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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is an Osiria Rose, known for its striking colour combination.

The roses are blood-red on the inside and pure silvery-white on the outside.

[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

I needed to hear this today 💖

A pastor asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the morning breakfast.

"Lord, I hate buttermilk", the farmer began. The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wonder where this was going.
The farmer loudly proclaimed, "Lord, I hate lard." Now the pastor was growing concerned.

Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, "And Lord, you know I don't much care for raw white flour". The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn't the only one to feel uncomfortable.

Then the farmer added, "But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up that we don't like, when life gets hard, when we don't understand what you're saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing.

It will probably be even better than biscuits. Amen."

Within that prayer there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situations like we are experiencing in the world today.

Stay strong, my friends, because our LORD is mixing several things that we don't really care for, but something even better is going to come when HE is done with it.
💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

[Leah Douglas @leahjdouglas]

REUTERS - US JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CUTS TO NUMBER OF ROUTINELY RECOMMENDED VACCINES FOR CHILDREN, BLOCKS APPOINTMENTS OF 13 MEMBERS TO VACCINE PANEL

[Perle @veritebeaute]

A 40 ans Franz Kafka (1883-1924) qui ne s'est jamais marié et n'avait pas d'enfants, se promenait dans le parc de Berlin quand il rencontra une petite fille qui pleurait parce qu'elle avait perdu sa poupée préférée. Elle et Kafka ont cherché la poupée sans succès.
Kafka lui a dit de le rencontrer le lendemain et ils reviendraient la chercher.

Le lendemain, quand ils n'avaient pas encore trouvé la poupée, Kafka donna à la petite fille une lettre "écrite" de la poupée qui disait : " S'il te plaît ne pleure pas. J'ai fait un voyage pour voir le monde. Je vais t'écrire sur mes aventures."

C'est ainsi que commença une histoire qui se poursuit jusqu'à la fin de la vie de Kafka.

Lors de leurs rencontres, Kafka lisait les lettres de poupée soigneusement écrites avec des aventures et des conversations que l'enfant trouvait adorables.
Enfin, Kafka lui ramena la poupée (en acheta une) qui était de retour à Berlin.

"elle ne ressemble pas du tout à ma poupée", dit la petite fille.
Kafka lui a remis une autre lettre dans laquelle la poupée écrivait : "mes voyages m'ont changé."
La petite fille a embrassé la nouvelle poupée et l'a ramené toute heureuse à la maison.
Un an plus tard, Kafka est mort.

Plusieurs années plus tard, la petite fille désormais adulte a trouvé une lettre dans la poupée. Dans la minuscule lettre signée par Kafka, il y avait écrit :

"tout ce que tu aimes sera probablement perdu, mais à la fin l'amour reviendra d'une autre façon."

[Hesse Philosophy @HermannHessed]

“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”

— Cormac McCarthy

[Deep Psychology @DeepPsycho_HQ]

Wait until the storm comes.

[MAVERICK X @MAVERIC68078049]

There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the prize for the best corn grown. One year, a reporter interviewed him and discovered something interesting about the way he grew corn. The reporter discovered that the farmer shares his seeds with his neighbors. "Why does he share his best seeds with his neighbors if every year they compete with his own?" the reporter asked him.
"Why, sir?" the farmer replied, "didn't you know? The wind picks up the pollen from the ripe corn and swirls it from one field to another. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will constantly degrade the quality of my corn. If I want to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."
The same is true of our lives. Those who want to live good and meaningful lives must help enrich the lives of others, because the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches, and those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, because the well-being of each is linked to the well-being of all.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Czech climber Adam Ondra free climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Park.

[Eric Lécuyer @eric_lecuyer_]

La femme de Churchill parlait à un balayeur de rue.
- De quoi avez-vous parlé ? dit-il
- Il y a longtemps, il était amoureux de moi.
- Vous auriez donc pu être la femme d’un balayeur de rue aujourd’hui.
- Oh non... Si je l’avais épousé, il aurait été Premier ministre aujourd’hui

[HORSE RACING 100 @HORSERACING1002]

SEATTLE SLEW 🇺🇸1974
(BOLD REASONING-MY CHARMER BY POKER)
#SeattleSlew

[Lisa🌺 @NurseLJohn707]

When you arise in the morning think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
~Marcus Aurelius

[Aelith Loves Art𖣂 @aelith4ever]

Louis Legrand – The Apache's Supper, (1901)

[Roosevelt @RoeLee_]

@NurseLJohn707 Happy Friday Lisa

[Lisa🌺 @NurseLJohn707]

It's going to be OK.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded. sometimes destroyed.”

— Ernest Hemingway
The Storyteller, 1921.

[Sam Spade @RicksCafe349343]

Black Legion....Humphrey Bogart

[Roosevelt @RoeLee_]

Nobody told me there would be days like these, strange days indeed.
John Lennon

[Jstewartrr @jstewartrr]

Please Repost: Must Read Story

From Death's Door to Churchill Downs: The Awesome Hawaiian Story

A year ago, my daughter Sarah rescued three emaciated yearling thoroughbreds from a Louisiana kill pen—horses that didn't meet a $900 reserve price and were headed to slaughter. She named them Ed, Edd, and Eddie. They arrived barely clinging to life.

One of those horses was improving and after being checked out by Dr. Sutter he determined that the horse could start training as a racehorse. Now known as Awesome Hawaiian.

We sent him to trainer @wwaldenracing , who knows something about second chances. Will is a graduate of @StableRecovery1, a Kentucky program started by @TaylorMadeSales that helps people battling addiction rebuild their lives through learning much needed skills in the horse industry. When Will was ready to graduate from the program, he and his fellow graduates were given young horses to train as part of their recovery journey.

This year, Will's team won their first Grade 1 race—the highest level in thoroughbred racing.

Today at 3:26 PM, Awesome Hawaiian makes his race debut at Churchill Downs in Race 6.

Will recently told me: "Look. I want to be upfront with you. For what AH lacks in talent he makes up for in heart. The spot (race) isn't a guaranteed win. This is just a safe pool to jump in and will help us gauge where to go next. Will it surprise me if he wins? No, but our horses generally need a start. I do care for this guy a great deal because of his attitude he brings to work each day. He is lucky to have you because without you he wouldn't have a job and he loves his job."

AH may not win today. But he's already a winner. Today we can support him with a small bet and make him the favorite in the race letting the world and the industry know that we care about these animals and more importantly their story.

Awesome Hawaiian represents the underdog in all of us. He was literally on the verge of being dog food. He never gave up on himself. Today he represents every horse facing that fate, and every person fighting their own battles.

On our farm, we save as many of these animals as we can. On behalf of Ed, Edd, and Eddie—Awesome Hawaiian goes to the track today to inspire all of us that even when the world seems against us, even when we've been written off, it just takes one kind soul to have compassion, one person to believe, and one chance to prove that with the right attitude and showing up every day, we can achieve wonderful things.

Thank you Sarah and Will for giving AH a job and something to look forward to each day. Changing lives starts with one person giving another a chance, or second chance.

Join us @ChurchillDowns for race Race 6 @ 3:26 PM to get your free Awesome Hawaiian merchandise. All merchandise sells @resracingky always goes 100% to support our aftercare initiative.

🐴 #AwesomeHawaiian #SecondChances #StableRecovery @ChurchillDowns

[𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 @purelivn]

Tuscany, Italy