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✯ Hope all is well my friend...

✯ Happy Sunday....Have a wonderful week ahead......Stay safe

✯ André Rieu - O Fortuna....✯ Music Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJC-_j3S...

This video summing up 2020 has left netizens across the world praising it.......
There’s unlikely to be a year like 2020 any time soon and a video that compiles footage from some of the biggest global events is being praised on social media. The video features music composed and edited by Cee-Roo, an EDM artiste from Switzerland, and features a montage of visuals from events around the world. So there’s footage of the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests, the US elections, the Beirut blast, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the death of sporting stars like Kobe Bryant and Diego Maradona.

However, the video ends on an optimistic note with footage of frontline workers receiving applause, Joe Biden’s electoral victory, and police officials taking a knee during the Black Lives Matter protests.

We are not going to forget this year any time soon!

Brilliant...Every human on this planet should watch this video just to remember we all belong to humanity and we need to be respectful and unite to build a better world.
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Runtime:4min.... vimeo.com/492754620
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🔹 True and Inspiring Stories...........Kindness of Strangers

🔹 A Family’s Food Angel
While going through a divorce, my mother fretted over her new worries: no income, the same bills, and no way to afford groceries. It was around this time that she started finding boxes of food outside our door every morning. This went on for months, until she was able to land a job. We never did find out who it was who left the groceries for us, but they truly saved our lives.

🔹Seven Miles For Me
Leaving a store, I returned to my car only to find that I’d locked my keys and cell phone inside. A teenager riding his bike saw me kick a tire and say a few choice words. What’s wrong? he asked. I explained my situation. “But even if I could call my wife, I said, she can’t bring me her car key, since this is our only car. He handed me his cell phone. Call your wife and tell her I’m coming to get her key.That’s seven miles round trip. Don’t worry about it. An hour later, he returned with the key. I offered him some money, but he refused. Let’s just say I needed the exercise,” he said. Then, like a cowboy in the movies, he rode off into the sunset.
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🔹 My Granddaughter’s Dress
I saw a dress in a consignment shop that I knew my granddaughter would love. But money was tight, so I asked the store owner if she could hold it for me. May I buy the dress for you? asked another customer. Thank you, but I can’t accept such a gracious gift, I said. Then she told me why it was so important for her to help me. She’d been homeless for three years, she said, and had it not been for the kindness of strangers, she would not have been able to survive. I’m no longer homeless, and my situation has improved, she said. I promised myself that I would repay the kindness so many had shown me. She paid for the dress, and the only payment she would accept in return was a heartfelt hug.

🔹 I Can Still Help
As I walked through the parking lot, all I could think about was the dire diagnosis I had handed my patient Jimmy pancreatic cancer. Just then, I noticed an elderly gentleman handing tools to someone working under his stalled car. That someone was Jimmy. Jimmy, what are you doing? I yelled out. Jimmy dusted off his pants. My cancer didn’t tell me not to help others, Doc, he said, before waving at the old man to start the car. The engine roared to life. The old man thanked Jimmy and drove off. Then Jimmy got into his car and took off as well. Take-home message: Kindness has no limits and no restrictions.

🔹 Have a wonderful weekend.........*Take good care of yourself my friend.
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*Whoopi Goldberg and *Alexander Skarsgård Star in the TV Adaptation.....*The Stand
The official trailer for the much-anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s Novel..
........*The Stand is out and just as creepy as you could imagine.........

The Stand, based on King's legendary 1978 book about a global pandemic, will premiere Dec. 17 on CBS All Access, with episodes of the limited series dropping weekly.Set to an eerie, slowed down rendition of Bob Marley’s Everything's Gonna Be Alright, the new trailer features Whoopi Goldberg as the 108-year-old Mother Abagail Alexander Skarsgård as Randall Flagg, the Dark Man; and James Marsden as Stu Redman.

*Mother Abagail told us that there are two sides to the world. There’s the good and then there’s a deep well of darkness............. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2tviyrd...

May happiness locate you as you start this new month....I wish you have a peaceful and healthy and colorful month......*Happy November......Take Good Care Of Yourself My Friend.

Happy Birthday Arlene.

Have a great weekend..........Stay safe.

