I Just Started Rewatching The Sci-Fi TV Series, Fringe, That Ended 13 Years Ago After 5 Seasons. There Are A Lot Of Revelations In This Series Happening Now. 🥺 Great Cast, Acting, Writing, Production.

WatchFringe published May 21, 2008: Fringe Trailer Season 1.

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I just started rewatching the sci-fi TV series, Fringe, that ended 13 years ago after 5 seasons. There are a lot of revelations in that series happening now. 🥺 Great cast, acting, writing, production. I need to add Fringe DVD box set to my DVD collection. 🥰 Screw you WEF, I will own this and be happy.

I circled the message.

Look at what we find ourselves fighting for right now.

Great cast and acting. Love everything about this show.

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Fringe: Why the Fox Series Ended With Season 5

written by Mack Veltman

Sunday May 9, 2021

Fringe had plenty of critical success during its five-season run, but that didn't stop the show from meeting an untimely end.

Fringe is a sci-fi series created by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci that premiered on the Fox Network and concluded in 2013 after five seasons and 100 episodes. The series follows FBI agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), who teams up with a former mad scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his estranged son Peter (Joshua Jackson) to investigate paranormal and unexplained occurrences.

Influenced by shows like The X-Files, Lost, and Altered State, Fringe's first season initially received lukewarm reviews, but subsequent seasons were met with critical success, and the show received numerous awards and developed a passionate fan base. Unfortunately, these elements didn't guaranteeFringe's longevity, and the series was renewed for a final shorted fifth season in late 2012. Let's look at what Fringe was and why the series ended after five seasons.

What Was Fringe?

Fringe follows the trio of Olivia, Walter and Peter as they form the Fringe Division and investigate mysterious phenomena, such as parallel worlds, time travel, precognition and human experimentation. While early episodes took on a monster-of-the-week type format, later seasons focused on the show's own mythology and fictional universe. After Walter and an old friend William Bell (Leonard Nimoy), discovered the means to cross dimensions, they inadvertently set their universe on a cosmic collision with a parallel universe.

By Season 3, Fringe focused mainly on the plot involving the parallel universe (with the opening title sequence changing to reflect whatever universe an episode was set in) created by Walter. Later seasons also introduced evolved humans known as Observers, who use time travel to initiate "the Purge," an event meant to wipe out humanity and modify Earth's environment to better suit themselves. The team is able to reset the timeline, thanks to a sacrifice from Walter, preventing the creation of the Observers in the first place and saving Earth from invasion. Fringe ends with Olivia and Peter living their lives peacefully with their daughter Etta.

By Season 3, Fringe focused mainly on the plot involving the parallel universe (with the opening title sequence changing to reflect whatever universe an episode was set in) created by Walter. Later seasons also introduced evolved humans known as Observers, who use time travel to initiate "the Purge," an event meant to wipe out humanity and modify Earth's environment to better suit themselves. The team is able to reset the timeline, thanks to a sacrifice from Walter, preventing the creation of the Observers in the first place and saving Earth from invasion. Fringe ends with Olivia and Peter living their lives peacefully with their daughter Etta.

Why Was Fringe Cancelled?

Falling ratings and an expensive production are to blame for Fringe's end after Season 5. Due to declining viewership by Season 3, the Fox Network moved Fringe to the "Friday Night death slot," which is often attributed to the failure of shows. While series like the X-Files flourished in this spot, critics were worried Fringe couldn't replicate that success, even though a high number of viewers were catching the show through their DVRs.

By Season 4, viewership continued to slip, and the series was only airing a limited number of commercials during its air-time. That made it somewhat of a surprise when the series was renewed for a fourth season, though the Fox Network attributed this to the show's passionate fan base. Unfortunately, come Season 5, the series' long-term future looked to be in jeopardy, with Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly noting that the show was especially expensive to produce. Dealing with diminishing returns, Fox pulled the plug on Fringe, leaving Abrams, Kurtzman and Co. to set their sights on new projects.

HAPPY Sunday Everybody! Hope All Of You Are Enjoying A Nice Relaxing Weekend Doing Whatever It Is That Makes You Smile. Hugs! :)

From the Disney movie, Song of the South. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah is without a doubt the most well-known song of the movie. It won an Academy Award for best motion picture song.

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

Music by Allie Wrubel

Lyrics by Ray Gilbert

Performed by James Baskett

© 1945 Walt Disney Music Company

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

My, oh my, what a wonderful day

Plenty of sunshine headin' my way

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

Mister Bluebird's on my shoulder

It's the truth, it's actual

Ev'rything is satisfactual

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

Wonderful feeling, wonderful day, yes sir!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

My, oh my, what a wonderful day

Plenty of sunshine headin' my way

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

Mister Bluebird's on my shoulder

It's the truth, it's actual

Ev'rything is satisfactual

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

Wonderful feeling, feeling this way

Mister Bluebird's on my shoulder

It is the truth, it's actual... huh?

