Love Letters Straight From the Heart

 Love letters ( Global).

Have we lost the art of letter writing?Have many lost the art of reading books?Has the internet killed ral Has reading books died as a pass time?I overheard a conversation between two teens.Lock down killed my enthusiasm for browsing in shops and also quite a bit on spending, except on food an more essentials.

I read a lot(I thought that’s great)the other replied…Yes so do I!I thought wow thats really good!

Yes, I spend a lot of time on eBay and Amazon…Oooops my heart  dropped instantly.

I once met Simon Paul Sutton,I walked into a coffee bar with a friend.About twenty people were writing love letters.There were colored pens and paper on every table.Would I like to write a love letter?

Simon had been into drugs and jail,transformed his life,became an actor.

Not quite like Metamorphasis by Franz Kaffka,where a man wakes up having transformed into a beetle but a transformation, never the less.

I drew cards and cut out shapes.One was a long dachshound… we were writing anonymous Love Letters.these were to be posted outside people houses to cheer people up.My message on the sausage dog was..This is a long tail/ tale….

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The idea was to place letters where people would find them to brighten their day,to watch from afar at the reaction.Messages were…I have seen you ,and admired you from afar you are amazing.

Simon Paul Suton grew up on a council estate, a one parent family.Simon later had an abusive stepfather.The area was tough and rough.simon quickly fell in with the wrong crowd taking drugs,smoking dope, stealing,belonged to a gang and became a professional burglar.A police raid on his house found drugs,arrested Simom and a prison sentence issued.Simon decided to change career and become an actor.

The lamdlords prized  pot plant where Simon hid his dope withered in front of the policemans eyes during the police raid,LOL.

Eventually he became a successful filmstar,but found it a shallow world,full of ego and pretense..

Then came a transformation to author,interviewer of people from all walks of society,traveling the world.

His interviews of musicians,writers,truth seekers became an inspiration during and after lock down.

One was a musician named DarPan living in Byron bay Australia,life durin lockdow didnt change much,he soent more time on the beach with his family,but his thoughts changed to people in cities in isolation.He decided to write more music and 1000 musicians went live to audiences on an 18 hour internet session.

Simon is on the left in the photo.

So…a love letter …

To all my friends here…you are all amazing!

Please post memes,gifs,trailers,videos,music to inspire and encourage others.The theme is to inpire,or about  books you enjoy,people who you admire,musicians or artists you like.

Remember please we do not discuss politics or religion here.

Lian

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What do you want most in life?LOVE,RICHES.HAPPINESS,PEACE,HEALTH?

 What is your choice?Love,Riches,Happiness,Peace,Health.Does the choice depend on age,geographical location,luck,good fortune?or circumstance?I have always believed we create our good, or bad fortune to some extent.two stories from two different people,the first is of an elderly lady I know, the second is about an alternative heath specialist that I follow.

Elsie was a church member who often baby sat two little boysq, that I looked after.One evening she was reading bedtime stories when she heard a window smash downstairs,she heard someone downstairs.She hid the two boys in two seperate cupboards and went down stairs.There was a burglar in the house.Elsie greeted the burglar warmly.Would you like a cup of tea? he agreed.When the police arrived he and Elsie were sitting in the kitchen drinking tea,when ghe police arrived and arrested him,How plucky was that.The younger boy had problems sleeping after that so I sat with him every night till he went to sleep.That could hae gon disastrously wrong,she didnt panic but used communication skills.

The second story is about Doctor Mark Hyman,his sister died and he went through a divorce.Mark Hyman set out on a pilgrimage to a monastery in Bhutan,unadorned,as no-one,with nothing,seeking inner happiness.His belief was that the cultivation of happiness is that every moment in life should be valued as life is precious.To awaken to appreciate every moment is one of lifes greatest achievements.His journey with his daughter started in Paro with his daughter with very little except a guide,provisions and sleeping bags in 2012.paro is nested at 7000 ft.he started to dream of reconnecting wiyh loved oned passed,waking up on cold bitter mornings.Everythingwas unfamiliar as he and his daughger set off to the sacred godess mountain to Jomolhaedi the roof top of the world.the journey was not pleasant,and caused him to confront his fears and limits of the body.He was struck with how little people owned and on his return to America sent blankets to alliviate cold and hardship to many.They walked and walked past villages,where roads,and electricity were still absent in many parts of the country.Time stretched like a vast ocean.Living in poverty the Bhutanese were gracious,kind and generous,and imbued with knowledge of  the impermanence of life and its cycles,of life death and rebirth.on his return to the States Mark Hyman became well known for alternative medicine,finding the root cause of illnesses and natural treatments with great success,

Share any experiences you have had,music,trailers memes of gifs on what you may find important in life,concerning your aims and what you believe to be important,be it love,moneyhappiness or health.

Please no religious comments or politics.

Stunning Places

There are beautiful places in this world

Some are STUNNING

But would you choose to be there,only a short time,a long time,for a holiday, live there or never?

Would you choose the beach,sea,mountains,a town or city,countryside,river,woods or forests?

Would you choose a place with interesting activities s,an exotic place,anywhere with friends?

Do you like hustle and bustle,lonely places?A hotel,historic places.amazing architecture,unusual foods

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Which continent would you choose?

Would you choose a place with a different culture or language,bother to learn a lamguag

Post memes gifs, memes, music,trailers,

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Enjoy

Lian