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Happy Diwali (festival of lights)

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Today, I join our friends all over the world who are celebrating the Hindu Festival, Diwali; also known as Deepavali and the Festival of Lights! I may not fully understand the history, traditions and rituals behind the Festival, all the same, I cannot but share in the loving thoughts and joyful sentiments surrounding a Festival dedicated to light and signifying “the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair.[“
Happy Diwali, my dear friends! May the Festival remind us all of the ETERNAL LIGHT and Its WILL!
This year, October 23 comes down with so much “feel good” for me: this Festival, the New Moon Eclipse and my Birth Day; all in one day! So much to be grateful for!
Abundant love, peace and joy are what I wish everyone who has crossed my earthly path…

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We stand with Paris and for peace around the world!

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I spoke too soon; Friday 13th turned out to be a Black Friday after all! Early yesterday I had posted Happy Friday the 13th! with the optimistic note “it’s a great day already….”

But, the multiple killings in Paris later in the day simply left me speechless! Let me not grace the evil minds and hands behind the dastardly acts with death/casualty numbers! I would rather share some loving thoughts directed towards the victims and their relations!

May the dead awaken (albeit unexpectedly) to joyful experiencing!

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Let not the acts of violence of a few evil doers dominate the many goodness that men do.
We far outnumber those who do harm to others.
We stand with France.

— Dodinsky
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