Where is that bluebird? Mm-hm!

Ev'rything is satisfactual

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

Wonderful feeling, wonderful day!

Long Live Disco! Happy Saturday Night Vibes...💖😘 Because it feels like that kind of night. 😁👍✨ Let's Celebrate LIFE, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness. Feel THE SHIFT. 🎉🌟 Cheers! 🥂

I don't have a care in the world. Shift your focus. Right now you can be sad all night long because of an unfortunate situation you find yourself in OR you can realize that you can't fix whatever is bothering you tonight so you're going to decide to lift your spirit up, be happy and dance a little. Then revisit that whatever you want to call it later. Don't let the cares of this world steal your joy. Screw the Commie NWO globalist evil monsters trying to cull and enslave what's left of humanity. Karma is a bitch. Our God in Heaven wins. Remember there are tons of "gods". We need to be specific.

I hope you're having a great night too doing whatever it is that puts a smile on your face. 😊

BIG hugs! Dance. Enjoy yourselves. Life is way too short. 🎉😘✨💖

People of the world, let's feel the energy of the dance floor together wherever we are and dance, dance, dance...the evil ones hate to see us happy. 😍 ENJOY!

I would love to hear song suggestions from all of you that I should add to my Long Live Disco playlist I created on YouTube. These songs bring back such great fun filled memories for me. I have no regrets. All of my past experiences, both the good and the bad, have made me who I am today and for that I am grateful. Each experience was a puzzle piece to my life story. The message I share with you below helps us to realize life puzzle pieces falling into place as they should. Even when we don't understand the why of an experience. Love you! 💖

😁👇 LOVE this great video. 👇😁
This was before deadly diseases came out of

government funded laboratories
and before highly addictive lab crack cocaine

and lab fentanyl hit the streets

and before climate change totalitarians burned down

our forests and cities and killed off wildlife and farm animals en masse.

and then had the nerve to blame us for killing the earth because

we exist.

Don't ever forget they refer to us humans as useless meat eaters.

💖 1979 World Disco finals 💖

How Do You Define Joy? Does It Come In Alignment With Christian Joy?

How Do You Define Joy?

written by Pastor John Piper

[source: DesiringGod.org]

As we begin this series on joy in the letter of Paul to the Philippians, it seemed good to me that we should probably begin with a definition of joy. Definitions are simply descriptions of the way people use words. Words don’t have intrinsic definitions. They are given definitions by the way people use them. When I say I want to define joy for you, I am asking, Whose joy are we talking about, or what use of the word are we talking about?

I mean joy as the apostle Paul uses it in his letters, and particularly in the book of Philippians. I am not just asking about the meaning of joy in general. I am talking about Christian joy, as Paul the apostle describes it. So let me give you my definition and then take it apart one piece at a time:

Christian joy is a good feeling in the soul, produced by the Holy Spirit, as he causes us to see the beauty of Christ in the word and in the world.

A Good Feeling

Christian joy is a good feeling. By that, I mean it is not an idea. It is not a conviction. It is not a persuasion or a decision. It is a feeling. Or — I use the words interchangeably here — an emotion. One of the marks of the difference between an idea and an emotion or feeling is that you don’t have immediate control over your feelings or your emotions. You can’t snap your fingers and decide to feel something.

For example, say you are going camping. You wake up, and there is this gigantic silhouette of a bear outside your tent, a grizzly bear. He seems hungry. You don’t say, “Now, let me think about this. There is a bear. Bears are big. Bears are dangerous. Conclusion: I should feel fear here, so I will now decide to be afraid.” Emotions don’t work like that. Thinking works like that, but feeling doesn’t. It happens to you, which means that the Bible is filled with commands that we do things that are immediately outside our control to do — commands to rejoice, to fear, to be grateful, to be tender-hearted.

One of the reasons I am the kind of Christian I am, with the theology that I have, is that I know the Bible requires of me things that I cannot myself immediately produce by my own power. I am fallen. I am sinful. And yet I know I should be feeling the emotions the Bible expects me to feel. I know myself guilty.

Saint Augustine said, “Father, command what you will and grant what you command.” He knew God commanded certain emotions of him that he couldn’t make happen on his own. So he prayed, Oh God, if you are going to command me these things, grant that you would give them when you command them.

So, the first part of this definition is that joy is a good feeling.

