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Taken during a recent visit to Cuddalore using my Canon Powershot A590. Viewed from the overbridge and the bus is coming out of the Cuddalore Bus Stand.

A Thought for Today-209:

There is a giant asleep within everyone. When that giant awakens, miracles happen - Frederick Faust

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A Thought for Today-208:

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love - St Basil

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A Thought for Today-207:

Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence and justice - Spinoza

Gandhiana-9:

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind - Gandhiji

A Thought for Today-206:

Life consists in what a man is thinking all day - Emerson

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A Thought for Today-205:

Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace

- Saint Therese of Lisieux

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A Thought for Today-204:

Helping someone in trouble, caring about people you hardly know, is almost a form of prayer, when you stop to think about it. It is an offering to God and the benefits flow right back to you - From 'The Power of the Plus Factor' by Dr.Norman Vincent Peale

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Random Thoughts-28: "Unique Talent"

I sincerely believe that every one of us has some unique talent. Only most of us are not aware of it. So the first step is becoming aware of this and then identifying one's unique talent. Then comes nurturing it and manifesting it - Manifesting it for one's own welfare; for the welfare of one's near and dear; and also for the welfare of the society at large.

It needs nurturing because it remains just a spark. When you nurture it, it starts growing and glowing. In the light, you see your life's unique mission. Then life becomes focused and meaningful. You cut down all distractions and march towards your life's unique mission with single-minded devotion. When you attain your goal, your life becomes fulfilled. Even if you don't reach your goal, the very process of striving for it with all your mite should be satisfying and make you happy.

The greatest tragedy of life is not having this awareness. The spark flares up now and then to draw your attention to it. But if you still ignore it, it is really a pity.

Nurturing it and finally manifesting and utilizing it for your own selfish ends would be a crime.

How to identify your unique talent? Turn inward and dive deeper and deeper and deeper; you will find it. Why waste your precious time in the pursuit of limiting materialistic goals?

There is this reassuring advice from great sages: "Know that by knowing which everything becomes known; attain that by attaining which everything is attained."

Blessed are those who have found their unique talent early in life; nurtured it properly and manifested it fully for the welfare of one and all.

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Yet another fascinating flower.

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Karaikudi Railway station now has several beautiful buildings and provides many comforts to the passengers. This photo is from the garden inside the station campus.

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Flowers fascinate everybody, not just ladies. I took this during a visit
to Poovalur (near Lalgudi, Trichy Dt).

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Yet another picture taken on the Sriram Nagar-University Road, Karaikudi. The outstretched branches make the trees look elegant and I thought it deserved a click. Hence you have it here.