The Seven beatitudes of Jack Vella;

Take care of your/our world.....for it's our home.

Take care of your loved ones....for one they when they're gone, you will be missing the words you did not say, the affection you did not show, the things you did no do.

Take care of your time, for every minute is a blessing and is more precious than diamonds.

Take care of animals, understand their nature, for they need to be loved even before they will surely love back.

Do good, smile, shake hands, wish others good day for you don't know what a person is on the verge of doing!

Take care of your actions and words, for these are the extreme in life, by them, with them, love/hate, sad/glad etc etc....They can give life to a person as much as they can kill!!!

And last but not least, pray to the greater entity you might believe in, no matter if you are muslim, catholic, buddist, hindu or any other religion, love knows no boundaries, so do your God you might well believe in....remember we are living in a time bomb, one day you will be called and will duly appear in front of whom you believe in...and what you will carry are the deeds, the did and did not and a lot of why's!!!!

Take care beautiful ppl....and love for love knows no boundaries!!! Good day and thanks for reading this

My recipes:))

No:1

Pastizzi (Cheese)

Ingredients
2 lbs. flaky pastry dough
2 lbs. ricotta cheese
salt
2 eggs


Directions

Mix the rikotta cheese with the two eggs until the eggs are thoroughly mixed into the rikotta cheese.

Add a bit of salt to the mixture for taste.

Roll out the dough (do not make the dough too thin.)

Cut the dough into three- to four-inch circles.

Put one tablespoon of the rikotta cheese mix in the middle of each circle.

Fold each circle from the top and the bottom to the centre and squeeze the edges together so that the pocket is sealed (the horizontal ends should be formed into points.)

Put the pastizzi on a margarine greased baking sheet.

Bake in a moderate oven (350-425 degrees) for about one hour.

You will need to experiment a bit with the oven temperature and the cooking time. The pastizzi should be a golden-brown colour when they're ready. Try it out and eat:))))

You can also replace this savoury cheesecake with the pea cake where the ricotta, egg filling is replaced with mashed peas with curry seasoning.

It is not an easy to make dough but its worth the hassle as, once cooked, it gives light crisp layers that melt in the mouth, this thanks to air trapped between the dough layers.

When completed, make sure that you store the dough covered with a damp cloth in the refrigerator.

Lil Mara Mitlufa

Pruvajt indawwar wicci
u nahrab mit tigrib
nigri ghal tul il-medda
hajja ohra xtaqt insib,
dik il-hajja li iggorni,
twarrabni l'hemm lil hinn,
li tgharrafli is sbuhija,
li hemm fil-gholjiet u fil-widien,
Hemm rajtek, hemm sthajiltek,
titlajja ma dak il-blat,
u li int mara sbejha,
taghmel dak li ikkonkordat,
Nipprova nifhem ghalekk,
kemm kien kiefer id-destin,
ma hallinix nigbdek lura,
u ssebbah hajti bhal peprin,
Narak, nisimak u ngarbek,
dlonk f'mohhi ta kuljum
u ghallinqas sa ma ntemm hajti,
hemm int tibqa flahhar jum,
Dawk il wegat ta din il hajja,
tradimenti, fallimenti u frodi,
igeluni immur lura u nahseb
li qed nghix fi zmien erodi,
ghalekk int Mara mitlufa,
zomm fsahhtek u thabat wisq,
ghax il hajja daqt tidhaqlek,
u twassalek dak ir risq,
u int izfen dik iz zifna,
tar rih id-daqqa bid dublett,
u jekk int tiela il blat tal hajja,
naf li ser tasal sa fuq nett,
Dik ill hajja li twassalek,
l-ahbar it tajba, jew xi hazin,
mela izfen man natura,
u ghannaqa tahlix hin,
Hekk jien ntemm il-poezija,
u ngharrafha bdan it tmiem,
hemm tnejn jibku iz-zmien mohli,
le wihed minnhom miniex jien!!!!

