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Angel, a Jew, owner of the most famous bakery in Germany, often said: "Do you know why I'm alive today? I was still a teenager when Nazis in Germany killed Jews mercilessly. Nazis took us to Auschwitz by train. Last night in the ward was deadly cold. We were left for many days in cars without food, without beds, which means without the possibility to warm up somehow. It was snowing everywhere. The cold wind frozen our cheeks every second. There were hundreds of us on those cold, horrible nights. No food, no water, no hiding. The blood is frozen in the veins. Next to me was an elderly Jew who was very loved in my city. He was all shaking and looking terrible. I wrapped him with my hands to warm him up. Hugged him tight to give some warmth. Rub his hands, legs, face, neck. I begged him to stay alive. I cheered him up. This is how I kept this man warm all night. I myself was tired and frozen. Fingers crossed, but I kept massaging this man's body to warm him up. So many hours have passed. Finally the morning has come, the sun has started to shine. I looked around myself to see other people. To my horror, all I could see was frozen corpses. All I could hear was the silence of death. Frosty night killed everyone. They died of cold. Only two people survived: the old man and me. The old man survived because I didn't let him freeze, and I survived because I made him warm.

Allow me to tell you the secret of survival in this world? When you warm the heart of others, then you will warm yourself. "When you support, strengthen and encourage others, then you receive support, strengthening and encouragement in your life."

[Thanks Ian Sanders]

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June Carey and Ade Adesine, An Offer of Love.

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Rittergut mansion in Bennigsen, Lower Saxony, Germany

German vintage postcard

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The people who know God well - the mystics, the hermits, those who risk everything to find God - always meet a lover, not a dictator. God is never found to be an abusive father or a tyrannical mother, but always a lover who is more than we dared hope for. How different than the "account manager" that most people seem to worship. God is a lover who receives and forgives everything.

Richard Rohr

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image: nativefinger (tropical hi-fi)

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all the moons of 2024

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Dancer from Egypt

Ottoman vintage postcard

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"At times of snow, moonlight and blossom / Above all other times, I think of you with love."

Bo Juyi, as referenced in pg. 340 of 'The Pillow Book' by Sei Shonagon trans. Meredith McKinney

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"Wedding dress in Laghouat", painting by J. Taupin

French vintage postcard

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Vito Timmel (Austrian, 1886-1949), Winter Landscape, 1926. Oil on canvas, 64 x 64 cm.

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book market; baghdad, 2002 (via matuvu)

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Dunkelflaute..

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original drawing for sale

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girl what's wrong? are you experiencing the sylvia plath fig tree in your head again?

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