A Quiet Universe of Answers

“The little space within the heart is as great as the vast universe.

The heavens and the earth are there, 

and the sun and the moon and the stars. 

Fire and lightening and winds are there...”

― Swami Prabhavananda

The Eternal Return

~ Irfan ~

Hello Beautiful World!

Today, I looked deep into my heart, and I found a universe of answers to all the questions I had.

The answers were in the form of emotions, so powerful and beautiful, while others were just as powerful

but cloaked in fibers of darkness. The answers were powerful forces that would shape

my whole future, depending on which way I wanted to hear the answers.

Everything from love to hate, from light to darkness, and from kindness to cruelty.

I found answers to help me either to grow and prosper, or to wither in agony until I would find death.

There were tools provided in the answers; kind hands to help and save lives,

or hands to hold weapons of destruction. Eyes to see mercifully and all the beauty in every single

being that stands on the Earth. Or eyes full of hate and vengeance, ready to destroy and steal

what is meant to be shared with others. A mouth cascading with words of kindness, uplifting,

praise, and encouragement, or a mouth spitting fierce fire, cursing, judging, and ridiculing.

I found everything within the walls of my heart. Everything I could possibly need to shape

my life and who I wanted to be in this world. But one thing that I found that was most precious

was the knowledge to know the differences between all the answers. There, like a shining bright

star, in the center of everything, knowledge and the freedom to choose sat quietly.

Thanks For Reading!

Lori Novo

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 OUR MOMENTS TOGETHER

Tonight, 

we spent a sweet and peaceful evening in our home listening to music and relaxing in each other's arms.

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): we just hang out in  our peaceful world

Lori Novo: mhm ;)

Something

~ Jim Sturgess ~

Lori Novo: baby can u lick my lips?

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): mmmm

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): what do i taste?

Lori Novo: mmm ;)

Lori Novo: love flavor

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): haha

Lori Novo: nooo baby

Lori Novo: it's not funny

Lori Novo: it's romantic

Lori Novo: :P

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): its cute baby

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): te amo

Lori Novo: muahhhhhh

Lori Novo: te amo back

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CAPTURING TEMPURA ISLAND

♫

After my picture fades

And darkness has turned to gray.

Watchin' through windows

You're wondering if I'm okay.

Secrets stolen from deep inside

The drum beats out of time...

♫

Time After Time

~ Cyndi Lauper (Cover by Corvix) ~

Hello Beautiful World!

As you have noticed, my visits to Tempura Island have become more frequent now.

Maybe soon, I'll be visiting this beautiful island on a daily basis as I used to do years ago.

One of the many things that I love about that place so much is that every time I visit, I always

have a totally new and different experience from the ones before, something that keeps my

curiosity alive and eagerness to return and see what I'll find next.

Yesterday was a day when I got to spend some time with a couple of good friends and today,

I got to meet Time (innateness.boucher) who took the above pic (left). Pretty amazing I'll say. 

I love it so much, thank you Time!

Continuing now with another Capturing Tempura Island blog post, which is well overdue,

The following are some of the beautiful people I had the honor of photographing.

Enjoy!

♥

♫

I can't hear what you've said

Then you say, "Go slow", I fall behind

The second hand unwinds

♫

Yuik

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, 

you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

― Maya Angelou

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“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something.

And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

― Edward Everett Hale

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“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

akaisy

“Are you desperate or determined? With desperation comes frustration. 

With determination comes purpose, achievement, and peace….”

― James A. Murphy

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“It is not too late to seek a newer world.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars, until I die.

It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’

We are not now that strength which in old days

Mov’d earth and heaven, that which we are, we are:

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

― Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses

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The Last Chapters

For my Steppenwolf

He knew the moment that our eyes met that we belonged to each other,

For me, it took longer to realize this.

But he was patient in the waiting

by letting me find myself and to discover on my own

that my place was with him, in his arms and in his life

because I was already very much living in his heart

since the moment we met.

I kept stumbling and falling, getting broken into pieces

by the many mistakable choices I made when it came to matters of the heart

with other men.

But he was always there, standing by me to hold my hand

and to help me stand back again on my own two feet

when someone would hurt me so bad to the point of destroying my spirit.

He was always there, near and yet far enough

so I could live my life however I chose to because he knew me well enough.

He knew that I was stubborn and hard to reason with, he had learned this the hard way.

He had declared his love for me before but it was so hard for me to believe him

so instead, I had pushed him away to the point of wanting to vanish him from my

life completely. But he didn't leave, even when I wanted him to...

instead, he chose to continue by my side unconditionally.

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It took time, a really long time to finally believe and accept his words, 

his feelings, and his love for me.

I had to learn with him to trust again and sadly in the process he paid for the pain that others

had caused me. But he never complained or never did he judged me. 

He helped me heal piece by piece my shattered heart

and helped me put it back together with such patience and love that it's so 

unbelievable to understand how this wonderful man could love me in such a beautiful way.

He cries when I cry and laughs when I laugh and everything he does... 

EVERYTHING, he does it with me in mind.

There is not a day that goes by that he doesn't let me know how beautiful and special I am to him

and how much he loves me, "a ton of elephants baby!", as he always says.

And after all these years, his passion for me keeps growing with every touch

and with every kiss.

He knows my heart so well, even better than I do.

He shares my dreams and lifts me when I want to touch the stars.

He kisses my tears away and protects me in his hug when I am feeling sad or scared.

He knows how to calm the storm in me when my mind is a mess

and holds me tight in his arms when I feel that I am falling into despair.

I had never felt so much respect and honesty from any other man in my life

as I feel with him. Not only does he so beautifully express his feelings to me but

he shows them with his actions as well. A single one word of his carries more value

and credibility than many of the beautiful phrases ever expressed to me by any other man.

I am his big-eyed girl, his Milkyway, his love, and what started as a Second Life thing, 

has now turned into the most beautiful love story of my life, my REAL life,

and this is what this beautiful man represents to me, all of these things bind together

by the love we share and that we both know will endure till the end of time.

Everyone will encounter great love in their lifetime.

For some, it may be early in life, for others, it may be in the last chapters like ours,

but I'd like to believe that even though our love may have started to be written in the 

last chapters, it is being written in a book that refuses to have an end.

and so our beautiful love story will continue to go on and on and on...

Thanks for reading

Lori Novo

♥

No Footprints Left Behind

“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; 

you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, 

to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. 

You will have to create the path by walking yourself; 

the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. 

It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. 

You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.”

― Osho

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Conqueror of Life

“Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, 

or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; 

human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. 

We are each the masters of our own reality; when we become self-aware to this: 

absolutely anything in the world is possible.

Master yourself, and become king of the world around you. 

Let no odds, chastisement, exile, doubt, fear, or ANY mental virii 

prevent you from accomplishing your dreams. Never be a victim of life; be it's conqueror.”

― Mike Norton

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