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Trust in me, just in me
Shut your eyes and trust in me
You can sleep safe and sound
Knowing I am around
Slip into silent slumber
Sail on a silver mist
Slowly and surely your senses
Will cease to resist
Trust in me, just in me
Shut your eyes and trust in me
The Python's song in The Jungle Book.
Squirreled away in a steep, sheltered valley on the west bank of the River Tamar, this sprawling National Trust garden surrounds a striking medieval house. This 15th Century house with its historical garden and woodland has inspired artists, keen gardeners and wildlife enthusiasts throughout the centuries. The formal gardens outside the main house overlook a valley garden with a medieval dovecote, pond, Victorian summerhouse and 18th-century tower.
Even the most energetic garden-goers won't get to discover the whole 1,289 acres that the estate covers, but this is the perfect garden for walkers who don't mind climbing the steep valley sides. Meander through the 15 acres of formal gardens, before wandering into over 250 acres of mature woodland, where the spectrum of changing colours is at its best beneath the autumn canopies. Arrive early in the day to catch the best of the wildlife that thrives along the reed-beds and riverbank, but if you want to buff-up on your history then follow one of the scheduled guided walks.
We didn't spend too long in the house; it was too pleasant and sunny outside, and with the windows shuttered to preserve the tapestry wall hangings the house seemed gloomy and oppresive. By the time we made our way to the formal gardens late afternoon the sun had come round, leaving the house in shade, but we found a sunny bench at the end of the garden and sat for a while, pouring tea from the Thermos we had brought with us.
I feel like I need to finish something. Uploading this picture I have nothing else to place here. I'm empty. I need novelty. I hope I can take some pictures this weekend though. I have so many projects in my mind... I feel desperate when I realize this year is almost meeting the end and I could not do some things I planned for me.
Some things will never meet the end. Things originally perceived as projects I fear they may become memories. Inner panic. This is not a lack of hope at all. This is a personal statement based on my self-confidence and my trust.
Time will tell.
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"Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts." Rita Mae Brown
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The Bible’s Viewpoint
Does Romantic Love Justify Premarital Sex?
IN ONE survey almost 90 percent of teenagers polled felt that premarital sex is not wrong when the two parties love each other. This thinking is reflected in and often condoned by the media. Television and films routinely portray sexual activity as a normal result of a romantic attachment.
Of course, those who want to please God do not look to the world for guidance, recognizing that it reflects the thinking of its ruler, the Devil. (1 John 5:19) They also take care not to be governed purely by their feelings, knowing that “the heart is more treacherous than anything else and is desperate.” (Jeremiah 17:9) Rather, those who are truly wise look to the Creator and to his inspired Word for direction.—Proverbs 3:5, 6; 2 Timothy 3:16.
Sex Is a Divine Gift
“Every good gift and every perfect present is from above, for it comes down from the Father of the celestial lights,” says James 1:17. Sexual intimacy within the marriage arrangement is one of those precious gifts. (Ruth 1:9; 1 Corinthians 7:2, 7) It enables humans to procreate, and it also helps a husband and wife to bond physically and emotionally in a very tender and pleasurable way. “Rejoice with the wife of your youth,” penned ancient King Solomon. “Let her own breasts intoxicate you at all times.”—Proverbs 5:18, 19.
Naturally, Jehovah wants us to benefit from and rejoice in his gifts. To that end, he has also given us the very best laws and principles to live by. (Psalm 19:7, 8) Jehovah is “the One teaching you to benefit yourself, the One causing you to tread in the way in which you should walk.” (Isaiah 48:17) Would our heavenly Father—the very personification of love—deprive us of something that is truly good?—Psalm 34:10; 37:4; 84:11; 1 John 4:8.
Sex Before Marriage Is Unloving
When a man and a woman unite in wedlock, they become “one flesh,” as it were. When two unmarried people have sexual relations, also called fornication, they too form “one body”—but one that is unclean in God’s eyes. What is more, such unions are unloving. How so?—Mark 10:7-9; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10, 16.
For one thing, fornication is sex without genuine commitment. And besides undermining self-respect, it can result in disease, unwanted pregnancy, and emotional pain. Above all, it violates God’s righteous standards. Hence, fornication reflects little or no regard for the present and future welfare and happiness of the other person.
For a Christian, fornication is also an encroachment upon the rights of his or her spiritual brother or sister. (1 Thessalonians 4:3-6) For example, professed servants of God who indulge in sex outside marriage bring uncleanness into the Christian congregation. (Hebrews 12:15, 16) Also, they deprive the one with whom they commit fornication of a clean moral standing and, if the other person is single, of entering into a possible future marriage morally chaste. They also stain the good record of their own family, as well as wrong the family of their sexual partner. Finally, they show a disregard for God, whom they have hurt by violating his righteous laws and principles. (Psalm 78:40, 41) Jehovah, in turn, will ‘exact punishment’ for all such bad deeds committed by unrepentant individuals. (1 Thessalonians 4:6) Is it any wonder, then, that the Bible tells us to “flee from fornication”?—1 Corinthians 6:18.