🔸 This Day In History........August 15th 1969
*On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock music festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New York town of Bethel. Promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang originally envisioned the festival as a way to raise funds to build a recording studio and rock-and-roll retreat near the town of Woodstock, New York. The longtime artists’ colony was already a home base for Bob Dylan and other musicians. Despite their relative inexperience, the young promoters managed to sign a roster of top acts, including the Jefferson Airplane, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many more.



... *Half a million people waited on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, for the three-day music festival to start. Billed as An Aquarian Experience 3 Days of Peace and Music, the epic event would later be known simply as Woodstock and become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Woodstock was a success.

*But the massive concert didn’t come off without a hitch Last-minute venue changes, bad weather and the hordes of attendees caused major headaches. Still, despite—or because of—a lot of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and rain, Woodstock was a peaceful celebration and earned its hallowed place in pop culture history.
🔸 Hope you are well...Enjoy the weekend and always stay safe.
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.....American Artist - Painter.......*Heather Theurer
Some stories begin on well-defined roads or with billboard accomplishments. But the story of an artist usually begins somewhere less noticeable, perhaps even unrecognizable to most. It is just such a beginning that gave life to the art of creator, Heather Theurer.

Although she was not able to obtain a formal education in art, all her studies of the natural world in addition to the works of great artists including the renaissance masters, the pre-raphaelites of the late 19th century and modern masters have influenced her work in a way she couldn’t imagine getting in a classroom.

... Her process in painting is constantly morphing as she applies new techniques, but most often consist of a multitude layers of paint and glazes as many as 20 or so in some cases, to reach the desired depth and detail that dominates her work.
Heather's paintings are constructed in the midst of a bustling family with five children in Las Vegas, Nevada. And although that poses a multitude of challenges of its own, her art has gone on to get the attention of USA Today, the LA Times and received recognition and awards from respected organizations such as Art Renewal Center, Artist's Magazine and Spectrum, among others.
Sending well wishes and plenty of sunshine your way to brighten up your day. Remember to keep your head up high and a smile on your face.....Wishing you well......Stay safe my friend.
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ᕼᗩᐯE ᗩ ᔕᗩᖴE ᗩᑎᗪ ᗯOᑎᗪEᖇᖴᑌᒪ ᗯEEK ᗩᕼEᗩᗪ...............ᔕTᗩY ᕼEᗩᒪTᕼY.

Swedish Artist - Painter - Illustrator.....☆ Alexander Jansson ....Creative imaginings
Alexander Jansson is a freelance artist born in Uppsala, Sweden, who lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has an offbeat and unique view of the world he creates. Sleeping House is his design studio. He specializes in cover art, illustration, character design, concept art and graphic design.







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Happy May....*Hope you and everyone you care for is in good health....Stay safe my friend.
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★Sir Elton Hercules John born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947,is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer.Raised in the Pinner area of London, John learned to play piano at an early age, and by 1962 had formed Bluesology, an RandB band with whom he played until 1967. John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists.He has received five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards, two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Tony Award, a Disney Legends award, and the Kennedy Center Honor.

Rocket Man
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6T...
Crocodile Rock
... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GJ04MpW...
I'm Still Standing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=swuzkq0Q...
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj-fbmiM...
Saturday Night’s Alright
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0oCb7qG...
Your Song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjSUghOn...
Little Jeannie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLS33TSz...
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8RTzF0Z...
Honky Cat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql_DNm6S...
Pinball Wizard
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E-rn5gk...
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything......*Athenian philosopher Plato.

★ᕼᗩᐯE ᗩ ᔕᗩᖴE ᗯEEKEᑎᗪ......ᔕTᗩY ᗯEᒪᒪ.
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*𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓......𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒏, *𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉.𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔, 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓.― 𝑫𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝑿𝑰𝑽...........𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝑴𝒚 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅.

