In Memory of Marie Colvin

Photo via CBS News and courtesy AP Photo/Ivor Prickett Sunday Times

“Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price.” – Marie Colvin

A few days ago, I was in a conversation with a fellow journalist and a human rights activist with regard to establishing an initiative in response to the unfolding developments in Sri Lanka. We discussed which journalists, experts and academics we could call to help us in our struggle. A name that immediately came up was Marie Colvin. While taking a reflective walk after the discussion, I decided to contact Marie Colvin through another foreign journalist, and I even decided to speed up my postponed trip to the UK. I went online in the morning to book the ticket, but just before I booked the ticket, I checked the news and I could not believe what I was reading - Marie Colvin had been killed in Syria, along with French photographer Remi Olchlik.

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"Love and Happiness: Inspirational Enlightenment for Life"

Photo credit: Sephi Bergerson 

Happiness is the meaning of life. It generates from love. Love is more powerful than waves and more attractive than a magnet. Thousands of sufferings can be vanished by a single love.  Suffering and pain are tragic events of our lives and in most cases they cannot be avoided, as it is part of life. These events create connections and records in our mind. The mind allows the space for negative thinking and thoughts.

  

When love arises, pain and suffering vanishes, because these are related to the mind, and love is connected to the heart and soul. Love doesn’t question and it is the answer for life. Love brings happiness, enthusiasm, motivation, encouragement, positive energy, positive feeling and positive thinking. Love originates from human beings (family, friends & other relationships), animals and nature. We must love whatever we are engaging. If we don’t love, then there won’t be happiness. Success is based on happiness and love is the basis for happiness.

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