SoulJava

stuff to jumpstart your heart and encourage your soul

[thehopefulquotes]

“You know you are doing well when you lose the interest of looking back.”

— Unknown

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Life can only be understood backwards, but can only be lived forwards.

—Soren Kierkegaard

[julesofnature]

Let the trees teach you growth requires patience. Let the wind teach you, you can change direction and speed as you desire. Let the flowers teach you, beautiful things don’t bloom all year. Let the ocean teach you, you can be both calm and chaos, gentle and strong. Let the clouds teach you when things get too heavy, it’s time to release. Let the stars teach you darkness is needed to see the light. Let the sun teach you no matter how long you’ve been hidden, you’ll always rise again…

~Carson Kelber

[remanence-of-love]

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I have developed a permanent scowl. Need more people to smile with.

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Desire.

[thichnhathanhgems]

Art: Béatrice Lechtanski

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Why does our crude oil cost us so much in the US when we are the greatest producer of it?

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Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca on clarity of purpose:

"If you do not know which port you are seeking, no wind is favorable."

Source: Letters to Lucilius (Epistle 71). Originally written as, "Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est."​​

[vexheart]

never lose yourself again 🪽

[nasa]

One last look at Earth before we reach the Moon. This view of the Earth was captured on April 5, the fourth day of the Artemis II mission, from inside the Orion spacecraft. The four astronauts will reach their closest approach of the Moon tomorrow, April 6. 

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Pretty.

[nasa]

Welcome to the Far Side of the Moon

A crescent Earth sets behind the Moon.

On April 6, 2026, the Artemis II astronauts flew around the Moon, observing the far side – which we never see on Earth thanks to tidal locking – with their own eyes and with cameras.

See more of the Moon:

A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon’s horizon.

Earth setting behind the Moon as seen by the Artemis II crew. Over half the left side of the image is filled by the gray lunar surface, pocked with craters.

A close view of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the gray surface, fading to dark on the left side of the image.

A close view of the edge of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the dark gray lunar surface, which arcs across the image.

A close-up view of the Moon, filling most of the frame. Along the left side of the image, the terminator divides the illuminated and darkened sides of the Moon.

A close-up view of the Moon, filling most of the frame. Along the left side of the image, the terminator divides the illuminated and darkened sides of the Moon.

Earth just as it set behind the Moon, as seen by the Artemis II crew. The dark gray surface of the Moon, pocked with craters, arcs from the bottom left corner of the image to the top right.

Check out more photos from the lunar flyby, including astronaut selfies and the solar eclipse only they experienced.

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[nasa]

Earthset

The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic Earthrise image taken by astronaut Bill Anders 58 years earlier as the Apollo 8 crew flew around the Moon. The Apollo 8 mission was the first crewed spacecraft to circumnavigate the Moon.

For more imagery from the mission, visit our Artemis II Multimedia Page.

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If you do not know Maria Popova, it would do you well to meet her; whether in print, poetry, prose or lithograph, Popova is a giant.