ᗩᗰᕮᖇIᑕᗩᑎ ᗩᑌTᕼOᖇ KᖇISTᗩᑎ ᕼIGGIᑎS............ᒪIᖴᕮ ᗩᑎᗪ OTᕼᕮᖇ IᑎᑕOᑎᐯᕮᑎIᕮᑎᑕᕮS
★Kristan Higgins is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nearly twenty novels, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.She lives in Connecticut with her husband, two children....In this book, three generations of women in the London family come together one summer, including Genevieve, the unforgiving matriarch, so convinced of her own moral superiority and so broken from a long-ago loss, her adult granddaughter, Emma, who had to forge a life on her own after getting pregnant in high school; and Emma’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Riley, who is the key to bringing these estranged women together.
★ The summer is full of shocking secrets, surprising twists, and unexpected grace. Despite their differences, Genevieve and Emma love each other fiercely, and once Emma understands what Genevieve is truly up against, she turns woman warrior on her behalf while also creating a new life for herself and Riley in the place she’d never expected to come back to. Higgins explores another set of deeply affecting topics using engaging characters and a full spectrum of realistic emotions, humor, anger, anguish, and pride, among others, but above all, hope.
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A Publishers Weekly and USA Today Bestseller
A heart-wrenching page-turner told with warmth and humor...People Magazine
A rich testament to the power of second chances...Women’s World

ᕼᗩᑭᑭY SᑌᑎᗪᗩY......ᕼᗩᐯᕮ ᗩ ᗯOᑎᗪᕮᖇᖴᑌᒪ ᗯᕮᕮK ᗩᕼᕮᗩᗪ........STᗩY Sᗩᖴᕮ
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Incredible Artwork.................By Digital Artist Kelly Tan
Who most will know by her online username *LovePaperPlane* Kelly uses her iPhone and iPad to combine raw images into stunning fantasy pieces of art that transport you into another world.

🔹I’m a full-time mother and hobbyist artist from Malaysia. I love art, design and drawing. I enjoy spending my free time taking photographs and creating digital artworks.


🔹Watch This Toddler Give a Grieving Father a Surprise Hug
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZG1ZWPI...
🔹Jack Savoretti - Music Video...Candlelight
... www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE37p70U...

Happy March........Have a safe and wonderful week......Be well my friend.
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✯𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨.......𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙮 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝘼 𝙑𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙚
We all have struggles and burdens that we deal with on a daily basis. For untold thousands of people, they can carry hardships, misery, and a sense of doom with them for years.

✯𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙮 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝘼 𝙑𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙚 ......Once upon a time in a small mountain village, it was the custom for the villagers to strap on their knapsacks each morning. Then, during the day, each time they worried about something or felt depressed about a problem, they would pick up a small pebble and put it in their knapsack. The knapsacks were heavy and a burden to carry because the villagers never emptied them. They carried their burdens every day. It was all they knew.One day one of the village elders walked down to the river bank bent over from his knapsack full of burdens and noticed one of the small boys from the village skipping pebbles across the water. The boy’s knapsack was empty.What are you doing the old man asked. And why is your knapsack empty Why aren’t you carrying your burdens like the rest of us.I come down to the river bank at the end of each day, the boy said, and skip my pebbles across the water until my knapsack is empty. I see no reason to keep carrying them.The old man was stunned and so bent over from his knapsack full of burdens that he could hardly move. He had never seen anyone cast their burdens away like that. Would you like to try it the boy asked.The old man was hesitant, yet it seemed like such a good idea. Slowly he reached into his knapsack that was large and heavy from all the burdens he had accumulated over many years. He grabbed a pebble and studied it, recalling the burden of pain that he felt when he had placed it in his knapsack. He was so bent over that it was difficult to cast the burden away and watch it skip across the water and finally disappear, but he somehow did it..The boy smiled. The old man smiled also. It was easier than he thought to let go of the burden. Then he tossed another pebble, another burden, then another, and another. The boy stayed and watched. They built a fire and the old man kept throwing until his knapsack was at last empty. He felt so relieved.The next day the old man, standing straight and tall, told the other villagers what happened and how good he felt. They could see how happy he was, how he looked and acted like a different person. They were amazed.At the end of the day, all the villagers joined the old man and the small boy and went to the river bank and skipped their burdens across the water until their knapsacks were empty. They were amazed at how good and happy they felt. They never continued to hang onto their burdens again. A sign was erected at the entrance to the village that said.....
... 𝙄𝙏’𝙎 𝙃𝘼𝙍𝘿 𝙏𝙊 𝘽𝙀 𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙉 𝙔𝙊𝙐’𝙍𝙀 𝘾𝘼𝙍𝙍𝙔𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝙏 𝙊𝙉 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙇𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙎....
.....𝙇𝙀𝙏 𝙂𝙊 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀...

✯𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙..............𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚
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❤️ 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩. 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙......𝘽𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡. .....𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