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The 72nd Annual General Meeting of Sport Union Beckenried (SUB) is being held today at Restaurant Seerausch. 100+women fill in all the available seats and slowly the Hall gets really warm, despite it being a really cold day. We start off with dinner (we sure have our priorities right!) before looking back on a successful year and looking to the future. I'm happy to find that a veggie option had already been ordered for me. It's Pumpkin ravioli.. mmmmm...
We're all given a piece of paper and asked to write our name; date of birth; address and phone number, if we wish to participate in a game. We fold the paper and put it in a bowl. Each member randomly picks a slip & is supposed to wish the person on the Slip on their Birthday. I pick up the slip of a girl who is soon going to be 24 years. Gosh.. so Young!! I try to remember where i was when i was 24.. in Hyderabad. I tell Vreni (the lady next to me) that i will invite her home for Indian dinner. "Dang! Had i known, I'd have just given my slip to you", she exclaims!
Numerous members are honored for their various efforts, for their long-term membership or for special sports services. Some of the honored, unaware of their long-term loyalty, are pleasantly surprised.
The announcements continue and since i don't understand it all, I'm happy to look around the room.. observing the range of expressions on the faces.. serious, happy, excited, attentive and a couple lost in their own world. Suddenly the women at my table are cheering for me & urging me to get up. I realise that my name has been called. Vreni mentions that the new members are being welcomed: 14 in all, but today there's only 10 of us. We're each given the golden book of rules and off we trot to the end of the room to get our pictures taken. When i return to my seat, Vreni shows me the year book. The President had already introduced me in her annual report. I sneak out my cell for a quick picture..
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Both, a sunrise and a sunset are free gifts of the Universe, to be absorbed into every cell of our being, if we so desire. Even though logically i know that the colors are produced due to multiple scattering as the Sunlight takes a longer path through the atmosphere, it never fails to mesmerise me..
As Einstein said "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." I belong to the latter.. To me, a Day is an opportunity between the two miracles of Sunrise and Sunset.
From Sunrise to sunset we only have today... What are we going to make of it??
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Yamuna comes over for a weekend getaway & I get to play the local tourist guide yet again. I had quite enjoyed pointing out the many touristy & off the beaten track "Bucket List" items to all our guests in San Diego and i must say was looking forward to doing so again in my new home town..
Talks, Coffee, Cookies, Sunshine, Blue Skies make for a lazy morning. The upcoming elections in the US and the campaign drama provide enough fodder for us to chew on. The tourist guide in me wants to make a plan, so we can show her as much around as possible, but then.. i let go of my agenda and just relax. As the morning rolls into afternoon, we decide to drive to serene Seelisberg. I point out the names of the various peaks on the way up. We find ourselves an outdoor table @ our favourite Restaurant "Bahnhöfli Seelisberg" to continue the conversations over some yummy Fall-special-dishes. A visit to Seelisberg is incomplete without a visit to the Maharishi's and a walk along their garden overlooking the Lake. Evening finds us sitting by the lake, watching the ducks & the swans silently glide away into the orange waters..
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It's 8PM and the sky is painted in hues of Orange and Gold as the Sun slowly bids goodbye after a long warm Summer day.
The colourful waters of the Lake tempt me.. i slowly hobble with my crutches to the inviting waters. Lukas helps me climb down the few steps into the cool-cool waters of lake Lucerne.. Mmmmm... Perfect cool-pack for my swollen leg!!