In the Soul

The second part of my definition is that the good feeling is in the soul. By that, I am drawing attention to the fact that it is not in the body. The soul, the immaterial part of my personhood, experiences joy. The body may feel the effects of that. I may get butterflies in the stomach. I may have a spring in my step. There may be tears of joy rolling down my face. None of those effects in my body, though, is itself joy. They are all distinct from joy.

The body is chemicals, muscles, and nerves. It’s made up of electrons, atoms, and molecules. And when those molecules move, that is not a moral event. The body doesn’t have right and wrong. A movement of my arm back and forth has no moral significance, until I tell it by my will or my emotion to punch somebody. Then it becomes bad. Or hug somebody in need. Then it becomes good. My soul imparts virtue, right or wrong, to the physical parts of my life. And the Bible clearly says it is right to feel joy in God. Or, it is wrong to be anxious about the situation. There is a rightness and a wrongness to these emotions, and these emotions precede the bodily movements that follow. The feelings are movements of the soul.

Produced by the Spirit

The third part of the definition is these movements of the soul are produced by the Holy Spirit, which is clear because I cannot make these things happen. They are called the fruit of the Holy Spirit. “The fruit of the [Holy] Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, [and] self-control” (Galatians 5:22–23). Therefore, the joy in my soul overflowing towards God is coming from the work of the Holy Spirit.

A Sight of Jesus

The fourth piece is that the Holy Spirit does this work, not magically without my mind being engaged, but by causing me to see the glory and beauty of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:1 says, “Rejoice in the Lord.” How do you rejoice in the Lord if you don’t know anything about the Lord? How do you rejoice in the Lord if you are not seeing things about the Lord that cause joy to rise up in your heart? That is the work of the Holy Spirit.

He doesn’t just flip a switch, and you rejoice with no mental content whatsoever. The Holy Spirit is given, according to John 16:14, to glorify Jesus Christ, which means the Holy Spirit opens the eyes of my heart to see the beauty of Christ. When I see Christ in all that he is doing, and all that he is, then my heart is drawn out in joy towards him.

The Holy Spirit bears this fruit by causing us to see the beauty of Jesus Christ.

In the Word and the World

The last piece is that we see him in his word and in the world. It is obvious that the most authoritative and clearest place where we see the beauty of Christ is in his word, the Bible. That is why the Holy Spirit inspired the word, so that we could read the word and know Christ. The Spirit gives us eyes to see the beauties of Jesus that call joy up out of our hearts.

It is not just in the word that we see Christ. We see him in his gifts and in people. We see him in his gifts of nature. We see him in his gifts of food and in all of the good things that our Father in heaven gives to us. Every gift of Christ to us is intended to be a communication of something of himself. So we see Christ not only — we taste Christ not only — in his word, but also in his works.

As we take up joy in Philippians now in the next five videos, the definition that I am working with is that joy is a good feeling in the soul produced by the Holy Spirit as he causes us to see the beauty of Christ in his word and in his work.

The Healing Power of Joy. Bringing A Spiritual Perspective To Daily Life.

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The Healing Power of Joy

[source: The Christian Science Monitor]

Bringing a spiritual perspective to daily life

Do you feel discouraged? Sometimes when we feel challenged by some problem, we may think that we have to give up being joyful, and get upset.

But the ability to feel and show joy doesn't come from the favorable circumstances of our human lives; it comes from God. We can't lose joy any more than we can lose God. And we're forever in the presence of God. He is all-powerful and totally good. Joy, as a spiritual quality, lasts forever. We always have it.

Having joy includes feeling good cheer and a vibrant happiness. But joy, in its fuller, spiritual meaning of expressing God's goodness, involves more. It is a deep-rooted, inspired happiness.

The Holy Bible says, "The joy of the Lord is your strength" (Neh. 8:10). The Bible says God gives us joy and peace. It tells us that real joy comes from God and is ours forever. The joy that is found in God's presence isn't static; it transforms and regenerates us.

Paul, a follower of Jesus Christ, wrote in a letter that joy is a "fruit of the Spirit" (Gal. 5:22). Spirit is another name for God. Spiritual joy from God gives us a sense of the presence of good, showing His infinite power to govern the lives of men and women. As we learn more that God is All, that He is good, and that there is no power besides Him, spiritual joy will be ours more and more, bringing healing and happiness into our lives.

At the heart of joy is an unshakable awareness that we possess good from God. Joy is part of God's kingdom. Harmony and painless being are spiritual qualities, and expressing joy brings these qualities into view in our lives.

Sometimes, though, it may seem like hard work to feel a spiritual, consistent joy. The task gets easier when you recognize that you have the power to govern how you think. There isn't anything that can really take away your knowledge of God or stop you from feeling spiritual joy. You can let this spiritual sense be yours, instead of thoughts of discouragement or despair. If it still seems difficult to express joy, you might even need to argue with yourself that you have power from God to do it.

