3 Sept 2026 Different

September 4, 2026 by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, history, human rights, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Music, Spirituality and Religion

What’s something you do completely differently from how you were raised?

Hello to you. I hope this finds you well. So much bad news in the headlines right now, I don’t think we were designed to process so much “news” all in one sitting everyday.

In answer today’s prompt I would say the thing I do different from how I was raised is how I practice my faith – religion. As a child I was raised Roman Catholic. In addition to Mass were the Sacraments like Confession- there were rules. As an adult I fell away from Catholicism because the church wouldn’t honor my first marriage. I went for a bit when I was with my second husband but we stopped going because going to Mass was like going to a funeral. We were surrounded by people who didn’t seem to want to be there. Then I was a Pagan for most of my second marriage which was like 12 years.

In my current life I go to church on Sundays in an high school auditorium versus a brick and mortar church like I used to. My current church, Grace Bible Church Middleton, has given me a church family that I know and love. People know me by name. Each Sunday there are warm hellos and hugs! I feel like I belong to this church. I was even baptized last September which was a big step for me in my walk with Jesus.

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel;

The angels dance in your wake
The sun rises for your glory
Stars illume in your light
Magnificent and eternal
My Lord Jesus
My timeless love

justina m. pernetter

https://youtu.be/zSif77IVQdY?is=TvVuxgFvt1vQL-_z – Alison Kraus – Down to the River to Pray

2 Sept 2026 Going Back In Time

September 3, 2026 by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, history, Mental Health, Music, Spirituality and Religion

If you could go back and witness any historical event, which one would you pick?

Hello friends – I hope this finds you well,

If I were to go back in time I think I would want to witness the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I would want to see what happened in that tomb! That moment of history is one of the most significant I can think of. I would want to see if the shroud of Turin was inside. I would want to talk to our risen Lord.

Luke 24:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2024&version=NIV

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel:

Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

ralph waldo emerson

https://youtu.be/Rk_sAHh9s08?is=3sKyQoBuWZqSvhfJ – Enigma – Return to Innocence

25 August 2026 Farewell Dolly

August 25, 2026 by saymber, posted in history, In the News, Music, Spirituality and Religion

Hello to you. I just saw the sad news that Dolly Parton has died at age 80. It’s hard to believe as she has been a part of my life for so long. One of my earliest memories of her was my going into the book mobile and signing out her album with the song Coat of Many Colors:

https://youtu.be/SyP0Sy9KFf0?is=lsarZ7lfQfyDtFZ3 – Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton

Dolly is one of those gems we have not wanted to lose!

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2037%3A3&version=NIV – passage of Joseph’s robe 37:3

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel today:

Walk softly upon the earth.
May its beauty forever surround you,
its wonders forever astound you.

May its wisdom delight you,
its music invite you
to dance and to play and to sing.

May you love and be loved by all that you meet;
may you know and practice compassion.

Rejoice in the earth and in all of creation.
Rejoice in life.

a parting blessing – alfred v. fedak – 2008

17 August 2026 Loving Family Little House and Dance Is Life

August 18, 2026August 18, 2026 by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Health, Mental Health, Music, Social media, Spirituality and Religion

Hello to you. I hope this finds you well. I’m doing better after having a visit with my Aunt and Uncle today. I was having some anxiety and just needed to see some loving faces. My cousins Heidi and Laura were on the phone and prayed with us. Sometimes it’s hard to be alone. My Aunt and I prayed with my cousins and the relief was almost instant. Such a beautiful prayer and gift my Idaho family is. My Auntie spoiled me with a breakfast sandwich and coffee. We watched the first four of eight episodes of the Little House on the Prairie on Netflix. It was good but can’t really compare to the original! Big shoes to fill!

https://youtu.be/jSds4Oi83Eg?is=gMsJMZqKY-dRWBe8 – Official Trailer Netflix Little House On The Prairie

Wanted to mention this – so fun to watch people dancing and having fun. NYCThrasher and Dave the pizza guy were there streaming live: at Pier 76:

What is Dance Is Life?

Dance Is Life is a communitarian dance party that celebrates the tradition of Latin Hustle being danced in the streets, parks, and clubs of NYC. We welcome all other street and club dance styles igniting a diverse space for exchange and creativity. Free and accessible to the public, Dance Is Life encourages freedom of self-expression and human connection through shared joy and movement.

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel:

Father, I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all Your creatures –
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul;
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you Lord,
and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands,
without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,

For you are my Father.

prayer of abandonment – charles de foucauld

16 August 2026 I Am The Resurrection and The Life

August 17, 2026 by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Mental Health, Music, Spirituality and Religion

Hello to you on this Sunday evening. Today began with church:

https://youtu.be/sWQlOTHVKnI?is=055bHzCAXM5JV8Zr – I Am The Resurrection and The Life – Pastor Jason Boyd

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2011%3A17-26&version=NIV – John 11:17-26

I was going to go to the Sunrise after church but decided to go straight home instead. I had trouble sleeping the whole night through again. My bed isn’t very comfortable and I was up and down several times in the night.

