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THE OBSERVATION BOOTH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OP \/ ED & PHOTO CREDITS ANDREA DIALECT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the world needs now is love, sweet love\u201d & \u201cPut a Little Love in Your Heart\u201d- Jackie DeShannon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOODSCAPES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello there, how are you today? I find that to be quite a fitting statement because I care, and thus, I care to know. When talking to many of my muses, that question echoes out now even more so. It hits differently now – ironically, we’ve been talking a lot lately. Usually, I barge into their lives like some kind of Army General barking commands, and they\u2019re much obliged. They have become my balance in many ways, just as my children and granny\u2019s children have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I laughed at myself yesterday as I was chatting with Brent, one of my mentees and another young man we stumbled upon while on our mission to nowhere; he stuck around. This happens quite often when my permanent muse and I are out and about. Most of them always tell me that that\u2019s their favorite part – the going nowhere in particular, just hanging out. Taking photos, making videos, laughing, crying, whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most of the material they never see, nor do they ask. Like a mama bear of sorts, I\u2019ve always told them that they must become the picture – something they can be proud of. The photo is simply a tool that allows us to see ourselves from the outside. They get it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That young man we stumbled upon yesterday was a twenty-seven-year-old, and just as Brent does, the two trailed behind like ducklings. When we do the unthinkable people are intrigued by it. The bus stop was a blaze yesterday as we haphazardly created those shots. We come across this so often now that it\u2019s mindboggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WORLDVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do me a favor right now, if you can – pull up the melody by Jackie DeShannon or Diana Ross\u2019s remake of \u201cWhat the World Needs Now Is Love.\u201d The challenge is to listen to it often, so that you can feel then see where we really are in our world today, and you will see, I promise, but only if you allow yourself to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also smiled to myself yesterday while sitting on that bench with the guys when my father came to mind. Wandering was his favorite pastime. He and my mother were also missionaries, and I have tons of memories of them in action, tucked away. Just the two of them, wandering as sprinkling hope, joy, and peace to those they crossed paths with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They were always on the clock when it came to God\u2019s work, at the time, I hated it. Now, it\u2019s all love. Back then, people would often tell me that I was cut from the same cloth. I\u2019d reply, \u201cStop cursing at me!\u201d You can only imagine the clutching of pearls from my elders. It was usually the hierarchy that made such claims. But now I embrace it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I have work to do when going nowhere in particular and I\u2019m finally getting on track just as yesterday showed – it is my legacy, but it\u2019s yours too. That means we all have work to do, and love is the infrastructure. Here, you will find captures of frozen moments when, as I was peering out of myself, I was lucky enough to hold. Now you too can sneak a peek. Look\u2026Such beauty out there, that we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I ask that you make use of those precious moments and all those amazing examples of life, beauty, and man and God\u2019s creations in our worldview. Let us go now, look, see, sin no more and make disciples. Capture us and it and I love you, you love you, love us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FROZEN POPCICLES\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DID YOU KNOW\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the World Needs Now Is Love\u201d is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year. In Canada, the song reached number one. – Wikipedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyrics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the world needs now is love, sweet love<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the world needs now is love, sweet love<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No not just for some but for everyone<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord, we don’t need another mountain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are oceans and rivers enough to cross<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enough to last till the end of time<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the world needs now is love, sweet love<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the world needs now is love, sweet love<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, not just for some but for everyone<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord, we don’t need another meadow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh listen, Lord, if you want to know<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the world needs now is love, sweet love<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the world needs now is love, sweet love<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, not just for some but for everyone<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, not just for some, oh, but just for everyone<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALSO\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Put a Little Love in Your Heart” is a song originally performed in 1969 by Jackie DeShannon, who\u00a0composed it with her brother Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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