Mary Baker Eddy, the woman who discovered Christian Science and founded this newspaper, once told an audience: "Let us remember that God - good - is omnipotent; therefore evil is impotent.... If you wish to be happy, argue with yourself on the side of happiness; take the side you wish to carry, and be careful not to talk on both sides, or to argue stronger for sorrow than for joy. You are the attorney for the case, and will win or lose according to your plea" ("Christian Healing," Pg. 10).

I remember a time when I had to do this. A member of my family was very ill, and I was afraid for him. The whole family had been praying earnestly to God for his healing. During this experience I silently prayed, asking to understand more of God's unshakable goodness and to know the joy that comes from Him.

In that moment I became free of fear for this individual. Peace came to my thought, and I felt the assurance of knowing that God's goodness is always present with His children, governing us all. I felt sure that all was well with this family member, because the joy that came to my thought showed me that we were safe in the presence of God. The healing power of joy brought a change in me. And it wasn't too long afterward that he began to feel better, too.

If you are facing trying times and want to feel the presence of God's healing power instead of discouragement, argue with yourself that you can know the joy God is giving you right now. Don't believe that you have to feel desperate about any problem. All that God gives you is always present, ready for your recognition and expression. You will find that when you look for the joy that comes from God, you will find it and express it. Greater peace and harmony will follow.

The joy God gives you has healing power.

The ransomed of the Lord ...

shall obtain joy and gladness,

and sorrow and sighing

shall flee away.

Isaiah 35:10

Why Challenges Are Essential...💖

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The Parable of the Farmer and the Wheat
[source: Osho International]

I have heard an ancient parable--it must be very ancient, because God used to live on the earth in those days. One day a man came to him, an old farmer, and he said, "Look, you may be God, and you may have created the world, but one thing I must say to you: you are not a farmer. You don't know even the ABC of farming. You have something to learn."

God said, "What's your advice?"

The farmer said, "You give me one year's time, and just let things be according to me, and see what happens. There will be no poverty left!"

God was willing, and one year was given to the farmer. Naturally, he asked for the best, he thought only of the best--no thunder, no strong winds, no dangers for the crop. Everything was comfortable, cozy, and he was very happy. The wheat was growing so high! When he wanted sun, there was sun; when he wanted rain, there was rain, and as much as he wanted. This year everything was right, mathematically right. But when the crops were harvested, there was no wheat inside.

The farmer was surprised. He asked God, "What happened? What went wrong?"

God said, "Because there was no challenge, because there was no conflict, no friction, because you avoided all that was bad, the wheat remained impotent. A little struggle is a must. Storms are needed, thunder, lightning is needed. They shake up the soul inside the wheat."

This parable is of immense value. If you are just happy and happy and happy, happiness will lose all meaning. It will be as if somebody is writing with white chalk on a white wall. Nobody will ever be able to read it. You have to write on a black board, then it comes clear.

The night is as much needed as the day. And the days of sadness are as essential as the days of happiness. This I call understanding. Once you understand it, you relax--in that relaxation is surrender. You say, "Thy will be done." You say, "Do whatsoever you feel is right. If today clouds are needed, give me clouds. Don't listen to me, my understanding is tiny. What do I know of life and its secrets? Don't listen to me! You just go on doing your will." And, slowly slowly, the more you see the rhythm of life, the rhythm of duality, the rhythm of polarity, you stop asking, you stop choosing.

This is the secret. Live with this secret, and see the beauty. Live with this secret, and you will be suddenly surprised: How great is the blessing of life! How much is being showered on you every moment!

Jiddu Krishnamurti Telling A Joke...

Jiddu Krishnamurti telling a joke...
[source: Kitchen Chronicles: 1001 Lunches with J. Krishnamurti p. 242]

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“There are three monks, who had been sitting in deep meditation for many years amidst the Himalayan snow peaks, never speaking a word, in utter silence. One morning, one of the three suddenly speaks up and says, ‘What a lovely morning this is.’ And he falls silent again. Five years of silence pass, when all at once the second monk speaks up and says, ‘But we could do with some rain.’ There is silence among them for another five years, when suddenly the third monk says, ‘Why can’t you two stop chattering?”

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[source: The Kitchen Chronicles: 1001 Lunches with J. Krishnamurti p.187]

A man dies and goes to the Pearly Gates. St. Peter says to him, "You’ve lived a fairly good life, not cheated or sinned too much. But before entering heaven I must tell you that we’re all bored here. God never laughs, and the angels are quite moody, praying most of the time. So please hesitate before entering heaven. Perhaps, you’d like to go down and see what that’s like. Then come and tell me what you prefer. But it’s up to you. Just ring that bell over there. An elevator will come up and you just get into it and go down."

