Prayers for Peace

My prayers are for the Ukrainian people, particularly the children. May their fears be snuffed out by the peace of a strong faith and the perseverance of endless hope. My prayers are for our world leaders. May these leaders only hear and react to the quiet wisdom and guidance that is imparted to all of us by the Divine, for the highest good of us all. May peace reign.

Gandhi quote "The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace"

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” – Malcom X

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.” – Black Elk

“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” – Helen Keller

“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations… entangling alliances with none.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.” – Elie Wiesel

Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.

PYAHT-nee-tsuh Is Russian For Friday

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So, it turns out that the FaceApp that I wrote about earlier in the week, the app that shows you what you will likely look like when you are old (honestly, bad idea from the start, right?!?), is probably run by the Russians in order to steal all of our data. I have to thank our son for handing us over to the Russians on a silver platter, all for a few cheap laughs. My husband says that we’ll be vacationing in Siberia next year. Needless to say, FaceApp will no longer be on my list of Friday favorites.

Happy Friday, friends and readers! On Fridays, my consumer side comes out. It is Favorite Things Friday, here at the blog. I’ll list about three of my favorite toys, books, cosmetics, jewelry, songs, etc. and I encourage you to add your favorites to the Comments section. Please see previous Friday posts for more fun to indulge in. Here are today’s favorites:

Rayland Baxter’s cover for Mac Miller’s “Come Back to Earth” – This is one of the best songs that I have downloaded in a while. I listened to it again and again yesterday. I love Rayland’s voice and I love Mac Miller’s talented, soulful song-writing. What a terrible loss he was for us! RIP Mac Miller.

The New Barker magazine – This magazine touts itself as “Florida’s Top Dog Lifestyle Magazine”, but if you love dogs like I do, you will still appreciate its beautiful artwork (the covers are frame-able), its adorable pictures of pooches, its interesting articles and its great products ideas for pet lovers, even if you are not a Floridian. You can find back issues on ebay to see if this is your bag, before you order a regular yearly subscription. This is the one magazine that I keep every issue because just looking at the covers, makes my tail wag.

Totally Taffy – One of my all-time favorite things is a vintage chimpanzee candy dish that I bought over a decade ago. It sits in our entry and I am forever trying to find pretty eye-catching candy for it, that no one really wants to eat. (I know, I know . . . I could go with the decorative glass variety but I don’t want anyone to accidentally break their teeth and/or swallow glass) So, I bought Totally Taffy at the Fresh Market for the chimp dish, because of its pretty colorful wrappers and guess what, we’re Fresh Out! Totally Taffy is Totally Yummy. It is gooey, full of flavor and impossible to eat just one, and keep in mind, I don’t even consider myself a taffy fan.

Have a great Friday! Have a great weekend, but don’t be this guy:

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