Paddlin thru it

Just paddlin thru life’s challenges and the physical, mental and spiritual journey to persevere. I’m just paddling thru it.

Stand Up Paddle boarding - SUP’s as their called, is my plan to build back by chest muscles, my mind and my heart. Join me if you like on my journey to health.

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28/12/2023

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‘Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.

Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely.

It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing.

We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.

One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times.

The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire.

To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these, to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity.

Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.
If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.

There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it. I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate...

In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall:
When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.’

You Were Made For This
By Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Artist: Samuel Véronneau

28/12/2023

The Bewlay Brothers - 2015 Remaster David Bowie · Song · 1971

28/12/2023

Can't You See Waylon Jennings · Song · 1976

28/12/2023

The Last Cowboy Song The Highwaymen, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson · Song · 1985

28/12/2023

To all of you special couples planning your next year together, you got it going on, keep showing the world how it’s done. It warms our hearts. You are our inspiration. faith love respect

Cold Shot Stevie Ray Vaughan · Song · 1984

28/12/2023

Cold Shot Stevie Ray Vaughan · Song · 1984

27/12/2023

You know where I will be.

Don't forget to look up 😱🌕

27/12/2023

🎄🦝🎄

24/12/2023

CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (from DreamWorks Animation's "TROLLS") Justin Timberlake · Song · 2016

21/12/2023

Oh how I wish he was here, but I know he can hear me

My father,
sturdy and stoic as the trunk of a giant oak,
and from whose branches I swung and leapt wildly….
Thank you for allowing me to fall.
And fail.
And fail.
And fail until I learned my lessons,
standing tall.
There are things I want to say
before it’s too late.
Things I’m afraid of still.
Words I’m not ready to speak.
You are the greatest man I’ve ever known.
A comment you’d likely scoff at, though couldn’t be truer.

I can’t imagine my world without you in it.
I won’t allow myself to.
Not yet. Not ever.

I’m sorry for every time I’ve let you down.
For every minute wasted in worry,
which should have been spent enjoying life and living it fully.
It breaks my heart to know that I’ve broken yours at times.
That despite your courage and bravery
you shook with fear for me.

For whatever it’s worth,
I’d go back and do it all differently.
I’d follow your advice to the edge of the earth,
knowing it sound.
I’d learn my lessons the first time,
then spend our days laughing together instead.
I’d repay you for the million little lessons instilled.
I’m ill prepared for what’s awaiting.
You are my pillar
and spine.
My compass,
my lighthouse
my lifeline.

Perhaps the greatest of all the lessons imparted
were the ones you allowed me to learn
for myself.
Lessons I’ll spend my life discovering and appreciating.
Your burly grit is the single reason I won’t quit.
You showed me how to fix broken things.
Starting with me.
I don’t run away anymore.
I face my flaws
and look them square in the eyes.
Just as you would.
Your hands move my own.
Your ferocity resides inside me.
Power passed down and carried with me now.
You will forever be larger than life,
and the backbone of mine.

I refuse to say
“I hope I make you proud”,
because you deserve so much more
than hope.
Your love is the greatest badge of honor
I’ll ever wear.
A legacy handed down that lives on through me.

And I will make you proud.

J. Raymond
"Gruff & Grumble"
From The Kindred Project: Vol. 1
Signed & Personalized Books are available through the link tagged in photo.
Or unsigned thrift Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Much love! Don't hesitate to reach out if I can help in any way.

📸 credit: Ed Killesteyn

21/12/2023

A little motivation from F**kology 🙌😂

Maybe hold back on that city destroying, building them bigger and better sounds more positive ✌️

❤️ Trudi Jane