Loved seeing this amazing Indian wedding.
The rocking music, the beautiful colorful outfits, the pageantry, and the adorned white horse.
While this looked like a relatively small and intimate wedding–perhaps quality balances out quantity.
Although one of my good friends from India told me that he had 4,000!!! people at his wedding that was held in a stadium–I can barely even imagine how awesome that was.
So happy…all life should be great times like this. 😉
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Just thought this was such an awesome drum.
On the top of the drum was a painting of a drummer.
And on the side was a picture of a beautiful lady dancing.
It was so simple, yet so eloquently done.
There is something amazing when you can literally feel the art come so alive.
Almost like seeing and feeling the vision of the artist as if looking directly through his eyes.
Our experience her on earth is that of our soul moving and acting in a surreal physical world.
But in so interacting, we leave behind and impact this world with artifacts, and deeds to others, that last beyond ourselves and the moment.
What a wonderful world G-d has placed us in to experience his wonders and to learn and grow.
I can feel the drumming of my heart and the dancing of my feet all along the way.
And even though I don’t comprehend everything I am experiencing or the decisions that I must make, in it contains not only deep intrigue, but also genuine surprise and challenge, and ultimately meaning, every step along the marvelous path of G-d’s garden.
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So this was some awesome drumming at the Renaissance Festival today.
The beating of the drums was powerful and in a sense mesmerizing.
It moved the people to sway, to dance, and to feel the power of the moment.
In life, as they say, we all sort of move to a different beat–our own beat!
Recently, I had the experience to meet someone who was a truly wonderful person, but who came from a very different geographical, religious, and cultural background.
There just seemed to be so many misunderstandings as a result, and it wasn’t because anyone was being hurtful or a bad person.
Rather, we were dealing with good people, who just had very different expectations of each other and of life.
The beat was there–like a heartbeat, but the beat wasn’t in sync, so in the end, everyone decided it best to go their own way in blessing, and find the life that would met their needs and where the beat was going to be in tune for them.
In a sense, while we are all the same, yet we are all subtly different whether by nature and/or nurture, we come to situations and to each other with different viewpoints, distinct needs, as well as specific ways to satisfy them and grow us.
Good and bad is beyond the point.
Two hearts beat as one and that is a miracle when it happens.
At other times, two hearts beat each other in their differences and maybe in exasperation and finally in sorrow.
The beats are strong and we search for the beats that uplift us, mesh with us, and make us better when we’re together. 😉
(Source Video: Andy Blumenthal)
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