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Weekly Travel Theme: Freedom

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Ailsa has challenged us to show how our travels have taught us about :FREEDOM

You can see how others have approached the topic at:

http://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/12/12/travel-theme-freedom/

Here are my thoughts:

“Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

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I have found some of the greatest freedom of expression among those who have had the hardest of lives. JE Lillie

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Here lies the evening sky over Galway Bay

“Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain’t comin’ back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me
There’s no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can’t take the sky from me…”
― Mutant Enemy/Joss Whedon

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The crucifix in the chapel at Kylemore Abbey

“He whom the Son sets free is free indeed.” John 8:36

Skywatch Friday: 12-12-14

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Every Friday a bunch of bloggers post pictures of the heavens around themselves and call it Skywatch Friday. Find out a little bit about the rules and follow along at

http://skyley.blogspot.com/2008/06/da-rulez.html

While this is no where near where I am today it is a piece of the sky I dearly love to remember!

The Atlantic Sky from the Giant's Causeway

                                                              The Atlantic Sky from the Giant’s Causeway

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bridges

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http://ceenphotography.com/2014/12/09/cees-fun-foto-challenge-bridges/

This week Cee has challenged us to display the idea behind BRIDGES  with our photography.

Please click the link above to see how Cee’s other contributors have displayed the concept.

Here are my thoughts:

I think Isaac Newton was right when he said,

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The footbridge in Delft

The footbridge in Delft

This world desperately needs  more bridges and more bridge-builders.

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After all bridges are those things we cross to meet each other. Somehow we have come to think that f we cross over to meet people on the other side of things  that means we are coming into total agreement with them. Who taught us that?

Did Christ agree with us in our sin when He went to the cross for us? When he bridged the gap between God and man was that a tacit acceptance of or an agreement with our sin?

Or was it simply a sign that He understood that unless He came to us there was no way we were going to come back to Him?

A Celtic Cross in the cemetery atop the Rock of Cashel

The cross is the greatest bridge ever made.

If God crossed such a great divide to reach us, how is it that we think we are required to do less in coming to the side of those we disagree with? If Jesus could love and pray for those who wanted to kill Him (while never coming into agreement with them) are we to do any less in our current disagreements?

Now there’s a meditation to be thunk on for a bit!

One Word Photo Challenge: Eminence and the Color Is Purple!

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This is a new challenge for me and always as I dive in I am a bit nervous hoping I am doing it right. Jennifer has asked us to show the theme eminence using the color purple.

Eminence is…fame or recognized superiority, especially within a particular sphere or profession:  or a piece of rising ground

The Famous Keukenhof Crocuses

                                                                                           The Famous Keukenhof Crocuses

To see how others interpreted the theme go to:

http://jennifernicholewells.com/2014/12/09/one-word-photo-challenge-eminence/

Weekly Travel Theme Slow

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This week Ailsa has asked us to travel with her to the land of : SLOW.

You can mosey on over to her place and see how others have interpreted the theme by going to:

http://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/12/05/travel-theme-slow/

Here are my takes on the subject…

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Snow is one of the few things that actually slows me down. When it’s impossible to drive you have to say no to activity. I love those mornings when the only sound you can hear in the neighborhood is the sound of snow falling and the slicing of shovels.

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These fishermen in Killarney were taking it slow.

“Love has something to do with recognition, We can be fascinated by the unknown, we can be attracted by it, but love is something that grows, slowly, in an atmosphere of trust.” Peter HoegIreland 517

 

I wonder how slowly this heart was formed and for whom?