For my beloved cat...Felix 28.8.2004 - 19.11.2009)

Till the moon deserts the sky
Till the all the seas run dry
Till then I'll always love you

Till the tropic sun grows cold
Till this young world grows old
My Felix, I'll adore you

You were one of my reasons to live
All I own I would give
Just to have you once again beside me

Till the rivers flow upstream
Till lovers cease to dream
Till then I'll sadly miss you, be fine

Make your life a beautiful one!!

when sorrow makes you thumble,
struggle makes you strong,
and measurements make you shorter,
as then they make you long,
for life is like a lesson,
like a cycle indeed,
be prepared to make your utmost,
of all your talents and deeds,
for one day there will be a knock,
and when you'll answer the door,
you know its time to pack up,
and move to the upper floor,
to look back at your anger,
the happy days you lived,
the life that you presented,
for others as a gift,
make your minute to last an hour,
your hours to last a day,
coz life is passing, clock is ticking,
and days rumble anyway,
make sure you will love everyone,
like u want them to do to u,
be like the sea that is transparent,
and like the sky, always blue,
and if you have a dream,
as unreachable as it may seem,
grab the tools you'll find and fly,
and with joy and happiness you'll then cry,
for a blue day will cum,
when you have to make up your sum,
think all the things only your heart will afford,
before its to late, and you will meet the Lord

(Black beauty) - for Felix

six weeks he had when i held him,
as sick he was with no strength,
fear toppled him over,
not more than 5cm in length,
it was a cold day in october,
when i went to that sanctuary,
poor felix had to come,
for five years to stay with me,
he got stronger, grew in beauty,
all the pics are just a proof,
he so loved staying near me,
mostly when up on the roof,
He was the prince of d house,
living in a fairytale,
then his kingdom got divided,
with another black cat male,
at first he was angry,
but then he got cuddled more,
as with Rex he was a soul mate,
and eachother they did adore,
I left Malta and never imagined,
that one day it was meant to be,
Felix will be gone forever,
no more scratches he'll do to me,
what I'd give to have him closer,
and to hug him one more time,
to show him that I loved him,
and that it will be so fine,
Good bye Felix, please know I loved you,
more like a human than a cat,
you will be sadly missed forever,
but YOU, I never will forget....

Lessons of life

A married lady was expecting a birthday gift from her husband.
For many months she had admired a beautiful diamond ring in a showroom,
and knowing her husband could afford it, she told him that was all she wanted.

As her birthday approached, this lady awaited signs that her husband had
Purchased the diamond ring... Finally, on the morning of her birthday, her husband called her into his studyroom. Her husband told her how proud he was to have such a good wife, and told her how much he loved her. He handed her a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, the wife opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the wife's name embossed in gold.

Angrily, she raised her voice to her husband and said, 'With all your money you give me a Bible? and stormed out of the house, leaving her husband.

Many years passed and the married lady was very successful in business.
She managed to settle for a more beautiful house and a wonderful family, but realized her ex-husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to visit him. She had not seen him for many years.

But before she could make arrangements, she received a telegram telling
her that her ex-husband had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to her. She needed to come back immediately and take care of things.

When she arrived at her ex-husband's house, sudden sadness and regret
filled her heart.

She began to search through her ex-husband's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as she had left it years ago.

With tears, she opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. Her ex-husband had carefully underlined a verse, Matt 7:11, 'And if you, being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your
Heavenly Father which is in heaven, give to those who ask Him?'

As she read those words, a tiny package dropped from the back of the Bible.
It had a diamond ring with her name engraved on it, the same diamond ring which she saw at the showroom. On the tag was the date of her birth, and the words...'LUV U ALWAYS'...

How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

IF YOUR GIFT IS NOT PACKAGED THE WAY YOU WANT IT,
IT'S BECAUSE IT IS BETTER PACKAGED THE WAY IT IS!
ALWAYS APPRECIATE LITTLE THINGS;
THEY USUALLY LEAD YOU TO BIGGER THINGS

Jack's note: Jesus once said ...be prepared for you know not the hour or minute when I shall come. Make sure you will be prepared to appear in front of my father....

(More than anything this last few days were for me of extreme sadness. Never in my life I felt such emptiness. Even though it was only a cat, my cat, that actually I have not seen in many months, I was surprised of the grief I still feel inside. I know I have to stand up, but I know as well all the memories in the house I had remind me of my kiddo....Believe me I feel the emptiness of when you are loved unconditionally and that I have learnt to return in life...but of course I made my share of mistakes....Felix's dead brought me back to reality, that the clock is ticking for everyone, and God is like a time bomb, not that he will do us any damage but rather he will want us to realise that we ought to make sure we have a right one in here, to deserve eternity....You might say I am speaking bull shit and that I am making to much fuss on a cat. Love the ones around you truly even if it is an animal and you will see what you have been missing all your life....so be prepared fellas, for you might not know the hour when you will be called. Then you will have to answer for your deeds, after that it will be too late!!!)

Good week to all of you....may you not suffer the grief, (I am suffering now) throughout all your life....