Mardi Gras

Pleasure gets a chance to say,
"Pain may not do you much good."
Sacrifice is on its way
Doing only what it could.

24 thoughts on “Mardi Gras”

1. I like the reflection of both photo and words. Two sides, always. (K)

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   1. Thank you, Kerfe!

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2. Intriguing words, Frank.

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   1. Thank you, Robbie!

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3. Lovely pictures, Frank. I like the balance in this poem – I suspect both are inevitable.

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   1. We get both. Thank you, Sarah!

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4. You’ve summed up Mardi Gras neatly, Frank: the two sides of carnival and life.

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   1. There are two sides. Thank you, Kim!

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5. Pain and sacrifice are one
   I would rather run
   with the sun.
   🙂

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   1. Good observation. Thank you, Jane!

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      1. 🙂

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6. So few words to say so much! They say it all.

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   1. Thank you, Beverly!

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7. I think there is no pleasure without pain at least…

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   1. We need some pain or the pleasures will make them for us. Thank you, Bjorn!

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8. Absolutely beautiful photos and words too!

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   1. Thank you, Pragalbha!

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9. I believe in sacrifice and fasting but not in a set season for them. More like along the lines of ‘pray without ceasing.’

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   1. I agree. It should be pray without ceasing. One can skip Mardi Gras. Thank you, Amaya!

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10. Lovely pictures. 🙂

    Isn’t it so that our lives are a tension of opposites – pain and pleasure; sacrificing and receiving?

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    1. We likely need those opposites. Thank you, Imelda!

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11. It Seems A Best Lent Sacrifice
    Is Doing More Than Giving Up..:)

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    1. It should be more than giving up. Thank you, Fred!

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       1. The World Now
          Needs Give More
          Than Take And Giving Up or
          Fasting
          Lent
          Away from
          Give and Share..:)

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