Day 094m: An ode to those who Venture … (July 17, 2019)

The fresh-fruit donativo stand was something special and quite energizing, no doubt, AND there was nothing on this blazing & stony afternoon that was going to remove the challenge from the day …

Here is to all the brilliant ones who love deeply, for they are the ones who write the stories that make us dream of a true life. Indeed, here is to all the bolder visionaries who create miracles when others have long since given up hope. Here is to all the artists & musicians & singers & songwriters; all the dancers & philosophers & inventors & activists – all those poetic hearts who create a garishly fresh perspective of Heaven that we can all experience in our own lifetimes. And yet most of all, here is to the Wild Souls that the world calls broken – those deemed by the masses to be insane or abnormal or weird or dangerous. For they are the ones who renew our faith in passion and purpose and meaning and morality. They are the ones who give us all hope in a world that so desperately needs a sign that the Divine forgets not even the least of us.” ~ Shannon L. Alder