To Be or Not To Be

That is the question, will these kind and welcoming posters remain on the school walls, or shall they be ripped from existence? Yet to be determined as I mentioned in my Saturday post, and that may all change at tonight's school board meeting. On the agenda it states there will be a discussion and then a vote on removal. 

Above are the posters on the chopping block.

#allchildrenmatter

All Are Welcome Here

Kindness is Always Welcome

Agree to Disagree 

and I respect your opinions.

(my favorite quote)

We will never all agree on everything, thank goodness what a boring world that would be. Image if we all loved the color red and no other colors to be worn? I don't even like the color red.

Although at tonight's meeting I will wear a shirt that Target has given to their employees to wear whenever and especially when we volunteer at Target events.

Kindness and politeness are not 

overrated at all

They're underused.

Tommy Lee Jones

Thanks for sharing time with me

 and I'll let you all know which way the board will go.

I've posted this photo before. I'm in the center and I'm sharing a volunteer event of "Feed My Hungry Children" with fellow team members from our place of work. Aren't we a sweet bunch!

Faces Around Town

 The street is my runway, the city is my playground.

 Things to see, places to go. People to snap.

I open this post with David McNally an author that gave a witty presentation at our recent District 5M6 Midwinter Convention. He's brought his recent book

 If You're Alive 

Your Mission on Earth Isn't Finished Yet.

David with his grandson.

David believes, in the transcendent nature of the human spirit. No matter our age, we can stay engaged in life in a way that ensures living is always meaningful and fulfilling.

Yes, I was one of many who bought his book.

Seeing faces that aren't actually faces.

Often called a mysterious pareidolia phenomenon.

Seeing a face that isn't really there. Can you see it?

Did you know that July 19th is observed for

 "Stick out your tongue day?"

Why not,

Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor?

Rumi

Be inspired by little things.

When you let go of who you are,

You become who you might be.

Rumi

Clowning around is the best way to learn.

Every day is a new opportunity to be the best clown you can be.

Unfold your own myth.

You are the universe in ecstatic motion. 

Rumi

Respond to every call that excites your spirit.

Rumi

Your boundaries are your quest.

Rumi

Thanks for stopping in and for your comments.

Take good care of you.

Experience More and Critters

 I hope you're all staying warm during this strange weather we're all experiencing.

Welcome to another

 SATURDAY'S CRITTER Post

and I'm also posting to City Daily Photo.

Explore. Experience, and push beyond your usual limits.

Your Why Matters

Critters Matter.

Clearly animals know more than we think.

Animals are my favorite kind of people.

Explore, learn, see how other living beings live/survive. Step out of your everyday routine, not as something you have to do, but rather what you chose to do. Broaden your surroundings. 

Bring young people along.

"It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength." 

Maya Angelou

There is Power in Unity.

"I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot;

 together we can do great things."

Mother Teresa

K-9's are not just animals; they are partners who play a crucial role in public safety." 

K-9 Officers have a unique partnership and special bond, and their relationship is built on trust, loyalty and teamwork.

"It's not about finding meaning to your work and life; it's about bringing meaning to your work and life!"

Justin Jones-Fosu

My friend Karen's kitty cat at a birthday party! I couldn't resist her pose!

Surprise, surprise, the rare and uncommon critter to hold!

Can you spot one of my special Gnomes in the photo above?

Can you imagine this group of posters below that are currently on display in a Lakeville school have been opposed by some and will be brought to the school board for a decision to remove or allow?

Do you ever wonder sometimes, what kind of world do live in where these can be thought ill of?

Lately it seems I can't say this enough.

Your Why Matters.

What you do matters, but why you do it matters so much more.

Small acts of kindness and little things in everyday life have immense contributions.

We're all in this journey of life together. Every act that helps another is always important. 

After a Lions meeting on a frozen tundra of an evening while leaving the grocery store with coffee, milk and a loaf of bread I followed behind a woman carrying just a box of diapers and I felt the urge to say during our essential needs shopping on what was -12 below by saying, "We do this because of important things like coffee, milk and bread that we're out this late," and she exclaimed, Coffee! Oh, thank you I came for coffee too!"

Plan more outings before it's too late. Live with intention, Dare. Laugh. Share. Play. Listen Well. Talk to people. Practice wellness. Bring more kindness to wherever you go.

 Thanks for sharing time here and take good care of you.

Best of the Year

 City Daily Photo theme for January 2025 

is Best of the Year

Stillwater, Minnesota

(January 2024)

One of my favorite river towns.

A photograph is the pause button on life.

Ty Holland

"All You Need is Love."

"You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved."

Ansel Adams

Above photo is from downtown Stillwater.

One of my favorite pastimes is checking out the snow artists.

Adventures? Can't live without them.

"Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure."

J. K. Rowling

Thanks for stopping by and gifting me with your thoughts.

Take good care of you.