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[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Van Gogh painted this in one of the darkest years of his life, and it might be the most hopeful thing he ever made...

The painting is Almond Blossoms, made by Vincent in 1890. Branches of white blossom open against a clear blue sky, and there is nothing sad in it anywhere, which is remarkable, because of when he painted it.

His brother Theo, the person who had loved and supported him his whole life, had just had a son, and named the boy Vincent, after his struggling uncle. When the news reached Van Gogh, he started painting right away.

He chose almond blossom on purpose. In the south of France the almond is the first tree to flower, sometimes as early as February, breaking into blossom while winter is barely over. It is the tree that announces that life is starting again. For a new baby carrying his own name, Van Gogh painted the most beautiful symbol he knew for new life.

He was, at that very moment, seriously ill. This was the period of his breakdowns in the asylum at Saint-Rémy, and not long after finishing the picture he suffered one of his worst attacks and could not paint for weeks. And yet what he made for his nephew has no shadow in it at all. He gathered whatever strength he had and poured all of it into something joyful, a gift for a child he wanted to welcome into the world.

Theo and his wife hung it above the piano in their home, and it stayed one of the most treasured paintings the family owned. The baby it was painted for, Vincent Willem van Gogh, grew up, kept it safe, and went on to found the museum in Amsterdam that holds most of his uncle's work to this day.

This, to me, is what makes the painting extraordinary: a man at the limits of his strength, who would be gone within months, looked at a new life just beginning and painted hope. He reached past everything that was breaking in him and made, for a baby, a picture that says the same thing the almond tree says every year: winter does not get the last word. Something is starting again…

[Health Nest @OurHealthNest]

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[Metabolic Factor @MetabolicFactor]

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[Rubab Ai @AiWithRubab]

According to Feng Shui, the mess in your house isn't random. It's a map of where the energy is stuck in your life.

Overflowing closet =

[SuzieJ @Squidgits]

This box has been open since this morning and no service truck in sight. Bellevue Square Park (Dundas & Bathurst) Toronto @Bell_Support

[Today In History @historigins]

The fastest way to clean silver. Just hot water, baking soda, salt, and foil. Science does the rest.

[Michelle Labs @MolecularLab_]

Healthy Chickpea peanut butter Cookies😋

[Chris Boettcher @chrisboettcher9]

Your doctor won't test for it.

Big Pharma can't patent the cure.

But chronic inflammation is behind nearly every disease killing Americans today like:

- Cancer
- Alzheimer's
- Heart disease.

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Simple movements to activate your obliques, burn calories, and build a stronger core.

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[South Dallas Foodie @SouthDallasFood]

No but seriously why are cats SO determined to be assholes?🤣😭

[Health & Living @HEALTH__LIVING]

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[Love Music @khnh80044]

Freddie is looking down and giving y'all a standing ovation. That's spectacular!😍💗
The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
With 30 musicians and singers in the STREET of Paris 😍
Cre : Julien Cohen Pianist

[Health & Living @HEALTH__LIVING]

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[Nostalgic Hubb @NostalgicHubb]

All-time favorite type of videos: pre-fame bands playing their extremely famous songs to a tiny room of people, because they're not yet known.

A thread of some examples 🪡

1. MGMT playing 'Kids' to a crowd of maybe 25 people on a college quad

[Earth_Wanderer @earth_tracker]

Some beautiful Places to Visit once in a lifetime.🧵

1. Lan Ha Bay, Cat Ba Island, Vietnam 🇻🇳

[Chris Boettcher @chrisboettcher9]

The secret cause of chronic disease Big Pharma doesn´t want you to know:

High cortisol.

It silently drives insulin resistance and heart disease but they can´t patent the cure...

Why? Because these 9 natural fixes cure it: 🧵

1. Nature bathing

[Lost Temples™ @LostTemple7]

A Heartwarming thread of animals being bros🧵

1. Man encounters curious giraffe

[Brett Boettcher @brettboettcher1]

High blood pressure is a silent killer.

50% of Americans have it and most don´t even realize...

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[Omer Osman @OmerOsman200]

Masai Ujiri’s tribute to Toronto.

Straight from the heart. 💜

From how he embraced the city, to establishing a winning culture through the highs and lows, Giants of Africa, fighting for human rights/women’s rights, to guaranteeing another championship in Toronto.

GOAT.