So the chap rings the bell and goes down in the elevator. The doors open and he is met by the most beautiful girls, who take care of him, et cetera, et cetera. '‘By Jove", he thinks, "this is life." And he says to the girls, "May I just go and tell St. Peter?" He rings the bell, get into the elevator and goes up. He says to St. Peter, "Sir, it’s very good of you to have offered me the choice, I prefer down below." St. Peter says, "I thought you would." The man rings the bell again and goes down. The doors open and two ugly friends grab him and beat him up, pushing and kicking him. He moans, "Wait a minute. Just a little while ago you treated me like a king. And now this; why?"

"Ah, you were a tourist then."

A Special Story About A Man And His Dog!

A Man and His Dog

A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years.. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.

When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, where are we?"

"This is Heaven, sir," the man answered. "Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked.

"Of course, sir.. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up." The man gestured, and the gate began to open.

"Can my friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in, too?" the traveler asked.

"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."

The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.

After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence.

As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.

"Excuse me!" he called to the man. "Do you have any water?"

"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in."

"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog.

"There should be a bowl by the pump."

They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.

The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.

When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.

"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.

"This is Heaven," he answered.

"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road said that was Heaven, too."

"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell."

"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"

"No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind."

Self-Acceptance...❤ Why It Is So Important For Your Well-Being! This Story Is Such A Beautiful Analogy. Sending You Lots Of Love And Giving You A Great BIG HUG. 😊😘 Reject The NWO Borg.

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Self-Acceptance
Heart's-ease in the king's garden
[source: Osho International]

You cannot improve upon yourself. And I am not saying that improvement does not happen, remember--but you cannot improve upon yourself. When you stop improving upon yourself, life improves you. In that relaxation, in that acceptance, life starts caressing you, life starts flowing through you. Nobody else has ever been like you and nobody else will ever be like you; you are simply unique, incomparable.

Accept this, love this, celebrate this--and in that very celebration you will start seeing the uniqueness of the others, the incomparable beauty of the others.

Love is possible only when there is a deep acceptance of oneself, the other, the world. Acceptance creates the milieu in which love grows, the soil in which love blooms.

I have heard:

A king went into his garden and found wilted and dying trees, shrubs and flowers. The oak said it was dying because it could not be tall like the pine. Turning to the pine, he found it drooping because it was unable to bear grapes like the vine. And the vine was dying because it could not blossom like the rose. He found Heart's-ease blooming and as fresh as ever. Upon inquiry, he received this reply:

"I took it for granted that when you planted me you wanted Heart's-ease. If you had desired an oak, a vine or a rose, you would have planted them. So I thought that since you put me here, I should do the best I can to be what you want. I can be nothing but what I am, and I am trying to be that to the best of my ability."

You are here because this existence needs you as you are. Otherwise somebody else would have been here!--existence would not have helped you to be here, would not have created you. You are fulfilling something very essential, something very fundamental, as you are. If God wanted a Buddha he could have produced as many Buddhas as he wanted. He produced only one Buddha--that was enough, and he was satisfied to his heart's desire, utterly satisfied. Since then he has not produced another Buddha or another Christ.

He has created you instead. Just think of the respect that the universe has given to you! You have been chosen, not Buddha, not Christ, not Krishna. You will be needed more, that's why. You fit more now. Their work is done, they contributed their fragrance to existence. Now you have to contribute your fragrance.

But the moralists, the puritans, the priests, they go on teaching you, they go on driving you crazy. They say to the rose, "Become a lotus." And they say to the lotus, "What are you doing here? You have to become something else." They drive the whole garden crazy, everything starts dying--because nobody can be anybody else, that is not possible.

That's what has happened to humanity. Everybody is pretending. Authenticity is lost, truth is lost, everybody is trying to show that he is somebody else. Just look at yourself: you are pretending to be somebody else. And you can be only yourself--there is no other way, there has never been, there is no possibility that you can be anybody else. You will remain yourself. You can enjoy it and bloom, or you can wither away if you condemn it.

I CHOOSE: ♥ An Inspirational Poem ♥

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Because it's a beautiful pathway. :)

I CHOOSE

by Bernadette Ballezza

I choose to be happy.

I choose to live in a kind universe.

I choose to find things in common with the people that come into my life, celebrating our similarites and honoring our differences.

I choose to trust that this life isn't a random life.

I choose to reach out and help another, knowing I can make a difference, even though I may never witness the outcome.

