Many have asked what Mountain Range is depicted in my title.
This picture was taken early on a May morning looking East,
across the San Bernardino range near Crestline California. |
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Vision
"... the miracle of things lies not in showing the extraordinary but in showing ordinary things in which the extraordinary is hidden." - Nirmal Verma
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Great Quotes
"Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].
Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.
Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.
This has been my life; I found it worth living."
Bertrand Russell, English Philosopher
"Everything has it's beauty but not everyone sees it." -
Confucius
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." -
Dr Seuss
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Award Recipient
2008 Distinguished Toastmaster Award
Toastmasters top recognition
Presented by Toastmasters International
2008 Area Governor of the Year
Presented by Toastmasters District 52
2008 Toastmaster Advanced Communicator Gold Award
Toastmasters highest speaking recognition
Presented by Toastmasters International
2006-07 Pearl M. Washington Award
Presented by the Rising Star Toastmasters Club for outstanding service to the club as President 2006-07, and for Acheiving Toastmasters highest honor for a club - Presidents Distinguished Club.
2006 Community Service Award
Presented by the Rotary Club of Los Angeles
for a range of personal humanitarian efforts, involvements and donations.
2004 Outstanding Philanthropist Award
Presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals
Greater San Fernando Valley Chapter
for service to others through corporate and personal volunteer and giving. |
