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We open each meeting by asking a simple question: What is keeping you alive today? This allows us to revel in the sometimes small motions that get us to the Next Thing. Yes, I did not want to get out of bed this morning, but there was one single long shard of sunlight that stumbled in through a tear in my curtains, and the warmth of it hitting my arm got me to that first hour of living. There was my dog, who, on the mornings I do not want to get out of bed, will rest silently at my feet and wait for me to slowly emerge from under the covers, and seeing her reminds me that I do, in fact, have only one lifetime in which I can love this animal. As far as I know, we will love each other only here, for a while, and that is worth seeing what I can make out of a few hours, even when I’m wrecked with despair.

Hanif Abdurraqib, In Defense of Despair

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cleo's garden

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It flies forwards and backwards hovering in the breeze it embroiders the most beautiful patterns in the air and is a sublime master in the art of flying. "I love the way you fly", the flower said to the hummingbird, as it offered it some nectar. "Who is your Muse and by which bird are you inspired when you fly? " "I have no Muses nor heroes", the hummingbird replied as it kissed the flower. "The sky is free when it paints as is the wind when it sculpts and the storm when it sings and mankind when it dreams."

'The Dance Of The Hummingbird', by Gianfranco Aurilio

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don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers, plant your own garden - xoxo.

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artist: brunna mancuso

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g l a m o r i i z e d

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Atlantic Puffins. The adult puffins return to the cliffs around 21:00 to bring food back to the nests, and the golden hour light is perfect for photographs.

photos by me. 2025-06-07, Runde, Norway. Our trip was so, so wonderful.

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