That is sad though that the tulips time has ended before you arrived in Amsterdan. I suppose the tulips are one of the most sought for sight in AMsterdam.

Tulips are imported also here when Valentine comes. It is so expensive. But for those rich lovers, they don’t mind as long as their sweetheart can also receive even just 3 tulips flowers. I think a bouquet would really cost a lot, that an ordinary and practical person like me would just choose to spend the big money to a very nice dinner, complete with a band.

I have never actually seen a tulip flower. Only on pictures. My daughter always receive 3 tulips on Valentine’s day. During our time, we don’t have tulips yet.

It really can dampen one’s spirit if what you dreamed of is not what happened.

The photo that accompany your article is so beautiful and breathtaking!

You are also right that this should not ruin that European Trip you took due to the ineptness of the travel agent who arranged your tour.

I had the chance to ‘visit’ Amsterdam, to change flight in going to England, but only in Schiphol Airport, around July of 1991, and they were selling Tulip bulbs in their souvenir shops there.

Thank you for the very informative topic about tulips.

I also wish that we can grow Tulips in our country, the Philippines.

Wow, they look beautiful.

it really spiritual thing to look at this breathhtaking photo, i like green trees but also flowers and roses are awesome thing to look at, topic is really good and shops here also full of good breathtaking flower, i like to grow this things in backyards but tulip is hard to take care of and wish to do learn it one day though, i like now jasmine its not easy to take care of it but its easier compare it to tulips, and beautiful and has good smell that reach in house too

The picture alone can tell man cannot live to the fullest if hunger strikes and if live anywhere as a homeless man.He will never have in mind to live to the fullest,LOL. His mind is full of problems where to sleep the next evening and even day to take a short nap they need help by the President .

Living Life to the fullest, for life is too short….I do agree on this particular statement, to a certain extinct. My reason for saying this is because we all make choices in life. Some choices are bad and some choices that we make, are good choices. We are not perfect, so we will eventually fall short sometimes. Being realistic, the decisions that we make in life, on a daily basis, causes us to set ourselves on a path, to either good or bad! It is up to oneself, on which path you will decide to take. What I have learned, is that life is very important! I believe that, the more good choices, the better your life will become. The poor choices that are made throughout one’s life, would determine the outcome of the life that you live.
In order to live life to the fullest is to keep making good decisions. In my opinion, life is short because of what you make of it. Sometimes, we are put in places or around certain people, to be tested. Being tested towards the decisions that are made. If you choose to go down the wrong path because of the choices that you make in your life, always know that it is never someone else’s fault, it is your fault…the person who is making that choice. Our life can be saved from the wrong choices that we make, therefore if someone offers you a good piece of wisdom, take it! If you are a person that accepts negative and positive criticism, this will be a good deed to have.
The value of accepting positive and negative criticism is to understand the fact that we are not all perfect and we do not know everything. There are people who been on this earth, longer than you, who is gifted to still be living . In my opinion, I feel that their life expectancy is long because of the choices that they made throughout their life, making their life a meaning or a purpose!
So I am going to choose to live life to the fullest! I am talking it into existence for my life! Be careful of the decision making in your life and be mindful of the toes that you step on
in the process. When people are good to you, that is very special to have in your life. There are many people who are not fortunate enough to have a second chance, so every choice that you make should count for something positive in your life!

@Detra Abbass, Hi? Thank you for your nice contribution about the idea on this blog if necessary to live to the fullest and you are right. It really depends on the situation like those sickly people, they have to enjoy life despite disabilities for the more that they can help themselves if feeling depressed due to sickness.Life is too short , it is felt by those who already reached the 70’s and so on and so forth.

