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Photo by Skeeze, Pixabay

About May It Be:

The lyrics of this theme song include English words, as well as words in the fictional Elvish language, Quenya, created by J.R.R. Tolkien. While Enya wrote music, Roma Ryan studied the languages and wrote the lyrics in English and Quenya. There are two lines with phrases written in Quenya. The first, Mornië utúlië, translates to “Darkness has come.” Mornië alantië translates as “Darkness has fallen.” Each line repeats twice in the song, with the remaining song lyrics written in English. They are intermingled with the Quenya lyrics, as in the second stanza; “Mornië utúlië, believe and you will find your way; Mornië alantië, a promise lives within you now.” Enya also performed another song ‘”Aníron” for The Lord of the Rings, which is sung in another of Tolkien’s Elvish languages, Sindarin.

-Wikipedia

I created the video below for my husband during a tough time. I had just been hospitalized the year before and had been unable to work for over a year. Medical and other bills were through the roof.  This video was meant to be a vision of what we wanted for our lives, places to visit together, health we were working towards.

In the last frame of the video, as in today’s photo, is a rainbow.  In the Old Testament story of Noah, the rainbow was given as a symbol of a promise.  The song ends, “A promise lives within you now.”

May the promise that lives within you – whatever that is for you – meet the dawn.

May it be.

 

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Gems 4.172

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Photo by Free-Photos, Pixabay

I made this video nine years ago, and it is still the first thing I look at almost every day. If I have one prayer, it is this beautiful and timeless Prayer of Saint Francis.  Also “Thank you.” And an occasional, “HELP!”

“Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.” -Anne Lamott

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Painting by Jonny Linder, Pixabay

“I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.”  –Edgar Mitchell, USN, Apollo 14 Astronaut

 

I Want to Believe

I wasn’t looking for the opposite of “we are alone in the universe.” I found this quote by accident today.   I was surprised to learn that the person saying this was a United States Navy Astronaut and the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 14.   I found the interview above, which is a clip of a longer interview.  I used to love the TV show “X-Files,” but I was also content with not knowing.  Now, though — hmm!  What do you think?

I found my way to Mitchell’s quote while searching for the perfect quote to highlight one of our artists’ photos of a flower which I also need to identify.  Still haven’t found either answer. Actually, maybe you can help with that. =)

Two Questions

  1.  Can you identify this flower?
  2. Can you think of an inspirational quote that would go well with this photo?
Cord X

Photo Copyright Cord X. Used with permission.  Thank you!

Formerly-Homeless Creatives

In the past year, both our top contributing, formerly-homeless creatives Cord X and John have found shelter and work and are safe.   I’m so grateful and filled with joy when I think of this.  Shelter and safety are essential to just normal, everyday function.  For years, these two fine men not only functioned without it but contributed beautiful creations to share with us here.

Thank you so much Johnny and Cord!

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Gems 4.163

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Photo “Milky Way” by Wiki Images, Pixabay

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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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Gems 4.144

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

 

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