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Xenodochial: being hospitable and kindly to strangers. Loving life. Choosing the extraordinary way. Take it up!
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Originally uploaded by Nick Heyward
Xenodochial: being hospitable and kindly to strangers. Loving life. Choosing the extraordinary way. Take it up!
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What beautiful words … X
I definitely subscribe to that. Pay it forward.
Lovely…very true Nick.x
EXactly how I like to life my eXtra special eXtreme life!
EXit……………….
XTC perfect pop for a perfect day, blue sky , a slight breeze watching the steam float away from my cuppa, wiping the custard cream crumbs from my harrington, lovely
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA
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xxxxxxtra pics today! eXciting and eXtra special. Choosing the eXtraordinary way is the ONLY way in my eXperience xx
Olivia, Andrew! That was a bold choice. I loved that song when I was younger and wished I was her. How good was roller skating? Loved all those kisses too!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oREmbGD84Kw
Prefer Physical!!!
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“There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.”
William Butler Yeats …
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I’ve known a few guys who resemble that song Andrew….. LOL
Time for something more demure….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMD2TwRvuoU
Slumber time… I’ll be back in time for Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz………
Elissa ,
Surely not the English guys though !!!
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Xponentially original. bet you got that from Roger and his incredible ja thinkesawrus…
Why David Oliver.. There you are!
Was very much thinking of you around ‘M’. Was thinking of the perfect Morrissey tune to post because I remembered how much you love him. But alas, the boys from Roxy Music won out in the end. eheh..
for a moment there Nick I thought you had been in hospital….. funny what the eyes can read between the sheets…
He’s not too bad on the…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWkzwc1EAI
…but check him out on percussion!
Looks like the sort of guy that truly sucked the marrow out of the bone of life. The ‘en Colombia’ clip is pretty amazing as well. Hoo weeee!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYL_XsWJsM&feature=related
Redo there. This was to go above. Years ago, he played the open air theater just 2 blocks over from the crib. I thought someone was playing his music really loud but was floored to find out it was really him! Had always wanted to go and hear him live and was strange to think that I didn’t have to because he found me. How strange life can be…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aewq0ruLWI
Oooooh H e l e n …… where are y o u !
Im sure I just saw your Periscope (is that how you spell it? what a wonderul handsome looking word I shall use it more often!)
i love the word Xenodochial, as it appears to be the opposite of the word Xenophobic, which as we all may know is the dislike and/or fear of that which is unknown or different from oneself, which most of our human world still lives in an unconscious state of being, or rather doing – and of which amplified enough by a tiny percentage via demonizing for justification leads to world war, which simply means if its opposite is amplified enough by my tiny percentage via posting for beautification, then leads to world peace! As they say, tiny acorns grow into mighty oaks… So I’m off to grow a tree of Peace and boogy on down to War…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iffDvXTcm8
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Seek peace through peace and prepare for peace…
peace through strength, if peace is stonger than war then peace triumphs
oooh wouldnt that be WONDERFUL
Peace is a wonderful state of mind… if we all felt it and recognised it then there would be no war.. Peace is for everyone but so many only feel greed..
I love the peace beyond the street light of London… look up everyone it makes you feel different!
hmm yes look up and look beyond, thats why some people dont see it, feel it, know it and love it. If its in you, then its always in you even when you think its not.. well thats how I feel. I lost it once, but it was here all the time.
You sly dawg…ehehe..
; )
I have a small contribution to add to this peace idea. I live in the world’s biggest oil town (in relation to oil commerce, that is) outside of the Middle East. Have a few friends of mine that are up to their eyebrows in the business with being maybe the personal assistant of the head of such and such, board member of another company, etc. Anyway, the talk of wind energy is FINALLY starting to come to the forefront of everyone’s conversation with wave energy getting a big push we’ve all noticed, especially in the past year. The other cool thing I’ve noticed is the last two times I’d had to wait for a flight at say, the bar of my local airport, the people surrounding me have people involved in wind energy. Encouraging news I had to pass on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGYC5Kyq9U
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Buddha bar my personal all time favorite music that takes me to Greece and leaves me there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR2MKA9MFTw
I dont mean clubbing either! I mean laying in the sun in a beautiful villa in the olive groves with the distant ring of goat bells and the gentle island breeze washing over a glistening pool. A large white wine and a bowl of olives..
Ice anyone?
all this worrying about global warming… that earth quake knocked little old axis and now the days are shorter…. you cant stop time changing things..the best thing is to MOVE with the flow and not against it… Nothing is forever which is why you MUST enjoy the NOW
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100302/sc_space/chileearthquakemayhaveshorteneddaysonearth
OK, well said so lets keep it real
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnV9EGBjw18&feature=related
Being hospitable and kindly is not only a nice thing to do but it makes you feel good too and is so worth it for the response you get… I asked the lady on the flower stall outside South Kensington tube for directions to the Hummingbird Cafe on a recent decadent girlie day out. She clearly gets asked that a lot as she barely looked up but gave me monotone directions anyway. I bought her a takeaway cupcake and handed it over on my way back to the tube and she seemed genuinely chuffed and smiled – a much better interaction!
Danny Wallace advocates random acts of kindness in his book “Join Me” which I thought was laugh out loud hilarious if anyone’s in need of some light hearted reading material….
A piece of peace from the peace police, eh.
The word xenophobic came to prominence a few years ago here during fallout after Pauline Hanson gave her maiden speech. She was asked if she was xenophobic and then, not understanding the question, asked “Please explain”. She is Supposedly moving over to your neck of the woods now but who can tell if it is a media beat up or not. From what I understand she was vilified for wanting a fair go for everyone which, unfortunately, in this day and age means that people cry racism.
http://www.australian-news.com.au/maiden_speech.htm
The word xenodochial is not in my dictionary. I’m not saying I’m not xenodochial. I’m saying it is literally not in my dictionary. My small contribution in this way is to as a practice let people in front of me in the supermarket queue if they only have a couple of things and I have a trolley full. It costs you very little time and saves them a lot.
I got an extra glimpse of the truth today
Staring at my breakfast
When I thought I heard it say
Fighting is no good
Success an empty lie
The treasure hunt is lonely
Until you realise
We came to take it up
We came to take it up
We came to take it up
We came to raise it up
Came to take it up
Came to move it up
As Charles Kingsley said in the Water Babies: ‘Do as you would be done by’