"Gratitude is the memory of the heart.."

Reader's Digest is one of my favourite reading materials. I love this magazine because of its interesting articles on an extended range of topics..the magazine provides me with doses of humour, famous quotes, lifestyle lessons, real life incidents and experiences....and even good recipes sometimes...!!
All of a sudden, today, I started writing about Reader's Digest because this latest edition carried an article about one gentleman's experience about the effects of two little but very important words in our lives - Thank You.
The piece gave me a renewed insight about the importance of being thankful for what we are blessed with....the persons and possessions of our lives. The thought that moved me the most in the article is, I quote -
"Until you learn to be grateful for the things you have, you will not receive the things you want."
We sometimes forget to thank other people or even just be grateful for what we already have and rather crib about what we don't have or about the things we want even then...
The feeling of being grateful is rewarding and this feeling gives us the hope and persistence to sail through life - to be happy for what we have, to feel for those who don't have even that much, to be patient for what we want to have and to let go of what we were not destined to have... :)

A Visit to Acadia

A couple of months ago, on a long weekend, we visited the Acadia National Park, Maine. The national park is on the Mt.Desert Island of Maine and covers the Atlantic bays of that region. The two-day tour had been a wonderful experience laced with the scenic beauties of the island and a thrilling experience driving through the Park Loop Road that mostly circles through the park, touching the beautiful lakes and views of the mighty Atlantic.
The town nearest to the National Park is Bar Harbor. Walking through the downtown of Bar Harbor was also a memorable experience, a moment of festivity and joy touched my heart, walking along the winding roads passing garden restaurants, souvenir shops, ice-cream parlors and listening to the hustle-bustle of tourists and residents alike. Somewhere down the road we found a guy singing songs playing a keyboard.....and people sitting around, listening to him.....kids dancing to the rhythm.....:)
The tour was one of the most heart-warming experiences I had in recent times..

Today,thus I share some of the photographs taken on that tour to the Acadia National Park, with my friends here....

This sharing was long overdue, I feel now....:)

                                                               1. Jordan Pond

                                                               2. Walking through the forest trails....

3. A beautiful view from the Seal Harbor

                                                                     4. Driving along the Park Loop Road (The car aerial comes in             between and thus the black line....

disappointed with my photography...but learnt)

5. The majestic Atlantic near the Ottis Cliff

                                                         6. Solitary sailor, as taken from the point overlooking Frenchman's Bay