The warm stone and brick facade of St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral contrasted against an ominous sky caught my eye during a recent visit to Adelaide, South Australia.
Once darkness had fallen the road washed with green light in front of the Cathedral reminded me of two hymns from my childhood:
The first filled me with sadness, in contrast, I always enjoyed belting out the second, have I mentioned I was a chorister until my voice broke?
During our tromp through Mossman Gorge I came across this unusual spiky plant, the ominously dark opening is irresistibly intimidating.
The perfect spot for downtown fish and chips, view from On the Inlet, Port Douglas, Far North Queensland, Australia
I have held onto Édith Piaf’s “No Regrets” as a kind of mantra since my late teens, even so, turning 50 last Thursday led me to reflect on the past, present and future. Would things have been different if I had done this or that?
The above picture taken from the back of the sunset cruise sailboat as we returned to Port Douglas marina last Saturday reinforced to me that the past is just that, the future hasn’t happened yet and the present is all we truly have.
“Non, je ne regrette rien” (meaning “No, I regret nothing”) is a French song composed by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire. It was written in 1956, and is best known through Piaf’s 1960 recording, which spent seven weeks atop the French Singles & Airplay Reviews chart
No! No regrets
No! I will have no regrets
All the things
That went wrong
For at last I have learned to be strongNo! No regrets
No! I will have no regrets
For the grief doesn’t last
It is gone
I’ve forgotten the pastAnd the memories I had
I no longer desire
Both the good and the bad
I have flung in a fire
And I feel in my heart
That the seed has been sown
It is something quite new
It’s like nothing I’ve knownNo! No regrets
No! I will have no regrets
All the things that went wrong
For at last I have learned to be strongNo! No regrets
No! I will have no regrets
For the seed that is new
It’s the love that is growing for you
References
Non, je ne regrette rien – Wikipedia
No regrets lyrics – Azlyrics
Hibiscus flowers fascinate me, the tree in the background was a happy accident.
On Saturday we sailed from Port Douglas marina out to sea. I took this picture from the back of the sail boat as the sun was beginning to set.
The colours in this picture capture the vibrancy of tropical Port Douglas for me.
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