When we are happy, we are able to graciously and generously give to others, and when we give to others, we are able to be happy! All the other pursuits in life such as wealth, ego, good looks, and so on are nothing but vanities (like King Solomon said in Ecclesiastes), and in the end lead to nothing but loss and suffering. However, giving and the happiness and positive spiritual energy it creates endures.
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What’s Your Kindness
Anime boy and girl with big eyes
Rain on one side, and sunny on the other.
Big sunshine in the middle and flowers all around.
Definitely another standout! ;-)
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Japanese Umbrella
Seems so alive and is a real standout! ;-)
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Horse on Blue
Follow me and let's hang out, play video games, have a meeting, or do a little shopping.
It's a world within our world and nothing is beyond your imagination! ;-)
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Metaverse Arriving Soon
Feel the connection between earth and heaven.
Hi G-d! ;-)
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Looking Up
When it comes to strangers, it’s almost easier to put on a face, act all proper, and do what’s right because they aren’t our family, thus Avraham could run to help the strangers. Yet, when it comes to our own families, we don’t feel it necessary to keep up pretenses. We sometimes say and do things to family that we would likely never say to or do in front of strangers, like Avraham telling Hagar and Ishmael to get out! We may even betray and hurt the ones we love, like when Avraham said Sarah was his sister putting her at jeopardy with Avimelekh. Further, we “sacrifice” our children and spouses by putting our work (sometimes 24/7), social media, and our own brand and needs first, and don’t adequately pay attention to what’s really going on with our families, their needs, aspirations, and troubles; for example, Avraham was going to sacrifice Isaac, his and Sarah’s only child and “the son of her old age.” We take for granted and even advantage of our families, because we can. And some at the further bad end of the spectrum, “go home and kick the dog!” Yes, the pictures that everyone posts on Facebook and Instagram are what people want you to see and think about them (their personal brand): that everything’s all rosy and they have the perfect lives and families, but I venture to guess that often, it’s far from the reality of what goes on “behind closed doors.”All of us need to pay attention and do what’s right not only when we want to look good in front of others, but knowing that even in our own homes, G-d is watching what we do and how we treat each other.
Love Your Family As The Stranger
The lime green floating in the waves of this glass is amazing.
Never thought I'd be mesmerized by anything green that wasn't in nature! ;-)
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Lime Green Bowl
Beautiful purple flowers coming right from Buddha's head.
Serene in so many ways! ;-)
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Buddha Planter
Didn't think any legitimate product would actually be named "Butt Paste."
Can you imagine going up to the pharmacist and asking:
Do you have any butt paste?
Pharmacist:
Oh yes, it's in Aisle 7. Do you want me to show you where it is?
Now, we're really going down a rabbit's hole! ;-)
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Politically Incorrect Ointment
Unfortunately, these remind me of Stephen King's Children of the Corn.
Watch out grown ups, they're coming for yoooou! ;-)
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Choose A Doll
Net effect is similar to the Titanic.
What is that cute little dog make a poop like that?
Sh*t flows downhill, as they say. ;-)
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Weight Discrepancy
It's living.
Sun, sand, and surf.
And a nice pair of wheels doesn't hurt. ;-)
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Moving Me Down The Highway
Fake news about Israel and the Jews continues to proliferate from many mainstream news sources that have sold out to the devil any credibility, they may have one had. Whether it’s the “Failing New York Times,” “Fake News CNN” or any other of the notorious media sources that are alleged to report biased, tainted news, unfortunately, it seems like a virtual non-stop barrage of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic spewing. It may be overt or more subtle, but there are organizations like Honest Reporting that are tracking and calling out the false news reporting for the lies that they are.Whether it’s 1984 “Big Brother” telling you what to think and do or the media twisting the truth so that’s unrecognizable anymore, this is dangerous not only to the Jews as scapegoats, but to the souls, freedom and future of our world.
Our World of Fake News
Sporty and colorful.
Fun to pretend to drive.
Just like a big person.
Watch the speeding please! ;-)
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Fun Cars To Pretend
The Hippie generation knew just how to make them gorgeous.
Peace, Love, Rock and Roll!
And the rainbow streaks and flowers for added good cheer.
If VW would make these already with the paint job with all this expression, I bet they would sell like hotcakes! ;-)
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VW Love Van
The eyes even have these cool eyelashes!
We got the eyes (I's) and the heart (love)—where's the you?
Maybe we give the earrings to "you" and then it's I love you! ;-)
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Eye Earrings
When I checked out from the store with this deadly plant, the cashier oulls the cactus from the shopping cart and gets one of the pins stuck right in her finger.
It was just sort of caught there with the other end hanging out a couple of inches from her finger.
A little shocked and not sure what to say, I just sort of stumbled "Oh, Are you okay? I so sorry!"
She said she was and reached over and plucked the needle out holding her hand limply in the other.
On the way home then, this guy says to me, "you better not sit on that thing."
Ah yeah, you're not kidding! ;-)
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The Mother of all Cactus Needles
Why was Noah commanded to build a skylight in the ark?
Noah and all the fascinating people in the Bible weren’t just characters in a novel, but they were real people and they experienced up and downs, as we all do in life. The key to remember is that there is always a window where we can see our relative good fortune and everything we have to be grateful for, where we can keep an eye on the light at the end of tunnel (as my father used to say about bad things, “this too shall pass”), and we can look up to our Father in Heaven and remember that He will bring deliverance to us. Even in the mightiest of floods that devastated the world, G-d was still there for us, and He was, is, and always will be!
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Light at the End of The Ark
We all know the Jewish dictum of “He who save a life, saves the world.” In Judaism, every single life is invaluable, and hence we are even allowed to violate the holy Shabbat for the preservation of human life (“Pikuach Nefesh“). Similarly, when it came to a prisoner exchange for IDF Sargent first Class, Gilad Shalit, who had been held by Hamas terrorists for five years (2006-2011), Israel exchanged1,027 Palestinians in a prisoner exchange for Shalit. Life is truly sacred to the Jewish people.
He Who Saves A Life
The way it is on one hand natural and on the other hand "sculpted" by people.
Sort of a metaphor for life, where G-d gives us the raw material and asks us to go do good with it.
G-d creates and people shape that creation.
Beautiful partnership makes a beautiful Bonsai! ;-)
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Beautiful Bonsai Tree
Has pineapple slices hanging off the sides.
A big plastic straw and don't forget the umbrella on top of a grape.
I think they said that they paid $27 for two.
It's a bargain! ;-)
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Pineapple Umbrella Drinks
It's not one hat but 10 different hats on the rim of one.
Now that will go with every outfit! ;-)
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Hat of Hats
One pupil at the bottom must have missed a few days of school, because he's going in the wrong direction.
Always, an odd fish out! ;-)
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Fish of the Sea
True Meaning of Torah Observant