I choose to pursue an honorable career.

I choose to believe we are all here for a reason, a good reason.

I choose friends who will restore me with support, joy and kindness and offer me the opportunity to do the same for them.

I choose to search for authentic meaning in my daily experiences.

I choose to welcome life's lessons.

VANUATU: A 7.2 Magnitude And A 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Rocked This Region

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NewsX Live published Vanuatu Earthquake Today: Two Powerful Tremors of Magnitude 7.2 and 6.9 Reported. A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.2 has been reported in the Vanuatu Islands region of the South Pacific Ocean, followed by a second reported tremor of magnitude 6.9 around 25 seconds later. The first quake was reported approximately 200 kilometres west of Sola, Vanuatu, at a depth of 10 kilometres. The second was located around 197 kilometres west-northwest of Port-Olry, also at a depth of 10 kilometres.

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Honolulu Star-Advertiser

No tsunami threat to Hawaii after large quakes hit off Vanuatu

written by Star-Advertiser staff

Friday October 23, 2026

Two large earthquakes struck off Vanuatu but do not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii, officials said late Friday afternoon.

The magnitude 6.9 and 6.3 quakes struck over 100 miles northwest of Vanuatu in the South Pacific within about five minutes of each other just after 4:30 p.m. Hawaii time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquakes both had an estimated depth of about 6 miles below sea level.

“A tsunami threat exists for parts of the Pacific located closer to the earthquake. However, based on all available data, there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on Oahu said in an alert sent after the larger of the two quakes. PTWC listed the initial magnitude of the larger quake as 7.2, but the USGS downgraded it to 6.9.

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The Independent, UK local

Two powerful earthquakes strike off coast of Vanuatu

written by Anna Loren

Saturday October 24, 2026

Two large earthquakes have struck off the coast of Vanuatu, triggering a tsunami warning.

The earthquakes were recorded at 3.31am and 3.35am BST on Saturday.

The first earthquake was originally measured as a magnitude 7.2, but the United States Geological Survey later downgraded it to 6.9.

Its epicentre was about 197km west-northwest of Port-Olry, at a depth of 10km.

The second earthquake, measured as magnitude 6.3, was also at a depth of 10km, and struck about 170km northwest of Port-Olry.

Hazardous tsunami waves were possible along coastlines within 300km of the quake’s epicentre, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.

“Persons located in threatened coastal areas should stay alert for information and follow instructions from national and local authorities.”

The centre’s threat forecast identified Vanuatu as the area that could be affected.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Vanuatu, in the Pacific Ocean, has a population of about 350,000, according to the most recent census.

It was claimed by France and the United Kingdom in the late 19th century, but became independent in 1980.

CHINA: Massive 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hit Tibet On 10/22 Thursday Evening. 16 People Died, 65 Injured And 12,000 People Have Been Relocated.

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dutchsinse published MAJOR SEISMIC UNREST -- New M7.0 Earthquake -- Multiple M7+ events in just a few days. A new M7.2 (USGS M6.9 downgrade) has struck Vanuatu in the West Pacific today October 24, 2026 (international time already october 24 when it occurred). This is the second large M7 range event in the past 2 days, previous event being Tibet China from one day ago. This now marks two large events on BOTH sides (East and West) of the central warned area in the West Pacific which was warned for TWO different M7.0 range earthquakes to occur back to back days apart. Now both M7 events have struck China and Vanuatu.

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WION published October 23, 2026: Tibet Earthquake: China Assesses Damage, Sets Up Shelters Following Deadly Quake. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Tibet in China, sparking panic as people rushed out of shops and goods crashed from shelves. Dramatic footage captures the terrifying moments as buildings and shop interiors violently shake during the tremor. According to Sources, citing local authorities, at least 16 people were killed and 32 injured. Rescue teams were deployed as authorities assessed the damage and worked to provide assistance to those affected.

9 News Australia published October 23, 2026: At least 16 people have died and dozens more are injured after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck northern Tibet.

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CBS News

At least 16 people killed by powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Tibet, officials say

written by Staff

Friday October 23, 2026

More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds of homes destroyed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit China's Tibet region on Thursday evening local time, according to local officials.

The United States Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 10:33 p.m. local time, with its epicenter 119 miles east-northeast of Nagqu, in a sparsely populated, high-altitude area of northern Tibet.

At least 16 people were killed and 54 people were injured in the earthquake, Chinese state media said.

Search and rescue efforts continued following the collapse of at least 339 homes and 20 livestock sheds, the Nagqu media office said, citing city government officials. Among the injured, 11 people were in serious condition and the other 35 sustained minor injuries, the media office said.