I stand to say that Honesty is truly the best policy. Its a must for children, I have made sure that I inculcate it in my children. In fact, as communicants, my children know best not to tell a lie. As a couple, I come clean in everything I do, I honestly do not know how to tell a lie, because I will get caught. My hands are always clean is a saying foe telling the truth. Lies will always catch up with you. A friend of mine once lied about her age, in fact when she got her visa, she was so excited, she sent the visa page to me, and voila, the real age appeared. All this while I thought I was older, but it turns out she is older by two years. As I speak right now, the previous year she claimed she would be 40 has suddenly reduced, I guess age is no longer on her side. The truth I must say will always set you free, so its best to always, come clean.

Joy E. Ojo, you are a great parent, a great model to your children, That must what parents must do to inculcate onto the minds of their children the value of honesty for they are young and their minds are not yet developed, They need good values to learn and nurture so when become big those learned will never depart from them ( John Locke). A child’s mind is like a blank sheet of paper, he or she must be be taught the right ways and good values of life. Thanks for your very nice and inspiring comment, very much appreciated.

It is important for Honesty.Being untruthful will only cause more lies that you would have to tell, to cover up the first lie. Some people are untruthful for many different reasons, in order to get or maintain certain perspectives of a thing.

In my opinion, Honesty is the key to build good communication and character with people. If people are familiar with you as a honest person, you are respected more. People are most likely going to accept your words of being truthful, on face value.

When you care about someone, it is very important to maintain honesty. In relationships, being truthful, is the key. Dishonesty will only cause pain for you and your significant other. When a lie is told, usually you have to remember the first lie that you told, in order for your lie to be believable. Eventually, your lies will end up, getting you caught up in losing the people that you care deeply about.

Everyday, there are a great number of people who are dishonest on a daily basis. Sometimes, people will label you as being fake, because you are considered to be untruthful and your word do not mean a thing. Therefore, in order for you to earn the proper respect, be honest. Lying gets you no where.

Having a conscience, should avoid untruthfulness to people who you care about. If you do not want people to be hurt because of your lie, then do not be dishonest. The lies that you tell, will definitely cause disruption in your relationship.

When you are in a relationship, trust is the main key. Trust, Communication and Honesty are the main tools to keep in your relationship. In order to keep the bond with your significant other, maintain being honest. Good piece of advice!

True, I have observed one thing about honesty. When one starts lying then one lie follows another and there is not end to the list of lies which a individual would have to take the help of to cover the first lie. It becomes a vicious cycle. It also takes a toll on the person who is doing this and the people with whom he has been doing this.

This trait of honesty is a very important one to be inculcated since childhood as if a child grows up without learning and appreciating this trait. Then even his children and the others with whom he comes in touch also get into a problem. It difficult to practice but not impossible to perfect. Thanks for the share.

Honesty is the best policy. Anywhere you go, whatever you do, if you are guided by honesty, nothing would go wrong. An honest person is liked by many; no lies could twist his principles, his words are trustworthy, even his actions. He is credible.

Krishna Kumat, Thank you friend for dropping by and sharing your nice words about this bog. You are right honesty is the best policy. Children should be taught on this so they won;t cheat someday.

Erratum: Krishna Kumat :Krishna Kumar

Sorry friend for the error of your name hehehehe, maybe my eyeglasses were so dimmed,lol. Thanks for your very appreciative thoughts and feelings of this post.Thank you so much. Have a nice Sunday.

@Detra Abbass , thanks , very well said, yes honesty can bring a better communication and wholesome trust in a family, group, peer. work place. Honesty is a great virtue that is brought and carried through generation to generation. A society would be in a critical situation if composed of fake members or people.

It is not true that we can not fake honesty, lots of double faces do have fake honesty and that show how bad they are and good in what they do, honesty is hard to find in our world and that is sick really, but maybe in the old days the honesty was hard to fake it, but now, it is so easy to fake for some people and so easy to fool good people since good people like to see the good in other people, but let me tell you that this fake honesty can not last, they will be seen for whome they areally are and also they will get falling so badly for the fake honesty and fake personality too, that is interesting topic and the generation did make difference in the honest the older the generation the more honesty the world was, so let us be aware of those fake people since it is critical life to live if some one with dishonesty fake his honesty to you, then you are under their mercy and your life, your house and all is under their games

@tress, I appreciate much your own views about honesty, very well said, yes though bothers can fake honesty, but it won’t last. No one ever had triumphed a lie the same way as there is no secret that can be kept for years.Thank you.

thats amazing and true God is what you need and what will support and boost your life and really you then will be strong to solve problems

Love of God is the best; it brings peace and compassion among people. Holy Week is almost near, starts on April 9 I think which is Palm Sunday. It reminds us of how Jesus Christ loves us by dying on the Cross to save us. Whether one believes in this or not, it is accepted. Just be good to others
is also enough.

