature of summer blue sky and green forests in this land of thousand lakes. And of course I miss you too, my dear friends. 

Thank you, Finland, for all the nice memories I have had!

With love,

Daisy

Finland 2006 - 2008