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Prelude to spring
Thank you Becky ( LoonMagic2020) for your testimonial. My apologies for not reading it sooner. Due to sheer ignorance (I think), I didn't know how these testimonials worked until it was pointed out to me. You have been a constant presence since my early days here in flickr. For your generous spirit and friendship, thank you.
My thoughts for today:
~Michele Starkey
"There is something so wonderful, so resilient about the human spirit. It raises above the ashes of the tragedy of 911, above the sinking ships in Pearl Harbor, the earthquakes on the West Coast and it is by no means limited to the American spirit. One needs only to take a look at the Tsunami victims as they rebuild their cities to understand the fact that all life is worth living and the efforts to survive. It is the ability for humans to look up and lift up, the awesome power of hope. Hope for a better day. Hope that the sun will shine again - and it always has. Hope that the good inside of every human being will always outweigh the evil in a few men.
Hope will rebuild New Orleans and Biloxi. Hope will rekindle the fire inside of a devastated people and a destroyed city. There will be hope that help will arrive and it is coming. In the form of an Engine company from NYC that has experienced search and rescue teams and the will to drive eighteen hours to a ravaged part of our country. Help in the form of thousands of donations pouring in through the Red Cross, Samaritan's Purse and other not-for-profit organizations. Help will arrive, time will heal, and hope will allow the people to persevere.
A friend of mine sent an email that stated the following: A bumblebee will die inside of an open jar. It will never try to escape because it will not look up. It will bump into the sides of the glass repeatedly and consistently. It will die inside of an open jar. Thank God we have been given the ability to look up. We have hope. "
"If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream."
- Martin Luther King
Prelude to spring
Thank you Becky ( LoonMagic2020) for your testimonial. My apologies for not reading it sooner. Due to sheer ignorance (I think), I didn't know how these testimonials worked until it was pointed out to me. You have been a constant presence since my early days here in flickr. For your generous spirit and friendship, thank you.
My thoughts for today:
~Michele Starkey
"There is something so wonderful, so resilient about the human spirit. It raises above the ashes of the tragedy of 911, above the sinking ships in Pearl Harbor, the earthquakes on the West Coast and it is by no means limited to the American spirit. One needs only to take a look at the Tsunami victims as they rebuild their cities to understand the fact that all life is worth living and the efforts to survive. It is the ability for humans to look up and lift up, the awesome power of hope. Hope for a better day. Hope that the sun will shine again - and it always has. Hope that the good inside of every human being will always outweigh the evil in a few men.
Hope will rebuild New Orleans and Biloxi. Hope will rekindle the fire inside of a devastated people and a destroyed city. There will be hope that help will arrive and it is coming. In the form of an Engine company from NYC that has experienced search and rescue teams and the will to drive eighteen hours to a ravaged part of our country. Help in the form of thousands of donations pouring in through the Red Cross, Samaritan's Purse and other not-for-profit organizations. Help will arrive, time will heal, and hope will allow the people to persevere.
A friend of mine sent an email that stated the following: A bumblebee will die inside of an open jar. It will never try to escape because it will not look up. It will bump into the sides of the glass repeatedly and consistently. It will die inside of an open jar. Thank God we have been given the ability to look up. We have hope. "
"If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream."
- Martin Luther King