More than 1,600 people from the local county were deployed for rescue efforts. Supplies including 1,000 prefabricated housing units, around 3,000 tents and folding beds, as well as flashlights and winter clothing arrived in the region.

It was the biggest earthquake in the region in the last five years, China's national broadcaster CCTV said.

Nagqu is more than 186 miles north of Tibet's capital, Lhasa.

The USGS put the earthquake's depth at 11 miles. Xinhua, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center, put the depth at 6.2 miles.

The earthquake comes less than two months after a border region of Nepal and Tibet was struck by devastating flash flooding that left hundreds of people dead and destroyed several communities. Authorities said the flooding was caused by the collapse of a glacier.

PANAMA: Powerful Magnitude 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Rocked Panama On 10/9 Friday Morning More Than 100 Miles SW Away In The Capital Panama City Close To The Border With Colombia.

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dutchsinse published October 9, 2026: ALERT: MASSIVE M8.0 (M7.7) Earthquake strikes Central America Panama + Tsunami Threat.

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NBC 6 South Florida published October 9, 2026: A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Panama on Friday morning, collapsing buildings near its epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country.

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NBC6 News, South Florida, USA

Powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks rock Panama

written by Alma Solís, Megan Janetsky and Juan Zamorano, AP

Friday October 9, 2026

Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks roiled southern Panama Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country.

The earlier quake, felt as far away as neighboring Colombia, was centered about 6 miles southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, in the central province of Herrera, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck at a depth of 6 miles.

The USGS initially reported the first quake as magnitude 8, then revised it to 7.6 and later to 7.7.

Visibly shaken residents of Panama City gathered outside as they waited for news of the quake’s impact on Friday.

“We felt it very strongly. It knocked things over in the kitchen, but we’re okay, though we’re very scared," Rosendo Domínguez, 60, who is from Herrera province, where the earthquake struck, told The Associated Press by phone. “Everyone is outside, scared.”

Multiple aftershocks continued to rattle Panama, including several measuring magnitude 5.8, 5.5 and 5.2. Seismologists at the University of Panama recorded more than 45 aftershocks, though many were too weak to be felt.

Calls for calm and reports of collapsed buildings Images of crumbling buildings and deep fissures slicing through roads added to fears across a region battered by a series of devastating earthquakes in recent months.

Two back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes roiled Venezuela’s La Guaira state in June, killing more than 6,500 people and leaving 17,000 homeless. In August, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia killed at least 289 people.

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino called for calm on Friday, writing on X: “What happened should not be used to cause alarm or disorder.”

Omar Smith of the National Civil Protection Service said on the Telemetro Reporta news channel that damage was concentrated in the central provinces of Veraguas, Herrera and Los Santos. He said there were no reports of damage in the capital, which is known for its hundreds of skyscrapers.

Smith said several injuries have been reported, including one person struck by debris from a partially collapsed structure in the city of Penonomé, around 93 miles from the capital. He confirmed a partial collapse and cracks at the cathedral in the district’s main square, as well as damage in the governor’s office building and the Dos Continentes hotel. No deaths were immediately reported.

Local news outlets also reported that the Church of San Atanasio, a colonial-style Catholic church in Panama’s Los Santos province, had collapsed. The church was declared a National Historic Heritage Site in 1938. Elsewhere, including in Veraguas province, large fissures ran along roadways.

Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, one of the region's busiest airports with more than 20 million travelers in 2025, said it would temporarily suspend operations and activated evacuation plans. It said operations would resume once security conditions have been checked.

The Panama Canal Authority said operations were continuing normally along the key global trade route. It said its priority was the safety of employees, vessels and crews and that specialized technical teams were inspecting facilities for possible damage.

Tsunami warnings as far as Chile's Easter Island The last major earthquake to cause widespread damage in Panama struck in 1991. A magnitude 7.4 quake, centered in nearby Costa Rica, killed 23 people, injured 559, and left thousands of people homeless in the border Bocas del Toro region.

Earthquakes are common, especially along Panama's border with Costa Rica and its Pacific coast, because of the interaction of several tectonic plates, including Cocos, Nazca, and Caribbean plates.

Panama lies along the “Ring of Fire,” a 25,000-mile arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific Basin, where most of the world’s earthquakes occur.

The National Weather Service lifted a tsunami warning issued shortly after the quakes on Friday for the coasts of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. Alerts issued by El Salvador and Chile for Easter Island were also lifted.

Néstor Luque, director of the Geosciences Institute at the University of Panama, said waves between 3 to 10 feet were expected around Isla Cañas and the southern coast of Los Santos province, but major waves weren't expected beyond that. Seawater had already reached homes near the coast on Isla Cañas, he said.

