I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
“Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice; ask questions; be curious; see what you see; hear what you hear; and then act upon what you know to be true. These intuitive powers were given to your soul at birth.”
-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo by Cocoparisienne, Pixabay
“I don’t know what it is, and I don’t want to know because it’s too precious for me. I don’t want to destroy it by knowing it. I want to be in wonder the whole time.” -Marne van den Heever
One of the people I follow on Patreon, Green Revolution, recently published this story about Marne and his dog Tripod. When speaking about his relationship and love for Tripod and about how much this has changed and enriched his life, Marne said what is quoted above (Minute 3:19). I found what he said to be beautiful and true of all love. Love changes us profoundly, whether given, received or mutual. Words don’t convey the wonder of love, no matter how hard we may try. But, we’ll always keep trying, so we’ll always have songs and poetry and great stories, like this one.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo by 3938030, Pixabay
“I wonder,” said Frodo, “But I don’t know. And that’s the way of a real tale. Take anyone that you’re fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of tale it is, happy ending or sad ending, but the people in it don’t know, and you don’t want them to.” -J.R.R. Tolkien
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photographer unknown.
I was thinking as I read this quote that the opposite might be true as well. Then again, some people do come into our lives — and, as a society, into many millions of lives — who are either a blessing or a lesson. Both strengthen us in different ways, but I prefer the creative types (like Elvis♥) who bless us a lot more than the evil mouth-breathers — and I’m not talking about Darth. He ultimately acted with honor and was redeemed.
Have a great weekend.
♡. under1000skies
☼ A “Giftivism” Initiative ☼
We are photographers,
writers, artists & advocates
serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
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I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s a request for your light-filled ¤ Gems ¤
This quote was posted today on the London Libraries Twitter page. I loved it and thought it was a perfect way to announce the theme for February and, really, for the rest of 2018.
☼ Tell us a story ☼
Tell us about something that lights your heart.
Tell us about how you journeyed out of the dark.
Tell us about your passion. What makes your heart sing?
Tell us, how do you manage to bring
joy to every single day, every day of every year?
Please tell us your story. We so want to hear it, and
Most of all, tell us who, what, where, when and why
You love. What makes you laugh out loud? and cry?
“We owe it to each other to shares stories,” and then
“The first duty of love is also to listen.”
(We will.)
Submission Guidelines
500 words or less.
Must be uplifting, inspiring and/or humorous.
It must be your story.
G rated for all audiences.
A link to your site is ideal.
Your photos and/or artwork always welcome.
Any copyright/collection information.
How you want your name to appear.
Anonymous submissions are fine.
Quote submissions with the “story” as theme also welcome.
♡. under1000skies
☼ A “Giftivism” Initiative ☼
We are photographers,
writers, artists & advocates
serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
The theme for July is “freedom.” If you have a favorite quote about freedom, please let us know.
As always, we would love to feature your creative visions! If you would like to contribute photos, art work, short poems/stories, quotes, time, etc., please see our “About Us” page for details. When we show each other what we find beautiful, we get a glimpse into each others’ hearts.
May you find joy every day of your journey through life,
☼ A “Giftivism” Initiative ☼
We are photographers,
writers, artists & advocates
serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s what’s happening this week on ¤ under1000skies ¤
This week we featured three photos from Alisa Reagan
and one from Niki Flow
Thank you for donating your beautiful photos! ♡
During 2017, we will be working to build both websites and have them up and running as soon as possible. As you may have read, thanks to Bay Area Web Designers, we received a free year of hosting for our Domestic Violence advocacy and survivor site, Moonsongs.net which will go live by the end of March. This will be a sister site to under100oskies.org. Very often, women and children who are victims of domestic violence and other violent crimes become homeless.
One of our photographers and volunteer coordinator, Niki Flow, spent years with her youngest son homeless. Niki lost her home and the contents of her home due to DV and stalking. Most of that time, she and her son did not spend on the street but in DV shelters, with friends and family. Domestic violence was also the cause of the death of her youngest son, Samuel Christopher. Since then, Niki and her two older sons, Benjamin and Joseph, have been passionate about helping those who are homeless and who have been through trauma become — not just survivors — but a strong, connected tribe of thrivers.
We’ll be using the Under1000skies.com site for our new store (coming soon!), and 100 percent of the profits from our products sold there will go to buy artist packs. We’ll be selling things like cards, stationary and mouse pads using Niki Flow’s heart-people drawings, like the one above. The under1000skies.org site is where we’ll have our artist gallery and daily photos.
This weeks TGIF is a cool #freebiefriday thanks to Liz Stevens Art. She tweeted this today:
Thanks to
@thehandmadehome for this gorgeous FREE printable planner that I’ve been using for 3 years
The Handmade Home 2017 Planner
I can’t wait to print this and start using it. Such a beautiful gift to the world! *cheering wildly* Thanks so much Ashley and Liz!! ♥
The theme for the month of December is “joy.” If you have a favorite quote about “joy,” please leave a comment! As always, we would love to feature your creative visions. When we show each other what we find beautiful, we get a glimpse into each others’ hearts.
May you find joy every day.
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