meek_misfit, very refreshing collection. truly majestic beauty Pokhara has! i am spellbound everytime i look into those pictures. WOW! thanks for sharing... Nails, quite a philosophy there, eh? LOL...sorry could not stop laughing but looks like you've been thinking too much lately :P..."chillax" babe!--that's chill +relax--- :P...life is beautiful, think positive! like Namaskar said, one can still has few moments of laughter under the umbrella of pain, hardships and struggle. the most important factor is HOPE...hope for a better tomorrow. that's what makes a human to remain positive and smile even in hard time, hoina? as they say, "no matter how dark a cloud looks like, there is always a silver lining around it" agree with you on the 'misery behind the smile" part, but that's when a smile adds more panache to the beauty, no? if one is able to put on smile in his/her lips in both thick and thin, doesn't it look more beautiful and soothing to eyes? life is a cycle of good and bad times, highs and lows, prosperity and pain....by your logic, a multi-millionaire, posing inside his limo with a big smile, is always happy- inside out? (wink, wink) :P LooTe