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247kath's avatar

A bird pooping on you at sea is good luck. I believe this is from the days before instrument navigation and a bird means there is hopefully land near by

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David Marlow's avatar

The nearest large body of water is Lake Michigan about 20 miles away but I’ll take what I can get in the luck department. 😉

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Alivyana Solarus's avatar

😆 Ikiquest enthusiasts...can you hear me laughing out loud & my heart smiling...about this bird poop story David wrote us?! Levity is too legit to quit & a reminder I very.much.needed whilst actively deathing & rebirthing myself. Turns out surrendering from clinging to knowns is like a bit of an invisible street fight & so.help.me if I don't do it with grace by embracing the strength of my practices AND letting the inner child/soul/universe/choose your own adventure know how much I revere & trust her! ✨️

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David Marlow's avatar

Embrace the serendipity of it all. Indeed! Thank you, as always, Alivyana, for adding richness to the conversation. 🙏🏻

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Mary Beth Haines's avatar

Love these flowers!

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David Marlow's avatar

I’m so glad. Me too!

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Arnaly Arriaga Blanco's avatar

You fried my brain for around 30 seconds while you were trying to decide if it was a phonebooth or a photobooth!! 🤪 I caught all your “spoken typos” (there were more! Hahaha) but that was beautiful because they make you human.

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David Marlow's avatar

I listened back to it twice before catching that one. I thought, “oh, poop” and then left them in. As you noted among others. 😉

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Arnaly Arriaga Blanco's avatar

🤣 it’s crazy how many times we don’t realize the things we say!

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David Marlow's avatar

Well at least you know I’m not an Ai bot. 😉 I do try to add some extra elements to the audio to make it different than reading the text but those aren’t what I intend to do. Ha.

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Arnaly Arriaga Blanco's avatar

You’re very far from being a bot!! Trust me! I know. (I know you know too! He he)

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Mcdude's avatar

Bird pooping on your head is how instant karma should work. “Aw crap”.

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Paul McCutchen's avatar

I have been hit by bird poop a couple of times. I wondered if they were doing it on purpose. If so, did they decide to take in consideration the height, wind or just dumb luck. I go with the second.

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David Marlow's avatar

They don't seem too intentional about such things. 😉

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