Comforting Thought: What natural sound would you preserve forever?

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Silence

The song of the cicadas

Penetrates the rocks

~ Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet, 17th Century.

In Japanese there are many onomatopoeic words for the sounds in nature.

shito shito: the sound of light rain

Maya Angelou: Leader of the Brave and Defiant
”Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” Maya Angelou

zā zā: the sound of heavy rain

kasa kasa: the light sound of leaves rustling under foot

Toshi Yoshida ( Japanese, 1911 - 1995 ) - Autumn In Hakone (1954)
Toshi Yoshida ( Japanese, 1911 – 1995 ) – Autumn In Hakone (1954)

gasa gasa: the heavy rustling of branches swaying in the wind

hyū hyū: the sound of wind blowing

A wind phone 風の電話, kaze no denwa for contacting people who have crossed the veil
A wind phone 風の電話, kaze no denwa for contacting people who have crossed the veil

goro goro: the rumble of thunder

Storm and lightning comforting thought ancient

Snow along a lonely stretch of coast of Tottori prefecture, Japan

saku saku: the crunching sound of snow underfoot

Snow along a lonely stretch of coast of Tottori prefecture, Japan

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Japanische Kirschblüten

Senioren um die Welt

Es gibt wohl keinen Ort auf der Welt, an dem die japanische Kirschblüte nicht bekannt ist. Die ursprüngliche Heimat der japanischen Blütenkirsche ist Nordchina. Doch erst die Japaner brachten durch Jahrhunderte lange Züchtung und Auslese zahlreiche Sorten hervor, die man heute auch bei uns findet. In Japan sind diese Gehölze mit ihrem Blütenreichtum eine Art Nationalsymbol.

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Amor

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“O que dá sustentação ao amor são valores inegociáveis; valores que sobretudo fazem com que o ser humano consiga olhar para dentro de si e dedicar-se a pensar numa relação pura e verdadeira, baseada no que vale o sentido da sua própria existência. “

Marii Freire. Amor

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 17 de abril de 2023

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Time To Move Into The 21st Century!

Filosofa's Word

One of the biggest disgraces of this nation is that the federal minimum wage rate has not been raised since July 2009 – fourteen years, during which time the overall cost of living has increased by more than 23% and the cost of housing by 47% in the same time frame. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly refused to budge on raising the minimum wage. Why? Well, for one thing their biggest donors are wealthy corporations whose profits might be slightly reduced if they had to actually pay a living wage to the people who are doing all the work!

Senator Bernie Sanders wrote an OpEd for The Guardian that sums it all up better than I ever could …


We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage

In the richest country on earth, if you work 40 hours a week you shouldn’t have to live in poverty

Bernie…

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