Thoughts

          The most holy animal in the whole world. The only animal in the world with an army guard.            Nadungamuwa Raja, 66 years old, is a celebrated elephant towering around 10.5 feet (3.2 meters) in height, the tallest tamed tusker in Sri Lanka. And he has his own armed guards.            Raja is an unofficial national treasure because he is one of the few tuskers chosen to carry a casket of Buddha relics in an annual pageant at the most sacred Buddhist shrine on the island, the Temple of the Tooth.           Raja walks 90 kilometers (55 miles) to the hill resort of Kandy for the event, called the Esala pageant. He walks 25 to 30 kilometers a day, traveling mostly at night when it is cooler.           Raja was born in 1954, not in Sri Lanka but in the stables of a maharajah in Mysore, India. He was one of two baby elep...

  1. Books smell like love floating in a cup of coffee, sprinkled with nostalgia for the yet unknown.  2. They smell like a well-earned for solitude, far away from noise of the world.  3. They smell like the sea, at whose shore you've wanted to become invisible for a while.  4. Books smell like the rain, mixed with the earth, that turns mortals into poets.  5. Books smell like a baby, freshly bathed, sleeping with eyes closed and mouth open.  6. Books smell like hugs from your best friend without ever asking for it.  7. Books smell like freshly baked cake, cooked without a recipe.  8. Books smell like the aroma of the curry prepared by your mother as you return home from hostel.  9. Books smell like the imperfect me, and the imperfect you, curled up in bed with messy hair and puffy eyes.  So go on, breathe in. 📚 

          We  need to be more aware of our reflex reactions as well as how we would like to respond to people and situations. We all need to be honest about how we feel and our way of thinking. The reason why we are not honest is because  we do not want to be judged,  we do not want to be vulnerable, we do not want to ask for or take help, we do not want to get stuck or trapped, and so many other reasons.           Here is something to try this week though. Ask yourself what do I feel about this situation or about what this person has said or done. Whatever your response, note it down on your phone. At the end of 7 days read all that you have written and answer these 2 questions: - what have I learnt about myself? - what do I need to change?           Learn to respond appropriately instead of reacting impulsively. Also, it usually is not as much about what you say, but rather how you...

                      Always be a first-rate version of yourself, rather than a second-rate version of someone else.           It is an interesting phenomenon that we as humans tend to compare ourselves against others’ accomplishments and feel that we have to in some way ‘compete’ with them in order to be a ‘good’ person. The winner is honored, the losers forgotten. Well, we might try to be as assertive as another person, so we can come across as being confident and assured. Unfortunately, if we move outside our comfort zone without a support mechanism behind us, we naturally fall back into that zone, as we feel safe there.           By all means take note of how successful people have achieved that success. But make them applicable to your own persona, build confidence from building your own foundations and create situations where you have the natural ability to...

               We see people smiling on social media all the time and posting stuff about their achievements and accomplishments. People rarely post photos of their red puffy eyes because they were up all night crying. People don’t talk about the nights they spent up late studying so they can pull their grades up. People barely talk about how hard it is to live on your own in a different country without your family. People post pictures of their food but don’t feel comfortable telling others about how they struggled to get money to buy that food. People share photos of their significant other but does not mention how long it took for them to get over the last person they were with. People talk about having awesome friends but they don’t talk about that childhood best friend that back-stabbed them.                 People attend weddings of others all dressed up when their own marriages are fall...

There are some obligations that can not be abandoned in the mind no matter what the problem ... If you lose someone you want because of your weakness or something ... If you can stop your heart for him .. You can live looking at him from a distance. No matter who you stay with .... if you can't change your mind, that's true love! There are miserable times in life .... if you can't avoid them you will be punished someday .... somehow. Forget miserable times, gladly accept punishment. Grow for him, live for him, even if you don't get him, you can make up your mind and close your eyes freely .. Though there were mistakes, then I thought I lived for him in the right way. ⁇  

      The people who are with us today will disappear tomorrow ...     It's lost, either because he's lost you halfway, because of someone else's gossip, or because he's gone away from this world forever.     No matter how that separation happens, we grieve more than the grief of not having him ...     When the memories of his time as well as the things that were left to be done with him in the future come to mind again and again ...,     Some separations are very reasonable ... But many separations are very unfair ...! In any case, the love that is stored in the heart will not die, that is, the one who is gone and the one who is waiting ...!

     You too have a dream in life. That's what you love. Each person's desires are different. One person's desire may be disliked by another. But. Do you give up your dreams because of someone's reluctance? Doing so would be tantamount to degrading your life.      Let's stop that story for a moment...

   Even though there is no war in the country now, there are boys in the army who dedicate their lives to people. They're still dying, just like before, and Corona has become a war.   If you are a girl who claims the rights to that kindhearted boy, you will feel great loneliness like a moonless night sky. Always until he comes.  You're the only one I may have. My savior, be careful.  May Buddha bless you.   I'm waiting to Hide in the middle of the chest, in the middle of the arms and shoulders. Kiss lips until it hurts. Be alone day and night.  Please come home soon, that's the only thing your sweetheart asks for. 😥😧

 People who fall in love think that sacrifice means doing what the other person likes reluctantly, stopping it if the other person likes it or not a lot of girls and boys give up their dreams and goals thinking like that. Please, it doesn't matter what this love is for, I know I have you and that's enough for me. But when I see that someone else has gone to their dream, I am worried if I could do the same. One day in life you may be sad thinking that. [This is not love if you can't help each other to achieve their goals and succeed together please don't fall in love] But just think is that what we call commitment. No that's not, apologize for the other, comfort in grief, be strong in everything, teaching them good and bad with love, think only of that person even at the end of the world. If you can just die thinking about that love, that is sacrifice. If they hurt you please don't hurt them back, cry if you can't bear it, if you are a boy hit on the wall and...

       I boarded the Kegalle-Avissawella bus at around 9 in the morning when it was raining lightly. We got off the bus at the Karawanella bus stand. From there I got on the Kitulgala bus, got off at Yatiyantota, and got on the Pelampitiya bus. We sat in the front seat next to the driving seat because we could get to most of the beautiful travel destinations in the environment. 🚌 That said, the environment on both sides of the road was very beautiful, the fog, the rubber plantations, the tea estates, the rivers, and the waterfalls were amazing because of the rainy weather. But it is very difficult to switch between two vehicles. It was a narrow road with scary bends. 🌳🌴💦  So we came to our destination which is none other than the beautiful Oluella in the Kegalle District of the Sabaragamuwa Province. At the top of the falls, the water level rises with the Danger rain, and the rocks slip. A mother in a small shop nearby told us that two of them had fall...