@dealio ,That is right, God is so awesome God. He will always provide us our need as long as week from Him and ask forgiveness every time a sin is done against His will. Thanks for your thoughts, very much appreciated.

Grace is what we call the power God has to heal our spirit, to instill in us the disposition to believe, and to make us resonate with the truth so that the expression of real love comes from us in a spontaneous way. We call grace that which came from the living God to blossom on earth.

i guess no one can success alone all need each other womena dn men, friends and family, no man can success with no help and woman can without help. a person alone can not do anything and can not finish a work or find any place with no help.

Erratum: There I A Woman Behind

Correction: There Is A Woman

How nice if we can edit our post, I missed see the error. I have to be very careful next time.

@dealio , so true, all of us need an inspiration in life to have courage to surpass easily trials and obstacles. With my family, there is teamwork, and for a special someone there is different feeling and the same way to friends. Thanks for sharing your nice thoughts very much appreciated.

I agree, each gender is only have of humanity and without each other we would not exist. It breaks my heart to see a woman that hates men, and they do exist.

There are many instances where children and men have been inspired by the woman behind the scenes who was the guiding force in their life. They are a powerful influence in the formation of what the male is when he grows. In our country especially mother has a very important role to play in boy or a mans life. There are many cases where both positive and negative characters of the woman have had a strong influence of the child or the man.

While there are a few counted men who were orphaned since childhood and have struggled and comeup in life on their own. Such men seem to be taught by the experience of time and seem to have had some positive influences of some people in the society who are not related to them too. Who were sympathetic to them due to their situation. An article with a different perspective well appreciated.

What I feel that behind every person’s success there are a bunch of people. These people may vary but mostly parents, teachers, friends, life partners are included.
If we take an example of a Scientist then you need to consider the help of teacher who nurtured the person to be a Scientist. You can not exclude the support from parents, friends as well.

@Tebogo , That is sickening some women hate men. We cannot be happy completely in this world without our opposite gender for it is where we were born from love and honesty.It is so hurting to know about divorce and love flues away, so sickening reality why love has gone that way. Man always has a woman behind their success for they are usually the bread winner and having extra strength to feed the family.Cheers for you nice comment here very much applauded my friend.

@Krishna Kumar,Very well said my friend, yes all true that a woman, the mother has a great influence to her children. She carries the baby nine months in her womb, and while inside her womb, she started teaching and communicating with the unborn, very influential role of the mother, a real role model.If there are those who had gone astray, they are mothers influenced with illegal drug fr there is no normal mother that displays and shows cruelty to her child/ children.

@chchheMrityu ,very well said friend, yes everyone is part of the system of happiness and nurturing the innocents,No one is exempted , all must abide and act accordingly to promote a better life.

In India, it is a common belief that behind every successful man there is a woman. This is widely accepted not only here but also in many other countries. The saying is very famous. But it does not say whether that woman is particularly the wife only. She may be a wife, a mother, a daughter, a wife. Why..everybody is silent? Don’t you get it.She need not be necessarily a wife. This is the point one should know.

However, the men in India are pulling on their lives like Mummies. There is also a saying that behind every war or battle there is a woman. The Mahabharata war was due to Draupadi only. The battle between Rama and Ravana was due to an abduction of Sita only. There are many instances in Indian epics in which a woman was held responsible for the destruction, damage, battle, and war. Another example is French Revolution. Is not lady Antionette responsible for the misery of the people of France?