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Life Keep Changing

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The currents of life ever shift and change their flow.  Sometimes those changes bring challenges, other times, Blessings, and even less often, both.  This is one of those times.

Challenging, because I am in the midst of a life altering new direction.  Blessings, because this new direction shall allow my Beloved and I to share our lives together.  As it is Romantic Tuesday, I thought it a fitting time to announce my happy news.

No, sorry, no wedding bells pealing….not just yet anyway, but certainly a joyful occasion nevertheless.  You see, over the next few weeks, I will be moving to the Washington DC area where my Dear One and I shall embark upon sharing our lives together.  A new challenge in more than one respect, but a Blessing to be absolutely sure!

This change also will require me to take on a new job, which I have been searching for diligently over the past several months.  Again, very challenging without a doubt, but another opportunity to be Blessed and to Be A Blessing in new situations, with new co-workers and new patients.

After a great deal of consideration, I have come to the realization that I am going to need to take some time away, not only from my blog, but from social media overall, in order to retain my sanity. (sanity is, of course, a relative term!)

Therefore, while this announcement is Happy, I am also sorry to report that BnV will be silent for some time.  How much time I cannot say precisely, but be assured, I shall return.  I will also be working on putting the finishing touches/edits on a project I have been working on for, literally, 20+ years.  It is a Jane Austin style, romantic drama period piece set in the 1820′-30’s with, currently, over 147,000 words!  More on this to come…..

So until life once again settles back into a routine, I shall wish you all the Best Blessings, Happiness and Peace …..as well as Challenges….that life has to offer

#DailyThankfulnessJournal – Tender Love

 

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For the Tender Love that fills this Heart with Smiles….

Thank You!

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Day 58 of 365 of the Daily Thankfulness Journal Challenge

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Beautiful Photograph found on Google Image.  Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the original photographer..Thank You~

#DailyThankfulnessJournal – Lush

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For the Lush Beauty of a verdant mossy secluded spot…

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Day 57 of 365 of the Daily Thankfulness Journal Challenge

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Beautiful Photograph found on Google Image.  Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the original photographer..Thank You~

#DailyThankfulnessJournal – Adversity

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How like this Tree I Strive to be

Ever Growing

In spite of Adversity.

Thank you for Challenges that keep us growing.

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Day 56 of 365 of the Daily Thankfulness Journal Challenge 

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Photograph by Me

#DailyThankfulnessJournal – Storms

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For the Storms that bring Life’s True Treasures into clarity.

Thank You~

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Day 55 of 365 of the Daily Thankfulness Journal Challenge 

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Beautiful Photograph by Ryan Wunsch

#DailyThankfulnessJournal – Majesty

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For the Majesty of a Still Quiet Moment.

Thank You~

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Day 54 of 365 of the Daily Thankfulness Journal Challenge 

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Beautiful Photograph by Mark Muench

Music’s Mystery – #Music Inspired #Musings

I’ve heard it said that only human beings have been given the gift of music; that only people create songs, sing and serenade their souls with this most magical and uplifting form of communication and communion. Yet, should we not consider the song of the lark? The haunting ballads of the whales? The mournful call of the wolf? The robin’s lyrical laugh at dawn and dusk? The crickets that serenade the nighttide? The burbles of monkeys swaying in the trees? The laughing of the hyena?

Who is to say that in their melodic tunes, caterwauls, howls, wails, and other worldly vocalizations there is not some measure of music. Why should we be the only ones to sing praise, to croon our love, and to bewail our distress? How can we know, in truth, in honesty, that the deliberate scree of the hawk, the piercing bugle of the elk, the chattering of raccoon and ferret, and the murmurings of infrasonic elephant calls is not music to their ears?

Music is a form of communication that lifts the soul, expresses emotion, and brings one being into contact with another being. If this is, indeed, the definition of music (of which it is a form) then can that being not be one other than human? Does not one wolf join another when it sings? Does not the whale song change season to season and year to year, picked up by another whale to be carried on? Does not one roaring lion inspire the entire pride by its lusty cry?

Consider what the morning would sound like without the sweet music of the birds. Contemplate what the summer night might be when not a single chirrup, trill, drone or buzz lilted through the air. Ponder how deep and lonely the oceans would be without the drifting, breathtaking songs of the whales. Can you even imagine a mountain landscape without hearing the echoing howl of a wolf or the bubbling laugh of the loon?

If these sounds, that can captivate us and uplift our thoughts, our hearts and even our souls, are not music and do not do the same for all those who hear them, regardless of race, than perhaps, we must follow that course of logic and say that cave paintings are not art, tap is not dance, improvisation is not acting and free verse is not poetry.

Or perhaps, Music Teaches the Soul what the Heart Feels and Guides the Heart with what only the Soul can Truly Know.

 

 

~Morgan~

#DailyThankfulnessJournal – Simplicity

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For the Amazing Beauty of Simplicity.

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Day 53 of 365 of the Daily Thankfulness Journal Challenge 

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Beautiful Photograph Mystic Forest by Kristoff.  Thank you~

#WordlessWednesday – Incredible Captures

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Incredible Photographs found at:

Throwing Snow – http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Reflection – http://www.patrasevents.gr

ice cave – iceland-photo-tours.com

Frozen Bubble – http://www.jearaf.com

Frozen Wave – allday.com

Thank You~

#WordlessWednesday – Long Winter’s Night

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Beautiful Photographs found on Google Image Search. Credit acknowledged to the Original Photographers, Thank You!