Tag: dailyprompt

29 Sept 2026 Home

by saymber, posted in history, Home, Music, Spirituality and Religion

What’s a place you visited that felt like home?

Hello to you. I hope this finds you well.

A place that I visited that felt like home was Germany. I was stationed in Germany for a couple of years and within that time we traveled to so many beautiful places in Germany and surrounding countries. My ancestors came from Germany. When I went out in public it was hard to tell if people were German until they opened their mouth to speak. I looked like them and they looked like me. I think it was my great grandfather who was a pastor in Germany. They also painted stage coaches for German royalty. My Grandpa was a pastor too! I loved living in the village of Fliessem before we moved into base housing which I hated. I loved the German people.

Visiting German King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle was definitely one of the highlights! I can remember how I felt seeing the Singers Hall. It was like I was being watched. I felt so sad that King Ludwig had this beautiful space created that was never used in his lifetime:

No, the Singers’ Hall was never used for its intended purpose during King Ludwig II’s lifetime, but it has been used frequently in modern times. [1, 2]

The beautiful Singers Hall in Neuschwanstein Castle

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel:

Blessed are You, O Lord our God,
Wellspring of our lives.

No word of ours can contain You;
But You are the sea on which we float,
You are the wind that fills our sails,
You are the storm that batters us,
You are the calm that brings us peace.

Open our ears to hear Your word,
Open our eyes to see Your beauty,
Open our hearts to be warmed by Your love.

Free us from our lonely prisons of fear and selfishness,
And make us over, day by day, into bearers of Your peace.

richard rosenberg – 1990

https://youtu.be/7fNAVW4Otks?is=nD774MViRaViD19v – Home – Blue October

25 Sept 2026 Karma

by saymber, posted in Spirituality and Religion, Mental Health, Health, Bipolar life

Do you believe in karma?

Hello to you. How are you? I’m feeling pretty good today. I have had some relief in the pressure in my ears which is very welcome! I did 13 minutes of Tai Chi today and a half mile walk. Tomorrow morning I’m going with Missy and some other ladies from church to the Choate Farm for some herbs and oils. I have wanted to go so this will be nice. Brenda Choate is such a talented and beautiful spirit!

So do I believe in karma – I would say yes. The biggest examples I’ve seen is in traffic. When a car races to get ahead and ends up getting blocked or not making it very far. I believe in what you sow is what you reap. I will say though that sometimes you will try to do good in the world and bad things will still happen. The phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” comes to mind.

I want to say thank you to all who visit me here. I love seeing new areas of the world map light up! I am hopefully planting good seed!

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel:

Lord, take me where You want me to go;
Let me meet who You want me to meet;
Tell me what You want me to say; and
Keep me out of your way.

father mychal judge – FDNY – died 9/11/01

22 Sept 2026 Self-Care

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

How do you make time for self-care?

Hello to you. It’s evening as I write to you. Today marks the end of summer and you can tell fall is here as it’s getting dark earlier! Some of the trees are changing into their autumn dresses. Such a beautiful time of year.

Self-care?! What’s that?! I don’t do much these days! The older I get the less I care about how I look. About the only things I do is trim my nails, color my hair and put lotion on my ever drying skin. I am doing the Tai Chi each day and try to get out and walk. As I get older I have resigned myself that I want to age gracefully.

Tomorrow I am going to Bible study at Grace House. It will be good for me to have something to look forward to each week. I will get to see friends outside of church – enrich friendship. I am not doing the book but just going for fellowship. I have been asking God what he wants from me and some of the answer has been getting out of the house and have fellowship with others. I hate leaving Link by himself but he’s a good boy while I’m gone. Even if he does his business in the house I have floors for it. Easy to clean up.

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel:

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.

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12 Sept 2026 I Love You

by saymber, posted in Animal Rights, animals, Bipolar life, Health, Spirituality and Religion

If your pet could talk, what would be the first thing it says?

Hello to you today. How are you? I’m feeling a little sad. Yesterday being the day it was and finding out the Tik Tok creator I’ve been following, Steph, decided it was time to put her dog Clover to sleep. Clover had a tumor growing behind her eye and it was inoperable. All this triggered old wounds in me to open a bit! Saying goodbye to our fur babies is the worst of heartbreaks.

Farewell sweet Clover

Thinking about my Link I think if he could speak to me the first thing he would say is I Love You. This is something I say to him nearly everyday! The other thing he might say is when will we see Ruth and John again?! He loves going with me to their house to visit. Some people have set up little buttons that their dogs use to speak to them. I think a popular button he would push is “hungry!” He is such a foodie!

Spin of the Prayer Wheel:

When my time has come
and impermanence and death have caught up with me,
When the breath ceases, and the body and mind go their separate ways,
May I not experience delusion, attachment, and clinging,
But remain in the natural state of ultimate reality.

tibetan nyingma master – longchenpa rabjampa – 14th century

3 Sept 2026 Different

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

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

1 Sept 2026 Random Find

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Health, Spirituality and Religion

What’s the best thing you’ve ever found randomly on the street?

Hello to you! How are you doing? Well I hope. There is so much going on in this world. Time is really flying by isn’t it?! Just got a text from my friend Jeannie that her brother-in-law Roy is in the ER – I hope he’s ok!

To answer today’s prompt makes me think of two things. When I was living in Alvarado Texas I found a gold and diamond heart pendant on a walk. I gave it to my soul sister Erin as a gift. On another walk here in town I found a $5. Finding the money was a surprise as it was the exact amount I had left as a tip at the Sunrise Cafe.

Spin of the prayer wheel today:

At the center of the universe is a
loving heart that continues to beat
and that wants the best for every person.

Anything we can do to help foster
the intellect and spirit and emotional growth
of our fellow human beings, that is our job.

Those of us who have this particular vision
must continue against all odds.

Life is for service.

mister rogers neighborhood – fred rogers – 1928-2003

15 August 2026 The Sunrise

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

8 August 2026 Uniquely Link

by saymber, posted in animals, Bipolar life, Home, Spirituality and Religion

Share a photo of your pet and tell us one thing that makes them uniquely them.

My sunbeam boy

Hello to you. Hope this finds you well. It’s Saturday as I write to you.

Today’s prompt asks me to point out a unique thing that makes my dog Link who he is. Something that comes to mind is when he hides his favorite toys – babies- in plain sight:

One of his favorite babies he recently “hid”

The other thing that is unique is his weak or nervous bowels. When he gets nervous he poops wherever he is. He has a booty butt! The vet always brings that up when we visit. One other thing he does is nips at the back of the heels of men he doesn’t know. He’s very protective of his domain! Most of all he is a good boy and my best buddy.

Spin of the World Prayer Wheel:

My True Father,
I set my hopes upon You alone,
And I only ask You, God,
For my Soul salvation.

Let Your Holy Will
Be my strengthening on this way,
For my life without You is a mere empty moment,
And only serving You leads to Eternal life.

Amen!

prayer for the soul – st. agapit of pechersk – 11th century

4 August 2026 Lyric

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

This is pretty close to the one I had

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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