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Enduring, Selfless Love

Published March 3, 2025 by tindertender

In the middle of the city’s hustle and bustle, where people walk past each other without noticing, a man stands out not for what he says, but for what he represents. He has no home, no wealth, and no certainty about what tomorrow will bring, but he possesses something far more valuable than all that: the unconditional love of his dogs. He lives on the streets, facing the unforgiving cold in winter and the scorching heat in summer. Despite the hardships, he never complains. He asks for nothing for himself, only for them. These dogs are his family, his reason to keep going.

Every morning, before the city awakens, he rises and gently strokes the backs of his companions who sleep by his side, trying to share the little warmth he has. He carefully adjusts the makeshift blankets he’s created from scraps of fabric, making sure they are comfortable and protected. While he endures hunger and loneliness, his only concern is ensuring his friends don’t feel the same abandonment. He shares with them every crumb he receives, sacrificing his own food so they won’t go hungry.

Some passersby look at him with curiosity, others with disdain. “If he can’t take care of himself, how can he take care of these dogs?” they wonder. But they don’t see what he does when no one is watching: how he checks their paws to make sure they’re not hurt, how he covers them with his body when it rains, how he speaks gently to them when they’re scared. To him, these dogs are not a burden, but his reason for being. Each wag of their tails is a silent thank you, each loving gaze a promise they’ll never abandon him.

So, night after night, he keeps going, no matter the cold or the obstacles. Because to him, these dogs are not just animals, they are proof that true love cannot be bought, but is given unconditionally, with the soul, expecting nothing in return.

Credits: Animales asombrosos

#UnconditionalLove #TrueLove #DogsAreFamily #SelflessCare

Yes We Can Can

Published March 1, 2025 by tindertender

Now’s the time for all good men
To get together with one another
We got to iron out our problems
And iron out our quarrels
And try to live as brothers

And try to find peace within
Without stepping on one another
And do respect the women of the world
Remember, you all had mothers

We got to make this land a better land
Than the world in which we live
And we got to help each man be a better man
With the kindness that we give

I know we can make it
I know darn well, we can work it out
Oh, yes, we can, I know we can, can
Yes, we can, can, why can’t we?
If we wanna, yes, we can, can

I know we can make it work
I know that we can make it if we try
Oh, yes, we can, I know we can, can
Yes, we can great-gosh almighty
Oh, yes, we can, I know we can, can

And we gotta take care of all the children
The little children of the world
‘Cause they’re our strongest hope for the future
The little bitty boys and girls

We got to make this land a better land
Than the world in which we live
And we gotta help each man be a better man
With the kindness that we give

I know we can make it
I know, darn well we can work it out
Oh, yes, we can, I know we can, can
Yes, we can, can, why can’t we?
If we wanna, yes, we can, can

I know we can make it work
I know that we can make it if we try
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I know darn well, we can work it out
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If we wanna get together, we can work it out

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If we want it, yes, we can, can

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If we want it, yes, we can, can

I know we can make it
I know darn well, we can work it out

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Allen Toussaint

HOLDING YOU

Published February 15, 2025 by tindertender

If they love you, they love every memory of you,
Each wrinkle, a chapter to feel.
If they love you they love you in present and past,
They will kiss all the hurt till it heals.

If they love you, each scar becomes who you are;
A page in your story of life.
For love doesn’t see; it feels deep within;
Love doesn’t cut like a knife.

Love doesn’t see imperfections,
It only feels where love can grow.
Love doesn’t go for the taking;
Love is the give and the show.

Each weight we hold onto in whispers
Can lift like a feather in flight,
If we trust in all our imperfect
And balance each dark with the light.

Be love, no secret disguises;
Embrace every reason you lack;
For love can never find you
If you’re hiding behind your own back.

Love doesn’t see you as flawless;
It sees you imperfectly planned.
Love will love you completely
When you reach out and hold your own hand.

So love you, love every memory of you,
Each wrinkle, each chapter; just feel.
Love all you are in present and past,
For your love is your love to heal.

Heather Lea

Art: ‘A Promise to Keep’ by Anuja Sachdeva

Despite the Odds

Published January 24, 2025 by tindertender

Fear doesn’t rule here.
“Be Bold”, spirit says.
Show your Love for the Highest and Brightest God who gave you Life despite challenges meant to end it.
LIVE
LOVE
LAUGH
… Anyway …

When God has kept you alive, despite the odds, one really has no choice but to move forward courageously, despite the risk … Blind faith looks like insanity when you keep going regardless of threat. How can one stop, shrink, play small, when God has shown how great He is?

