PRECIOUS MOMENT LIVING QUOTES

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." Kahlil Gibran

Good evening from Miyoshi-shi, Hiroshima, Japan!

I hope that all is well and you are all finding a way to enjoy each and every precious moment of your gift of life no matter where you are and what you are doing this summer!

Today we drove from Tottori Prefecture to Shimane Prefecture where first we visited Matsue Vogel Park and the Izumo Grand Shrine in Shimane Prefecture. Matsue Vogel Park is composed beautiful gardens and a bird sanctuary with species from all over the world. Izumo. Also located on beautiful landscaped grounds the Grand Shrine is considered one of the oldest and important Shinto shrines in Japan.

Our Journey started with a flight from Tokyo Prefecture to Hiroshima Prefecture. Then my wife’s parents drove us from Hiroshima Prefecture to Tottori Prefecture, next to Shimane Prefecture and eventually back to Hiroshima Prefecture. We are flying back to Tokyo tomorrow morning after a most enjoyable vacation thanks to my wife’s parents where I had an opportunity to visit to of Japan’s most treasured cultural properties.

That’s all for now! Please take care, stay positive and have an enjoyable evening and summer!

MATSUE VOGEL PARK

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IZUMO TAISHA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_Taisha

“Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply in the enjoyment of similarities.” Anonymous

“True friendship isn’t about being there when it’s convenient; it’s about being there when it’s not.” Anonymous

“However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.” La Rochefoucauld

“My true friends are the ones who are willing to tell me the things that I need to hear even when I do not really want to hear them.”

King Solomon Hearn

“Good friends are good for your health.”  Irwin Sarason