Are you in love and planning to marry? Then why not use your courtship to build a solid foundation of mutual trust and respect? Think: How can a woman fully trust a man who has shown himself lacking in self-control? And how easy is it for a man to cherish and honor a woman who disregards God’s law in order to satisfy her romantic feelings or to please the man?
Remember, too, that those who reject God’s loving standards reap what they sow. (Galatians 6:7) “He that practices fornication is sinning against his own body,” says the Bible. (1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 7:5-27) True, if a couple who engaged in premarital sex truly repent, work hard to restore their relationship with God, and strengthen their trust in each another, negative feelings may eventually abate. Still, their past conduct usually leaves a scar. One young couple, who are now married, bitterly regret having committed fornication. ‘Are our marital disagreements somehow a result of this unclean foundation?’ the husband sometimes asks himself.
True Love Is Unselfish
While it may be accompanied by romantic feelings, true love “does not behave indecently” or “look for its own interests.” (1 Corinthians 13:4, 5) Instead, it works toward the other person’s welfare and everlasting happiness. Such love impels a man and a woman to honor each other and to accord sexual intimacies their proper, God-given place—the marriage bed.—Hebrews 13:4.
The feelings of trust and security that make for a truly happy marriage are especially important when babies arrive, for God purposed that children grow up in a loving, stable, and secure environment. (Ephesians 6:1-4) Only in marriage do two people truly commit to each other. In their heart, and often orally as well, they vow to care for and support each other through good times and bad for the rest of their lives.—Romans 7:2, 3.
Sexual intimacies between a husband and wife can strengthen their bond. In a happy marriage, partners also find sexual intimacy more pleasurable and meaningful—and without cheapening the union, troubling the conscience, or disobeying the Creator.
Early-1980's Cadillac Sedan DeVille (1980, '81 or '82).
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Downtown, The Loop, Chicago, Illinois.
Friday, March 1, 2019.
A couple at the High Line had an exercise in trust; sure enough, she was caught safely enough, although there was a brief moment where it looked like things were going south.
I deliberated a fair amount on flip-flopping patron-patron and library-library, but ultimately, I have more faith in our patrons to trust one-another than I do our staff. Oh well.
13/365: When I give my heart to you I trust that we will go through happy & sad times, just promise to never throw my heart away...
Feb. 21, 2022: During arm negotiations with the former Soviet Union, Pres. Ronald Reagan was quoted, "Trust but Verify." On Presidents Day, I found the quote being used for Covid-19 restrictions at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library cafeteria in Simi Valley. 56/365
Industrial Trust Tower | Walker & Gillette / George Frederick Hall
Providence | Rhode Island
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Does life ever give us the chance to trust someone with our whole heart and never ask them to promise they wont tell anyone?
This is a big moment for us...to be allowed to drive Sid's beautiful tractor...only across the field mind, was a real moment of trust between us and we were all smiling like Cheshire cats.
I couldn't honestly think of a better way of spending a Sunday afternoon in the company of this marvellous man...slogging our guts out in the heat and being rewarded with this magic moment!
Another wander around Standen (National Trust) and I thought I'd snapped all the chairs there, but nope, I found 5 more :))))
A country house in Llandegai, Bangor, Gwynedd. in the form of a Norman castle. It was originally a medieval fortified manor house, founded by Ednyfed Fychan. In 1438, Ioan ap Gruffudd was granted a licence to crenellate and he founded the stone castle and added a tower house. Samuel Wyatt reconstructed the property in the 1780s.
The present building was created between about 1822 and 1837 to designs by Thomas Hopper, who expanded and transformed the building beyond recognition. However a spiral staircase from the original property can still be seen, and a vaulted basement and other masonry were incorporated into the new structure. Hopper's client was George Hay Dawkins-Pennant, who had inherited the Penrhyn estate on the death of his second cousin, Richard Pennant, who had made his fortune from Jamaican sugar and local slate quarries. The eldest of George's two daughters, Juliana, married Grenadier Guard, Edward Gordon Douglas, who, on inheriting the estate on George's death in 1845, adopted the hyphenated surname of Douglas-Pennant.
t is built in a sombre style which allows it to possess something of the medieval fortress air despite the ground-level drawing room windows. Hopper designed all the principal interiors in a rich but restrained Norman style, with much fine plasterwork and wood and stone carving. The castle also has some specially designed Norman style furniture, including a one ton slate bed made for Queen Victoria when she visited in 1859.
Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant, 4th Lord Penrhyn, died in 1949, and the castle and estate passed to his niece, Lady Janet Pelham, who, on inheritance, adopted the surname of Douglas-Pennant. In 1951 the castle and 40,000 acres (160 km²) of land were accepted by the Treasury in lieu of death duties from Lady Janet. It now belongs to the National Trust.