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Photo, “Lock, Weir Dam” by Hans Braxmeier, Pixabay

Special thanks to Mish for sharing this quote.  Have you ever felt that life moves this way, sometimes in huge spurts of achievement after a long period of dormancy?

I learned from a video on Jim Kwik’s Instagram feed that this is sometimes about limiting belief.   You may know the story of Roger Bannister, the first man on record to break the 4-minute mile.  It was 1954 and the 4-minute mile was considered the “Everest” of achievements for runners. It had never been broken.  After Bannister broke this record, many athletes began to do so.  Now the 4-minute mile is considered the standard for middle-distance runners.

This video from Athletics shows that wonderful moment in history when Roger Bannister pushed past the 4-minute barrier and opened the flood gates for other athletes.

 

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Photo by Orlando, Heidelberg, Pixabay

 

Special thanks to John Olander, one of our favorite featured artists, for sharing this wonderful song.  I love the guitar rift intro especially and Eric Bibb’s smooth jazz voice. Thank you dear Johnny O.

Special thanks also to Richard Keys Photo Sociology, for offering his beautiful photos to be used any time we like for our daily quotes.  You’ll be seeing some of Richard’s photos next week.  Thanks so much Richard!

In the meantime, if you know any homeless artists who would like their poems, photos or art featured on under1000skies as well as our accounts on Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, G+ and through our email list, please pass on our information. Thank you!

Have a great weekend.

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Photo “Sunlit Forest Path” by 44833, Pixabay

I was devastated, as I am sure you were, to read about another shooting last night in California.  My prayers and healing thoughts go out to the families who lost loved ones.

One of the antonyms to despair is comfort; another is encouragement.  I hope this quote is one you find as comforting as I have.  Joseph Campbell instructs us to follow our bliss.  Bill Phillips, in his book Transformation, wrote an entire chapter about how finding our “why” is the keystone for everything we do.

What is your “why”?

May your heart find a way back to peace today.

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Gems 4.145

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Photo “Opotiki, North Island, New Zealand” by ReginasPhotos, Pixabay

I love this quote from The Results Book by Wally Minto.  I found him by way of a beautiful soul, Heather Noёl, during her free 60-day eCourse, The Giving Game.  If you want a huge shot of inspiration and light in your life on a daily basis for two months straight, I highly recommend her course.   This quote spoke to my heart.  Worry is natural when things go wrong.  I have learned that worry only drains strength from my days and adds nothing.

“And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” Jesus, in the Gospel of Saint Matthew, New Testament

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Painter unknown.  One of my earlier graphics from Great Advice from Wise People Living and Otherwise, Pinterest

A Persian poet named Hafiz who lived in the 14th Century wrote about worry. You’ve probably seen many of his quotes on this site.  He is one of the most quoted poets of the 21st Century.  His writing is filled with love and light and understanding.  Even though he lived so long ago, his wisdom always feels fresh, and it proves to me that our hearts are connected through space and time.  Our human lives are so different now than they were 800 years ago, but we all share common emotions – love, fear, and worry.  Wisdom can be found everywhere if we search for it.

“For I have learned that every heart will get
What it prays for
Most.” 

 

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Photo “Butterfly, Insect Macro” by Ronny Overhate, Pixabay

 

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Nic Askew SOUL BIOGRAPHIES Nowhere

“This will take your undivided attention. Which is not an insignificant request…Warning. This is haunting. You might be haunted. It was filmed in front of an audience in the INNER VIEW METHOD.”

THE WHISPER AND THE ECHO

A man looked for meaning.
For his very place in life.

He searched high and low.

He’d often hear a whisper, calling
his name from the other side
of what seemed like a door.

A door that remained hidden
from his ability to see.

Frustrated, he’d knock on
everything that resembled
a door. Turning here,
and there. Turning
just about anywhere.

Then one day,
unannounced,
it opened.

And he realised that he’d been
knocking from the inside.
And that the whisper
had been an echo.

The echo of his own soul
reminding him that
he was already home.

-Nic Askew

 

I hope you have a moment to watch (full screen, with ear phones) this beautiful video, the latest of Nic Askew’s “Soul Biographies.”  I have wanted to take Nic’s “Inner View Method” course since I first saw Amo La Vida with Julio Olalla.  His incredibly beautiful method of interviewing is exactly the kind of biography I would love to offer for Volunteer Biographers.   It’s a dream.   Until then, Volunteer Biographers has three clients and we just assisted in the biography of a fourth client through transcription.  Also, today I’m very happy to announce that one of our homeless artists (who has made incredible changes and is no longer homeless) will be our next Volunteer Biographer client.  More on that in the months to come.  Meanwhile, if you are a photographer or videographer, you might find Nic’s course as compelling as I do.

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Photo by Alex Sidlinskiy, Pixabay

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Photo by Pexels, Pixabay

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality…I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

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Photo “Lake Constance” by Lars Nissen, Pixabay

Years ago I started mailing out graphics I made twice a day to friends. I called it “Rx-for-Healing.  It began after I heard Dr. Northrup’s interview in the movie Hungry for Change.  I wrote extensively about how doing this twice-daily exercise changed my life.  I went from being my worst enemy to — if not yet my best friend, definitely a good friend to myself.

When I started Rx-for-Healing in 2012, I also made it my lifetime goal to create at least 10,000 uplifting messages of beauty during my lifetime.  Since then I’ve created around 3,000 or so.  Rx-for-Healing is all about opposites.  If I felt a strong negative emotion, I looked for its opposite.  Then I looked for quotes about that positive word and read those quotes until I felt better.  It worked really well.  Then I created the graphics which make up most of the ones found on my Pinterest boards, Great Advice from Wise People, Created with Love and my 365-Grateful boards.

When I began under1000skies four years ago, I wanted to use the creative works of homeless artists exclusively.   It soon became very apparent that most homeless creative folks have a lot more going on than supplying this site with photos and poetry.   It was a privilege to receive the beauty when they could share it, given the chaos and difficulty of their lives.

So, on the days in between, I continued to add to this lifetime goal by combining inspiring quotes with beautiful photos from friends, from free sources, or from my own photos and art.

One of the ways I find quotes is to read the news, then summarize the prevailing emotion for the day.  Then I try to find an opposite word and quotes about that which will help heal hearts.  Today’s news had a lot about hate it in.  Among the antonyms for hate is the word “respect.” I found this quote by Don Miguel Ruiz about respect to be perfect for today.

My lifetime goal is ongoing because, as my personal site tagline says, “I feel the world and want to help heal the world.”  I know peace on earth begins with me.  I hope my journey to healing has inspired you and will continue to do so in the days ahead.

With love and respect,

Niki Flow

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