Nearby countries sent messages of support Friday afternoon. Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella, whose country was recently hit by earthquakes, expressed his solidarity with the Panamanian people and their government during what he called “difficult times.”

“Panama is not alone! You can count on Colombia’s support and our full willingness to provide whatever assistance is needed,” he wrote on X. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa also offered assistance for “our Panamanian brothers.”

The U.S. Embassy in Panama said it was “closely monitoring” the aftermath of the quake and accounting for the welfare of its citizens in Panama, a well-known retirement destination for Americans.

CHILE: Torrential Heavy Rains Caused The Mapocho River To Overflow Triggering Mudslides Into The Capital City Santiago Prompting Evacuation Orders. Chile's Emergency Alert System Wasn't Triggered.

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Turno published October 9, 2026: ¿Por qué NO llegó ALERTA SAE? Geógrafa Natalia Ramírez EXPLICA el ALUVIÓN de LAS CONDES. 

C5N published October 9, 2026: Mudslide in Chile.

Teletrece published October 9, 2026: Mudslide in San Carlos de Apoquindo: Overflight reveals the origin of the emergency.

Teletrece published October 8, 2026: Geology director explains the exact moment of the mudslide in Las Condes.

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NBC News

Heavy rain batters Chile’s capital, sweeping away cars and flooding homes

written by The Associated Press

Friday October 9, 2026

SANTIAGO, Chile — Heavy rains drenched Chile’s capital and the surrounding region Thursday, triggering mudslides that swept cars through streets, flooded homes, forced residents to evacuate and injured at least six people, authorities said.

President José Antonio Kast declared a state of emergency for Las Condes, a wealthy suburb east of Santiago, giving government agencies more power to respond as torrential rains turned key roads into impassable waterways.

The district’s mayor, Catalina San Martín, said 14.4 centimeters (5.7 inches) of rain had fallen in recent days — about nine times the average October rainfall — leaving the area “totally saturated.”

The Mapocho River, which runs through Santiago, overflowed, prompting evacuation orders. Chile’s disaster-response agency put 10 other districts on high alert for more landslides and ordered schools to close Friday.

Rain storms earlier this week had already damaged a few dozen homes across central Chile and left nearly 12,000 customers in Santiago without power, officials said. The downpours were expected to ease Friday.

No deaths were reported Thursday. The injured included a 1-year-old child with broken bones, officials said. Firefighters said they’d rescued or evacuated more than 1,000 people.

The floods come as a powerful El Niño gains strength.

The naturally recurring warming of tropical Pacific waters scrambles rainfall patterns worldwide and often brings wetter springs to the Southern Hemisphere. The World Meteorological Organization said Thursday that this year’s El Niño was expected to peak in December and could be among the most intense since at least 1950.

HAPPY Sunday! :) Hey Everybody Turn The Beat Around... ♥

Hi everybody! This song was playing in my spirit when I woke up this morning and I want to pass this great feeling over to you! Hope you're having a a nice relaxing weekend having fun doing whatever it is that puts a great big smile on your face. This is a amazing dance video adaptation to the original song sung by Vicki Sue Robinson. LOVE IT vorsprung1 thank you for posting! Let this song get you DANCING in your spirit! No worries! God will TURN IT AROUND. But for now be of GOOD CHEER, have a good time and smile! ♥

Turn The Beat Around

~ by Vicki Sue Robinson

Turn the beat around

Love to hear the percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear the percussion

Love to hear it

Blow horns you sure sound pretty

Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty

When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin'

Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action, woah

Turn the beat around

Love to hear the percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear the percussion

Love to hear it

Turn the beat around

Love to hear the percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear the percussion

Love to hear it

Flute player play your flute 'cause

I know that you want to get your thing off

But you see I've made up my mind about it

It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, woah, woah

'Cause when the guitar player start playing

With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch

Makes me wanna move my body, yeah, yeah, yeah

And when the drummer starts beating that beat

He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm

With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey

Turn the beat around

Love to hear the percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear the percussion

Love to hear it, love to hear it

Love to hear it, love to hear it

Turn the beat around

Love to hear the percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear the percussion

Love to hear it

Turn the beat around

Love to hear the percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear the percussion

Happy Sunday Everyone. God Loves You Sooooooo Much! Here Are Some Messages From God For Us.

Happy Sunday. Sending Inspiration Your Way...💖

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Always remember, no one can hurt you without your permission. 💖

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“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” ~ by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Philosopher and Essayist, "Self-Reliance" 1841) I hope you have a beautiful weekend doing whatever it is that makes you smile. Sending you lots of love. 😊💖

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Friendly reminder for us all...💖

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