Ramadan Kareem

A Kenyan child reads verses from the Quran on the fifth day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a Madrassa in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.
Picture taken by Sayyid Azim(AP Photo)Muslim children pray at a mosque during the month of Ramadan in Manila, in the Philippines on August 23, 2009.
Picture taken by JUNIE DOCTOR (AFP/Getty Images)




A boy holds candy in his hand as he reads the Quran in a mosque during Ramadan, in Amman, Jordan on August 22, 2009.
Picture taken by Ali Jarekji (REUTERS)

A Muslim woman prays at the Istiqlal mosque on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta on August 22, 2009 or Ramadan 1, 1430 in the Hijriah lunar calendar.

Picture tken by ADEK BERRY (AFP/Getty Images)

Zoo

Bucharest Zoo - 09.08.2009

I promise myself

"To be so strong that nothing can distrub my peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person I meet.
To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.
To think only the best, work only for the best and expect only the best.
To be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful expresion at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.
To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.
TO BE TOO LARGE FOR WORRY, TOO NOBLE FOR ANGER, TOO STRONG FOR FEAR AND TOO HAPPY TO PERMIT THE PRESENCE OF TROUBLE.
To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side so long as I am true to the best that is in ME".

C.D. Larson