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“A life fueled by passions is like riding on the back of a dragon.”
-Suzy Kassem
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“Come away, O human child!
William Butler Yeats
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.”
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“Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change.”
-J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?”
-John Lennon
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“Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!”
-William Butler Yeats
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“Frost grows on the window glass, forming whorl patterns of lovely translucent geometry.
Vera Nazarian
Breathe on the glass, and you give frost more ammunition.
Now it can build castles and cities and whole ice continents with your breath’s vapor.
In a few blinks you can almost see the winter fairies moving in . . .
But first, you hear the crackle of their wings.”
Special thanks to Wavingatyou from KindSpring.org for sharing this quote.
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This week on ¤ under1000skies ¤
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Music by Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Op. 8 from MuseOpen.org
Photos by Niki Flow
Poetry by John Steven Olander, Change Agent, Poet, Performer, Artist, and Rocky Mountain Volunteer Coordinator, under1000skies.org.
Thank you, John, for a week of inspiration. Thank you for your beautiful, creative contributions over the years since we met. Thank you for being such a shining light in the world.
I hope we have a great weekend.
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Hope
Written November 18, 2020
by John Steven OlanderIt’s hard to keep your attitude straight
When daily you are forced to wait.
Everything takes so damn much time.
A quarter might as well be a dime.
What can I do?
Where should I go?
Is it going to rain or snow?
It’s not too long before you’re thinking,
Ah, what the hell.
I’ll just start drinking.
Disaster’s pending with every sip.
A sip, a drink, a guzzle, and then you trip!
And so begins the predictable fall,
And you’ll be mocked by one and all.
But don’t give up.
Your chance is not gone.
From the Spirit above your strength is drawn.
So take a deep breath, and sit still.
Realize that hope and desire create
All you will.
But as with any arduous climb,
It requires a goal, resolve, lots of time.
So concentrate on your goal
And ignore the problems at hand.
Dig in, grit your teeth and
Journey hard to the Promised Land.
To live the life you want to live,
You’ve got to be committed to give, give, give.
And if you feel like you want to whine,
Just help somebody else out.
You’ll be fine.
Spoken word by John Steven Olander.
Videos shorts by Thuan Vo, Fundacja Dla Biebrzy, Zaidoopro, Alexander Helbig from Pixabay.
Thank you, Johnny O!
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Joy to Write
John Olander
What do I feel like when I write?
Exuberant. Excited.
Expressive, Informed, and Unique.
Anxiously anticipating a New Creation.
Curious, From the Caustic to the Casual.
Quick with the quip.
Rarely am I at a loss for words.
So I feel privileged to discipline the time
To be specifically expressive,
to really nail the experience in as few words as possible.
I am frequently left with the thought, “Damn John,
“That was pretty good
“We’re going stick with you because we believe you have potential.”
We’re back on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/tizzlovesrowdy/
John is too. Here’s a link to his page. He doesn’t have content yet but promises he will soon. https://www.instagram.com/parkhilljohnnyo/
HAPPY NEWS!
John will be appearing on television on PBS soon. He submitted one of his poems and he will be interviewed on Monday. We’ll be speaking that day afterward. John has a job and a place to live now and Monday is his only day off so that’s become our new interview day for Volunteer Biographers. As soon as I get more information about the day his show will be aired, I’ll let you know.
♥.
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Anger vs. Heart
John Olander, 11/7/2017
Am I angry or just compassionate?
Do I really care?
My heartfelt pronouncements actually SCARE people.
My heart is vibrant light. My heart projects my aura,
My love, my genuine concern.
My anger while well intentioned, backfires.
That feeling is understandable.
But the application of that feeling constricts my heart.
It constrains the veins, the very vessels that fill my body.
That said, there is a place for tough love, hard lessons,
Calling someone out, being called out.
Sometimes a person needs to catch the ruler on the knuckles.
Sometimes the negative is required to birth the positive.
The heartfelt payoff comes when the enemy who was engaged,
stops seeing and knowing everything and becomes a friend.
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