“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.”
: John Ruskin.
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Years ago, I don’t remember how many, but more than twenty…
If someone had enjoyed something, or had something cool, it was ‘quality’.
For a period of time, it was THE word…
maybe it was just where I grew up.
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“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life.”
: Margaret Cousins.
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The attention of a friend.
One to one, face to face.
A song that transports you in time.
A memory of a different place.
It resonates.
An experience you’ve enjoyed,
with emotion deployed.
The quality of flow.
With confidence, you know.
It Illuminates.
Between an audience and the speaker.
Between a giver, and receiver.
Between a conductor, and each orchestral section.
Between you, and your wi-fi connection.
It educates.
The quality of music that fills you.
The quality of conversation that hears you.
The quality of connection that feels you.
The quality of respect that sees you.
It communicates.
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The image for this post is a screenshot of INXS’s video for Mediate…
which pays respect, and shows their appreciation for
Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues …
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Thank you for reading.
Have a beautiful night.
Anthony Stoker