1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jd5bDRIBY9"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/the-lesson-learned/">The lesson learned</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/the-lesson-learned/embed/#?secret=jd5bDRIBY9" width="600" height="338" title="“The lesson learned” — PoohsDen" data-secret="jd5bDRIBY9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> 2008 taught me lessons like every other year. May be a better way to put is – 2008 refreshed childhood lessons. The biggest lesson refeshed this year (it is officially 2008 at Banos, Ecuador as I type this in) was one to admire, respect and care for nature. Amidst talks of global warming, climate change, polar ice melts, decrease in number of every other animal my lesson was refreshed. The first part of my learning started in 2007 as I visited Hawaii. At the Volcano National Park as I stood over lava flows for the first time in life, I was in awe. New life, new land was being created below my feet. Red hot bubbling lava beneath my feet – the foundation for new lands, new species and new wonders. Second part of my refresher course was by means of Ike. Hurricane Ike was the first time I faced the fury of mother nature, face-on. Hour after hour as the winds howled outside and I sat in an indoor room with a candle to keep me company, I remember the mesmerizing fear it brought in me. Later as I took a look around town, seeing giant age-old trees down, […]http://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/_dsc8377-300x198.jpg