When I think of “being a light” in the world, I envision my front porch light. I see the moths, the flies, and whatever else coming to the light, bouncing off the bulb, burning themselves, probably secretly cussing the heat of the light for burning it every time it bounces upon it. I think of the spiders casting their webs there, catching some of these tasty morsels. The webs and the dead bodies pile up and every so often, I have to sweep the environment of this carnage.

I think of my body, the bright light people claim to see and be drawn to. I think of the bitterness some spew, the deadly, energetic intention sent my way. Those who wish to devour me, hating me because they keep hurting themselves bumping into me, yet they can’t seem to help it, or stop. They demand I dim my light, or that I stop shining altogether.

Occasionally, I have to sweep my environment … on the regular, actually.

It is said, the higher you rise, the greater and scarier the boogeyman gets. It is true. Life is a spiral, ever rising higher and circling wider as the flow goes. There are those who wish for the rise to be a fall, where the circles made are small, limited.

These ones are very skilled and quite determined to retain their authority. They are no newby when it comes to silencing a challenger, or anyone who dare be a bird, rather than a worm.

Expansion is scary. The soul-eater is frightful … it is so much worse than anyone can imagine. Yet how can I shrink, when He who has gifted me life, to be here now, is offering opportunity I cannot fathom the greatness of, yet know exists?

Reminder to the Energies Standing Tall now, in me, and elsewhere ::
Drink your water.
Sing the song.
Dance the dance.
Cry the tears.
Tell the Most High, as you know it to be, your fears.
Let Him carry the burden and provide a solution.
It is seen and known.
The answers, aren’t always …

Alignment.
The shattering of the heart.
The expansion necessary, gained, when put back together.
Like the Japanese cups that break, repaired with gold,
You become more beautiful every time you drop,
And gain substance in the structure, as gold mends the connections.

Courage does not come easy.
It must be fortified in the mind,
Layered in the heart, filling the Soul.
That loving cup isn’t going to fill itself,
And those intent on your suffering won’t let another fill it for you,
For too long anyhow, before dropping you again.

Even Blind People Fall in Love

Published January 20, 2025 by tindertender

The senses become very sensitive.

Fire of Love

Published January 14, 2025 by tindertender

There is a Fire of Love so warm and big right now, it’s wonderful. I hope it is filling you too. Upon waking, the attached song lyrics ran through mind. Grand Rising Blessings.

Love on the Mind!!
The Love Energy is SO Big!!
Are you feeling it too?

Living in Vulnerability

Published January 8, 2025 by tindertender

It is a very tough path, for there are many who spy it and enjoy crushing the vulnerability they see.

Great strength and resilience is manifested in this state. Overcoming the hurt of betrayal and outright cruelty.

It is a mental, emotional and energetic feat.

Open Heart.

Remaining loving, knowing that in your presence are those who make it their mission to destroy the innocence and pure intention in you, feelings of childlike wonder and joy.

Hurting.

Heart Open.

An apparent reckless willingness, to shoulder the pain, speaking openly.

Standing in the midst of ferocious, growling, hungry (needless?) eaters …

Heart Open.

Letting others see the truth of Love’s intent, its willingness to never shut down, to keep itself from the world, even while being buried into the ground.

Heart Open.

Courage … labeled as self-sabotage. Gathering wisdom and strength every time a hurdle is hopped and a few meters gained.

Heart Open.

Loving the Divine within the Temple housing the Soul.

Heart Open.

Learning as much as you can, about as much as you can … pertaining to Self, and the All that surrounds.

Heart Open.

Expanded.

In balance.

Aware.

Emerald Keys

Published November 8, 2024 by tindertender

Someone’s is talking about the Emerald Keys. Apparently, they’ve come together, despite their best efforts to keep them apart.

When I Fall in Love

Published October 16, 2024 by tindertender

When I fall in love
It will be forever
Or I’ll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it’s begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart
It will be completely
Or I’ll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I’ll fall in love with you

And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I’ll fall in love with you

Love Will Keep Us Alive

Published September 30, 2024 by tindertender

I ranted a bit this morning for reasons I’d rather not say.

Then I remembered ceremony on Saturday, a Buffalo Ceremony, and the spiritual gifting of name for a 2 month old baby girl … Shining White Sun Woman.

The memory filled me with a gentleness, and gratitude for being able to serve her beautiful mother and her siblings water during the long ceremony.

Then the lyrics from song rolled thru mind … Love will keep us alive … and suddenly I’m not feeling alone.

And I remember … Friggen awesome baby!! An exclamation of success.

I am so grateful that the agitation in me this morning was countered and balanced by this sweet memory and thoughts of togetherness and love.

I hope you get to experience it family!