The world did not end today as scheduled by doomsday interpreters of the Mayan calendar. And so, WordPress says:
“Surprise. There was talk of some sort of apocalypse today, but so far, so good. Big surprise! In honor of the world continuing, show me some surprises! xxx.”
The major religions speak of an end of days, or hold that there is an end to everything [the Bible, the Quran, the Vedas (Vedic scriptures)], except that the Buddhist texts put it this way: there is no beginning or end but infinite repeated births, changing from one form to another.
Here is my entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge: End of the World, este, er, Surprise.
A sunny day of apple-picking. J, L, Z, and Ztwo in an apple orchard, with more than a hundred trees heavily laden with luscious fruits all for the picking.
Surprise. They pick only a bagful, only what will sustain them for a week.
The world will continue.
But if we consume and burn the planet the way we do, Z’s granddaughter — and your great grandchildren — might face long-drawn floods, then long-drawn droughts.
They will reap what we sow, and it might not be apples.
Hopefully, we keep learning everyday, and finding better ways to live without destroying what gives us life. Surprise.
And that’s my post for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise.
(Photo by Myra Lambino, apple-picking on a Saturday just a couple of months ago, Oak Glen, Yucaipa, San Bernardino Country about 80 miles from Los Angeles.)
xxx
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Kindergarten children are delicate but their dreams are strong. This post is dedicated to the 20 small children and six of their school teachers and staff who were slain this Friday: Madeleine Hsu, age 6; Chase Kowalski, age 7; James Mattioli, 6; Jessica Rekos, 6; Charlotte Bacon, 6; Daniel Barden, 7; Olivia Engel, 6; Josephine Gay, 7; Ana Marquez-Greene, 6; Dylan Hockley, 6; Catherine Hubbard, 6; Jesse Lewis, 6; Grace McDonnell, 7; Emilie Parker, 6; Jack Pinto, 6; Noah Pozner, 6; Caroline Previdi, 6; Avielle Richman, 6; Benjamin Wheeler, 6; Allison N. Wyatt, 6; Schoolteachers Rachel Davino, 29; Lauren Rousseau, 30; Victoria Soto, 27; School principal Dawn Hochsprung, 47; School psychologist Mary Sherlach, 56. Newtown, Connecticut shooting. Our thoughts are with their families, friends, and teachers.
“Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise ;
Sleep, pretty darlings, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you ;
Sleep, pretty darlings, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.”
– Thomas Dekker (1570-1632) (adapted by Lennon & McCartney)
Photo by Myra Lambino of schoolchildren during a field trip in a California seaside early this year. xxx xxx xxx
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