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel for today:

Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

ralph waldo emerson

https://youtu.be/BQeMxWjpr-Y?is=DT_8VagAD80ly0bJ – Coldplay – Midnight

15 August 2026 The Sunrise

August 15, 2026 by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Food, Music, Spirituality and Religion

Which is the best restaurant in your city?

Hello to you. I am hoping this finds you well. Today’s prompt is easy for me. My favorite place to eat out here in town is The Sunrise Cafe. The people there are so nice and know me when I come in. The manager, Emma, is such a dear heart. She has my order committed to memory! Some times I will change my order but for the most part I stick to the same thing,

If I thought I could afford it, I would eat there everyday!

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel today:

How wonderful, O Lord, are the works of your hands!
The heavens declare Your glory,
the arch of the sky displays Your handiwork
In Your love You have given us the power
to behold the beauty of Your world
robed in all its splendor.
The sun and the stars, the valleys and the hills,
the rivers and the lakes all disclose Your presence.
The roaring breakers of the sea tell of Your awesome might,
the beast of the field and the birds of the air
bespeak Your wondrous will.
In Your goodness You have made us able to hear
the music of the world.
The voices of the loved ones
reveal to us that You are in our midst.
A divine voice sings through all creation.

traditional jewish prayer

https://youtu.be/1G4isv_Fylg?is=UlUc7nV5Oco4pL47 – Paradise – Coldplay

14 August 2026 Peace

August 14, 2026 by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, history, Home, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Music, Spirituality and Religion

Hello to you. I hope this finds you well you well and if something, whatever it may be, is disrupting your peace I hope help is on the way. I was going to write something totally different today but decided not to contribute to negativity. So many people are going through so much right now. With the modern news systems bad news is vomited on to us at every turn! Let love, peace and light find you today. You are unconditionally loved! Don’t you forget that!

Spin of the world prayer wheel today:

Violence never again!
War never again!
Terrorism never again!
In God’s name,
may all religions bring upon earth
justice and peace,
forgiveness, life and love!

his holiness pope john paul ii – 01.24.2002

https://youtu.be/k4V3Mo61fJM?is=rYMeeH526uTUne1T – Fix You – Coldplay

13 August 2026 White Flowers

August 14, 2026August 14, 2026 by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, drawing, Health, Home, Mental Health, Music, Nature, photography, Spirituality and Religion

Hello to you. It’s early evening as I am writing to you from bed – feeling tired. Today I went to Thursdays prayer meeting and got groceries. I almost didn’t go as I was feeling really out of it in my balance. We had a good turnout:

White flowers from yesterday evenings walk

Spin of the world prayer wheel for today;

Dance as though no one is watching you,
Love as though you have never been hurt before,
Sing as though no one can hear you,
Live as though heaven is on earth.

source unknown

https://youtu.be/CvFH_6DNRCY?is=TnDNvZv7ru1bsFws – Claud Debussy – Clair De Lune

4 August 2026 Lyric

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 by saymber, posted in history, Music, Spirituality and Religion

What’s a song lyric that has stuck with you forever?

Hello to you. My prayers go out to the people of Spokane Washington and all the other parts of the world that are burning. I am convinced that what they have been spraying all over in the sky has made the trees and grass more flammable. Just a theory!

The song lyric that has stuck with me much of my life is from a song called Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Every time I hear it I am immediately transported to my childhood home. I am in the basement wearing my wrist radio listening to this song:

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

https://youtu.be/33ptulhhQPg?is=Ju4hNx1ORVa4mBL3 – Blinded By The Light – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

https://musicandmemory.org/ – music and memory organization.

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Spin of the World Prayer Wheel :

You are the peace of all things calm
You are the place to hide from harm
You are the light that shines in dark
You are the heart’s eternal spark
You are the door that’s open wide
You are the guest who waits inside
You are the stranger at the door
You are the calling of the poor
You are my Lord and with me still
You are my love, keep me from ill
You are the light, the truth, the way
You are my Saviour this very day.

you are god – celtic oral tradition – 1st millennium

2 August 2026 I Am

August 2, 2026 by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Mental Health, Music, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs

Hello to you. It’s Sunday again and it’s been a good one. I didn’t sleep but a couple hours last night but still made it to church. Today’s service was lead by Pastor Munger. Jesus connects himself to God through the Old Testament. He tells us who he is so we can trust him. We were in John 8:22-20:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%208%3A12-20&version=NIV – John 8:12-20