Oh, gosh — grab the tissues. This man’s healing music is no-doubt going to impact you the way it just impacted me! Fulton Lee, a musician with a powerful message, stood on a curb with a sign that read: “Sit here if you feel like giving up.” Before long, a woman appeared and took a seat on the stool. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fulton Lee (@fultonleemusic) Immediately, she was clearly overwhelmed with emotion. As he started to play his song, “Close to the Edge,” you could tell the music was healing her. The only way to get through hard feelings is by letting yourself feel them, and Fulton’s song was a beautiful medium for expressing that. At the end of the tune, when he saw she was crying, he raced over to her side. It was then that the woman shared she’d just lost a few people who are close to her. This image is from Instagram. Grief is one of the hardest feelings on Earth. This woman is so brave in sharing her feelings and being willing to let the music into her heart. I don’t know if Fulton expected such a beautiful response when he stood on that corner, but we’re so glad they were able to share that powerful moment. This image is from Instagram. Folks in the comments were amazed by this clip. “I would’ve bawled immediately. Most people are so wrapped up in their own world so they don’t even realize that most of the people around them are also crumbling,” shared one thoughtful viewer. “Beautiful, the power of kindness and understanding,” said another. Whenever you need a pick-me-up, you can head to this clip. It’s a great reminder that, no matter how alone you feel, there are always people willing to give you love. The featured image for this post is from Instagram. The post The Healing Power Of Music: Stranger’s Song Brings Grieving Woman To Tears appeared first on InspireMore.

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One of the rarest cats in the world, the Iberian lynx was once on the brink of extinction. Now, thanks to intense conservation efforts, they’ve clawed their way back from being classed as an endangered species to a vulnerable one.The change in status was announced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which has a “Red List” that acts as an information source on the extinction risk status of animals across the world. According to the IUCN, the number of adult Iberian lynx has shot up from just 62 in 2001 to 648 in 2022.Iberian lynxes were once far more widespread across the Iberian Peninsula, playing a carefully balanced role in the ecosystem as predators. However, with the 20th century came decades of hunting and loss of habitat to agricultural land, to the point where at the start of the new millennia, only two isolated breeding populations remained in southern Spain.Then, in the early 2000s, a concerted effort began between governments and non-governmental organizations to bring the cats back from the brink of extinction. This involved bumping up the numbers of its primary prey, the European rabbit – which is also endangered, making this a 2-for-1 conservation situation, despite the bunnies getting, y’know, gobbled up – bringing their scrubland and forested habitats back to life, and cracking down on hunting and road safety.As a result, the Iberian lynx has expanded its territory from just 449 square kilometers (279 square miles) in 2005 to at least 3,320 square kilometers (2,063 square miles) to date, and with the help of breeding programs, the total population is now estimated to be over 2,000.“The significant recovery of the Iberian lynx demonstrates that even the most threatened species can be brought back from the brink of extinction through committed, science-based conservation action and provides hope for those working to protect wildlife across the globe,” said Sarah Durant, a professor at The Zoological Society of London’s Institute of Zoology, in a statement.But while the change in status of this distinctive cat species is a good sign, the Iberian lynx isn’t out of the woods just yet. That’s largely due to diseases threatening both the lynxes and their prey, but also the looming impact of climate change and illegal poaching.“There is still a lot of work to do to ensure that Iberian lynx populations survive and the species recovers throughout its indigenous range,” said Francisco Javier Salcedo Ortiz, coordinator of the LIFE Lynx-Connect project, which led the conservation action. “Looking ahead, there are plans to reintroduce the Iberian lynx to new sites in central and northern Spain.”There is hope that, all being well, the Iberian lynx could become one of the greatest conservation and recovery stories yet, with the IUCN stating that “enough suitable habitat remains that the species could reach Fully Recovered status in 100 years”.

Before you continue reading, I would like you to empty your pockets of the excuses you regularly rely on for sitting on the sidelines instead of acting. Put them on the table and let them out of the shadows where truth and courage often go to die. Then ask yourself how they hold up to the example of a state senator from southeast Iowa.That would be Adrian Dickey, who has made the two-hour drive to Des Moines on a handful of occasions this month — “Pride Month” — to raise the American flag over the entrance of the veteran’s hospital. It’s a pilgrimage he began last June when it was brought to his attention that instead of the stars and stripes, the satanic abomination known as the Pride flag was being raised despite complaints from veterans.The simps who run the VA, even in a homespun red state like Iowa, know who their true master is. And they will obey accordingly.Dickey would drive, often in the middle of the night or early morning hours, to raise the American flag and then turn around and go the two hours home only to be told it was taken back down. So, he did it again. And again. Until finally last year, the officials at the VA waved the white flag and kept both flags on the pole.That was then. This year — and hold on tight now to your Beelzebub hat to find out just how deep the Romans 1 mind rot of the federal government currently goes — the staff at the Des Moines veteran’s hospital removed the flagpole itself to head Dickey off at the pass. He called the VA to find out what was going on after showing up with a flag on June 1, and they told him they “thought it would be easier than having to fight with me.”Still undeterred, Dickey decided that two could play that game. So, this year he has been bringing an entire flagpole with him as his righteous road trips have continued. Again and again. Along with a plaque that says the following:This flagpole was placed on June 6, 2024, by Senator Adrian Dickey, Packwood, for his humble appreciation of the sacrifices that the men and women made 80 years ago today as they invaded the beaches of Normandy and for EVERY soldier who has used this facility in the years since. These soldiers are who Made America GREAT! But the new poles and the plaque have been taken down as well, until finally the VA henchmen put a cable lock through the base so that Dickey would have to relent. Instead, he just found a narrower pole that would still do the trick.At which point VA officials, instead of simply allowing the American flag to fly during Pride Month, dug out the entire flagpole footing from the ground. You read that right. The spirit of the age takes its unholy month very, very seriously. You will be made to care.They say the flag is flying on a different pole elsewhere on the grounds to be compliant with federal law. But as for the main entrance where the veterans who fought and bled for their country enter every day in June, it must be the Pride flag or nothing at all.“I thought that was pretty appalling,” Dickey said. “There is just no reason for this stupidity.”He’s correct, of course. But we are way beyond reason here, because we are as east of Eden as we can get. We are openly promoting darkness now. The simps who run the VA, even in a homespun red state like Iowa, know who their true master is. And they will obey accordingly.Nevertheless, Dickey plans on continuing the two-hour drive to Des Moines this month to plunge a four-foot pole with a flag on it into the earth if need be. He’s spurred on by the memory of two veterans who thanked him last summer for what he was doing and how seeing the Pride flag waving over the VA hospital left them feeling “humiliated.”Which brings us back to the beginning. How do your excuses look now, the ones you dust off when you don’t want to go to the school board meeting to fight the groomers because they might call you names and make you miss part of the game? Why don’t you feel humiliated for not doing the bare minimum required of you as a citizen before the lights get turned off permanently on this once great republic?They can’t stop all of us, if only we follow Adrian Dickey’s lead. Pick a fight. Get in the car. Drive. Plant the flag. And remember your Churchill: “Never, ever, ever give up.”Or else.